I have long honored Colonel Fremont for his genius in geographical enterprise, his eminent intelligence, his manly fortitude, his perfect integrity, and his easy command of men,--swaying to his own beneficent purpose even the savages of the forest, while Nature herself, in her winter fastnesses, bowed before his march.
Sumner praises Colonel Fremont for his qualities and achievements.
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It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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