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C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Fifth: Senatorial career. (search)
ison, who thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in man; and Benjamin Franklin, who likened American slaveholders to Algerine corsairs. In the face of these unequivocal statements, it is absurd to suppose that they consented unanimously to any provision by which the National Governmentated,—every applause awarded to the successful rebellion of our fathers,—every indignant word ever hurled against the enslavement of our white fellow-citizens by Algerine corsairs, must plead trumpet-tongued against the deep damnation of Slavery, whether white or black. It is said that the Africans are the posterity of Ham, theummation we seek. Our fathers, under Washington, did not hesitate by Act of Congress, to appropriate largely for the ransom of white fellow-citizens enslaved by Algerine corsairs; and, following this example, I am disposed to consider the question of compensation as one of expediency, to be determined by the exigency of the hour
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Xv. (search)
. It will be remembered, that, among the members of the Convention, were Gouverneur Morris, who had said that he never would concur in upholding domestic slavery; Elbridge Gerry, who thought we ought to be careful not to give any sanction to it; Roger Sherman, who was opposed to any clause acknowledging men to be property; James Madison, who thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in man; and Benjamin Franklin, who likened American slaveholders to Algerine corsairs. In the face of these unequivocal statements, it is absurd to suppose that they consented unanimously to any provision by which the National Government, the work of their hands, dedicated to Freedom, could be made the most offensive instrument of Slavery. Thus much for the evidence from the history of the Convention. But the true principles of our Political System are in harmony with this conclusion of history; and here let me say a word of State Rights. It was the purpose
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Xxvii. (search)
tion itself assumes two different forms, one founded on a prophetic malediction in the Old Testament, and the other on the professed observations of recent science. Its importance is apparent in the obvious fact, that, unless such distinction be clearly and unmistakably established, every argument by which our own freedom is vindicated,—every applause awarded to the successful rebellion of our fathers,—every indignant word ever hurled against the enslavement of our white fellow-citizens by Algerine corsairs, must plead trumpet-tongued against the deep damnation of Slavery, whether white or black. It is said that the Africans are the posterity of Ham, the son of Noah, through Canaan, who was cursed by Noah, to be the servant of his brethren, and that this malediction has fallen upon all his descendants, including the unhappy Africans,—who are accordingly devoted by God, through unending generations, to unending bondage. Such is the favorite argument often put forth at the South, an<
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., XXVIII. (search)
assumption, condemned by reason and abhorred by piety, which changes a man into a thing? I put these questions without undertaking to pass upon them. Shrinking instinctively from any recognition of right founded on wrongs, I find myself shrinking also from any austere verdict, which shall deny the means necessary to the great consummation we seek. Our fathers, under Washington, did not hesitate by Act of Congress, to appropriate largely for the ransom of white fellow-citizens enslaved by Algerine corsairs; and, following this example, I am disposed to consider the question of compensation as one of expediency, to be determined by the exigency of the hour and the constitutional powers of the Government; though such is my desire to see the foul fiend of slavery in flight, that I could not hesitate to build even a Bridge of Gold, if necessary, to promote his escape. The Practicability of the Anti-Slavery Enterprise has been constantly questioned, often so superficially, as to be ans
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Eighth: the war of the Rebellion. (search)
as in the negro breast? And yet his severest trial, during these days, was in—as he expressed it— screwing Old Abe up to the sticking point. And then, with considerable impatience, he broke out, How slow this child of Freedom is being born! If other children found as much difficulty in getting into the world, the earth would be depopulated with this generation. The idea of a man having to buy himself! We voted the money however, only as a ransom, as nations redeemed their citizens from Algerine slavery. But this business of buying men into, or out of slavery will cease very soon. Xxx. In the time of the Caesars, as the traveler from the East approached Rome, over the Appian Way, he passed milestones—some of which are still standing, after two thousand years—telling him how near he was to the Eternal City. So, too, those who read our writings of this period, will trace with interest the Measures enacted by our government, which successfully marked the progress we were t
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., XXIX. (search)
avery idea now in the councils of the nation. May God sustain you! I shall never forget how Mr. Sumner's face brightened, and his eyes swam in the luxury of gratitude, whenever he received such letters, exclaiming with fervor, as he rose and shook himself, walking the floor—Thank God we have such opportunities to do good! And where on earth will you find hearts that so readily melt with gratitude, as in the negro breast? And yet his severest trial, during these days, was in—as he expressed it— screwing Old Abe up to the sticking point. And then, with considerable impatience, he broke out, How slow this child of Freedom is being born! If other children found as much difficulty in getting into the world, the earth would be depopulated with this generation. The idea of a man having to buy himself! We voted the money however, only as a ransom, as nations redeemed their citizens from Algerine slavery. But this business of buying men into, or out of slavery will cease very s
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 30: addresses before colleges and lyceums.—active interest in reforms.—friendships.—personal life.—1845-1850. (search)
Smith was so much interested in the lecture that he sent fifty dollars to Joshua Leavitt, with a view to supplying a copy to every professional man in New England. It gives an account of the efforts of European governments and our own to abolish Algerine slavery, of the experiences of captives, their heroic endeavors to escape, and the generous sympathies which their cause inspired in Christian nations. It abounds in references to authorities and extracts from them, of which many must have beenimulate antislavery opinion; but no one had ventured so far in this direction as Sumner now went in this lecture. It drew attention to the geographical analogies between the African and the American slaveholding regions, and to the incidents of Algerine slavery, which none could fail to recognize as belonging also to American slavery. What was said of escapes from the former applied equally well to the fugitive slaves from the Southern States, in whose behalf there was at the time an intense i
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Chapter 21: the Loftier strain: Christus (search)
course quite secondary. Errors of a few centuries doubtless occur in it. Longfellow himself states the period at which he aims as 1230. But the spire of Strassburg Cathedral of which he speaks was not built until the fifteenth century, though the church was begun in the twelfth, when Walter the Minnesinger flourished. The Lily of Medicine, which Prince Henry is reading when Lucifer drops in, was not written until after 1300, nor was St. John Nepomuck canonized until after that date. The Algerine piracies did not begin until the sixteenth century. There were other such errors; yet these do not impair the merit of the book. Some curious modifications also appear in later editions. In the passage where the monk Felix is described in the first edition as pondering over a volume of St. Augustine, this saint disappears in later editions, while the Scriptures are substituted and the passage reads:— Wherein amazed he read A thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it i
The Daily Dispatch: March 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
desert blossoms as the rose. The camp-fires were smouldering and the soldiers were sitting at their evening meal. Their table was the ground and their seats the ground, and yet they contrived by digging a trench around their table not to sit cross-legged like the Turk. Most of the tents are small, and afford only an indifferent shelter from the winter rains.--Various trades necessary to the camp were carried on, such as tailoring, harness-making, shoe-making, blacksmithing, &c. The Algerine forces are encamped in the open field, beneath the piercing rays of a Syrian sun. Their horses are in like manner tied out, exposed to all changes of the weather. They were preparing their suppers at their scanty camp-fires, and it was amusing to see two or three of these wild Algerines squatting over their pot or pan, smoking and chatting their Arabic, while every eye was fixed on the meat and potatoes which they were extemporizing into food. Their dress is similar to that of the Bedouin
The Daily Dispatch: January 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Free Negro Law of Kentucky. (search)
Can't conquer Crinoline. --The Duke of Malskoff is to have $100,000 a year as Governor of Algeria, which, added to his salary as Marshal, Senator, Member of the Council of Regency and Duke, constitute an income from the State Treasury of $162,000 a year. But the Duke can't obtain the consent of his young wife to accompany him in his Algerine exile, and she is fitting up the handsome residence in the Avenue Montaigue, given her by the Empress at the time of her marriage, as a permanent residence during the Governor's absence. The Governor was complaining a few days ago to the Emperor that he could not induce his wife to go with him to Algiers, when His Majesty said to him, laughing, "That's it; you can take Sebastopol, Duke, but you can't conquer a woman!"
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