I cannot repress my
delight in what I hear of Emerson's utterance at Concord. For an hour and a
half he laid bare our evils and their author.1 I have more
satisfaction in this voice on our side than in that of any politician. So
little am I prepared for my new fellowship!
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1 Mr. Webster. This address of Mr. Emerson was
not published; but he followed the same line of thought in his treatment of the
Fugitive Slave law and Mr. Webster at the Tabernacle in New York, March 7,
1854. Emerson's Works, vol. xi. pp. 205–230.
SOURCE: Edward L.
Pierce, Memoir and Letters of Charles Sumner, Vol. 3, p. 252
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