For many years I have addressed associations, societies, and meetings of all kinds; but never before have I been met by any hint of interference with the completest latitude of speech, according to my sense of the duties and proprieties of the occasion.
Sumner reflects on his experiences with free speech and the unprecedented restrictions he faces in this instance.
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