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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 28: the city Oration,—the true grandeur of nations.—an argument against war.—July 4, 1845.—Age 34. (search)
and Arbitration. Works, Vol. II. pp. 171-277. The next year he wrote an address for the Peace Congress Committee to the people of the United States, recommending these substitutes. Works, Vol. II. pp. 393-397. In 1854, while a Senator,—receiving a request from the Peace Society in London,—he called upon President Pierce, and recommended that the mediation of the United States be offered in the impending Crimean War. The last summer of his life he sent a note of congratulation to Henry Richard, M. P., who had succeeded in carrying through the House of Commons a motion in favor of Arbitration. As showing his fidelity to the substance of his oration, it is given in this connection. United States Senate Chamber, Washington, July 10, 1873. my dear Sir,—Few events have given me more pleasure than the vote on your motion. I thank you for making the motion, and I thank you also for not yielding to Mr. Gladstone's request to withdraw it. You were in the very position of Bu<