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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 2: early political action and military training. (search)
re election was held at City Hall on that day. As the threats to discharge men for voting as they chose had been wholly withdrawn by the managers of the corporations, and as the objectionable notice had been destroyed, ten-hour questions were there discussed only on their merits; and there was no interruption or disturbance. The Whigs, however, held a meeting on Saturday evening in the train-house at the Merrimac Street station. As a large number of ten-hour men were Irishmen, one William S. Robinson, of Brooklyn, an Irish orator, was hired to address the working-men. He spoke from a platform car standing on the track. That meeting was slightly rebellious. His listeners gathered round the upper end of the car, and, leaning heavily upon it, moved it gently down the track, out of the depot and into the darkness. Although invited, I had declined to attend that meeting. The election was held. Five Coalitionists and one Whig were elected; and the elections in the other towns of
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
. Richmond & Petersburg R. R. cut, 645, 648. Roanoke River expedition, 779, 780, 781, 782. Robeson, Hon. George N., appointed secretary of Navy, 823; offends Porter, 823; calls Grant's attention to Porter's abusive letter, 823. Robinson, William S., stump speaker, 106. Robinson, Gov. George D., Butler's successor, 976. Roby, governor of New Hampshire, aids Butler in recruitment, 303. Rochereau, Colonel, a New Orleans banker. 433-435. Rodman, quoted upon Porter's reports, 8Robinson, Gov. George D., Butler's successor, 976. Roby, governor of New Hampshire, aids Butler in recruitment, 303. Rochereau, Colonel, a New Orleans banker. 433-435. Rodman, quoted upon Porter's reports, 808. Rogers, Lieutenant, afterwards admiral at Annapolis, 195. Roman, Lieutenant, repulses enemy, 649. Rosecrans, reference to, 877. Ruce, Major, surrender at Fort Fisher, 795. Ruffin, George L., Esq., judge of Charlestown, Mass., 974. Ruggles' Brigade at Baton Rouge, 481. S Salisbury, great loss of life in prison pen at, 609-610. Salem Zouaves, 190,195. Sanford, Major-General Butler's disagreement with, 757-758. Savannah blockade runners, enter harbor, 849. Sc
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 6: (search)
e to the height of your duties; and that, taking the Constitution for your loadstar and your guide through the troubles of the times, you will dedicate yourselves to the single object of contributing, with heart and soul, to uphold, to re-establish, and to perpetuate our sacred and beloved Union. That we resolve and determine to do, with the good help of God. The House then made choice of Hon. Alexander H. Bullock, of Worcester, Speaker of the House: he received every vote cast. William S. Robinson, of Malden, was elected clerk. On taking the chair, Mr. Bullock also referred to the existing war, and to the duty of Massachusetts in regard thereto. More than thirty thousand of the men of Massachusetts are at this moment far from home, in arms, to preserve the public liberties along the Upper and Lower Potomac, among the islands and deltas of the Gulf, or wherever else they have been called to follow that imperilled but still radiant flag. He closed with these words: In t
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 8: (search)
Newburyport. Mr. Bullock spoke at considerable length. In the course of his speech,> he was eloquent in his praise of the services of Massachusetts soldiers in the war. He said,— They have fought, many have fallen, under McClellan and Burnside, both dear to them; under Butler and Banks, both soldiers of Massachusetts, bringing laurels to her brow. They have stood, and they have fallen, wheresoever and under whomsoever it has pleased the Government to appoint their lot. William S. Robinson, of Malden, was re-elected clerk of the House by a unanimous vote. The address of the Governor was delivered before the two branches of the Legislature, on Friday, Jan. 9. It was a document of remarkable force and eloquence. It not only discussed the position of Massachusetts in the war, but also a variety of topics relating to the social, physical, financial, agricultural, and educational condition of the State. The receipts in the treasury from the ordinary sources of revenue,
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 10: (search)
istration of the National Government have felt that they could at all times, and under all circumstances, firmly lean. In her there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. For those who have gone forth in our defence, we have no occasion to blush. The banner intrusted to Massachusetts regiments has ever been borne with honor, whatever the hue of the hands by which it was upheld. The House was organized by the choice of Alexander H. Bullock, of Worcester, for Speaker, and William S. Robinson, of Malden, for clerk. Each gentleman received every vote cast. Mr. Bullock, on taking the chair, spoke at considerable length. In the course of his address, he said,— When our predecessors met here a year ago, the sky was overcast. Ill-fortune at home, and not altogether good omens abroad, depressed our hearts. It was a period in which men of timid counsels, men of sulky loyalty, men in sympathy with the public enemies, availed themselves of the general gloom, and added to
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 12: (search)
t opens its folds will cool the brow of no unpaid toil, will fan the cheek of no slave. The House of Representatives was called to order by John I. Baker, of Beverly, and organized by the choice of Alexander H. Bullock for Speaker, and William S. Robinson for clerk, each of these gentlemen receiving an unanimous vote. Mr. Bullock, in his address to the House on taking the chair, thus spoke of the state of the country :— Gentlemen,—I congratulate you upon the progress of the national State. In the afternoon, speeches were made by Hon. Charles Sumner, Benjamin F. Butler, Mr. Bullock, the nominee for Governor, and Mr. Claflin, the nominee for Lieutenant-Governor, and a series of patriotic resolutions were reported by William S. Robinson, of Malden, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions. The Democratic Convention met in Worcester, on the 29th of September. John K. Tarbox was chosen temporary chairman, and Edward Avery, of Braintree, permanent president. Both of thes
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, Frank W. Bird, and the Bird Club. (search)
evolved out of the conditions of its times, like a natural growth. Its nucleus was formed in the campaign of 1848, when Bird, Andrew, Henry L. Pierce, and William S. Robinson fell into the habit of dining together and discussing public affairs every Saturday afternoon. It was not long before they were joined by Elizur Wright and cans had nominated General Francis C. Barlow for Secretary of State, and that General Barlow had not been long enough in the Republican party to deserve it, when Robinson replied to him that Barlow had been a Republican longer than some of those present, and Frank Bird remarked that he was as good a Republican as any that were going. Butler looked as if he had swallowed a pill. William S. Robinson was at once the wit and scribe of the club, and the only newswriter that was permitted to come to the table. He enjoyed the advantage of confidential talk and authentic information, which no other writer of that time possessed, and his letters to the Springfi
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, The colored regiments. (search)
Emancipation has become a fact. Then we will take another step in advance. At a town meeting held in Medford, in December, Mr. Stearns made a speech on the same subject, and was hissed for his pains by the same men who were afterwards saved from the conscription of 1863 by the negroes whom he recruited. Lewis Hayden, the colored janitor of the State House, always claimed the credit of having suggested to Governor Andrew to organize a colored regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. William S. Robinson, who was then Clerk of the State Senate, supported Hayden in this; but he also remarked that Representative Durfee, of New Bedford, proposed a bill in May, 1861, for the organization of a colored regiment, and that it was only defeated by six votes. As soon as the Proclamation of Emancipation had been issued the Governor went to Washington for a personal interview with the Secretary of War, and returned with the desired permission. Mr. Stearns went with him and obtained a commissi
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 30: addresses before colleges and lyceums.—active interest in reforms.—friendships.—personal life.—1845-1850. (search)
ed by few about him. Mr. Adams, however, treated the revolution hopefully in the Boston Whig, April 3, 1848. In letters to his brother George, then in Europe, he quoted the adverse opinions which prevailed in Boston along merchants and in society. His friend William Kent was even in favor of the Austrian rule in Italy. Sumner in this as other things was above the spirit about him, and through life was steadfast in his sympathy for the cause of liberty and republicanism in Europe. W. S. Robinson noted Sumner's solicitude for the spread and permanency of republicanism in Europe. Warrington's Pen portraits, p. 522. Sumner testified his sympathy for the same cause in a speech before a club in Boston during the last autumn of his life. To George Sumner, April 4:— We have all been filled with mingled anxiety, astonishment, and hope by the great news from France,—the greatest event perhaps ever accomplished in a similar space of tine. The American sympathy is strongly in f
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 32: the annexation of Texas.—the Mexican War.—Winthrop and Sumner.—1845-1847. (search)
rks, vol. i. pp. 330-332. His letter to Winthrop, and a report of the meeting signed by its officers, had already been printed and distributed as a broadside. The better course for Sumner would have been to stand as the candidate. He was the natural leader of the bolt, and he had done the most to bring it about. His disclaimer of a desire for public office, though entirely sincere, was hardly in place; for he was by nature, and already in action, more a politician than he thought. W. S. Robinson took exception, in the Courier, in October, 1846, to Sumner's expression, I am no politician, in his open letter to Winthrop, and insisted that it was the duty of men like him to be politicians. Warrington's Pen Portraits, p. 30. He was at that time too careful in guarding his position or the cause itself from the charge of his own personal self-seeking; but he soon grew wiser in such matters. Dr. Howe was then substituted as the candidate, and a meeting was held in Tremont Temple, N
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