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C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 2 2 Browse Search
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C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Seventh: return to the Senate. (search)
l hardihood and shameless insult, was ever renewed in that Senate house, for the great struggle was at hand, in which Abraham Lincoln was to be triumphantly elected President of the United States. Xxix. On his way from Washington, after the adjournment of Congress, at the invitation of the Young Men's Republican Union, New York City, the Senator delivered a powerful campaign speech on the Republican party: its origin, necessity and Permanence, to a mass meeting at Cooper Institute, July 11, 1860. It was evident that the movement had now become formidable enough to command respect from all parties. Of the thousands who packed that hall—an auditory which seemed more like a gathering for a grand concert, or festival, than a political mass meeting—few have forgotten the imposing character of the assemblage, or the strange mingling of earnest determination and unrestrained enthusiasm, manifested on the occasion. The scene is thus described by the Evening Post: Mr. Sumner wa
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Xxix. (search)
Xxix. On his way from Washington, after the adjournment of Congress, at the invitation of the Young Men's Republican Union, New York City, the Senator delivered a powerful campaign speech on the Republican party: its origin, necessity and Permanence, to a mass meeting at Cooper Institute, July 11, 1860. It was evident that the movement had now become formidable enough to command respect from all parties. Of the thousands who packed that hall—an auditory which seemed more like a gathering for a grand concert, or festival, than a political mass meeting—few have forgotten the imposing character of the assemblage, or the strange mingling of earnest determination and unrestrained enthusiasm, manifested on the occasion. The scene is thus described by the Evening Post: Mr. Sumner was as happy in manner, as he was forcible in the matter of his speech. His commanding person, his distinct utterance, and his graceful elocution, combined with the eloquence of his words in keeping