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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 33: the national election of 1848.—the Free Soil Party.— 1848-1849. (search)
mired very much; but he took no stand in the national election, withholding his vote. Though not voting for President, he is understood to have voted for Whig State officers. he was re-elected by the combined support of Whigs and Free Soilers, notwithstanding his silence on the question of candidate for President. Sumner again plied Mann in 1849 with earnest entreaties to take his stand openly with the Free Soilers. A year later Mann took his place with the Free Soilers. He wrote Sept. 20, 1849:— I have sent you our State Address, A Free Soil State Address, drawn by Sumner. Works, vol. II. p. 282. which I hope you will read. There are many reasons for my faith. I belong to a party pledged unequivocally to place the Federal government on the side of freedom. In sustaining any other party it seems to me I should jeopard this vital principle,—the only principle of national politics that is worth contending for, or that could have drawn me from other pursuits. Think