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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 52: Tenure-of-office act.—equal suffrage in the District of Columbia, in new states, in territories, and in reconstructed states.—schools and homesteads for the Freedmen.—purchase of Alaska and of St. Thomas.—death of Sir Frederick Bruce.—Sumner on Fessenden and Edmunds.—the prophetic voices.—lecture tour in the West.—are we a nation?—1866-1867. (search)
he later voices, where statesmanship is the inspiration. Aranda's counsels are memorable; so is the prophetic humor of that rare character the Abbe Galiani. I know nothing in all history more touching than that page from Alaman, the Mexican historian, pronouncing the doom of his own country, and pointing the way to us. It is now ten years since I first read these words, and they have haunted me ever since. Recent events have given them more than their original significance. What did Calhoun say about a national name? Let me know. Is there anything about a national name in any early writing or speech? There is a tradition that Columbia was spoken of, but I do not remember any debate on this point. Did not David Dudley Field propose a national name some eight or ten years ago? I am here in Boston, having just sold this old family house; and now comes the trouble and responsibility of dismantling it, abandoning some things, preserving others, packing papers and books. T