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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, chapter 10 (search)
no personal interest; I am seeking nothing but the public interest. I do not doubt that the senator from New York is also seeking the public interest; I make no suggestion to the contrary, though I do not see that the public interest requires the peculiar line of argument and cross-examination, and the manner which the senator has chosen to adopt; but that is for him to choose, and not for me. June 23. Congressional Globe, p. 3394. A passage in Sumner's tribute to Thaddeus Stevens, Dec. 18. 1869. Works, vol. XIII. p. 5, is likely to refer to Conkling Sumner then went on to restate his positions. Conkling did not rise again, and Sumner was sustained on the contested point (not an important one) by a vote of twenty-two to fourteen. the incident is of some importance as bearing on later controversies. Another debate shows Conkling's favorite style, in which his treatment of Sumner was of the same kind. Jan. 14 and 17, Feb. 9, July 4, 1870. Congressional Globe, pp. 459,