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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 116 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 36 0 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 16 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 13 1 Browse Search
William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik 12 0 Browse Search
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 12 0 Browse Search
John F. Hume, The abolitionists together with personal memories of the struggle for human rights 10 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4 10 0 Browse Search
Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career. 10 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2 8 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: February 28, 1865., [Electronic resource], Proclamation by the President, appointing a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, with thanksgiving. (search)
such remarks applied to the late eminent jurist without entering his protest against it. The Senator from Massachusetts should remember that Justice Taney was not alone in the decision — that a majority of the court concurred in it. Mr. Johnson then spoke of the high private and personal character of the late Chief Justice. The resolution was taken up, and, after some remarks against it, Mr. Sumner moved to amend it by striking out the name of Roger B. Taney and inserting that of Joshua R. Giddings. Mr. Trumbull said it was customary to place busts of the Chief Justices in the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Taney might have erred in his decisions; but he had great ability as a lawyer, and high personal and private character as a man. Mr. Sumner then withdrew his amendment. Mr. Hale (Republican), of New Hampshire, was opposed to the amendment, because the name of Judge Taney would always be associated with Dred Scott, and that of Dred Scott with Judge Taney. Believin