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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 32: the annexation of Texas.—the Mexican War.—Winthrop and Sumner.—1845-1847. (search)
James T. Austin, Noted for his hostility to the antislavery movement. Ante, vol. i. p. 155; II. p. 1. William Hayden, and C. T. Russell. Although they corresponded in substance with those which the Legislature had passed a few months before, they were laid on the table. Hayden intimated that the source from which they came affected his action in a measure. The rejection of the resolutions was the subject of discussion in the newspapers. Boston Atlas, September 17; Boston Whig, September 16, 17, 18, 20, 21. Sumner was placed at the head of the list of delegates, exceeding one hundred in number, among whom were Winthrop, Adams, J. Lothrop Motley, G. T. Curtis, and P. w. Chandler. Rev. A. P. Putnam,— then a youth, since well known as a clergyman,—after speaking of the great public interest felt at the time in Sumner on account of his addresses of transcendent merit, especially his Fourth of July oration, and of his being then regarded as a most able, fearless, and eloquent r
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 35: Massachusetts and the compromise.—Sumner chosen senator.—1850-1851. (search)
ending, but maintained disingenuously that the Whigs were not responsible for it, and that they were the true antislavery party. This journal had a following in the country towns, but its influence in Boston was limited, and it was hesitating and timid. Its article, Sound the Alarm, April 15, 1850, condemning the Compromise, and hinting that it originated in ambitious schemes for the succession to the Presidency, was often referred to. It condemned the Fugitive Slave law, September 14 and 16; it now treated with respect the Free Soil leaders whom it had maligned in 1848. Horace Mann's Letters in reply to Webster appeared in its columns May 6, June 10. The leading commercial journal of the city was the Daily Advertiser. During the agitation of the slavery question it had shown indifference to the growth of the slave-power, and had even denied the existence of such a power. It apologized for the mobs which assailed the Abolitionists, and sneered at the agitation against slavery a
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 37: the national election of 1852.—the Massachusetts constitutional convention.—final defeat of the coalition.— 1852-1853. (search)
er 15, in which S. C. Phillips occupied the chair, Adams reported the resolutions, and Horace Mann was nominated for governor. Among the speakers were Wilson, Mann, and Burlingame. On the platform, in a conspicuous seat, was Captain Drayton, the liberated master of the Pearl. The enthusiasm which uniformly greeted Sumner on such occasions seemed now greater than ever, and mingled with it were three times threes, the raising of canes, and waving of handkerchiefs. Boston Commonwealth, September 16. These outbursts expressed the satisfaction with his course in the Senate. He spoke briefly, beginning and ending with, and interrupted often by, the heartiest applause. The point of his speech Works, vol. III. p. 199-207. was a vindication of the reason and utility of third parties against the dogmatic assertion that there can be but two in a country, with several illustrations from English and French history. Seward wrote: I have read your argument to prove the possibility of third