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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 45: an antislavery policy.—the Trent case.—Theories of reconstruction.—confiscation.—the session of 1861-1862. (search)
ston Advertiser. It was, indeed, a perilous moment, perhaps the most perilous, in our Civil War. Public opinion in Great Britain had been running strongly against us, and a large party in that country was watching for a pretext to push intervention in favor of the rebellion. Three fourths of the House of Commons, as Cobden wrote, will be glad to find an excuse for voting for the dismemberment of the great republic. Morley's Life of Cobden, vol. II. pp. 388-390. He wrote to Bright, December 6: I doubt whether another year's blockade will be borne by the world. What say you? If you agree, you should let Sumner know. The Cabinet, while maintaining the forms of neutrality, was largely influenced against us by the pressure of great interests. This hostile sentiment now saw its opportunity, and showed itself in the bitter and vindictive appeals of the press. The Confederates had enlisted Louis Napoleon in their behalf, and they were now jubilant with the prospect of a British a
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 48: Seward.—emancipation.—peace with France.—letters of marque and reprisal.—foreign mediation.—action on certain military appointments.—personal relations with foreigners at Washington.—letters to Bright, Cobden, and the Duchess of Argyll.—English opinion on the Civil War.—Earl Russell and Gladstone.—foreign relations.—1862-1863. (search)
ect in a public address of his own; October 14, before the Herefordshire Agricultural Society. He died April 13, 1863; and, as Seward wrote to Adams, May 4, on account of his firm, just, and dignified course in regard to our national affairs, his death was mourned as profoundly in this country as in England. and the official organ, the Globe, drew a distinction between Mr. Gladstone and the ministry in regard to the sentiments he had expressed. The Duchess of Argyll wrote to Sumner, December 6, that Gladstone's Newcastle speech grieved the duke and herself. These disavowals in high quarters made public men more cautious; and, as Mr. Adams states, there came to be a general opinion that Mr. Gladstone had been very indiscreet. Mr. Bright wrote to Sumner, October 10, 1862:— I write to you from a feeling of anxiety. You will see what is being said here by public men who speak on your question, and most of all, and worst of all, by your old acquaintance and friend Mr. Glads
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 50: last months of the Civil War.—Chase and Taney, chief-justices.—the first colored attorney in the supreme court —reciprocity with Canada.—the New Jersey monopoly.— retaliation in war.—reconstruction.—debate on Louisiana.—Lincoln and Sumner.—visit to Richmond.—the president's death by assassination.—Sumner's eulogy upon him. —President Johnson; his method of reconstruction.—Sumner's protests against race distinctions.—death of friends. —French visitors and correspondents.—1864-1865. (search)
President as soon as the vacancy was reported; Schuckers's Life of Chase, p. 512. and as there was delay in filling it, he renewed the recommendation as soon as he reached Washington. Nicolay and Hay's Life of Lincoln, vol. IX. p. 394. Sumner to F. W. Ballard, Dec. 7, 1864. Some thought that except for his insistence a different appointment would have been made; but this is uncertain, as the general judgment of the country was in harmony with the President's decision, which was made December 6. When the new chief-justice took his seat, Sumner was observed among the spectators, leaning against the column at the right of the justices, being regarded after the chief-justice himself as the most interesting figure in the group of celebrated persons there. D. W. Bartlett in the New York Independent, Dec. 22, 1864. Sumner wrote, October 12, to Lieber, who had urged him to visit Washington in order to press Chase's appointment:— Last spring, after a long conversation, Mr.