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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 7: the National Testimonial.—1866. (search)
ashington, Feb. 22, 1866. Ms. I have come here at a very interesting and opportune period. This is a live Congress, and every day is big with events of national importance. I have heard several very radical speeches in the Senate—one by Senator Yates, flat-footed in favor of Richard Yates. universal (male) suffrage; another by Senator Wade, on his B. F. Wade. proposed amendment of the Constitution, allowing no man to be reflected to the office of President of the United States— a very bRichard Yates. universal (male) suffrage; another by Senator Wade, on his B. F. Wade. proposed amendment of the Constitution, allowing no man to be reflected to the office of President of the United States— a very bold speech in its utterance; and a third, by Senator Trumbull, distinguished for logical power and vigor of Lyman Trumbull. treatment, pulverizing the President's veto [of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill], and showing him to have falsified all its provisions and purposes. I have also listened to the reading of a speech by that Kentucky factionist, Garrett Davis, in support of the veto. The Copperhead strength is very weak, in intellect and numbers, in both houses of Congress. Last evening, I c<