Admonished by experience of timidity, irresolution, and weakness in our public men, particularly at Washington, amidst the temptations of ambition and power, the friends of Freedom cannot lightly bestow their confidence.
Sumner expresses caution about trusting public figures who show weakness in leadership.
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