[Auburn, N. Y., September 18, 1852.]
I have read with great pleasure
your eloquent and convincing argument against the Fugitive Slave bill. This
fearless defence of freedom must silence those cavillers who doubted your
sincerity.2 It is a noble plea for a righteous cause. Hoping and
believing — yea, through faith knowing, because His Word hath told us so — that
the truth will ultimately triumph, since its abandonment by a majority of the
Whig party I have been watching with increased interest the course of those who
have not bowed the knee to Baal. May God prosper their efforts! I am truly glad
to see that Mrs. Fish has become so warm a convert to principles which have as
yet failed to win her husband.
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2 An allusion to criticisms on Sumner for his delay in speaking.
SOURCE: Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and Letters of Charles Sumner, Vol. 3, p. 306
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