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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)
ry represented at the International Exhibition in London, Jan. 31, 1862. Works, vol. VI. pp. 295-292); against regulating Congressional mileage in the army bill (Feb. 6, Works, vol. VI. pp. 299, 300); in favor of an inquiry as to the treatment of Union officers and soldiers killed at Manassas (April 1. 1862, Works, vol. VI. pp. 439-441); and making a report in favor of assisting by a loan Mexico in her resistance to foreign intervention, then threatened by England, France, and Spain (Feb. 19, 1862, Works, vol. VI. pp. 365-375). Other subjects to which he gave attention were claims of consuls for indemnity, the transportation of foreign mails, the proper number of staff officers, and the discharge of State prisoners. The duties of Congress at this time were extraordinary in novelty and variety. It reorganized and supported a great army for the suppression of the greatest of rebellious, and a navy for the protection of our commerce and the blockade of our entire coast. It confron
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)
f European dominion on this continent. Nevertheless, the burden of a foreign war at this time would have been fatal to the Union cause; and existing conditions imposed on our government, in its relations with foreign powers, the duty of discreet forbearance, so far as was consistent with honor. Sumner had always the cause of Mexico at heart, and was even disposed to go further than most of his associates in the Senate in befriending her by financial assistance; Report in the Senate, Feb. 19, 1862, Works, vol. VI. pp. 365-375; Address at the Cooper Institute, Sept. 10, 1863, Works, vol. VII. p. 368. but he strenuously opposed during the Civil War all attempts to embroil our government in a conflict with France. After the withdrawal of the French troops, Sumner opposed ill-considered action calculated to disturb our relations with France (Jan. 15 and 16, 1867, Congressional Globe, pp. 459, 487); but he proposed that our government should offer its good offices to Mexico by way