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Vermont Phœnix
Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Ludlow, Windham County, Windsor County, Vermont
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Charles Sumner declines an invitation to lecture on Lafayette at the Young Men's Association of Albany, citing their recent refusal to admit black members as evidence of caste prejudice, which contradicts Lafayette's advocacy for universal liberty.
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SENATE CHAMBER, April 16.
Sir: You invite me to deliver an address on Lafayette before the Young Men's Association of Albany. In view of a recent incident in the history of your Association, I am astonished at your request.
I cannot consent to speak of Lafayette, who was not ashamed to fight beside a black soldier, to an audience too delicate to sit beside a black citizen. I cannot speak of Lafayette who was a friend of universal liberty, under the auspices of a Society which makes itself the champion of caste and vulgar prejudice.
I have the honor to be, sir,
Your obedient servant,
CHARLES SUMNER.
C. W. Davis, Esq., Cor. Sec., &c., Albany.
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Charles Sumner
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C. W. Davis, Esq., Cor. Sec., &C., Albany
Main Argument
charles sumner refuses to deliver a lecture on lafayette to the young men's association of albany because the association discriminates against black citizens by refusing them admission, contrasting this with lafayette's support for universal liberty and fighting alongside black soldiers.
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