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Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography, Chapter 13: (search)
battles in Virginia. He was brought to Washington and nursed back to health again by a widowed lady who had removed from Virginia. He was a very scholarly and a most interesting man, and it was a great study to see him and his Virginian wife together, as her chief qualifications were those of a good housewife. The calendar of the Senate was a long one, and General Logan soon became absorbed in the matters before that body. Among the questions to be decided was the settlement of the Virginius massacre, which was conducted so satisfactorily that General Grant received the thanks of the survivors. Congress also passed a resolution asking all foreign powers to take part in the Centennial Exposition which was to be held in Philadelphia in 1876, and made an appropriation of $1,500,000 to aid Philadelphia in carrying out the plans for the exposition. In the discussion of the Louisiana imbroglio which took place at this time the ablest men in the Senate took a very active part.
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 13: the capture of New Orleans. (search)
ghters, and upon such construction to offer them atrocious insults. This willful perversion of the plain letter and spirit of the Woman order was made the key-note of a cry of indignation that was heard in every part of the Confederacy, and was echoed by the friends of the conspirators in the North and in Europe. Do not leave your women to the merciless foe, appealed The daughters of New Orleans to every Southern soldier. . . . Rather let us die with you, oh, our fathers I Rather, like Virginius, plunge your swords into our breasts, saying, This is all we can give our daughters. The Governor of Louisiana said: It was reserved for a Federal general to invite his soldiers to the perpetration of outrages, at the mention of which the blood recoils with horror. A Georgian offered a reward of $10,000 for the infamous Butler's head; and A Savannah woman suggested a contribution from every woman in the Confederacy to triple the sum. Paul R. Hayne, the South Carolina poet, was again in
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Forrest, Edwin 1806-1872 (search)
he last of which he made exceedingly effective by his immense energy. In 1835 he went to England and the Continent, and played with much acceptance, making many warm friends, among them William C. Macready (q. v.). In 1837 he again visited Europe and while there married Catharine, a daughter of John Sinclair, the widely known ballad-singer. After 1845 Mr. Forrest spent two more years in England, during which his friendship with Mr. Macready was broken. He had acted with great success in Virginius and other parts, but when he attempted to personate Macbeth he was hissed by the audience. This hissing was attributed to professional jealousy on the part of Macready. A few weeks after, when Macready appeared as Hamlet in Edinburgh, Forrest hissed him from a box in which he stood. On May 10, 1849, when Macready appeared as Macbeth in the Astor Place Theatre, in New York, the friends of Forrest interrupted the performance. The result was the Astor Place riot, in which twenty-two men w
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginius, the (search)
Virginius, the Troubles with the Spanish authorities in Cuba and menaces of war with Spain existed since filibustering movements from the United States to that island began, in 1850. Finally, a Cuban junta, composed of native Cubans and American sympathizers, was formed in New York City. An insurrection had broken out in Cuba, and assumed formidable proportions, carrying on civil war for several years. When the junta began to fit out vessels to carry men and war materials to the insurgent camps, the United States government, determined to observe the strictest neutrality and impartiality, took measures to suppress the hostile movements; but irritations on the part of the Spanish authorities continued, and, finally, late in 1873, war between Spain and the United States seemed inevitable. The steamship Virginius, flying the United States flag, suspected of carrying men and supplies to the insurgent Cubans, was captured by a Spanish cruiser off the coast of Cuba, taken into port
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Roster of the Nineteenth regiment Massachusetts Volunteers (search)
ly 22, ‘65. Paris, Geo. W., priv., (C), Aug. 13, ‘61; 18; wounded June 30, ‘62; disch. disa. Dec. 11, ‘62. Paris, Octave, priv., (B), Dec. 27, ‘64; 19; M. O. June 30, ‘65. Parker, Edward, priv., (C), July 26, ‘61; 27; disch. disa. June 10, ‘62. Parker, Erastus G., priv., (A), July 26, ‘61; 18; M. O. Aug. 28, ‘64. Parker, Gilman N., priv., (A), July 26, ‘61; 44; disch. disa. Mar. 24, ‘62. Parkhurst, James, priv., (I), July 31, ‘63; 22; transf. to 20 M. V. Jan. 14, ‘64; sub. Parks, Virginius, priv., (I), July 20, ‘61; 22; disch. disa. Oct. 12, ‘63; disch. paper. Parshley, Sylvester, priv., (H), Dec. 7, ‘61; 18; disch. as private June 13, ‘62; enlisted Co. I, 13th V. R.C. July 21, ‘64; M. O. Nov. 17, ‘65. Patch, Geo. H., priv., (F), Aug. 24, ‘61; 18; M. O. Aug. 28, ‘64. Patch, Josiah, Jr., priv., (I), Apr. 30, ‘64; 34; disch. disa. July 6, ‘65. Patmore, Thomas, priv., (I), Apr. 21, ‘64; 22; abs. sick in hosp. June 30, ‘65. P
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Twelfth: his character and fame. (search)
disclosure will remain undisputed. As to the inferences to be drawn from them, there are many who will disagree with Mr. Sumner as to the share of responsibility which should rest upon the Secretary of State for the course pursued by the Administration towards Mr. Motley. It is probable that the Senator may have revised his own judgment at a later day, as it is certain that he gave his hearty support and approval to the course of the Secretary of State in reference to the seizure of the Virginius. The facts here brought forward would seem to point to what every candid person must regard as the vulnerable feature of the Secretary's administration—his tendency to yield to the vulgar malice and ignorant caprices of the President, instead of obeying his own instincts, and resisting or resigning. The chief discredit, however, as we have said before, falls upon the Senate of the United States. Their most valuable and distinguished member opposed, in a frank and open manner, with his
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Ii. (search)
disclosure will remain undisputed. As to the inferences to be drawn from them, there are many who will disagree with Mr. Sumner as to the share of responsibility which should rest upon the Secretary of State for the course pursued by the Administration towards Mr. Motley. It is probable that the Senator may have revised his own judgment at a later day, as it is certain that he gave his hearty support and approval to the course of the Secretary of State in reference to the seizure of the Virginius. The facts here brought forward would seem to point to what every candid person must regard as the vulnerable feature of the Secretary's administration—his tendency to yield to the vulgar malice and ignorant caprices of the President, instead of obeying his own instincts, and resisting or resigning. The chief discredit, however, as we have said before, falls upon the Senate of the United States. Their most valuable and distinguished member opposed, in a frank and open manner, with his
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 7: colonial newspapers and magazines, 1704-1775 (search)
mething of the distinguished style of the Farmer, and it is natural that the two should have been published together in a Williamsburg edition. Revolutionary Virginia burgesses always toasted the Farmer's and Monitor's letters together. But essays of an entirely different type also appeared constantly. Republicans and Loyalists fought violent battles under assumed classical names. Constitutionalis, Massachusettensis, Senex, Novanglus, Pacificus, Caesariensis, Amicus Publico, Cunctator, Virginius, Mucius Scaevola, Cato, Scipio, Leonidas, Brutus, and many more argued hotly and often powerfully the whole question of allegiance, on abstract grounds. Isaiah Thomas's Massachusetts spy shows the course of this long battle. Constantly on the verge of being suppressed, from its establishment in 1770 to the Revolution, it carried radicalism to its logical conclusion. When the Spy began to be reprinted in other papers, as the most daring production ever published in America, the country
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 58: the battle-flag resolution.—the censure by the Massachusetts Legislature.—the return of the angina pectoris. —absence from the senate.—proofs of popular favor.— last meetings with friends and constituents.—the Virginius case.—European friends recalled.—1872-1873. (search)
ce from the senate.—proofs of popular favor.— last meetings with friends and constituents.—the Virginius case.—European friends recalled.—1872-1873. Sumner's health as the season opened was no beter of the time of Henry II. July 23. New York Evening Post, July 25. The seizure of the Virginius by the Spanish authorities in Cuba, with the summary execution of a large number of men on boahing I have seen—I should not be out of the way to say, the only wise thing I have seen—in the Virginius case. Caleb Cushing wrote: I am delighted to learn through the newspapers that you continue is one statesman left in the Senate who can speak boldly and truthfully to our people. The Virginius affair was discreditable to our government. Spain was from the beginning anxious to do justicng the memory of the Ostend manifesto of Buchanan, Mason, and Slidell, ended in a fiasco. The Virginius was delivered up by the Spanish government; and while being towed as a trophy by one of
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 59: cordiality of senators.—last appeal for the Civil-rights bill. —death of Agassiz.—guest of the New England Society in New York.—the nomination of Caleb Cushing as chief-justice.—an appointment for the Boston custom-house.— the rescinding of the legislative censure.—last effort in debate.—last day in the senate.—illness, death, funeral, and memorial tributes.—Dec. 1, 1873—March 11, 1874. (search)
itical action and his relations to the government during the Civil War. His letter to the President requesting the withdrawal of his name also contained a similar statement. New York Tribune, Jan. 15, 1874. His loyalty had been recently assumed by his confirmation as minister to Spain. Shortly after the withdrawal of his nomination as chief-justice, he left on his mission to Spain, which he filled creditably. I-e was always friendly to that country, and deplored the proceedings in the Virginius case. Withal, he was genial, and opened generously his stores of knowledge to all who sought them. Nothing in his life commended him to lawyers, as he had done almost everything but practise law. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts for only a few months, appointed by Governor Boutwell and confirmed by a majority of one, which was obtained only after considerable pressure on the council. The Massachusetts men, on whom Sumner most relied for advice, were all against Mr. Cu
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