Charles Sumner: “We ask any member of the Legislature, whatever may be his politics or party, as a man, as a son of New England, and as…”

“We ask any member of the Legislature, whatever may be his politics or party, as a man, as a son of New England, and as an admirer of Washington, Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams, to read this speech, and tell us how he can do a better thing than to vote for its author next Wednesday.”