Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 03 (of 20)

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume III (of 20), by Charles Sumner
ROBERT C. WINTHROP
Copyright, 1900,
LEE AND SHEPARD.
Statesman Edition.
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Letter to a Public Meeting in Ohio, on the Anniversary Of the Ordinance of Freedom, July 6, 1849.
Boston, July 6, 1849. Gentlemen,—I wish I could join the freemen of the Reserve in celebrating the anniversary of the great Ordinance of Freedom; but engagements detain me at home. The occasion, the place of meeting, the assembly, will all speak with animating voices. May God speed the work! Let us all strive, with united power, to extend the beneficent Ordinance over the territories of our country. So doing, we must take from its original authors something of their devotion to its great conservative truth. The National Government has been for a long time controlled by Slavery. It must be emancipated immediately. Ours be the duty, worthy of freemen, to place the Government under the auspices of Freedom, that it may be true to the Declaration of Independence and to the spirit of the Fathers! In this work, welcome to honest, earnest men, of all parties and all places ! Welcome to the efforts of Benton in Missouri, and of Clay in Kentucky! Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol! Faithfully yours, Charles Sumner. Messrs. John C. Vaughan, } Committee. Thomas Brown, }

Speech on Calling the Free-Soil State Convention to Order, at Worcester, September 12, 1849.