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Hon. George W. Summers.

In another column we give some extracts from a letter of Hon. George W. Summers to a member of the House of Delegates. We cannot agree with Mr. Summers in his opposition to the right of secession, and in some other views, (he is, however, opposed to coercion;) but it gives us pleasure to accord our humble testimony to the consummate ability and disinterested patriotism of this eminent Virginian, whose shining talents and moral elevation would have graced the best days of the Commonwealth. When Mr. Summers was in Congress, as great a master of the art of rhetoric as John Quincy Adams expressed himself with an enthusiasm not common to his cold and critical nature, of the Ciceronian eloquence of this distinguished Virginia Representative.--In fine, we admire this man so much that, whether we agree with his views or not, we always like to hear or read what he has to say.

The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 23, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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