Volume 6 — UNHESITATING ASSERTION OF OUR PRINCIPLES.

Letter to the Republicans of New York City, June 27, 1860.

An enthusiastic meeting of the Old Men’s and Young Men’s Republican Central Committees of the City of New York was held on the evening of June 28, for the purpose of extending a welcome to the Republican Senators of the Eastern States, on their return from Congress. D. D. Conover, of the Old Men’s Committee, presided, assisted by Charles S. Spencer, of the Young Men’s Committee. The following letter from Mr. Sumner, in answer to an invitation, was read by Edgar Ketchum.

Senate Chamber, June 27, 1860.

MY DEAR SIR,—I must renounce the opportunity of meeting the Republicans of New York to-morrow evening, asking them to accept my thanks for the invitation with which they have honored me.

Let me congratulate them on the good omens which cheer us on every side.

It only remains, that, by unhesitating assertion of our principles, we continue to deserve victory.

Believe me, my dear Sir,

Very faithfully yours,

Charles Sumner.

Edgar Ketchum, Esq.