He has had dear friends in those Southern pens, which have become the very symbols of revolting barbarity; but he desires, for this very reason, that the subject be weighed without passion, which never counsels well,--especially without the passion of mere vengeance.
Sumner calls for a rational examination of a subject influenced by personal connections to the South, urging against vengeful emotions.
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