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February, 1837 AD (search for this): chapter 8
ears his senior, rendered to him at this period, and their warm regard was uninterrupted through life. Horace Mann and Sumner were brought together as lawyers and tenants of the same building. Mann was already interested in temperance, education, and the care of the insane,—topics then much agitated; and, like Demetz in France, he was soon to enter on a service for mankind greater than any which is possible at the bar. There are brief records of his interest in Sumner at this time. In Feb., 1837, he urged the latter to deliver a temperance address. Life of Horace Mann, p. 54. Sumner in a letter of June 29, 1836, commends Mr. Mann to Charles S. Daveis as the President of the Senate of Massachusetts, and a distinguished member of our profession. He wrote, Nov. 6, in his journal, Dined with C. Sumner to-day, who is going to Europe soon. When he goes, there will be one more good fellow on that side, and one less on this. Life of Horace Mann, p. 91. They were afterwards to be f
April, 1837 AD (search for this): chapter 8
time, he commends J. Q. A. in a way that does my heart good. Washington, in this letter, alludes to his own conduct on these subjects. Perhaps you have seen the letter. I do not know that it is preserved by Sparks. It probably is; at any rate, it is to be found in the renowned Cunningham correspondence, the publication of which is the most barefaced violation of confidence that I know of. See the last number of the London and Westminster Review for articles on Taylor's Statesman April, 1837, Vol. XXVIII. pp. 1-32. and Fonblanque's England under Seven Administrations, Idem, pp 65-98. both of which touch upon some of your topics. Don't publish by subscription; Political Ethics. don't make yourself a general beggar: it is enough to petition booksellers; do not offer prayers to the many-headed public for the sake of a paltry subscription. It is undignified, and betrays a want of confidence in your work. Study, ponder, and polish your work; then select a publisher an
September 28th, 1837 AD (search for this): chapter 8
scenes which I hope to look on. My reports are about two-thirds printed, but will probably be through the press about that time. Some professional engagements will detain me, I fear, beyond Oct. 1. If I could ride in the inside of a stagecoach, I would certainly go down with the judge; but as it makes me sick,— very sick,—it would be a mere mockery to go in his company, or afterwards in yours. . . . Affectionately yours, Chas. Sumner. To Charles S. Daveis. 4 Court St., Boston, Sept. 28, 1837. my dear friend,—I send you a hasty scrawl as a premonitory symptom of a firm determination to take the stage on Friday with the judge, or the boat on Friday night for Portland. I cannot seduce the judge to encounter the exposure to sea-sickness, confined quarters, and a prolonged trip by steamboat. He is of old Cato's mind, who never regretted but one thing, which was on one occasion going by water when he might have gone by land. But the horrid, blinding dust will suffocate a poo<
1800 AD (search for this): chapter 8
dge was at Washington, and, when himself absent from home, with Hillard. His letters were always rapidly written, were not easily read by those who were not familiar with his handwriting, and contained many verbal abbreviations. They expressed in an unstudied way his thought at the instant; and he gave to them none of the careful reflection and emendation which he bestowed on whatever he printed. The beginning of the acquaintance of Dr. Francis Lieber Dr. Lieber was born in Berlin, in 1800. Having been a student, soldier, and exile, he came to this country in 1827, and lived successively in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. In 1835, he became professor of History and Political Economy in the South Carolina College, at Columbia, where he remained more than twenty years. In 1857, he was appointed to a similar professorship in Columbia College, New York, and held the position till his death, Oct. 2, 1872. He is well known by his Encyclopaedia; but his fame is to rest permanen
September 23rd, 1837 AD (search for this): chapter 8
u are; and being young you are active for my interest. When you are gone, I shall have no friendly agent in Boston. He wrote, Oct. 23, I don't know how I shall thank you for all your kindness and assistance; and again, Nov. 30, I thank you for the care you have taken of my literary reputation. Judge Story wrote to Sumner, Dec. 2, What poor Lieber will do without you, I know not. He will die, I fear, for want of a rapid, voluminous, and never-ending correspondence. Dr. Lieber wrote, Sept. 23, 1837:— Let me thank you, my dear friend, most heartily for your kind addition of stock to my work in your last. The interest I see you take in my book cheers me much. Contribute more and more. It will all be thankfully received; only I am afraid I shall be embarrassed how to use it. I cannot all the time say, contributed by a friend, and yet I do not want to plume myself with your feathers. . . . Write me more of what you happen to think; and my dear fellow, if it were not asking too
November 13th, 1875 AD (search for this): chapter 8
g it to him. I assure you, however, of his cordial thanks for your kind feelings. The public will have a victim, and his situation seemed to present him as the fit offering. Let me ask pardon for the negligent detinue of your papers, amounting, I fear, almost to a conversion. While I am writing now, Mr. Metcalf, Theron Metcalf, the reporter, author of digests and law reports, and of Principles of the Law of Contracts, and a Judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. He died, Nov. 13, 1875, at the age of ninety-one. the best common-law lawyer in our State, enters. I propose to him your case, not stating the venue or the names of any interested in it. He says, in his sententious style, The administrator will hold. Yours faithfully, Chas. Sumner. To George S. Hillard, Boston. Saratoga, Aug. 19, 1826. my dear Hillard,—It is not a week since I detached myself from Court Street and the demesnes that there adjacent lie, and I have lived fast and much, and crowded a
1801 AD (search for this): chapter 8
he Consistory Court, and also in the Admiralty. of Doctors' Commons. . . . Judge Story's Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence have gone to press. He thinks more highly of them than of either of his former works. I think that they will establish a new epoch in the study of chancery in our country. How much more of an honor to the office than to Judge Story would it be, were he made Chief-Justice of the United States! Chief-Justice Marshall, who was appointed by President John Adams in 1801, died July 6, 1835, and was succeeded by Roger B. Taney, of Maryland, who held the office till his death, in 1864. Indeed, posterity will notice his absence from that elevation more than they would his presence there, as the Roman people observed the absence of the favorite statues of Brutus and Cassius in the imperial procession more than they would have noted their appearance. Tacitus tells the story in his pregnant way somewhere, does he not? Judge Story has consented to deliver a eulog
1796 AD (search for this): chapter 8
g the last autumn of his life, of his friend's career. This tribute was intended for a municipal celebration in Wrentham, the birthplace of Horace Mann, but some circumstances prevented Sumner's attendance on the occasion. Mr. Mann was born in 1796, and died in 1859. He was Secretary of the Board of Education of Massachusetts, 1837-48; served four years in Congress as the successor of John Quincy Adams; and was President of Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, from 1852 till his death. Saf, who read it on my hint, is ravished with it, and tried to get a couple of copies to present to his friends. His mother and father were delighted with it. Yours ever, Chas. Sumner. To Rev. Dr. John G. Palfrey, Dr. Palfrey was born in 1796, and is still a resident of Cambridge. He was professor of sacred literature in Harvard University, 1831-39; and a member of Congress, 1847-49. among his various contributions to literature is a history of New England. his article on Lord Mahon
1798 AD (search for this): chapter 8
d valued friend, Mr. Sumner, often boasts that he was a reader of the Liberator before I was. Speeches, Lectures, and Letters of Wendell Phillips, p. 135. Sumner's personal relations with Rev. Dr. William E. Channing were formed as early as this period, probably beginning with an introduction by George Gibbs, a nephew of Dr. Channing. The doctor, who always took a great interest in young men, was attracted to Sumner by the commendation of Judge Story, his college classmate (the class of 1798); and he had occasion to be grateful for Sumner's kindness and good sense in relieving a young kinsman from a personal difficulty. Sumner's thoughts and aspirations were doubtless much affected by his association with Dr. Channing at this time. In Sept. 1842, Sumner wrote to his brother George then in Europe: I know the latter [Dr. Channing] intimately, and my admiration of him grows constantly. When I was younger than I am now, I was presumptuous enough to question his power. I did not
1797 AD (search for this): chapter 8
the fulness and invention of his mind. He has inquired after you. I suppose we shall see you soon, returned to occupy your new rooms. Prof. Longfellow began in Sept., 1837, to occupy rooms at the Craigie House, Washington's headquarters,—an estate which he afterwards purchased, and where he has since resided. Yours ever faithfully, Charles Sumner. To Dr. Francis Lieber. Boston, Sept. 11, 1837. my dear Lieber,—On Nepotism, see a capital letter of General Washington, written in 1797, to John Adams. Works of John Adams, Vol.VIII. p. 530. Sparks's Life and Writings of George Washington, Vol. XI. p. 188. Lieber had applied to Sumner by letter, Sept. 2, 1835, while writing his Political Ethics, for information relative to the appointment of Bushrod Washington to an office. Ante, p. 173. Lieber's Political Ethics (1875), Vol. II. pp. 30-34. Sumner, in a speech in the Senate, May 31, 1872, treated at length of Nepotism, with reference to the administration of President G
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