“The present American war exercises so powerful an influence upon commercial affairs in general, that the expression of an opinion on this subject by one of the most eminent American statesmen deserves special notice.” The London _Morning Star_ thus declared its sympathy:-- “The speech delivered by the Hon. Charles Sumner, at the Republican Convention at Worcester, in Massachusetts, is one of the most significant events of the American crisis.… In vigorous and eloquent words Mr. Sumner has told the plain truths which we have frequently reiterated, and there was not heard even the whisper of a dissentient voice.[198] He pointed out that Slavery is the great enemy to the preservation of the Union, and that its eradication would bring the war at once to a close.… Emancipation must come, and its calm concession by an act of executive power can alone prevent its ultimate consummation by red-handed insurrection. The enthusiastic assent which was evoked by Mr. Sumner’s noble words--words worthy alike of the man and of his theme--is a cheering foretaste of the triumph which cannot be long deferred.” In the English island of Jersey, one of the Channel Isles, on the coast of France, the _Independent and Daily Telegraph_ published the speech at length, with an article entitled “The Orator of Freedom,” where it said:--