...atism of Boston to rally on the old lines. The plot was already in progress to put McClellan forward as the opposing candidate to Lincoln in the election of 1864. Sumner wrote to the Duchess of Argyll , Jan. 4, 1863:— I send you a monthly containing three cantos of Longfellow's translation of Dante. I always thought the Paradiso dull and difficult, although at times beautiful with ...