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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 57: attempts to reconcile the President and the senator.—ineligibility of the President for a second term.—the Civil-rights Bill.—sale of arms to France.—the liberal Republican party: Horace Greeley its candidate adopted by the Democrats.—Sumner's reserve.—his relations with Republican friends and his colleague.—speech against the President.—support of Greeley.—last journey to Europe.—a meeting with Motley.—a night with John Bright.—the President's re-election.—1871-1872. (search)
s, and placed a different candidate than Greeley—perhaps the senator himself—at the head of the movement. Springfield Republican, June 1, 1872; March 12, 1874. Sumner's personal friends, who supported the President's re-election,—as the greater number of his friends did,—credited him with rectitude of intention, and mitigated as far as they could the political resentment against him. Forney in his newspaper made an earnest but kindly protest against his decision. Philadelphia Press, June 2. 1872; Washington Sunday Chronicle, June 3. Curtis wrote to the senator that he should be compelled to reply to a speech which he deemed terribly unjust to the President, but should do justice to its author's sincerity, and be ever grateful for his services, entertaining the same sincere affection as before. Lydia Maria Child saw much of justice in his strictures on the President, but dissented from the arraignment as a whole, objecting that he did not look at both sides of the shield, and t