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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 23: return to his profession.—1840-41.—Age, 29-30. (search)
do with regard to McLeod's release. I think Webster was right in that, and I regard this as one of the most important parts,—the distinct admission, formally and diplomatically, for the first time in history, of a great and important principle of the law of nations. We have long acted upon a silent or implied recognition of that; but now, for the first time, it is distinctly proclaimed and registered in the archives of two great nations. To Lord Morpeth. Boston, U. S. Of America, Aug. 15, 1841. my dear Morpeth,—I cannot let a packet sail without telling you of the emotion with which I have read your eloquent and touching address at the close of the polling in the West Riding. Speeches, Lectures, and Poems of the Earl of Carlisle, p. 263. You have made your political defeat a high moral triumph. I most sincerely think that by putting on record the noble sentiments of your address,—so full of dignity, of love of country, of the warmth of friendship, and of Christian gentl<