Charles Sumner: “And yet, at once, after tidings of the Rebel assault on Fort Sumter, before the National Government had begun to put…”

“And yet, at once, after tidings of the Rebel assault on Fort Sumter, before the National Government had begun to put forth its strength, and even without waiting for the arrival of our newly appointed minister, who was known to be at Liverpool, on his way to London, the Proclamation was suddenly launched.”