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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 45: an antislavery policy.—the Trent case.—Theories of reconstruction.—confiscation.—the session of 1861-1862. (search)
ons to commanding generals in pursuance of this provision. Works, vol. VII. p. 82. It was the first of a series of laws against slavery, and was aptly characterized by Breckinridge, its leading opponent, as the beginning of a loosing of all bonds. Sumner, referring a few months later to the fact that it passed the Senate the day after the defeat, said; In the providence of God there are no accidents; and this seeming reverse helped to the greatest victory which can be won. Address, Nov. 27, 1861. Works, vol. VI. p. 113. Sumner believed from the first that the Civil War would end slavery, and ought to end it; and as already seen, he foresaw that civil war was inevitable. In his view a policy of emancipation was an essential part of our case as it was to stand before the world, absolutely necessary to enlist foreign sympathy and prevent European intervention. With that policy left out he believed that success in the field was not possible, and that the war would be a vain