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Auburn, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
icans 1 hope no man will be accepted who is not emphatically, heart and soul, life and conversation, a representative man. Such a man must have been an old and constant servant of the cause. Just before the convention met, Seward went home to Auburn, confident of his nomination and election. Sumner accompanied him as he left the Senate chamber, Wilson's Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, vol. II. p. 695. and wrote to him, after the result at Chicago, a letter of sympathy, to which Sewarers of other cities, a pamphlet edition of fifty thousand copies issued by the association at whose instance it was delivered, and an edition of ten thousand copies issued by the Republican State committee of New York. Seward promptly wrote from Auburn: Your speech in every part is noble and great. Even you never spoke so well. This and Sumner's later address at Worcester he called masterpieces. Descriptions of Sumner as an orator, stating his peculiarities, were given by Theodore Tilton i
Foxborough (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
It was delivered once before the election in Boston October 1, and after the election at Concord, where he was Emerson's guest, and also at Providence and Lowell; and on each of these three occasions he was waited upon after his return from the hall by companies of Wide-Awakes, to whom he replied with counsels for moderation in victory, and also for firm resistance to menaces of disunion. Works, vol. v. pp. 344-347, 350-356. The lecture was repeated the same autumn at other places,—as Foxborough and Woonsocket, R. I., and New Haven, Conn. Leaving home for Washington November 27, Sumner stopped in New York to repeat his lecture at Cooper Institute, where, with Mr. Bryant in the chair, it was received with the same favor as his address in the summer at the same place. The passage which held up Lafayette as steadfast against compromise was greeted with nine cheers. Weed's Life, vol. II. p. 308. Near the end of December, during the recess of Congress, he repeated it in Philad
Chicago (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
for President and Edward Everett for Vice-President. The Republicans met at Chicago, May 16, and passing by Seward, the leading candidate, nominated Abraham Lincoed your brother's speech and your article,—both excellent. I can trust you at Chicago, for I know that you are true and earnest. Should Seward be rejected there, Ie now. Von Holst, vol. VII. p. 170. We can elect any man the convention at Chicago choose to nominate. You know that I always keep aloof from personal questionsll of the Slave Power, vol. II. p. 695. and wrote to him, after the result at Chicago, a letter of sympathy, to which Seward replied in language showing how deeply e convention he returned to Washington. Just after the writer's return from Chicago, he dined at Adams's in company with Seward and Sumner, and at Seward's in com which the Southern leaders had given to the discussion. John Wentworth, of Chicago, treated it in his journal as the embodiment of Republicanism. A reception
Fitchburg (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
purposes were opposed,—maintaining that the people should stand firmly by the cause of freedom against such menaces, whether uttered at the South or repeated at the North. In October, from their home, illuminated for the occasion, he witnessed, with his mother beside him, a. long procession of Republican Wide-Awakes, These companies are described in Works, vol. v. p. 344. which, as it passed down Hancock Street, saluted them with repeated cheers. Later in the campaign he delivered in Fitchburg, and repeated in Worcester, a speech on the popular sovereignty dogma,—a doctrine which admitted the right of the settlers of a territory to establish slavery in it, and showed how such a doctrine, if adopted early in our history, would have largely increased the number of slave States. Works, vol. v. pp. 309-337. Started by Cass and Douglas as a device for evading the issue in Congress between freedom and slavery, it had been substantially adopted by Eli Thayer, the Republican member
Wilson, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
He has noble faculties nobly dedicated. God bless you! In a letter to V. Fell, Bloomington, 111., he wrote, March 27: Among Republicans 1 hope no man will be accepted who is not emphatically, heart and soul, life and conversation, a representative man. Such a man must have been an old and constant servant of the cause. Just before the convention met, Seward went home to Auburn, confident of his nomination and election. Sumner accompanied him as he left the Senate chamber, Wilson's Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, vol. II. p. 695. and wrote to him, after the result at Chicago, a letter of sympathy, to which Seward replied in language showing how deeply he felt his disappointment. C. F. Adams replied to the writer's request for his opinion as to the candidate, stating that he preferred another nomination than that of Seward, who was his first choice, if the latter was found after conference not likely to carry the doubtful Northern States. This letter should be
Providence, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
ce and resonance of style, and a sympathy with noble lives, which recall his earlier commemoration of Channing and Story. 1 Works, vol. v. p. 369-429. The lecture was printed at New York in pamphlet from a reporter's notes, without the author's revision. It was rewritten and repeated in 1870 at many places in the Western as well as Eastern States. It was delivered once before the election in Boston October 1, and after the election at Concord, where he was Emerson's guest, and also at Providence and Lowell; and on each of these three occasions he was waited upon after his return from the hall by companies of Wide-Awakes, to whom he replied with counsels for moderation in victory, and also for firm resistance to menaces of disunion. Works, vol. v. pp. 344-347, 350-356. The lecture was repeated the same autumn at other places,—as Foxborough and Woonsocket, R. I., and New Haven, Conn. Leaving home for Washington November 27, Sumner stopped in New York to repeat his lecture a
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
Northern delegates like B. F. Butler and Caleb Cushing, both of Massachusetts, who were in sympathy with them. In the Charleston conventior President, and was the Breckinridge candidate for governor of Massachusetts, in the autumn. These seceders, who, disciples of Calhoun, (lidptember 2, to R. Schleiden: Meanwhile the good cause advances. Massachusetts stands better, fairer, and squarer than ever before. Sumner waart of the State, where he considered briefly the traditions of Massachusetts as devoted to education and freedom, closing with a warm tributce. Sumner's activity in the canvass of 1860 was confined to Massachusetts, and he withstood solicitations to speak elsewhere. Letters the press to speak to the whole country. Lincoln received in Massachusetts one hundred and six thousand votes; Douglas, thirty-four thousaery sentiments—supported Bell and Everett; and their leaders in Massachusetts were chiefly the old opponents of the Conscience Whigs,—Winthro
West Indies (search for this): chapter 15
ats together at the table. Their topics were American and foreign politics, as well as literature and art. Sumner always valued the observations of an impartial spectator of our affairs, and none more than those of Mr. Schleiden, slight as was the sympathy of that minister with the antislavery movement. Sumner contributed to the New York Tribune March 3, 1860. Works, vol. IV. pp. 417-423. at this time a paper introducing Macaulay's article, written when a youth, on slavery in the West Indies, which appeared in tile Edinburgh Review in 1825, and had been overlooked or designedly omitted in the collected edition of his Essays. The paper contained a reference to his recent intercourse with the historian, who had died a few weeks before. The Duke of Argyll, whose home at Kensington was very near Macaulay's, wrote Sumner an account of the historian's last days; the duchess added a note, recalling how heartily he grasped Sumner's hand at their last meeting at Argyll Lodge. Mot
Worcester (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
of New York. Seward promptly wrote from Auburn: Your speech in every part is noble and great. Even you never spoke so well. This and Sumner's later address at Worcester he called masterpieces. Descriptions of Sumner as an orator, stating his peculiarities, were given by Theodore Tilton in the New York Independent, July 19, anou will agree that the experiment has at last been most successfully made, and my cure completely established. Sumner spoke at the Republican State convention in Worcester, August 29. Works, vol. v. pp. 240-268. It was his first appearance in such a body since he was present at the same place six years before, as well as his fis, vol. v. p. 344. which, as it passed down Hancock Street, saluted them with repeated cheers. Later in the campaign he delivered in Fitchburg, and repeated in Worcester, a speech on the popular sovereignty dogma,—a doctrine which admitted the right of the settlers of a territory to establish slavery in it, and showed how such a
Kensington, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
movement. Sumner contributed to the New York Tribune March 3, 1860. Works, vol. IV. pp. 417-423. at this time a paper introducing Macaulay's article, written when a youth, on slavery in the West Indies, which appeared in tile Edinburgh Review in 1825, and had been overlooked or designedly omitted in the collected edition of his Essays. The paper contained a reference to his recent intercourse with the historian, who had died a few weeks before. The Duke of Argyll, whose home at Kensington was very near Macaulay's, wrote Sumner an account of the historian's last days; the duchess added a note, recalling how heartily he grasped Sumner's hand at their last meeting at Argyll Lodge. Motley wrote Sumner, Jan. 2, 1860: Do you remember the breakfast at Holly Lodge? This was the last time we had any of us the pleasure of meeting Macaulay, I believe. I am sure it was the last time that I saw him, and I am not likely to forget it very soon. Do you remember how gay and amusing he w
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