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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 2: Parentage and Family.—the father. (search)
are the result of joint councils and joint efforts, of common dangers, sufferings, and successes; and God forbid that those who have every motive of sympathy and interest to act in concert should ever become the prey of petty bickerings among themselves! In a similar spirit he wrote, in 1812:— De Witt Clinton, I fear, will be the advocate for State sovereignty and State supremacy more than any President we have yet had. If so, and he should be President from March 3, 1813, to March 3, 1817, we shall be far advanced on the road to confusion by the time his administration expires. The Federal party seems to be disposed to erect New England into a separate government. But where would be the boundaries of this fragment of our continent? What will be the benefit of a separation? Would not this fragment soon be split into other fragments; and if the process of separation is begun, where will it end? Mr. Sumner's public efforts belong to the least interesting period of Am