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Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career., Chapter 12: (search)
er stop it. The higher its dam, the higher the tide: it will overflow or break through. The news of the outrage on Mr. Sumner was borne with lightning speed to every section of the country; and at the North speakers and resolutions in popular assemblies, the pulpit and the press, in earnest words, declared the public indignation. At a large meeting in Faneuil Hall, Gov. Henry J. Gardner said, We must stand by him who is the representative of Massachusetts, under all circumstances. Peleg W. Chandler remarked that Every drop of blood shed by him in this disgraceful affair has raised up ten thousand armed men. At the dinner of the Massachusetts Medical Society, at the Revere House, Boston, Dr. O. W. Holmes gave this characteristic toast: To the surgeons of the city of Washington. God grant them wisdom! for they are dressing the wounds of a mighty empire, and of uncounted generations. At a great indignation-meeting in Albany, held on the 6th of June, the Rev. Dr. Halley said,
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 1: recruiting. (search)
tand the effect of a Southern climate without injury; an experiment which the sooner we prove unsuccessful, the sooner we shall establish an important truth and rid ourselves of a false hope. From first to last the original officers exercised a controlling influence in the regiment. To them—field, staff, and line—was largely due whatever fame was gained by the Fifty-fourth as the result of efficient leadership in camp or on the battlefield. In his Memoirs of Governor Andrew the Hon. Peleg W. Chandler writes:— When the first colored regiment was formed, he [Governor Andrew] remarked to a friend that in regard to other regiments, he accepted men as officers who were sometimes rough and uncultivated, but these men, he said, shall be commanded by officers who are eminently gentlemen. So much for the selection of officers. When it came to filling the ranks, strenuous efforts were required outside the State, as the colored population could not furnish the number required eve<
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Index. (search)
Casualties—general— James Island, 63; assault Wagner, 88; siege Wagner, 126; attempt on Sumter, 128; Olustee, 172; James Island, 216; Honey Hill, 252; Devaux's Neck, 258. Casualties—in regiment—James Island, 63; assault Wagner, 90, 91; siege Wagner, 126; Olustee, 173; James Island, 204, 205; Honey Hill, 252; Boykin's Mills, 304. Catskill, monitor, 111. Cedar Run, Fla., 175, 176, 178,183. Celebration of Emancipation, 144. Cezar, G. G., 163, 232. Champlin, Jason, 183. Chandler, Peleg W., 8. Chaplains, 118, 149, 232. Charleston, S. C., 36, 54, 109, 112,113, 114, 120, 133, 135, 139, 141, 143, 145, 190, 194, 195, 199, 207, 215, 219, 222, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 232, 233, 235, 240, 264, 267, 270, 275, 277, 279, 280, 281, 284, 288, 289, 295, 305, 309, 310, 311, 312. Charleston and Savannah Railroad, 52, 193, 199, 238, 240, 256, 258, 259, 262, 264, 270, 274, 275, 277, 281. Charleston bombarded, 112, 133, 139, 141, 143, 145, 190, 225, 233. Charleston, Confederate
John F. Hume, The abolitionists together with personal memories of the struggle for human rights, Chapter 21: Missouri-continued (search)
twenty-five others. In the movement were such prominent people as Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, and Benjamin F. Wade, of Ohio. One of the men favorable to the proposition was Governor Andrew of Massachusetts. He, says his biographer, Peleg W. Chandler, was very busy in the movement in 1864 to displace the President. The secrecy, he adds, with which this branch of the Republican politics of that year has been ever since enveloped is something marvelous; there were so many concerned in it. When it all comes out, if it ever does, it will make a curious page in the history of the time. The signal for the abandonment of the movement, according to Mr. Chandler, was given by Mr. Chase. Almost at the beginning of the movement the Missouri Democrat, doubtless because of its supposed opposition to Mr. Lincoln, was approached on the subject. If the statements made to it were anywhere near correct, the conspiracy, as it might be called, had the countenance of a surprisingly great nu
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Fifth: Senatorial career. (search)
Massachusetts in her loftiest mood, on her highest plane of action—one whose reason was never dimmed by passion. I pay my full homage to that position here. It is the right position unquestionably. Lviii. Public meetings, too, were held in the Northern States, at which resolutions were adopted and speeches were made by their ablest and most distinguished men. Faneuil Hall did not remain silent. At a large and deeply excited meeting, held without distinction of sect or party, Peleg W. Chandler, a leading politician, after alluding to the fact that he was Mr. Sumner's personal friend but political opponent, said: It is precisely because I have been and am now his personal friend, and it is precisely because I have been and now am his political opponent, that I am here to-night. * * * Yet personal feelings are of little or no consequence in this outrage. It is a blow not merely at Massachusetts, a blow not merely at the name and fame of our common country, it is a blow at con
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Lviii. (search)
Lviii. Public meetings, too, were held in the Northern States, at which resolutions were adopted and speeches were made by their ablest and most distinguished men. Faneuil Hall did not remain silent. At a large and deeply excited meeting, held without distinction of sect or party, Peleg W. Chandler, a leading politician, after alluding to the fact that he was Mr. Sumner's personal friend but political opponent, said: It is precisely because I have been and am now his personal friend, and it is precisely because I have been and now am his political opponent, that I am here to-night. * * * Yet personal feelings are of little or no consequence in this outrage. It is a blow not merely at Massachusetts, a blow not merely at the name and fame of our common country, it is a blow at constitutional liberty all the world over, it is a stab at the cause of universal freedom. Whatever may be done in this matter, however, one thing is certain, one thing is sure. The blood of this Norther
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 8: early professional life.—September, 1834, to December, 1837.—Age, 23-26. (search)
, being Number 4 Court Street, at the corner of Washington Street,—the site of the present Sears Building. Sumner occupied the room next to the hall, and Hillard the rear one. He kept one or the other for about twenty years, so long as he remained at the bar. Number 4 Court Street gathered at this period several lawyers, since well known, and some who were destined to a permanent fame. On the same floor with Sumner and Hillard were Theophilus Parsons, Rufus Choate, Theophilus and Peleg W. Chandler; and later John A. Andrew, afterwards Governor of the Commonwealth. On the third floor were Horace Mann, Edward G. Loring, and Luther S. Gushing. When Hillard left the building, in 1856, having previously removed to another room, he wrote in verse a graceful Farewell to Number Four, which called forth some happy rejoinders. Law Reporter, March, 1856, Vol. XVIII. p. 653. Sumner and Cushing Cushing was the well-known author of works on Parliamentary Law. rented together a si
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 15: the Circuits.—Visits in England and Scotland.—August to October, 1838.—age, 27. (search)
understand that the occasion was a capital one for an extended speech; but when you consider the briefness of my remarks you will observe that I spoke in the presence of all that was most distinguished in science in the British Empire,—Herschell, Babbage, Whewell, Sedgwick, Peacock, Buckland, &c.; and that it well became me to confine myself to the strict duty of returning thanks. [The Newcastle Courant of Aug. 31, 1838, The Law Reporter, Nov., 1838, Vol. I. pp. 244-245, edited by P. W. Chandler, republished this report with a brief preface, in which it said that Mr. Sumner has been everywhere received in a manner highly gratifying to his American friends, but not in the least surprising to those acquainted with him. The report was also printed in the Boston Advertiser of Nov. 28, 1838. reported the speeches at a dinner of the British Association for the Promotion of Science, at which Professor Bache, of Philadelphia, and Sumner were guests, together with Professor Ehrenberg, o
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 25: service for Crawford.—The Somers Mutiny.—The nation's duty as to slavery.—1843.—Age, 32. (search)
contribute to the Law Reporter,— a magazine founded and then conducted by Peleg W. Chandler. The following articles, or notices, were written by him,—most of them b one has ever reaped a richer harvest in the practice of his profession than Mr. Chandler, whose name as editor of the Law Reporter has been given in connection with though personal good — will continued, their paths in politics diverged; and Mr. Chandler's estimate of Sumner is of greater value, because not colored by the partiality which comes from sharing, as fellow combatants, in the same cause. Mr. Chandler's speech at Faneuil Hall, in 1856, was one of the best called out by the Brooksdisagreement. Sumner reprinted it in his Works, Vol. IV. pp. 314, 315. Mr. Chandler writes:— I readily comply with your request for some personal reminiscll receive sufficient favor to induce its editors to continue it. My friend, Mr. Chandler, the accomplished author of the volume entitled Criminal Trials, has publis
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, chapter 30 (search)
o walk through the dark valley. I shall lose a good friend in Sumner, and one who, though I have known him but a few years, has done me many kind offices. Mr. Chandler wrote to him, Aug. 1:— I was never more astonished than I now am, to see an actual note from you in your proper handwriting. I also feel a little compunctof your family. I have already despatched to you a large parcel containing two works of Judge Story, several numbers of my most amiable and intelligent friend Chandler's law journal; also, the first volume of his Criminal Trials. Mr. Chandler desires me to present his compliments to you, and to say that he shall have the honorMr. Chandler desires me to present his compliments to you, and to say that he shall have the honor of asking your acceptance of the second volume of his Criminal Trials as soon as it shall be published, which will be in the course of a few weeks. You will find in the Law Reporter apt notices of new publications in jurisprudence, and a great deal of intelligence with regard to this subject in the United States. You will be as
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