"The Massive Grievance" - Charles Sumner americans addresses Hudibras while villagers gather

addresses Hudibras while villagers gather round to mock

He boasted that his secret for success was selling the best goods at the cheapest prices

was an English judge

and always being optimistic

"Triumphant" (Plate 10) shows Hudibras having arrested the fiddler and leading him to prison while Ralpho attaches his violin to the stocks

"The Massive Grievance" - Charles Sumner americans addresses Hudibras while villagers gatherAntique Vanity Fair print. Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 March 11, 1874) was an American politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts. As an academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the anti slavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the U. S. Senate during the American Civil War. During Reconstruction, he fought to minimize the power of the ex Confederates and guarantee equal rights