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Paris (France) (search for this): chapter 24
s scholarship, which he had heard of, but could not verify; he fancied that Sumner was a statesman; and he felt the remains of the indignation which burst out all over the North after the dastardly attack of Brooks had elevated the victim into a martyr. Sumner had been for years on intimate terms with Fish; had dined at Fish's house weekly while they were together in the Senate; and had been a constant visitor at Fish's homes in town and country in New York. Fish had seen Sumner often in Paris while the orator lay suffering from the blows received in the Senate chamber. Thus when Fish entered the Cabinet he naturally turned to his old associate and friend, who had been more lately familiar with high politics than himself; for Fish had been out of the public service for twelve years, while Sumner was at this time chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. The official relations of the two brought them at once into close companionship. Before Grant's Administration was
Vienna (Wien, Austria) (search for this): chapter 24
rned to his old associate and friend, who had been more lately familiar with high politics than himself; for Fish had been out of the public service for twelve years, while Sumner was at this time chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. The official relations of the two brought them at once into close companionship. Before Grant's Administration was three months old Motley was sent to England to please Sumner, without whose interposition he would at most have been returned to Vienna. But almost immediately Sumner's dictatorial disposition and imperious behavior began to make trouble. The Clarendon-Johnson Treaty was still before the Senate when Grant became President, and in April, 1869, without consulting the Administration, Sumner made his famous speech, in which he claimed that the war had been doubled in duration by the English intervention, and that England was responsible for the additional expenditure which America thus incurred. From Sumner's position in th
Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic) (search for this): chapter 24
nths later, and during the winter the question of St. Domingo came up. I was never taken into the confidence of were reasons why the acquisition of territory in St. Domingo was desirable; but at this time the President diday that he could have been induced to support the St. Domingo scheme by offers of patronage; but I do know thatGrant's Cabinet said to him: General, you can get St. Domingo and Sumner's support if you will give him somethimined on. Fish finally became assured that the St. Domingo treaty could not pass the Senate; a private counttempt to bribe Mr. Sumner into the support of the St. Domingo treaty by the offer of the English mission. In tto remove Mr. Motley. On the 30th of June, the St. Domingo treaty was rejected, and on the 1st of July Motle committees were formed; but though the treaty of St. Domingo had been rejected in July, principally through Sueen removed because of Sumner's opposition to the St. Domingo scheme, and Fish replied with some severe strictu
John Rose (search for this): chapter 24
m for his friend; he refused at a dinner at General Schenck's house to speak to Mr. Fish, and afterward announced in the Senate that he had cut the Secretary of State. At that very time negotiations for the Treaty of Washington had begun. Sir John Rose had been sent out from England to prepare the way for the Joint High Commission that followed. Mr. Fish, a night or two before, in spite of all that had occurred, had visited Sumner and consulted him in regard to the Treaty, which of course Administration, for no statesman on either side of the Atlantic could conceive of its acceptance by England. Before Mr. . Fish could reply to the note, however, the dinner occurred at which Sumner declined the acquaintance of the Secretary. Sir John Rose was present at the dinner, which, as I have said, was given by General Schenck, then recently appointed Minister to England; so that in the midst of the negotiation on so grave a question, on which he was himself officially to act, Sumner ref
Motley (search for this): chapter 24
re Grant's Administration was three months old Motley was sent to England to please Sumner, without's view was presented to the Administration by Motley as the basis for his own instructions, it was hreatened, as I have already stated, to induce Motley to resign. Nevertheless for a while he retainn the effusion of the moment, and knowing that Motley was to be recalled, exclaimed: How would you lis Grant had told Fish that he meant to remove Motley; once when Motley's report of his first intervndon arrived; next when it was discovered that Motley had submitted his account of the interview to old me he had certainly determined to remove Mr. Motley. On the 30th of June, the St. Domingo treaty was rejected, and on the 1st of July Motley was requested to resign. The determination was execdesired Mr. Fish to request the resignation of Motley; but the President supposed that the SecretarSenate Chamber shortly after the nomination of Motley's successor was sent in, and went up as usual [7 more...]
Nicholas Fish (search for this): chapter 24
the Senate; and had been a constant visitor at Fish's homes in town and country in New York. Fish y familiar with high politics than himself; for Fish had been out of the public service for twelve yate, and his well-known personal relations with Fish, the country would have a right to presume thathe Administration had already determined on. Fish finally became assured that the St. Domingo treof the English mission. In this very interview Fish had already urged Sumner to bring up the treaty night of July 1st that General Grant desired Mr. Fish to request the resignation of Motley; but theand a week or two later when he discovered that Fish had merely written, he requested him to telegracontemptuous sort of condescension, saying that Fish meant well, but was used by others. Fish was aner's opposition to the St. Domingo scheme, and Fish replied with some severe strictures, which, howive of its acceptance by England. Before Mr. . Fish could reply to the note, however, the dinner oc[17 more...]
Charles Sumner (search for this): chapter 24
eard of, but could not verify; he fancied that Sumner was a statesman; and he felt the remains of th of the public service for twelve years, while Sumner was at this time chairman of the Senate Commit returned to Vienna. But almost immediately Sumner's dictatorial disposition and imperious behaviheir own position. It was very different from Sumner's. They held that though England had been mostantagonism between the characters of Grant and Sumner soon became apparent. Sumner's enormous conce to settle the question definitely, and begged Sumner, who as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Aonstrued, and regretted what he had said. But Sumner simply replied: No, I cannot disturb Motley, aent in, and went up as usual to Sumner's desk; Sumner almost provoked a rupture then, but finally thhe note, however, the dinner occurred at which Sumner declined the acquaintance of the Secretary. Sdministration, with whom it was evident that Mr. Sumner could not or would not work, exerted itself [48 more...]
Brooks (search for this): chapter 24
n friend or foe. He believed in Sumner's scholarship, which he had heard of, but could not verify; he fancied that Sumner was a statesman; and he felt the remains of the indignation which burst out all over the North after the dastardly attack of Brooks had elevated the victim into a martyr. Sumner had been for years on intimate terms with Fish; had dined at Fish's house weekly while they were together in the Senate; and had been a constant visitor at Fish's homes in town and country in New Yas as Quixotic and unstatesmanlike as ever entered the brain of a sane politician; it alone demonstrated the unfitness of its author for the conduct of foreign affairs. Sumner felt the blow that was dealt him almost as keenly as the strokes of Brooks; both were delivered in the Senate Chamber. Following on the heels of his domestic troubles this later misfortune affected, not only his feeling, but his judgment and his political consistency. When the next elections came on he joined hands wi
Seward (search for this): chapter 24
n earlier still. It was positively arranged at the time of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson that he was to have the State Department if Wade had gone into the Presidency; and even under Lincoln there was an occasion when he expected to supplant Seward. He thought himself especially fit for the post, and if acquirement and ornate eloquence were the prime requisites for a Secretary of State he might have filled the position with a certain degree of brilliancy. But though, with Sumner's conseses, the man of the closet, the Senate, and of society. Sumner always felt—perhaps with many others—that the career of the soldier should have closed with the war. Arma cedant togoe was always in their hearts, if not upon their lips. Chase, and Seward, and Stanton, and some of their successors, felt themselves better equipped in the arts of statesmanship than they believed any mere warrior could be, and they were undoubtedly jealous of the civic honors given to those who, they thought, should
Benjamin F. Wade (search for this): chapter 24
Chapter 24: Grant and Sumner. Sumner had hoped to be Secretary of State under Grant. His anticipations, indeed, began earlier still. It was positively arranged at the time of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson that he was to have the State Department if Wade had gone into the Presidency; and even under Lincoln there was an occasion when he expected to supplant Seward. He thought himself especially fit for the post, and if acquirement and ornate eloquence were the prime requisites for a Secretary of State he might have filled the position with a certain degree of brilliancy. But though, with Sumner's consent, his friends pressed his name for the first position in the Cabinet, Grant never for a moment entertained the idea of appointing him. There was, indeed, little congruity between the plain and almost rugged soldier, used to war and actual strife, to directing armies and planning campaigns, and the polished rhetorician, the elaborate student of phrases, the man of the clo
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