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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 45: an antislavery policy.—the Trent case.—Theories of reconstruction.—confiscation.—the session of 1861-1862. (search)
hen he reached Boston his first duty—a deeply sad one—was to visit the home of Longfellow, from which had been removed by tragic death the poet's wife, a noble and accomplished woman, his own constant and loyal friend for twenty years. He wrote, July 11:— Dearest Longfellow,—God bless and comfort you! I am overwhelmed with grief, and long to be with you. Nothing but duties here, which cannot be postponed, prevents me from going on at once! And again, July 21:— Dearest Lt is no part of the duty of the soldiers of the United States to capture and return fugitive slaves, which passed the House, July 9, by a vote of ninety-three yeas to fifty-five nays; Lovejoy, answering Sumner's note of congratulation, wrote, July 11: Our conservative people were timid and vexed, but they had to vote right at last. but this was almost their only demonstration during the first three months after the assault on Fort Sumter. The defeat of the Union forces at Bull Run, Jul
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 50: last months of the Civil War.—Chase and Taney, chief-justices.—the first colored attorney in the supreme court —reciprocity with Canada.—the New Jersey monopoly.— retaliation in war.—reconstruction.—debate on Louisiana.—Lincoln and Sumner.—visit to Richmond.—the president's death by assassination.—Sumner's eulogy upon him. —President Johnson; his method of reconstruction.—Sumner's protests against race distinctions.—death of friends. —French visitors and correspondents.—1864-1865. (search)
complished, to yield something of his present judgment for the sake of harmony with the vast political army of which he had been a conscientious and courageous leader. Sumner's chief sympathizers at this time were the old Abolitionists and Free Soilers, with here and there men of radical ways of thinking, like Wayne MacVeagh and Horace Greeley. The latter advocated during the summer and autumn in the Tribune, in able and earnest leaders, June 14, 15. 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29; July 8, 10,11, 31; August 1, 26; September 18, 20, 30: October 7, 19. the admission of the negroes to suffrage as a just and politic measure, though disclaiming the purpose to make such admission an inexorable condition in reconstruction, and avoiding any reflection on the President's proceedings. George L. Stearns, of Massachusetts, distinguished for his services for the colored people, who had while raising negro troops in Tennessee become acquainted with Mr. Johnson, was at this time his apologist. N
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 51: reconstruction under Johnson's policy.—the fourteenth amendment to the constitution.—defeat of equal suffrage for the District of Columbia, and for Colorado, Nebraska, and Tennessee.—fundamental conditions.— proposed trial of Jefferson Davis.—the neutrality acts. —Stockton's claim as a senator.—tributes to public men. —consolidation of the statutes.—excessive labor.— address on Johnson's Policy.—his mother's death.—his marriage.—1865-1866. (search)
elect, and also the right of a senator to vote on his own title. March 23 and 26. Works, vol. x. pp. 377-390, 391-405. Trumbull, of the judiciary committee, supported the validity of Stockton's election; but Fessenden and Sumner were in agreement against it. This contested case led to a bill passed by this Congress for regulating the election of senators; in the debate upon it Sumner defended its provision for open voting, and distinguished between legislative and popular elections. July 11. Works, vol. x. pp. 481-485. Tributes to three public men came from Sumner at this time, —two in eulogies upon his deceased associates, the two senators from Vermont, Collamer Dec. 14, 1865. Works, vol. x. pp. 38-46. and Foot; April 12, 1886. Works, vol. x. pp. 409-416. and the third in an In Memorial on Henry Winter Davis, New York Independent, Jan. 11, 1866. Works, vol. x. pp. 104-108. of the House. The character of each of the two senators was cast in a different m
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 52: Tenure-of-office act.—equal suffrage in the District of Columbia, in new states, in territories, and in reconstructed states.—schools and homesteads for the Freedmen.—purchase of Alaska and of St. Thomas.—death of Sir Frederick Bruce.—Sumner on Fessenden and Edmunds.—the prophetic voices.—lecture tour in the West.—are we a nation?—1866-1867. (search)
nction of race or color; but though he found new allies in Morton and Cole, this effort failed by a tie vote, a majority of the Republican senators, however, sustaining him. March 16; Work;, vol. XI. pp. 146-163. He made another like effort July 11 and 13; Ibid., pp. 397-408. He again declared his regret that military rather than civil methods and agents had been adopted in reconstruction, saying, I would not see new States born of the bayonet,—a declaration which called out protests from he restriction. July 3, 5, 10, 1867; Works, vol. XI. pp. 369-396. Some of his amendments to the third reconstruction bill, offered Jul 11, were ruled out under the restriction; but two of them were held not to be excluded, and were carried, July 11 and 13. Works, vol. XI. pp. 397-408. This debate, which called out much feeling, is one of the few in Congress which has raised the question of the obligations of a party caucus. In a debate Dec. 18. 1871 (Congressional Globe, p 190), Sumne
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 58: the battle-flag resolution.—the censure by the Massachusetts Legislature.—the return of the angina pectoris. —absence from the senate.—proofs of popular favor.— last meetings with friends and constituents.—the Virginius case.—European friends recalled.—1872-1873. (search)
e last month, and begin to have a sense of health, so that for ten days I have done a little work. Two days later he found himself weak again; but this weakness shortly gave way to an increasing sense of health. The potions of strychnine ended July 11. At the close of the month, Dr. Brown-Sequard returned to Europe, and medical treatment for the present ended. The doctor seemed to be keeping up a practice in both hemispheres, and was in Boston the next September, when he met Sumner there. much, and am always happy in long talks with them about England. Last autumn I passed a fortnight in London, which seemed more metropolitan and fascinating than ever. Everybody was agreeable, and I enjoyed my visit much. To Robert Ingham, July 11:— As I am about to leave for Boston I receive the South Shields paper, with the interesting report of the beautiful ceremony in honor of you. I wish I had been there. Such a monument is better than a statue. This recognition among friend