No man,” said he, “can tell where the war this day commenced will end; but I will prophesy that the flag which now flaunts the breeze here will float over the dome of the old Capitol at Washington before the 1st of May.
Sumner predicts the outcome of the Civil War, expressing confidence that the Union flag will fly over the Capitol soon.
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