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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 18: Stratford-on-avon.—Warwick.—London.—Characters of judges and lawyers.—authors.—society.—January, 1839, to March, 1839.—Age, 28. (search)
om of Auckland Castle; but still, it seems almost perfect in its way. The towers and walls are commanding; the rooms are elegant, and have a beautiful prospect across the Avon, which washes the foot of the precipitous rock on which the castle stands: some of the paintings are divine. There is a Loyola, by Rubens, which undoes all the bad impressions left on my mind by that artist, after his infamous productions in the Louvre. The Warwick Vase is in the centre of the greenhouse. London, Jan. 12. After leaving Stratford, I went, amid rain and gusts of wind beneath which ships were then sinking on the coast, to Birmingham. Here I saw Mrs. Tuckerman's brother-in-law,—Mr. Francis,—who treated me very kindly, though I was unable to stay to enjoy his attentions; Mr. Wills, William Wills, author of Essay on the Principles of Circumstantial Evidence, published in Feb., 1838. He died in 1860. author of the new book on Circumstantial Evidence; Scholefield, M. P., Joshua Scholefie
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, London, Jan. 12. (search)
London, Jan. 12. After leaving Stratford, I went, amid rain and gusts of wind beneath which ships were then sinking on the coast, to Birmingham. Here I saw Mrs. Tuckerman's brother-in-law,—Mr. Francis,—who treated me very kindly, though I was unable to stay to enjoy his attentions; Mr. Wills, William Wills, author of Essay on the Principles of Circumstantial Evidence, published in Feb., 1838. He died in 1860. author of the new book on Circumstantial Evidence; Scholefield, M. P., Joshua Scholefield, representing Birmingham. &c.: but my visit was quite hurried, as I was obliged by my engagements to hasten back to town. We have heard of the dreadful loss of the packets. I had written several letters, which were on board those ill-fated ships, and which will perhaps never reach their destination. To you I had written a very long letter,—partly dated, I think, from Milton Park, Letter not lost, ante, Vol. II. p. 31. and giving an account of my adventures in fox-hunting <
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 24: Slavery and the law of nations.—1842.—Age, 31. (search)
uld send instructions to our ministers to discontinue their uniforms,—the Kow-towof Europe. Ever and ever yours, Charles Sumner. To Dr. Lieber he wrote, Jan. 11, 1842:— Howe will soon publish another report on Laura. She, poor girl, was delighted at his return. She cried with joy; and her nervous excitement deprived her fingers for a while of the power of language. To Jacob Harvey, New York. Boston, Jan. 14, 1842. My dear sir,—I have been much gratified by your letter of Jan. 12, which I have just received with the newspaper containing an able article on War with England. I agree with you entirely with regard to the Creole affair,—except, perhaps, that I go further than you do. In the first place, England cannot deliver up the slaves who are not implicated in the mutiny and murder by which the government of the ship was overthrown. She has laid down a rule not to recognize property in human beings since the date of her great Emancipation Act. The principle of