Sold – Days After His Address to the People of NY Catapulted Him to Prominence, Sumner Write Out the Most Famous Quotation From That Address
"Ours is a noble cause; nobler than that of our Fathers, inasmuch as it is more exalted to struggle for the Freedom of others than for our own."
Just as Abraham Lincoln was brought back into the public eye by introduction of the Kansa-Nebraska bill, so was Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner...
"Ours is a noble cause; nobler than that of our Fathers, inasmuch as it is more exalted to struggle for the Freedom of others than for our own."
Just as Abraham Lincoln was brought back into the public eye by introduction of the Kansa-Nebraska bill, so was Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner brought forward by it. In February 1854 in Boston and in the Senate in July, he made impassioned speeches encouraging the "struggle for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave bill." After the close of the Congressional session, he addressed the Republican State Convention at Worcester, MA, on the duties of Massachusetts in the present crisis; and during the following Congressional session of 1854-5, he was again found at the front, stoutly battling against the slave power. In February 1855, Sumner took the floor with his masterly speech on the “Demands of Freedom—Repeal of the Fugitive Slave bill”.
Up to now he was considered a mainly local figure, but at this point his speeches were attracting notice and was invited to deliver a major address in the great metropolis, New York. On May 9, 1855, at New York’s Metropolitan, he spoke on “The Anti-Slavery Enterprise” in an inspirational three hour address. In it, Sumner opined that "Ours is a noble cause; nobler than that of our Fathers, inasmuch as it is more exalted to struggle for the Freedom of others than for our own." The address produced a profound impression in New York, and when it was printed and disseminated throughout the North, its impact was even greater. Mr. Sumner had now become the recognized leader of the anti-slavery party in the Senate, and a major figure nationwide.
Just ten days after the epochal address, Sumer wrote out this Autograph Quotation Signed, Boston, May 19, 1855, with this ringing quote from it: "Ours is a noble cause; nobler than that of our Fathers, inasmuch as it is more exalted to struggle for the Freedom of others than for our own."
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