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of this fact years before the last volume of his history was published, but he disregarded it evidently because it interfered with his favorite theory.
The last of January, however, a report was circulated in Boston that Sumner had joined the compromisers for the sake of consistency with the peace principles which he had advocated in his Fourth of July oration.
Boston newspapers made the most of this, although it did not seem likely to Sumner's friends, and George L. Stearns finally wrote to him for permission to make a denial of it. Sumner first replied to him by telegraph saying: “I am against sending commissioners to treat of surrender by the North.
Stand firm.”
Then he wrote him this memorable letter.
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