It sometimes seemed as if Sumner thought the Rebellion itself was put down by speeches in the Senate, and that the war was an unfortunate and most annoying, though trifling disturbance, as if a fire- engine had passed by.
Hoar critiques Sumner's perspective on the Civil War, suggesting a disconnect between rhetoric and reality.
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