Sumner, Charles:

UNION AND PEACE! HOW THEY SHALL BE RESTORED. SPEECH OF HON. CHARLES SUMNER, BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION, AT WORCESTER, OCTOBER 1, 1861.

[Boston: Wright & Potter, 1861]. 8pp. Loose sheets stapled. Lightly toned. Good+.

Well ahead of Lincoln [and the rest of the country], Sumner defines the War's aim as the extirpation of slavery, the destruction of the Slave Power, and advancing the cause of freedom. Item #40235

Price: $25.00