Charles Sumner: “The benevolence of your heart, my dear Marquis, is so conspicuous upon all occasions, that I never wonder at any fresh…”

“The benevolence of your heart, my dear Marquis, is so conspicuous upon all occasions, that I never wonder at any fresh proofs of it; but your late purchase of an estate in the Colony of Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity.”