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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 35: Massachusetts and the compromise.—Sumner chosen senator.—1850-1851. (search)
id he, go out from this hall, and unite with any party or body of men to drive you from power, rebuke Daniel Webster, and place in his seat a senator true to the principles and sentiments of the Commonwealth. Wilson's Rise and Fall, vol. II. pp. 247-258. He was as good as his word, and did more than any one else to fulfil his prophecy. In his newspaper he denounced Webster as the great apostate, and invoked a combined effort to prevent his re-election. Emancipator and Republican, June 20, 1850. Wilson was its editor from January, 1849, to December, 1850. As chairman of the Free-Soil State committee, he called a conference of leading Free Soilers—inviting one hundred, of whom more than one half attended—to meet the committee at the Adams House in Boston, September 10. Wilson's Rise and Fall, vol. II. pp. 341-343. It was a meet in, as he says, remarkable for its large proportion of thoughtful and cultivated men, and men, too, of irreproachable character and unblemished int