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Indiana (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 151
gratulations Mr. Sumner received from his countrymen, and from the illuminated statesmen of all European countries. He showed me whole stacks of letters, journals, reviews, of which he remarked: The grand source of satisfaction is, that we have done right: and I shall live long enough, I hope, to read these through some time. XXVI. Mr. Wilkinson, of Minnesota, having submitted to the Senate unmistakable evidence of disloyalty to the United States, on the part of Senator bright, of Indiana, he introduced a resolution for his expulsion. It passed a very thorough discussion, in which Mr. Sumner took a prominent part, in two speeches, January 21st and February 4th, which resulted in the expulsion of Mr. Bright, and on the 24th of January the President approved the Resolution. This wound up the public career of that traitor, who, without the courage of his Confederate associates, added the meanness of a skulking hypocrisy to the infamy of his treason. Xxvii. We must glanc
Hermitage (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 151
ven now. It was once a post for the coronation retirement of a statesman, when he had earned the supreme honors of the state. In times of peace our great public men found their legitimate way to the Home of the Presidents—as Washington wished to have the White House called. Those honors then were always worthily won, and the laurel wreath kept green on the brows of all their wearers,—at least till the last of the primitive chieftains went to his untroubled rest under the shades of the Hermitage. Yes, those men lived to reap the rich rewards of peace after their battles; of repose after their toils. But it was no pillow of down on which Abraham Lincoln was invited to lay his head. He thought he understood something of what had been committed to him; and when he stood on the eastern portico of the Capitol, all blanched before the surging, sea of anxious men and women who were waiting to learn What of the night? would bring from the new sentinel, he uttered words to which th
Wisconsin (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): chapter 151
e passage of a shell near his head. Shortly after, a solid shot carried away his left arm. He was well treated on the field, and sent to Washington for recovery. Here, the effect of the concussion of that screaming shell, began to show itself on the brain. He became delirious. Watching by him one night, I took down some of his strange ravings:—No! I won't go home till the Union is safe. I'd rather die here, by the roots of this old tree, and dig my own grave, than have any croaker in Wisconsin say that I let the old flag drop! Not I! Bring it out! Let me see it once more! Now I am ready for the last charge-one more chance at the rebels!—and springing from the bed, he plunged forward. I caught him, and laid him down gently. A quiver went through his body, a flash came from his beautiful face, and every muscle fell. The pulse had stopped. He slept his last sleep, he had fought his last battle; No sound could awake him to glory again. L. Another youthful soldier, s
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d been introduced into the Senate as long ago as July 1st, 1836; and again in January and March of the following year. But with the exception of that venerable Sage and apostle of Liberty, John Quincy Adams, scarcely a voice was heard in either House in advocacy of the measure. Mr. Hamilton, of South Carolina, declared that Haytien independence could not be tolerated in any form; and his colleague, Mr. Hayne, not only deprecated any such recognition, but demanded that our ministers in South America and Mexico, should protest against the independence of Hayti. Mr. Legare, also of the same State, opposed it violently. He was an accomplished scholar; but even the amenities of literary culture had not gained any covert in his breast, where sympathy with black men struggling for elevation could find shelter He said that the memorial originated in a design to revolutionize the South, and convulse the Union. As sure as you live, sir, was his prophecy, if this course is permitted to go
Niles (Michigan, United States) (search for this): chapter 151
our country, I have communicated my wishes to the Governor of Louisiana, who is fully informed as to the manner of enrolment, and will give you every necessary information on the subject of this address. Andrew Jackson, Major-General commanding.Niles's Register, vol. VII., p. 205. XLVII. At the close of a review of the white and colored troops in New Orleans, on Sunday, December 18, 1814, General Jackson's address to the troops was read by Edward Livingston, one of his aids, and the f applaud your valor, as your general now praises your ardor. The enemy is near. His sails cover the lakes. But the brave are united; and if he finds us contending among ourselves, it will be for the prize of valor, and fame, its noble reward. Niles's Register, vol. VII., pp. 345, 346. For many of the foregoing data I am indebted to Mr. George Livermore's recent and valuable work, entitled An Historical Research respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic on Negroes as Slaves
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 151
show, by example, that such is not always the case. It will be something if, through the din of war, this work of peace proceeds, changing the national statutes into a harmonious text, and making it accessible to all. But nothing effectual was done about it till 1866, when the bill was passed. The revision and consolidation were to be completed within three years; but the work was neglected, although the salaries were drawn by Caleb Cushing, Mr. James, of Ohio, and Mr. Johnston, of Pennsylvania. In 1870, a supplementary Act was passed, and President Grant reappointed Mr. James, and associated with him Mr. Abbott, of New York, and Mr. Barringer, of North Carolina. Xxi. To the disgrace of the Republic, three quarters of a century went by after the adoption of the Constitution, before a colored man was allowed to take out a patent in this country! Mr. Sumner introduced the following resolution: That the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office be instructed to conside
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e liberation of the two Commissioners and their secretaries, and an apology for the aggression which had been committed, with no further delay than seven days; after which, if not complied with, the minister was instructed to leave Washington, with all the members of his legation, taking with him the archives of the legation, and reporting immediately in London. He was also to communicate all information in his power to the British Governors of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Jamaica, Bermuda, and such other of her Majesty's possessions as were within his reach. All this meant war. England saw her opportunity, and she was determined to embrace it. The settlement of the difficulty was fortunately made before these latter instructions to the British Minister were known. But being so positive and peremptory, admitting no possibility of delay, or time for arbitration, announcing the alternatives of instant surrender, with apology, or hostilities,—fully showed the spirit of the B
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ige of the British empire was invoked to sanctify and adorn a spirit of hostility to the Government of the United States, and that the solemnities of our holy religion were also invoked in the same cause. But to my unpractised eye it looked at the time very much as later events have shown it,—a thorough hatred of America by the ruling classes of England. At one time Lord Brougham presided; again, O'Connell; and again, the venerable Thomas Clarkson: they even got his Royal Highness Prince Albert to do it once, on a somewhat narrower scale,—where even tender young duchesses could attend with impunity—the American negro always being present, like Tom Thumb in Barnum's chief amusements—and, being fortified with a supply of highly-perfumed kerchiefs, the young duchesses managed generally to live it through and revive after reaching the open air! These farces were played off all through the British Islands; and the poor British people—who, from long habit, I suppose, go where t
Moscow, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 151
imately witnessed the defeat of his object. The brave and virtuous Maximilian, whom he had placed upon the reconstructed throne of Mexico, was brought to a just and ignominious death,—many thousands of the finest soldiers in France left their bones on the soil;—her generals reaped no laurels in the field;—her ministers gained no fame in the cabinet;—an enormous amount of treasure was uselessly expended; and Napoleon discovered, only too late, that in the insane expedition, he had found his Moscow, from which dated the beginning of the decline of his power, which was effectually extinguished a few years later at Sedan. On the 17th of December, 1861, the President, in a message, transmitted to the Senate a draft of a Convention with the Republic of Mexico, in pursuance of the plan suggested by Mr. Corwin. Mr. Seward earnestly recommended the proposition of the President, but the following resolution finally passed that body: That, in reply to several messages of the President,
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mb in Barnum's chief amusements—and, being fortified with a supply of highly-perfumed kerchiefs, the young duchesses managed generally to live it through and revive after reaching the open air! These farces were played off all through the British Islands; and the poor British people—who, from long habit, I suppose, go where their betters go, when allowed to—joined in the movement, and American anti-slavery societies were everywhere established. Even chambermaids and factory-girls contributey went down?—Before you lost a market for your commerce with twenty-three million freemen?—Before our breadstuffs, which are now keeping the wolf away from British doors, would reach your shores?—Before bread-riots would occur throughout the British Islands which would make you turn pale?—Before all seas would swarm with our privateers,—now twenty-fold more numerous than in 1812, when you found them too fleet and too strong for you?—Before you encountered, in addition to two millions
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