Charles Sumner: “It produced an excellent effect here, and still better in England, if…”

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It produced an excellent effect here, and still better in England, if one may judge by the ill-humor in which it put the Times.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner notes the positive reception of a speech in both America and England, indicated by the negative reaction from the Times.

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Charles Sumner: “It produced an excellent effect here, and still better in England, if one may judge by the ill-humor in which it put the…”