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C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Eighth: the war of the Rebellion. (search)
s, and the public men of the country generally, not only gave their approval, but even their praise. On the 30th of November, 1861, the Secretary of the Navy wrote a letter to Capt. Wilkes, congratulating the commander, the officers, and the crew on the act, applauding the intelligence, ability, decision and firmness of the commander, and alluding to his forbearance in omitting to capture the vessel itself. Two days later—the first day of its session—a joint Resolution was offered by Owen Lovejoy in the House of Representatives, tendering the thanks of Congress to Captain Wilkes for his brave, adroit, and patriotic conduct in his arrest and detention of the traitors James M. Mason and John Slidell. On reaching the Senate, the Resolution was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, although Mr. Sumner suggested its reference to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Hale, carried away by his own generous and patriotic impulses, went with the popular tide against the surrender
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Xxiii. (search)
s, and the public men of the country generally, not only gave their approval, but even their praise. On the 30th of November, 1861, the Secretary of the Navy wrote a letter to Capt. Wilkes, congratulating the commander, the officers, and the crew on the act, applauding the intelligence, ability, decision and firmness of the commander, and alluding to his forbearance in omitting to capture the vessel itself. Two days later—the first day of its session—a joint Resolution was offered by Owen Lovejoy in the House of Representatives, tendering the thanks of Congress to Captain Wilkes for his brave, adroit, and patriotic conduct in his arrest and detention of the traitors James M. Mason and John Slidell. On reaching the Senate, the Resolution was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, although Mr. Sumner suggested its reference to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Hale, carried away by his own generous and patriotic impulses, went with the popular tide against the surrender