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1844 AD (search for this): chapter 5
n in power as contemptible disturbers of the public peace, and who may incur the fate of Elijah Parish Lovejoy, murdered by the mob at Alton. Which line of action will this accomplished young civilian take? We shall soon see. In the summer of 1844 Mr. Sumner had a severe sickness, from which it was feared he would not recover. William Prescott, the historian, thus refers to it in his journal, under the date of Nahant, July 21: Been to town twice last week,--most uncommon for me,--once to sdisunion! became the Southern war-cry. Mr. Webster, with the Whig party, opposed the annexation; and Mr. Van Buren said it would in all human probability draw after it a war with Mexico. On this question turned the election of James K. Polk, in 1844; and three days previous to the expiration of his term of office, John Tyler signed the bill for the annexation of Texas to the United States. On the 4th of July, 1845, the Texan legislature approved the bill of annexation; and on the same day Ch
July 4th, 1845 AD (search for this): chapter 5
ower. It would give, said Gen. James Hamilton, a Gibraltar to the South; and Texas or disunion! became the Southern war-cry. Mr. Webster, with the Whig party, opposed the annexation; and Mr. Van Buren said it would in all human probability draw after it a war with Mexico. On this question turned the election of James K. Polk, in 1844; and three days previous to the expiration of his term of office, John Tyler signed the bill for the annexation of Texas to the United States. On the 4th of July, 1845, the Texan legislature approved the bill of annexation; and on the same day Charles Sumner first came into the political arena by the delivery of his great speech on the The true grandeur of nations before the authorities of the city of Boston. In this celebrated address — prepared to meet the impending war with Mexico, and the consequent extension of the slave power--Mr. Sumner argues against the ordeal of war, from a Christian stand-point; and establishes his positions by a remarkabl
1835 AD (search for this): chapter 5
nd one who, though I have known him but a few years, has done me many kind offices. His sister Mary, a very amiable and accomplished lady, succumbed to the disease, from which her brother Charles, owing to the unusual vigor of his constitution; soon recovered. During the administration of John Tyler, himself a slaveholder, the gigantic scheme of annexing Texas to the Union was introduced by Southern members into Congress. This republic, which had declared itself free from Mexican rule in 1835, embraced an area of 237,500 square miles, extending from the Sabine and Red Rivers on the east, to the Rio Grande (as some held), separating it from Mexico, on the west. The acquisition of such a vast extent of territory would give the slave states the command of the Gulf of Mexico, and insure to them the balance of political power. It would give, said Gen. James Hamilton, a Gibraltar to the South; and Texas or disunion! became the Southern war-cry. Mr. Webster, with the Whig party, oppo
1837 AD (search for this): chapter 5
ay upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to doubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple.--John Milton. Before thy mystic altar, heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood as I knelt in youth: Thus let me kneel till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by thy ray: Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming glow. Sir William Jones. During Mr. Sumner's residence in Europe from 1837 until 1840, and for many subsequent years, the slave-power, which had early struck its roots deeply into the councils of the nation, continued to extend its baleful influence even to the contamination of the entire body politic. Its steady and persisten aim was the complete dominion of the legislation of the country. To resist the encroachments, or even to discuss the principles, of the servile system was deemed fanatical and revolutionary. William Lloyd Garrison, an invicible champion o
1840 AD (search for this): chapter 5
earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to doubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple.--John Milton. Before thy mystic altar, heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood as I knelt in youth: Thus let me kneel till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by thy ray: Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming glow. Sir William Jones. During Mr. Sumner's residence in Europe from 1837 until 1840, and for many subsequent years, the slave-power, which had early struck its roots deeply into the councils of the nation, continued to extend its baleful influence even to the contamination of the entire body politic. Its steady and persisten aim was the complete dominion of the legislation of the country. To resist the encroachments, or even to discuss the principles, of the servile system was deemed fanatical and revolutionary. William Lloyd Garrison, an invicible champion of freedom,
November 4th, 1845 AD (search for this): chapter 5
ur of nations. compliments of Richard Cobden, Chief-justice Story, and Theodore Parker. extracts from the speech. efforts to prevent the final vote on the Annexation of Texas. Mr. Sumner takes open ground against slavery in his speech of Nov. 4, 1845. extracts from this speech. notice of Mr. Sumner's stand by Mr. Wilson. Mr. Sumner's preparation for his course. his Persistency. Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do ions signed, in various sections of our State, and eloquent speeches made by Edmund Quincy, Henry Wilson, Theodore Parker, William Henry Channing, R. W. Emerson, and others, with the design of influencing Congress on the final vote, On the 4th of November, 1845, a large meeting was held in Faneuil Hall in Boston, at which resolutions drawn up by Mr. Sumner were presented, setting forth that the annexation of Texas was sought for the purpose of increasing the market in human flesh, of extending an
July 21st (search for this): chapter 5
, there are a few radical anti-slavery agitators, who are held by men in power as contemptible disturbers of the public peace, and who may incur the fate of Elijah Parish Lovejoy, murdered by the mob at Alton. Which line of action will this accomplished young civilian take? We shall soon see. In the summer of 1844 Mr. Sumner had a severe sickness, from which it was feared he would not recover. William Prescott, the historian, thus refers to it in his journal, under the date of Nahant, July 21: Been to town twice last week,--most uncommon for me,--once to see my friend Calderon, returned as minister from Spain; and once to see my poor friend Sumner, who has had a sentence of death passed on him by the physicians. His sister sat by his side, struck with the same disease. It was an affecting sight to see brother and sister thus, hand in hand, preparing to walk through the dark valley. I shall lose a good friend in Sumner, and one who, though I have known him but a few years, has
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