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C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Eighth: the war of the Rebellion. (search)
is patience, I always wondered that he kept it at all. As soon as Mr. Edward Stanley reached his post as Provisional Governor of North Carolina, he made a striking display of his power by ordering the Colored Schools recently established by Vincent Colyer and others to be shut—they were forbidden by the Laws of the State! Mr. Colyer hurried on to Washington and called on Mr. Sumner, who at once drove with him to the President's. After hearing what had been done, Mr. Lincoln excitedly exclaimedMr. Colyer hurried on to Washington and called on Mr. Sumner, who at once drove with him to the President's. After hearing what had been done, Mr. Lincoln excitedly exclaimed, Do you take me for a School-Committee-Man? Not at all; I take you for President of the United States, and I come with a case of wrong, in attending to which your predecessor, George Washington, if alive, might add to his renown. In an instant Mr. Lincoln's tone changed, and he heard the case patiently. Returning to the Senate Chamber,—June 2, 1862,—Mr. Sumner offered the following: Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to communicate to the Senate copies of any commissions o<
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Xxxvii. (search)
is patience, I always wondered that he kept it at all. As soon as Mr. Edward Stanley reached his post as Provisional Governor of North Carolina, he made a striking display of his power by ordering the Colored Schools recently established by Vincent Colyer and others to be shut—they were forbidden by the Laws of the State! Mr. Colyer hurried on to Washington and called on Mr. Sumner, who at once drove with him to the President's. After hearing what had been done, Mr. Lincoln excitedly exclaimedMr. Colyer hurried on to Washington and called on Mr. Sumner, who at once drove with him to the President's. After hearing what had been done, Mr. Lincoln excitedly exclaimed, Do you take me for a School-Committee-Man? Not at all; I take you for President of the United States, and I come with a case of wrong, in attending to which your predecessor, George Washington, if alive, might add to his renown. In an instant Mr. Lincoln's tone changed, and he heard the case patiently. Returning to the Senate Chamber,—June 2, 1862,—Mr. Sumner offered the following: Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to communicate to the Senate copies of any commissions o<