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Somerset, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
r was marked by a sensitiveness, at times a querulousness, which would vindicate for him a place with the irritable race, who want the sterner stuff out of which lawyers are made. He was the son of an eminent attorney in London, and was born in 1741. In 1760 he entered Lincoln's Inn, and in 1764 took chambers there, and began practice in Chancery. His name first became familiar to the public in the seventh year of his call to the bar, when he delivered an elaborate argument in behalf of Somerset, a negro, before the King's Bench, in Hilary Term, 1772, to prove that domestic slavery could not be enforced in England. See Works, Vol. III. p. 502. In 1791 he was employed to draw the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, which passed into a law. In 1794 he argued with deep personal feeling the claim of Mr. Myddleton, in the present case [Myddleton v. Lord Kenyon], to be freed from a harsh trust-deed into which he had been betrayed by inadvertence. Afterwards, he embarked his learning and sym
Fort George (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 30
t myself. You inquire what I think of the Philadelphia riots. My reply is easy. I am disgusted with the imbecility of a police which should suffer an outrage of such an aggravated character. I am disgusted with the imbecility of the police throughout our whole country. In my opinion this should be strengthened, so that law and order everywhere may prevail, and every citizen recognize with respect the Government of his country. To sustain such a police were far better than to build Fort George at the mouth of Boston Harbor. The necessity for external military defences in all countries, particularly in our country, has passed by; and the stones which Colonel Thayer has skilfully piled up, the arches which he has builded, and the cunning defences that he has contrived, are all useless labors. Better far if the money which has been drained from the treasury for this purpose had been devoted to institutions of benevolence and learning, to colleges, academies, and hospitals. Th
Berkshire (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 30
While at Lenox as the guest of Samuel G. Ward, he drove to Stockbridge and passed the day at Charles Sedgwick's, Charles Sedgwick was clerk of the courts of Berkshire. He died in 1856, at the age of sixty-four. His father, Judge Sedgwick, who died in 1813, had three other sons,—Theodore, of Stockbridge, who died in 1839; Robth and sing ballads. While here he was gladdened by the arrival of Dr. Howe, who had been in Europe sixteen months, and who came at once to Pittsfield. Leaving Berkshire with strength renewed, he passed a few days in New York, where he met Crawford,—for the first time since their parting in Rome; and late in September became his said he was most pleasantly disappointed by the result of the examination, and that his anxiety was removed. So when you see me, invigorated by the breezes of Berkshire and the balmy breaths of Newport, expect to find me in my pristine strength, rejoicing in your return, looking with joy upon all the signs of your happiness.
Newport (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
eptember became his brother Albert's guest at Newport,—his first visit to that resort. Here, rides sad message abruptly terminated his visit at Newport, that his sister Mary was near her end. No bey the way of the North River and New York, to Newport, where I shall breathe still another atmosphe mountains, I count upon a visit to Albert at Newport, which I shall reach by the way of the North breezes of Berkshire and the balmy breaths of Newport, expect to find me in my pristine strength, r; then to Stockbridge, back to Lenox, then to Newport. Write me and send me letters to Lenox. Telo Peleg Chandler; and tell him to write me at Newport a gossipy letter, containing such matters as passed the day. To Dr. Howe he wrote from Newport, Sept. 30:— Most tardily I return to you.me one letter more. To George S. Hillard. Newport, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 1844. my dear Hillard,—Yrrow with resignation. I was recalled from Newport, where I was passing my time in exercise in t<
Denmark (Denmark) (search for this): chapter 30
ven in the autumn preceding Harrison's election. Turn we to other topics. Bancroft's History of the American Revolution has gone to press; and Prescott is engaged in the preliminary studies for his History of Peru. Longfellow is publishing an important work,— one of the most so, indeed, in American literary history. It is a collection of translations The Poets and Poetry of Europe, with Introductions and Biographical Notices,— published in 1845. from Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, German, Dutch, French, Italian, and Spanish. . . . But I weary Julia's hand; and my own weakness admonishes me to seek my bed for the night. I believe Howe will return in a sailing packet; so I shall not see him so soon as I had expected. I long to see him, and to hear from his affectionate lips the narrative of his travels; and more than that, to receive the sympathy of his ardent soul. He will be startled to find me ill, and clasping the pillows of a sick bed. Pardon me, if I all
Nuremberg (Bavaria, Germany) (search for this): chapter 30
a blow for our unfortunate brethren, guilty of a skin not colored like our own. Your father's letter from the Pyramids and Malta is of deep interest. I rejoice that he has found new incentives to exertion in a cause to which he has already contributed invaluable aid. The leisure with which he is blessed will ripen with fruits of transcendent good. I hope you have enjoyed Longfellow's two poems,—The Arsenal at Springfield (noble in truth, and some verses exquisite in execution), and Nuremberg (perhaps unequalled in rhythm and artistic merit by any thing from his Pen). My sister, for whom you have kindly inquired, is failing fast in health and strength. Believe me ever most sincerely yours, Charles Sumner. To his brother George. Boston, July 1, 1844. This is the first moment I have taken my seat at my desk for several days. I have been under Dr. Jackson's care,—the victim of a slow fever. I was glad to receive by the last packet Joinville's pamphlet, and the old Li
North River (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
put myself on the wing very soon, I shall be deprived of the pleasure—on which I have been dwelling during my whole illness—of a journey bringing with it variety of scene and air. From Berkshire my present intention is to go, by the way of the North River and New York, to Newport, where I shall breathe still another atmosphere, unlike that which enfolds the woody hills of Berkshire. Believe me, dear Mrs. Waterston, though this note comes so tardily, truly grateful for your kindness, and mosthire, where the atmosphere is particularly kindly and favorable to broken-down characters like myself. After a stay of a week or more among its breezy mountains, I count upon a visit to Albert at Newport, which I shall reach by the way of the North River and New York. Thus I shall try the two best airs of the land and of the sea. But this is enough, and perhaps too much about myself. You inquire what I think of the Philadelphia riots. My reply is easy. I am disgusted with the imbecility
Springfield (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
cently written several little poems of great beauty. You will admire one in Graham's Magazine for May,—The Arsenal at Springfield,—an exquisite plea for peace. Another of these poems is suggested by a passage in Thierry, in which this eloquent hisrful letters to Mary. Ever yours, Chas. To his brother George. Boston, May 15, 1844. dear George,—Mary is at Springfield, and near pleasant friends; enjoys the alleys green and drives down to the river. But we are long without news of hern the serpent of religious bigotry, trying to hug our schools in its insidious coil. My sister Mary has returned from Springfield. She is more delicate and feeble; but her cheerful heart sees in the future pleasant visions—summer, autumn, winter, blessed will ripen with fruits of transcendent good. I hope you have enjoyed Longfellow's two poems,—The Arsenal at Springfield (noble in truth, and some verses exquisite in execution), and Nuremberg (perhaps unequalled in rhythm and artistic
Scotia (search for this): chapter 30
d. The cases in which he gave judgment occupy upwards of thirty volumes. They abound in learning and in the results of a keen and discriminating mind, directed by industry and conscientiousness. He died Jan. 13, 1838. See London Law Magazine, Vol. XX. pp. 48-87, 342-384; Vol. XXI. pp. 56-87, 344-371; 28 American Jurist, 41-92, 281-340. See also post, p. 209, Abingdon v. Butler, where Lord Thurlow paid Sir John Scott, when Solicitor-General, a striking tribute. I remember a case from Ireland, he said, though I cannot give you the name of it, where the Solicitor-General persuaded me, right or wrong, to come to that determination. Francis Hargrave. Among English lawyers who never arrived at the dignity of the bench, Mr. Hargrave stands conspicuous for profound learning and untiring industry, and ardent love for his profession, though his career was marked by a sensitiveness, at times a querulousness, which would vindicate for him a place with the irritable race, who want
Peru, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
kson's care,—the victim of a slow fever. I was glad to receive by the last packet Joinville's pamphlet, and the old Life of Philip, which I shall send to Prescott,—though, as he does one thing at a time, he has very little attention to spare from Peru. His materials for the Life of Philip are accumulating on his hands, and already are very rich. He has just returned from a pleasant trip to Niagara, with his daughter. . . . Mary and Julia are at Waltham; and Mary seems to gain in strength, or of the Whigs seemed so fair,—not even in the autumn preceding Harrison's election. Turn we to other topics. Bancroft's History of the American Revolution has gone to press; and Prescott is engaged in the preliminary studies for his History of Peru. Longfellow is publishing an important work,— one of the most so, indeed, in American literary history. It is a collection of translations The Poets and Poetry of Europe, with Introductions and Biographical Notices,— published in 1845. fro
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