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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 9 9 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 1 1 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 56: San Domingo again.—the senator's first speech.—return of the angina pectoris.—Fish's insult in the Motley Papers.— the senator's removal from the foreign relations committee.—pretexts for the remioval.—second speech against the San Domingo scheme.—the treaty of Washington.—Sumner and Wilson against Butler for governor.—1870-1871. (search)
tion was confined exclusively to public business. Sumner did not fail to deny positively the statement, when coming from any responsible quater, that he had declined to hold any intercourse, official or otherwise, with Mr. Fish. William Whiting of Boston, former solicitor of the war department, having repeated the statement as he had heard it from others, and being called to account by the senator, admitted after a careful inquiry that he had been misinformed. He closed his letter of May 7, 1872, thus: It is hardly necessary for me to say that these facts change the whole aspect of the matter in my view; and as it is my duty to you, it is also a great pleasure to myself, frankly to say so. There is no claim from any quarter that in this interview the senator was reserved, or in any way wanting in courtesy or duty. Sumner had made up his mind, however, that until the secretary retracted the insult, his relations with him could be only official. Two days after, he communicated t