Charles Sumner: “Here again I catch the aspiration of our leader in war, “Let us have…”

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Here again I catch the aspiration of our leader in war, “Let us have peace.” Out of peace will spring all else.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner invokes a call for peace, suggesting that it is the foundation for all progress.

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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

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Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.

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Charles Sumner: “Here again I catch the aspiration of our leader in war, “Let us have peace.” Out of peace will spring all else.”