Charles Sumner: “In vain you pass resolutions in tribute to him, if you neglect that…”

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In vain you pass resolutions in tribute to him, if you neglect that cause for which he lived, and hearken not to his voice.

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Massachusetts

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In this statement, Sumner critiques superficial tributes that ignore the ongoing struggle for abolition, urging action over empty gestures.

More from Charles Sumner

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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

Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.

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Charles Sumner: “In vain you pass resolutions in tribute to him, if you neglect that cause for which he lived, and hearken not to his…”