The eulogy of the President here is at least singular, when it is considered that every dispatch of the Secretary of State is by order of the President; but it is evident that the writer of this dispatch had made up his mind to set all rule at defiance.
Sumner comments on the unusual nature of a presidential eulogy in light of the Secretary of State's actions.
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