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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 32: the annexation of Texas.—the Mexican War.—Winthrop and Sumner.—1845-1847. (search)
, vol. v. (Trubner's ed.) pp. 123, 124. Winthrop was criticised by Root, Dec. 3, 1849, and by Cleveland, April 19, 1850. and even sanctioning the view that an expansion of slave territory, as it does not increase the number of slaves, does not of itself strengthen the institution. Addresses and Speeches, vol. i. pp. 686-688. The unsoundness of this view has been often shown. Von Hoist, vol. III. p. 480; Sumner's Speech on the Nebraska Bill, Feb. 21, 1854; Works, vol. III. p. 294; J. E. Cairnes on The Slave power. The controversy of a year and a half, in which the two names had been pitted against each other, wore upon Sumner. The burden of the controversy had been left on him by those who had urged him to it. He might expect harsh words from intemperate partisans; but he was misjudged by fairer men, some of whom ascribed his pertinacity to animosity or ambition. They wished Winthrop had given a different vote; but they thought the question a complex one, and calling for