Sumner said, with much calmness and in the most courteous spirit, that he believed the signers had so high a regard for the name of Crittenden that they had put their signatures to a paper which they could not have fully understood in all its obligations, bearings, and propositions.
Sumner expresses his belief that many signers of the petition did not fully comprehend its implications, showing his concern for their understanding.
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