“The speech from Hon. Charles Sumner, made at Worcester,
Massachusetts, on the 1st inst., and which is printed in
full upon our first page, deserves the attention of every
reader. It is a calm and statesmanlike argument in favor of
suppressing this guilty Rebellion by removing its guilty
cause. It is a clear vindication of a necessary policy.
Coming from a man in his high official position, it is
significant. And we believe, with a contemporary, that
he will not have to wait for the verdict of posterity to
justify and exalt the great truth his speech embodies.
Indeed, we are confident that his word will find a response
in all that is best of the North,--and not only in all that
is best in quality, but strongest in numbers.”