Charles Sumner.
G. P. Putnam, Esq.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN NEW YORK.
Letter to a New York Committee, October 7, 1855.
Boston, October 7, 1855.
GENTLEMEN,—Your summons addressed to me at Newport was forwarded to me at this place.
I wish I could be at your proposed meeting, but I cannot. Accept my best wishes for the Republican party of New York, which you represent. Among the multitudes already rallying spontaneously in this bodyguard of Freedom my presence cannot be needed.