And believe me, Gentlemen,
Your faithful friend,
Charles Sumner.
To Dr. Augusta, William H. A. Wormley, and others.
LETTER TO SPEAKER BLAINE.
August 5, 1872.
July 31, 1872, Mr. Blaine addressed a letter to Mr. Sumner through the newspapers, arraigning him as recreant both to party and principle, in the position taken by him on the Presidential question in his recent Letter to Colored Citizens. Mr. Sumner responded as follows:—