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John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 6. (search)
Chapter 6. First session of the Thirtieth Congress Mexican War --Wilmot Proviso campaign of 1848 letters to Herndon about young men in politics speech in Congress on the Mexican War second session of the Thirtieth Congress bill toing must also be done to elect them. Two of the letters which he at this time wrote home to his young law partner, William H. Herndon, are especially worth quoting in part, not alone to show his own zeal and industry, but also as a perennial instrucsting pastime, and improving to the intellectual faculties of all engaged. And in another letter, answering one from Herndon in which that young aspirant complains of having been neglected, he says: The subject of that letter is exceedinger Davis be appointed Receiver of the Land Office at this place, whenever there shall be a vacancy. I cannot say that Mr. Herndon, the present incumbent, has failed in the proper discharge of. any of the duties of the office. He is a very warm par
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 11. (search)
in New Jersey. On the whole, however, the fusion movement proved ineffectual to defeat Lincoln, and, indeed, it would not have done so even had the fusion electoral tickets received a majority in all three of the above-named States. The personal habits and surroundings of Mr. Lincoln were varied somewhat, though but slightly, during the whole of this election summer. Naturally, he withdrew at once from active work, leaving his law office and his whole law business to his partner, William H. Herndon; while his friends installed him in the governor's room in the State House at Springfield, which was not otherwise needed during the absence of the legislature. Here he spent the time during the usual business hours of the day, attended only by his private secretary, Mr. Nicolay. Friends and strangers alike were thus able to visit him freely and without ceremony, and they availed themselves largely of the opportunity. Few, if any, went away without being favorably impressed by his h
John Jay Chapman, William Lloyd Garrison, Chapter 10: foreign influence: summary (search)
f Baal: he knows nothing. Earth's remedies have failed. No one is abreast of the situation. Lincoln only waits. At this moment, when the catastrophe is in the sky and the thud of Fate's footsteps can be heard, there occurred that thing which Herndon had spoken of in a prophetic letter one year earlier. Herndon wrote his last letter to Theodore Parker on December 15, 1859. The Republicans in Congress, he says, are grinding off the flesh from their kneecaps, attempting to convince the South Herndon wrote his last letter to Theodore Parker on December 15, 1859. The Republicans in Congress, he says, are grinding off the flesh from their kneecaps, attempting to convince the South that we are cowards. We are cowards, that is, our representatives are. . . . The South is now catechising the North. To this question, What is the true end of man? it stands and shiveringly answers, The chief end of man is to support the nigger institutions, and to apologize to despots. The Senators are all on their knees. So are the Representatives. Let them shrive themselves there, and mankind will avenge the humiliation in the future. This is God's constant mode of operation. The r
John Jay Chapman, William Lloyd Garrison, Index (search)
ersal Emancipation, the, edited by Lundy, 42; by G., 43, 46. Georgia, Legislature of, offers reward for arrest and conviction of G., 48, 49, 256. Goodell, William, 127. Grant, Professor, 214, 215. Greeley, Horace, 216. Green, Beriah, 74, 75. Gurney, Samuel, 245, 251. Harrington, Judge, 140. Harris, Miss, colored pupil of P. Crandall, 70, 71. Hayne, Robert Y., Webster's reply to, 14; appeals to Otis against G., 53; Liberator, quoted on, 53, 54. Henry, Patrick, 215. Herndon, William H., quoted, 259, 260. Holmes, 0. W., 230. Hopkins, John H., his View of Slavery, 200. Hopper, Isaac T., 210. Houghton, Lord, 251. Hovey, Charles F., 210. Howitts, the, 246. Hughes, Thomas, 251. Hutchinsons, the, 211, 212. Impartial Citizen, the, 217. Jackson, Andrew, quoted, 102; 7, 103, 210. Jackson, Edmund, 210. Jackson, Francis, 114, 123, 206, 210, 212. Jackson, Thomas J. (Stonewall), 24. Jay, William, quoted, 148, 150, 155, 156; and Antislavery societies, 1
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 10: the Rynders Mob.—1850. (search)
ow to be slaveholders (Ms. June 11, 1888, C. M. Clay to Gen. Fayette Hewitt, Auditor of Kentucky; and see Greeley's Life of C. M. Clay ). De Bow's estimate for the same State, in 1850, hirers included, was 38,385. Clay, again, in a letter to the National Republican Convention at Pittsburg of Feb. 22, 1856 (Lib. 26.41), put the Southern slaveholders at 300,000, but De Bow's larger estimate was generally current—350,000 (Josiah Quincy, June 5, 1856, Library of American literature, 4.308; Wm. H. Herndon, 1856, Lib. 26.70; Theodore Parker, 1856, Lib. 26.81; Harriet Martineau, 1857, Lib. 27: 173); 400,000 (W. L. G., 1857, Lib. 27: 72; Owen Lovejoy, April 5, 1860, Lib. 30: 62). For the sake of the moneyed interests and social and political supremacy of this oligarchy, the whole country was plunging headlong into a frightful abyss of idolatry of the Union, and utter repudiation of the claims of humanity in the person of the enslaved—and especially of the fleeing, hunted, and imploring—negro<
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 14: the Nebraska Bill.—1854. (search)
nly a question of time. These pessimistic forebodings had a solid substratum in the signs of the times. Never was the Slave Power more insolent in its consciousness of strength, or wilder in its delirium of empire. See, for the undisguised purpose of President Pierce's Administration to annex Cuba, Lib. 24: 85, 127, 130, 189, 194; and, for the ancillary intrigue to acquire Samana Bay in San Domingo—a menace also to the independence and liberty of Hayti— Lib. 24: 157, 159; 25: 1, 61. Lieut. Herndon's exploration of the Amazon in 1851, by direction of the Navy Department, had distinct reference to a pro-slavery colonization with an ultimate view to annexation (Lib. 24: 62). On the other hand, see the numerous expressions of the Southern press looking to a restoration of the slave trade (Lib. 24: 149, 173), and in particular Henry A. Wise's letter to the Rev. Nehemiah Adams, D. D. (Lib. 24: 150). I would, said the Virginian, recommend the repeal of every act to suppress the slave tra
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.27 (search)
to his attitude of hostility to religion. Herndon's True Story of a Great Life (dated 1888), set given to the world, says (preface, page 8): Herndon has told the President's early life with refrwith more information than any one else. Herndon quoted. Herndon, in his True Story, &c., dHerndon, in his True Story, &c., dated 1888, is silent about Lincoln's attitude towards religion, and his silence is significant, for872, the following extract from a letter from Herndon, written in answer to questions on this point was not the Son of God. Another letter of Herndon's, published in Lamon's Life (page 492, et se satire. Morse (Volume I, page 13) denounces Herndon bitterly for publishing this chronicle, but spage 192) the truth of the revelations of Messrs. Herndon and Lamon as given above, and the duty ahe above-given revelations and disclosures of Herndon and Lamon, but, on the contrary, says (prefacd Davis, Leonard Swet, Ward H. Lamon and William H. Herndon. Letters of the two first named are amo[1 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.66 (search)
dead now). Hawks, from Texas, killed accidentally by W. Hoffman. Hathaway, H. C., died during war. Horner, Dick, lost sight of (dead). Hoffman, Wesley, died since war at Linden, Va. Hughes, Chas., lost sight of him. Hatcher, D. C: (Capt.), was badly wounded, but is still living. Hatcher, Harry (Sergt. Maj.), was wounded many times; died since the war. Hatcher, Wm., was badly wounded, but is still living (dead). Hawbaw, George, lost sight of him (still living). Herndon, John, living, Hamilton, Va. Jacobs, L. T., living, Hamilton, Va. Jones, Scott, killed at Bolivar Heights in 1861. Jones, Henry, living. Jones, Philip, living. Jeffries, James A., living. Keys, wounded in hand at Buckton, 1862. Kincheloe, John W., living at Rectortown, Va. Kidwell, Evan, died since the war. Ladd, John A., badly wounded at Kelley's Island and lost sight of. Leslie, Thomas, died since the war. Long, Pendleton, died since the war. Lawler, Ro
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.69 (search)
sas. Zachariah Fellers, wounded at Seven Pines; died at home since. Marshall Foley, captured at Williamsburg and never returned. Hugh M. Faulkner, wounded at Seven Pines; yet living. William Farley, died at home since the war. John M. N. Flick, captured at Williamsburg and never returned. Robert A. George, wounded at Gettysburg; now dead. B. P. Grigsby, living. Peter Grim, captured at Williamsburg and never returned. Granger H. Gore, killed at Seven Pines. William H. Herndon, wounded at Seven Pines; died at home since. L. H. Heptinstall, died in hospital, 1863. Andrew Hearn, living. Andrew J. Holston, wounded at Frazier's Farm and Gettysburg; yet living. James Hearn, living. James T. Hopkins, living; captured at Williamsburg and transferred to the cavalry. George Hill, died with fever, 1861. Joseph H. Hambrick, died since the war. James Holt, supposed to be dead. L. C. Hale, living. George A. Harris, wounded at Seven Pines an
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Constitution and the Constitution. (search)
was too pure—for slaves? No—for free negroes—to breathe. In those days, where was the citizen of Illinois so renowned for the wish to put slavery in the course of ultimate extinction? Where the thunders against the Black Code of Illinois? Herndon says: The sentiment of the majority of Springfield tended in the opposite direction, and, thus environed, Lincoln lay down like a sleeping lion! The lion heart, the couer de lion of romance, is not one of profound slumber when danger is abroad,ngress to call for an investigation? Who grew hysterical over that? The misery before their eyes, said Randolph; they cannot see—their philanthrophy acts only at a distance. In the Taylor and Cass campaign of 1848, Lincoln spoke in Boston. Herndon says: Referring to the anti-slavery men, he said they were better treated in Massachusetts than in the West, and, turning to William S. Lincoln, of Worchester, who had lived in Illinois, he remarked, that in the State they had recently killed o
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