Let me say seriously, frankly, your reputation as a fearless, brave, and true man is firmly established,--confidence also in your discretion and good judgment, as shown in this last debate and in the management of this whole affair.
Sumner commends a colleague for their established reputation as a brave and true man in political debates.
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