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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)
n shows, was perverted on the slavery question, but otherwise he stood in high repute as a jurist. Sumner applied to him severe epithets for sustaining an unrighteous judgment by falsification of history—a charge which was literally true. Feb. 23, 1865. Works, vol. IX. pp. 270. 310. Reverdy Johnson, the friend and fellow-citizen of the late chief-justice, became greatly excited, and lost the selfcontrol which he usually maintained; and the contention between him and his four antagonists bede, and still battling against the national government, must be regarded as rebel States, not to be readmitted to representation until after a vote of both houses, Works, vol. VIII. p. 470. He reaffirmed the same doctrine in resolutions, Feb. 23, 1865 (Works, vol. IX. p. 311); and again March 8, 1865 (Works, vol. IX. p. 340). Resolutions of a similar character were proposed by Garfield and Dawes in the House, June 13 and 22. 1864.—a precaution against hasty and exceptional action by one