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Fig. 5. Orpheus and Cerberus, by Thomas Crawford, 1843, marble. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON Fig. 6. Louisa Ward Crawford, by Thomas Crawford, 1846, marble (the bust is also known as Louisa Ward Terry, the name she took after marrying artist Luther Terry following Crawford's death). MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK Fig. 7. George Washington Equestrian Monument she holds a shield with a laurel wreath in her left. The talons of the eagle, also a Roman symbol of empire, hang down the sides of her helmet. He thought this was "more American."26 Meanwhile, Sumner was involved passionately in the abolition and pacifist movements at home. Now a senator from Massachusetts, he delivered his famous "Crime against Kansas" speech in 1856 during the debate to admit Kansas to the Union as a free or slave state. Sumner's oratory had long been praised. Henry Wordsworth Longfellow (fig. 9) wrote that he delivered speeches "like a cannoneer ramming down cartridges" The speech he delivered that day is one of the most important documents of the pacifist movement. His earlier speech "The Grandeur of Nations" called for peace, justice, and humanity and denounced building a military that cost more than the commerce of the nation the military was to protect. At the time he delivered the Crime against Kansas speech, Sumner was in his prime as an orator and by all accounts offended many. Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina took SUMMER 2013 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS in Richmond, Virginia, by Thomas Crawford, 1854, bronze.