The infant Hercules strangled the serpents in his cradle, and the new party, just born, gives token of a like precocious strength.
Believe me, Gentlemen, very respectfully yours,
Charles Sumner.
E. D. Morgan, Luman Sherwood, Charles W. Elliott, Esqrs., Committee, &c.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OFFSPRING OF THE
AROUSED CONSCIENCE OF THE COUNTRY.
Letter to a Boston Committee, October 8, 1855.
Hancock Street, 8th October, 1855.