In reaching across the sea as far as distant Turkey, to plead for the freedom of the fugitive Kossuth, our Republic has done well; and the Mahometan Sultan, in consenting to his liberation, at extraordinary hazards, has taught a lesson of magnanimity to Christian nations.
Sumner praises the United States for advocating for Kossuth's freedom and highlights the Sultan's act of magnanimity.
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