“We give up one half of the entire surface of to-day’s
issue of the _Times_ to the important speech upon our
Foreign Relations delivered by Senator Sumner in this
city last night. The subject at the present moment is one
of such deep public interest, and of such overshadowing
national importance, that we believe we cannot do a greater
service than by giving in full the views of one who, by his
official position as Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs, by his relations with some of the foremost
publicists of England and France, and by his intimate
knowledge of the whole subject, is capable of speaking with
intelligence, if not with authority.
“We can give no analysis or estimate of the discourse at
this moment, as it was a late hour of the night before
he concluded its delivery; but every intelligent citizen
will doubtless give due study to its views and statements,
which, we need not say, are set forth in a style
highly ornate, yet lucid, and distinguished by all the
characteristics of a professed orator.”