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C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Eighth: the war of the Rebellion. (search)
olina, than it has to intefere with the peculiar institution of Rhode Island whose benefits I have enjoyed:— Referring, we suppose, to a good dinner; nor, from the well-known habits of Mr. Smith, can we attribute the utterance of such a sentiment to the befuddling influence of the proverbially fine wine the gentlemen of Rhode Island drink. XIII. But another, and still more decisive endorsement of the administration policy, was seen in the treatment of General Fremont, who, on the 30th of August, had issued the following telling Proclamation from the West ern Department: The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States, or who shall be proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared to be confiscated to the public use, and their slaves, if any they have, are Hereby declared freemen. A shout of gladness went through the country when Fremont's act became known. But Mr
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., XIII. (search)
XIII. But another, and still more decisive endorsement of the administration policy, was seen in the treatment of General Fremont, who, on the 30th of August, had issued the following telling Proclamation from the West ern Department: The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States, or who shall be proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared to be confiscated to the public use, and their slaves, if any they have, are Hereby declared freemen. A shout of gladness went through the country when Fremont's act became known. But Mr. Lincoln still hung back,—doubtless for reasons which, to his usually sound judgment, were overruling. He said at the time to many of us who held Mr. Sumner's views, that It would do no good to go ahead any faster than the country would follow. About this time he said to me, You know the old Latin motto, festina lente. How do the Italians—