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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)
eneral on the frontier might follow invaders back into Canada if the Canadian government should fail in its duties; but a deliberate order in advance to invade neutral territory is a grave step. Sumner commented on the order in the Senate, Dec. 19, 1864. The President required General Dix to revoke it. Nicolay and Hay's Life of Lincoln, vol. VIII. p. 25. I have presented to the President the duty of harmony between Congress and the Executive. He is agreed. It is proposed to admit Lky, who maintained that the President's act was void and incapable of ratification. A debate on the St. Albans' Raid drew from him some remarks against any acts on our side which would furnish any seeming apology for foreign intervention. Dec. 19, 1864. Works, vol. IX. pp. 174-177. Sumner argued in the Senate that rich and poor, when relieving themselves from a draft by paying a sum as commutation, should be put on an equality by requiring, in addition to a fixed sum required of all,