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October 31st (search for this): chapter 9
hteen times to audiences averaging at least twelve hundred. He has advantages as an orator over any other public speaker in the State, and his speech on the Constitution is the ablest I have ever heard him deliver. The Springfield Republican, October 31, noticed the address from a Whig standpoint. It said that the Free Soilers had many orators, but only one Sumner. He treated in detail the changes proposed not only in a technical but a large way, drawing liberally on his resources as a studen the best, he defended the plan submitted by the convention as far better than the existing one; and this part; of his speech was thought to be the ablest argument from any quarter,—logical, convincing, and unassailable. Boston Commonwealth, October 31; New Bedford Standard, November 5. His refined hearers were impressed with his elevation of thought and breadth of view, while all were charmed with his chaste diction, his evident candor and sincerity, and the ease with which he handled the po
1802 AD (search for this): chapter 9
admired him anew, not only as an artist, but as an expositor of art. I doubt if any European artist has ever excelled him with his pen. He cannot be forgotten in our history, or in the grateful memory of friends. His name will be an honor to his family, and a precious inheritance to his children. My sympathy at this moment I know full well will be of little avail, but the heart speaks from its fulness; I could not refrain. God bless you and your children! To Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, 1802-1880. Mrs. Child, by her intellectual and moral power, holds the first place among American women who took part in the contest with slavery. The only one to be named as her rival for that eminence is Maria Weston Chapman. Jan. 14, 1853:— Many years ago I remarked, more than once, that among all antislavery pens I found most sympathy with yours. The tone in which you wrote was most in harmony with my own mind. You will believe, then, that it was with peculiar satisfaction that I learn
October 29th (search for this): chapter 9
ng to speak for President Pierce, forbade any further political association of the Democrats with the Free Soilers, and declared the purpose of the Administration to crush out the dangerous element of abolitionism under every guise and form. October 29. Cushing's previous complicity with the coalition is described by C. C. Hazewell in a letter with the signature of Algoma, published in the New York Herald, Nov. 12, 1853. The Washington Union, about the same time, speaking for the Administraat it reduced the representation of Boston, where their, power was centred and was rapidly growing, but more because one of the amendments, to be separately voted on, expressly forbade the appropriation of public money for sectarian schools. October 29. Cushing's previous complicity with the coalition is described by C. C. Hazewell in a letter with the signature of Algoma, published in the New York Herald, Nov. 12, 1853. The Washington Union, about the same time, speaking for the Administra
October 28th (search for this): chapter 9
Late in October, however, the Whigs found new allies, and at once the face of affairs was changed. Two eminent Free Soilers, Palfrey and Adams, A letter to the New York Evening Post, Nov. 7, 1853, signed Essex, reviewed the political record of Palfrey and Adams. and undertook to explain the personal reasons for their action. who had submitted to rather than opposed the coalition, and who had lost seats in the convention, came out publicly against the scheme,—the former in a pamphlet, October 28, signed A Free Soiler from the Start, A letter to the New York Evening Post, Nov. 7, 1853, signed Essex, reviewed the political record of Palfrey and Adams. and undertook to explain the personal reasons for their action. and the latter in an address, November 5, at Quincy. They drew away a few of their old friends from its support; but their influence was chiefly felt in the new spirit and vigor which they gave to its opponents. The Whigs at once put forth every effort to carry the S
October 26th (search for this): chapter 9
eks preceding the election, set forth its merits before the people, some of them addressing audiences almost every evening; and until quite near the election they were sanguine that it would be approved by the people. They expected also to carry the Legislature, and this result was most likely to secure Wilson's election as governor. Sumner made his first speech at Greenfield, October 25, and from that time till the election spoke every evening, making seventeen speeches. Fitchburg, October 26; Northampton, 27; Westfield, 28; Springfield, 29; Waltham, 31; Lynn, November 1; Taunton, 2; Nantucket, 3; New Bedford, 4; Fall River, 5; Lawrence, 7; South Danvers, 8; Lowell, 9; Worcester, 10; Marshfield, 11; Boston, 12. At Westfield he called at the State Normal School, which he had aided a few years before. Ante, vol. II. p. 327. Hitherto his topics had appealed directly to moral and religious emotions; but now his theme was one which admitted only of sober treatment, and addressed
October 25th (search for this): chapter 9
means of addresses and pamphlets. Wilson, Boutwell, Burlingame, Dana, Hallett, and Griswold, during the six weeks preceding the election, set forth its merits before the people, some of them addressing audiences almost every evening; and until quite near the election they were sanguine that it would be approved by the people. They expected also to carry the Legislature, and this result was most likely to secure Wilson's election as governor. Sumner made his first speech at Greenfield, October 25, and from that time till the election spoke every evening, making seventeen speeches. Fitchburg, October 26; Northampton, 27; Westfield, 28; Springfield, 29; Waltham, 31; Lynn, November 1; Taunton, 2; Nantucket, 3; New Bedford, 4; Fall River, 5; Lawrence, 7; South Danvers, 8; Lowell, 9; Worcester, 10; Marshfield, 11; Boston, 12. At Westfield he called at the State Normal School, which he had aided a few years before. Ante, vol. II. p. 327. Hitherto his topics had appealed directly to
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