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Charles Sumner (search for this): chapter 18
tter on the San-Domingo Affair. the tone of Mr. Sumner's Criticisms on the administration. his illng-places on the road to victory at last.--Charles Sumner. On the twelfth day of May, 1870, Mr. SMr. Sumner, ever intent on the uplifting of the colored citizen, introduced his supplementary Civil-Rightis Commonwealth. No man honored more than Mr. Sumner the bravery of the loyal troops; but, as sooieve me, my dear sir, Sincerely yours, Charles Sumner. To his old college friend the Hon. Gds Mr. Agassiz. The conversation turning to Mr. Sumner's re-election, his friend the noble scientisy to some insignificant matter, said to him, Mr. Sumner, how will this affect your re-election? Affre-election comes round. Oh, yes! answered Mr. Sumner, as if suddenly taking his idea: my re-electd the national honor. Sincerely yours, Charles Sumner. On his last visit to Boston, in the eve me, my dear sir, Faithfully yours, Charles Sumner. James Redpath, Esq. In November Mr. [4 more...]
George W. Warren (search for this): chapter 18
r sir,--I thank you sincerely for the kind, good letter you have written me. Never did I deserve better of Massachusetts than now; for never did I represent so completely that high civilization which is the pride of our beloved Commonwealth. Thrice before, once in 1862, I offered the same proposition. I received the applause of Gen. Scott and Gen. Robert Anderson. Accept my best wishes, and believe me, my dear sir, Sincerely yours, Charles Sumner. To his old college friend the Hon. G. W. Warren, who visited him in January, 1873, he said, Since the assault upon me in 1856, I have never been entirely well; and just now I am feeling the painful effects more than usual. At that time Chief-Justice Chase, then quite ill, came in, and afterwards Mr. Agassiz. The conversation turning to Mr. Sumner's re-election, his friend the noble scientist, who passed away before another interview, said, Of course you will be re-elected. Who is to be put against you? Your name is a weight; a
J. L. Motley (search for this): chapter 18
e four months from date; yet under this dead treaty the flag flies, and the United States are asked to pay money. Nothing like this was in the articles against A. J. Very truly yours, Charles Sumner. If the tone of his criticisms, especially in his suppressed speech of March, 1871, on the administration, be considered too severe, it must be remembered that he was a mortal; that his system had been shattered by a tremendous blow; that the removal of himself, and his intimate friend Mr. Motley, from positions which they were so eminently qualified to fill, was another heavy blow; and that he honestly believed that favoritism and corruption had entered the very heart of that grand old Republican party of which he had been, to a great extent, the founder and the leader. After the delivery of his great speech, on the last day of February, 1872, in support of his resolution demanding an investigation of the sales of ordnance stores made during the war between France and Germany, th
Henry Wilson (search for this): chapter 18
on comes round. Oh, yes! answered Mr. Sumner, as if suddenly taking his idea: my re-election will come round in 1875; but I may die long before that; and as long as I live I can do my duty. During a call made on him some time afterwards by Mr. Wilson, he said with great earnestness, If my works were completed, and my Civil-Rights Bill passed, no visitor could enter that door that would be more welcome than death. Having incurred losses by the great Boston fire, he found himself in arrearof the preceding year. He was greeted everywhere with enthusiasm, and pressed on every hand to honor literary and political re-unions with his presence. At a public dinner just before his last departure for Washington, he said in reference to Mr. Wilson the vice-president, sitting near him: He is under the charge of his physician: he is also under my charge; for his life is too precious to be exposed. I watch over him at Washington, and endeavor to see that he does not undergo unnecessary exe
T. A. Smith (search for this): chapter 18
take advantage of your invitation; but I am under medical treatment, with the doctor at my house twice a day, the last time to inject under the skin morphine and strychnine. This vacation I give to the doctor reluctantly but necessarily. I long to be strong, that I may vindicate my resolution, which can be done against all assault. Twice before have I offered it with the applause of Gen. Scott and Gen. Robert Anderson. Faithfully yours, Charles Sumner. The following letter to Mr. T. A. Smith also exhibits his feelings on the battle-flag resolution:-- Washington, 27th Dec., 1872. My dear sir,--I thank you sincerely for the kind, good letter you have written me. Never did I deserve better of Massachusetts than now; for never did I represent so completely that high civilization which is the pride of our beloved Commonwealth. Thrice before, once in 1862, I offered the same proposition. I received the applause of Gen. Scott and Gen. Robert Anderson. Accept my best wis
Gambetta (search for this): chapter 18
many of his former anti-slavery coadjutors,--especially by Mr. Garrison, who addressed to him a trenchant letter on his defection from his party,--he spent some days with H. W. Longfellow at Lynn, and on the 5th of September left for Europe. On his arrival in Liverpool, he received the news of his nomination by the Liberals and Democrats as governor of Massachusetts. This honor he declined. He met with a cordial reception both in England and in France, and had interviews with Thiers and Gambetta; but his health was so much impaired, that his time was mostly occupied in looking over engravings and other works of art, I have not read an American newspaper, said he, writing from London, since I sailed out of Boston Harbor; nor have I concerned myself except with engravings, pictures, books, and society. He reached home on the 26th of November, and was present in his seat at the opening of Congress, Dec. 18, when he introduced into the Senate a resolution declaring that the names of
Greeley (search for this): chapter 18
The Supplementary Civil-rights Bill. a letter on the San-Domingo Affair. the tone of Mr. Sumner's Criticisms on the administration. his illness. his view of the Republican and Democratic parties. letter to colored citizens. support of Mr. Greeley. Reception in Boston. Visit to Europe. nomination as Governor of Massachusetts. resolutions on the battle-flags. Letters in vindication of his course. interviews with friends. his desire to raise Money by Lecturing. his last Visit to Bks subsequent to the presidential nominations, he remained reticent in regard to the two candidates; but on the 29th of July, in a letter to the colored citizens, he announced his intention of abandoning the Republican party, and of supporting Mr. Greeley for the presidency. In this letter he said,-- Never have I asked for punishment. Most anxiously I have looked for the time, which seems now at hand, when there shall be reconciliation, not only between North and South, but between the two
Nellie Grant (search for this): chapter 18
at speech, on the last day of February, 1872, in support of his resolution demanding an investigation of the sales of ordnance stores made during the war between France and Germany, the return of his old malady rendered it imperative that he should cease a while from mental labor. He returned, however, to the Senate in May, and made, on the last day of that month, a memorable speech, in which he declared his loss of confidence in the Republican party, and severely criticised the course of Gen. Grant. Both the old parties, said he, are in a crisis, with this difference between the two,--the Democracy is dissolving, the Republican party is being absorbed. The Democracy is falling apart, thus losing its vital unity: the Republican party is submitting to a personal influence, thus visibly losing its vital character. The Democracy is ceasing to exist: the Republican party is losing its identity. Let the process be completed, and it will be no longer that Republican party which I hel
Christmas (search for this): chapter 18
than Mr. Sumner the bravery of the loyal troops; but, as soon as the contest ended, no man more than he desired a speedy restoration of harmony and peace: as early as May, 1862, he had introduced a similar resolution. He therefore was deeply aggrieved at the ill-advised censure of the State he represented. In this letter to his friend James Redpath, he declares his anxiety for strength to sustain his resolution:-- Washington, 25th Dec., 1872. My dear Redpath,--I wish you a merry Christmas! I regret much that I cannot take advantage of your invitation; but I am under medical treatment, with the doctor at my house twice a day, the last time to inject under the skin morphine and strychnine. This vacation I give to the doctor reluctantly but necessarily. I long to be strong, that I may vindicate my resolution, which can be done against all assault. Twice before have I offered it with the applause of Gen. Scott and Gen. Robert Anderson. Faithfully yours, Charles Sumner.
Abraham Lincoln (search for this): chapter 18
ley. Reception in Boston. Visit to Europe. nomination as Governor of Massachusetts. resolutions on the battle-flags. Letters in vindication of his course. interviews with friends. his desire to raise Money by Lecturing. his last Visit to Boston. declining health. his last labors in Congress. Recision of the censure for his resolution on the battle-flags. Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.--Abraham Lincoln. La verite, voila mon offrande cherie. Loin de toi pour jamais le vil encens des cours; Flatter le souverain, c'est trahir la patrie, C'est du bonheur public empoisonner le cours. P. D. E. Lebrun. A great man under the shadow of defeat is taught how precious are the uses of adversity; and, as an oak-tree's roots are strengthened by its shadow, so all defeats in a good cause are but resting-places on the road to victory at last.--Charles Sumner. On the twelfth day of May, 1870
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