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Nebraska (Nebraska, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
ys interested in beneficent internal improvements, especially in those which were immediately connected with the advance of civilization. As early as 1853 he gave a God-speed to a railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by sending a Fourth-of-July toast to the mayor of Boston, in which he treated it as marking an epoch of human progress second only to that of the Declaration of Independence. Works, vol. III. p. 228. This enterprise was then regarded—at a period when as yet the Kansas-Nebraska question had not made the intervening territory familiar to the public mind—as visionary, or only practicable at some distant day. Ten years later, and six years before its consummation, he wrote to persons who were promoting it Ibid., vol. VII. pp. 318, 319.:— I have always voted for the Pacific Railroad; and now that it is authorized by Congress, I follow it with hope and confidence. It is a great work; but science has already shown it to be practicable. Let the road be built,<
Mount Auburn (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
myself; for I cannot forget my own great and irreparable loss. In all visions of life I have always included her, for it never occurred to me that I should be the survivor, and I counted upon her friendship to the last. How strong must be your grief, I know and feel in my heart. But your happiness has been great, and the memories which remain are precious. I long to talk with you, and to enter into all this experience so trying, and help you to bear it, if I can. I must go with you to Mount Auburn. I hear of the children with great interest; they will be to you a comfort and consolation. I wish Charley would write me about you, and tell me how you are doing. I have been unhappy away. I wish I had seen her once more; but duties here stood sentinel in the way. Mr. William Appleton and myself have been together a good deal to talk of this bereavement. He is well. God bless you! To R. Schleiden, May 5:— This generous uprising of the North is a new element of force, whic
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
s. The Secretary of the Interior at a public meeting denied the right of the government to interfere with slavery in South Carolina. The Secretary of War abstained from approving General Butler's doctrine that the slaves of rebels should be treatedng the slaves of rebels within his command in Missouri, and later revoked a similar order of General Hunter issued in South Carolina. These revocations greatly disturbed the antislavery men; but emancipation was clearly a matter of general policy whce of appointing military governors: and on account of it Mr. Stanton withdrew the offer of a similar appointment for South Carolina to E. L. Pierce made through Mr. Chase, who desired this appointment to be made as an offset to that of Stanly, and hhurches, cities and States. Sumner took a genuine interest in E. L. Pierce's administration of the Sea Islands of South Carolina. He wrote to him, Feb. 28, 1862:— We have to-day ordered the printing of your report, which forthwith becomes
Eastport (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
ater or civilization more advanced. Of course, I should like to propose such a Congress, but not unless it can be presented in a practical form. Think of it, and tell me (1) what propositions you would submit, and (2) how would you enlist the other nations. War with England involves—（1) Instant acknowledgment of rebel States by England, followed by France; (2) Breaking of the present blockade, with capture of our fleet,—Dupont and all; (3) The blockade of our coast from Chesapeake to Eastport; (4) The sponging of our slips from the ocean; (5) The establishment of the independence of rebel States; (6) Opening of these States by free trade to English manufacturers, which would be introduced by contraband into our States, making the whole North American continent a manufacturing dependency of England. All this I have put to the President. I have proposed to the President arbitration. But in her present mood England will not arbitrate; and it has been suggested also that no n<
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
onferred with the President and General Scott, and was in his seat when the extra session opened, July 4, going to Washington a fortnight before it began. Forty-four senators were present, including those from Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Among the Southern senators were Breckinridge, who was soon to join the rebellion, and Andrew Johnson, Sumner, July 24, in asking to have Johnson's resolution as to the objects of the war lie over, took occasion to express great respect foould be initiated and controlled by Congress; and he questioned the appointment of military governors for seceded States, made by the Secretary of War at the President's instance (those of Edward Stanly for North Carolina and Andrew Johnson for Tennessee), in the spring of 1862. Works, vol. VII. p. 112. The former took a position against schools for colored children as forbidden by the laws of the State; and Vincent Colyer, who had opened such schools near Newbern, went to Washington and in
Capitol (Utah, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
a point, offered five days later a resolution of opposite tenor; but General Scott, the highest military authority then living, recorded his contemporaneous judgment in favor of Sumner's proposition, pronouncing it noble, and from the right quarter. Scott's Autobiography, pp. 188-190. The House had. Feb. 22, 1862. refused to have captured rebel flags presented in its hall on the occasion of Washington's Farewell Address being rend. Three years later he took ground against placing in the Capitol any picture of a victory in battle with our own fellow-citizens. Feb. 27, 1865. Works, vol. IX. pp. 333-335. This, too, encountered the opposition of his colleague as well as that of Howe of Wisconsin, but his action was approved by General Robert Anderson; and again, as before, military authority was with him, and not with his civilian critics. In harmony with his action on these points was his treatment of the question of retaliation, to be referred to hereafter. Caleb Cushing shor
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r the punishment of conspiracy against the United States and the confiscation of the property of peNapoleon, who had come in his yacht to the United States, visited Washington in the last days of thrded, November 8, by Captain Wilkes of the United States naval ship the San Jacinto, who, acting wiI. p. 21. The government and people of the United States, already taxed to their utmost in a civil place without producing a war between the United States and the recognizing powers. Of course, suon in the public mind to have war with the United States. Can this be so? This must be stopped. persons as witnesses in the courts of the United States, including proceedings for confiscation, f whom had repudiated the authority of the United States,—had ceased to exist, and, to use his phraitory, like any territory belonging to the United States, as an inseparable part thereof, and to hoed Sumner; I take you for President of the United States; and I come with a case of wrong, in atten[4 more...]
Copenhagen (Denmark) (search for this): chapter 2
and also Cobden's, I showed at once to the President, who is much moved and astonished by the English intelligence. He is essentially honest and pacific in disposition, with a natural slowness. Yesterday he said to me, There will be no war unless England is bent upon having one. Lord Lyons has left his instructions, which are not yet answered; but it is not known what will follow in the event of the answer not being categorical. Will Lord Lyons then withdraw and the war begin, perhaps Copenhagen be enacted anew? I fear, while there has been no want of courtesy, there has been want of candor and fairness on the part of the English government. If this act were anything but an accident, there might be an apology for the frenzy which seems to prevail. The President himself will apply his own mind carefully to every word of the answer, so that it will be essentially his; and he hopes for peace. But if the English government chooses to take advantage of our present misfortunes and t
Contentment Island, Conn. (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
r Tennessee), in the spring of 1862. Works, vol. VII. p. 112. The former took a position against schools for colored children as forbidden by the laws of the State; and Vincent Colyer, who had opened such schools near Newbern, went to Washington and invoked the senator's aid. Colyer too hastily left his post: and if he had persevered in his enterprise, it is not likely that he would have been interfered with (New York Tribune, June 18; Boston Advertiser, June 27). He died at Contentment Island, Conn., in July, 1888. Sumner recurred to the subject of military governors in his article for the Atlantic Monthly, October, 1863 (Works, vol. VII. pp. 494-501). Stanly wrote to Sumner, March 18, 1864, taking exception to the latter's reference to himself in the article, and denying that he closed the schools. Sumner replied at length, Jan. 29, 1865. The senator did not agree with the governor's construction of his own acts, but they stated their opposite views in language of mutual
Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
re it began. Forty-four senators were present, including those from Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Among the Southern senators were Breckinridge, who rman), Collamer, Doolittle of Wisconsin, Wilmot, Browning of Illinois, Polk of Missouri, and Breckinridge. Sumner's frequent motions for executive sessions showed theneral Fremont's order emancipating the slaves of rebels within his command in Missouri, and later revoked a similar order of General Hunter issued in South Carolina.rrible disaster at Ball's Bluff in Maryland. They had encountered reverses in Missouri and Mississippi. They had lost ground even in Kentucky, and the rebel camp wa message to Congress, proposing to buy the slaves in the still loyal States of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware, and then to proclaim emancipation with our 18. Works, vol. VI. pp. 150, 151. He had paired with Polk, March 4, 1861. of Missouri and Bright Jan. 21 and Feb. 4, 1862. Works, vol. VI. pp. 252-289. Bright'
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