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March 6th (search for this): chapter 16
e which reported it, and Sumner's colored friend, to take it in person to Washington. Mr. Smith delivered the copies on March 6. The next day General Butler presented one in the House; but Mr. Boutwell being ill, its presentation in the Senate waservision of the United States government. He followed the bill closely, and on two different days (February 27, and Friday, March 6) spoke at length Congressional Globe, pp. 1830-1833, 2025-2027. in favor of further consideration and another reference to a committee. The Senate agreed with him, and voted the reference March 6. He was on that day full of spirit and earnestness. His contention with the Pennsylvania senators (Cameron and Scott) was sharp; though friendly. Flanagan of Texaan referred to the good effect of this discussion. (Congressional Globe, April 27, 1874, p. 3400.) His last vote was on March 6 in favor of a national commission on the liquor question, for which he had spoken briefly two days before. On the ni
March 16th (search for this): chapter 16
ding event. No death, except that of Lincoln,—it was a common remark at the time,—had for a long period so touched the popular heart. For days and weeks the press teemed with narratives of his life and delineations of his character. The Washington Chronicle (Forney's journal) recorded the titles, Honored statesman, true patriot, generous friend; J. W. Forney, in his Sunday Chronicle, March 15, paid two tributes to the senator. The New York Tribune published leaders upon him March 12 and 16, and April 30. and recurring to the theme on the day of the funeral, said: He was no master in the arts of the cunning demagogue. He never for himself asked the vote of a single person or solicited an office. The New York Tribune began its leader with the sentence, The most dignified and illustrious name which the Senate has in recent years borne upon its rolls has disappeared from them forever. In its fuller estimate it said: His dignity and impressive courtesy sat well upon a princely fra
March 17th (search for this): chapter 16
evident from the tone of Republican senators in the debate on the reference, as also from their action at a later day, that they were generally well disposed towards him personally, and desirous to go as far in supporting the measure he had so much at heart as their views of expediency and constitutional limitations admitted. The subsequent history of Sumner's bill may be properly given in this connection. It came back from the judiciary committee, April 14, Mr. Frelinghuysen stated, March 17, at the first session of the Senate after its adjournment on account of Sumner's death and funeral, that the committee's report was ready and would be submitted as soon as Mr. Edmunds, who was in favor of it, could be present. Harper's Weekly, April 11 and May 9, 1874, commended the bill. when he was no longer in the Senate, and was taken up for debate on the 29th. It had not been substantially abridged or weakened, but was left to apply to inns, public conveyances, theatres, and other pl
March 18th (search for this): chapter 16
, like Teneriffe seen from the sea. Henry Ward Beecher, in the Christian Union, wrote: It is not too much to say that in the death of Charles Sumner the nation has lost a statesman of a type in which he had no peer. . . The negro race will deplore the loss of their mightiest and faithfulest champion; and all the friends of justice and equality will lament the death of a leader whose flaming torch was carried high above all obscuring vapors, leading them ever in the sure path of victory. March 18. Later numbers contained other tributes to the senator. The Springfield Republican began its leader with the words: The noblest head in America has fallen, and the most accomplished and illustrious of our statesmen is no more. The Baltimore American wrote: The foremost statesman of America has dropped suddenly from the ranks of his associates. These expressions typify the general estimate. His career was likewise the theme of foreign journals. The English newspapers generally contain
February 9th, 1874 AD (search for this): chapter 16
mitted, as offered May 31, 1872. Works, vol. XV. pp. 80-82. (8) The protection of children kidnapped in Italy and brought to the United States. This starting of a series of favorite measures showed the zest with which he returned to activity in the Senate, and his confidence in his ability to maintain them during the session. Later in the session he gave attention to private bills for relief. His bill for a bust of the late Chief-Justice Chase is elsewhere noted. He spoke briefly, Feb. 9, 1874 (Congressional Globe, p. 1322), against changes in the Bankruptcy Act calculated to impair its efficiency. He received, February 6, a delegation of the city council of Boston, charged with the errand of promoting an appropriation for the post-office in that city, and his cordiality was referred to in their commemorative meeting, March 12, 1874. In the evening of that day he responded from the steps of his house to a serenade by the colored people. Boston Journal, Dec. 2, 1873. On
March 12th (search for this): chapter 16
the impending event. No death, except that of Lincoln,—it was a common remark at the time,—had for a long period so touched the popular heart. For days and weeks the press teemed with narratives of his life and delineations of his character. The Washington Chronicle (Forney's journal) recorded the titles, Honored statesman, true patriot, generous friend; J. W. Forney, in his Sunday Chronicle, March 15, paid two tributes to the senator. The New York Tribune published leaders upon him March 12 and 16, and April 30. and recurring to the theme on the day of the funeral, said: He was no master in the arts of the cunning demagogue. He never for himself asked the vote of a single person or solicited an office. The New York Tribune began its leader with the sentence, The most dignified and illustrious name which the Senate has in recent years borne upon its rolls has disappeared from them forever. In its fuller estimate it said: His dignity and impressive courtesy sat well upon a pr
March 13th (search for this): chapter 16
of the New York Tribune, January 22, describes the speech as one of the best and most impressive which he has delivered in the Senate. The Washington Chronicle, March 13, referred to it as something akin to inspiration itself. One of the clerks of the body has written that it was by far the most learned and interesting of any whi of March 9 if he should speak on the subject in the Senate, he answered, The dear old Commonwealth has spoken for me, and that is enough. Washington Chronicle, March 13. he received many letters and calls of congratulation. Whittier wrote, February 17:— The record of the Bay State is now clear. The folly of the extra sesent, after a session of a few moments only, in recognition of Ex-President Fillmore's death. That evening he talked freely to a visitor Washington Chronicle, March 13. of European affairs and friends, of English politics and the new Germany; read aloud in deep rich tones of tender melody Milton's sonnet on the massacre of the
March 3rd, 1875 AD (search for this): chapter 16
on account of the provision concerning juries, but Morrill of Maine and Ferry did not vote. Morton, Howe, Frelinghuysen, and Edmunds led in the debate in favor of the bill. The House did not reach a vote upon the Senate bill during this or the next session; but in February, 1875, a new bill, originating in the House and omitting the provisions as to schools The omission of schools, where Sumner thought equality most important, prompted an expressive cartoon in the New York Graphic, March 3, 1875, representing the senator in indignant attitude pointing to the mutilated measure. and cemeteries, was carried through both houses and approved by the President. This Act was in 1883 adjudged unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. United States Reports, vol. CIX. pp. 3-62. The opinion of the court was to this effect: (1) That the thirteenth amendment prohibits only slavery, with its incidents, elements, and badges, among which discriminations on account of race and color in inns, pla
March 15th (search for this): chapter 16
s made known the senator's condition. Merchants paused in the rush of traffic to contemplate the impending event. No death, except that of Lincoln,—it was a common remark at the time,—had for a long period so touched the popular heart. For days and weeks the press teemed with narratives of his life and delineations of his character. The Washington Chronicle (Forney's journal) recorded the titles, Honored statesman, true patriot, generous friend; J. W. Forney, in his Sunday Chronicle, March 15, paid two tributes to the senator. The New York Tribune published leaders upon him March 12 and 16, and April 30. and recurring to the theme on the day of the funeral, said: He was no master in the arts of the cunning demagogue. He never for himself asked the vote of a single person or solicited an office. The New York Tribune began its leader with the sentence, The most dignified and illustrious name which the Senate has in recent years borne upon its rolls has disappeared from them for
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