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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 40: outrages in Kansas.—speech on Kansas.—the Brooks assault.—1855-1856. (search)
en Lord Elgin expressed his opinion that Sumner had better not have said some things which he did say; but the Duchess of Argyll defended him fully. Meantime Sumner, who was constitutionally devoid of fear, had no thought that any one was meditat civil war. Henry Reeve also heard him say that it was the first blow of a civil war. Macaulay wrote to the Duchess of Argyll: In any country but America, I should think civil war must be impending. The Duchess of Argyll to Sumner, Sept. 8, 186Argyll to Sumner, Sept. 8, 1863. Many letters of sympathy came to him from foreign friends. Macready wrote with affection, describing the universal sympathy in his country, and the indignation which had been called forth by the outrage inflicted by a cowardly and brutal ruffian.red me to put into my note to you assurances of her warmest friendship, sympathy, and esteem; and in these the Duchess of Argyll desired to join. Lord Wensleydale desired particular remembrances to you. Lord Cranworth, Ingham, Senior, Parkes, Lord L
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 41: search for health.—journey to Europe.—continued disability.—1857-1858. (search)
as well as his public life. The Duchess of Argyll wrote to Sumner, Jan. 26, 1861, a reminiscenceeveral times, as at Lord Belper's, the Duke of Argyll's, Lord Lansdowne's, and Earl Stanhope's. He ws; breakfasted in the morning with the Duke of Argyll, where I met Lord Aberdeen; dined with Lord Grnsdowne, Mr. Van de Weyer, Duke and Duchess of Argyll, etc. July 1. Breakfast at Lord Hatherton'arlisle. and his wife, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Charles Howard; pleasant talk. July 5. Sunanville, Derby, Lyndhurst, Brougham, Dufferin, Argyll, the Bishops of London and Oxford, and the Arc being heard. July 15. Breakfast at Duke of Argyll's, where were Macaulay, the Milmans, Senior, R Hill and lunched with the Duke and Duchess of Argyll; then drove with her and Lady Mary Labouchere unds; the company were the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lady Morley, Lordk; most kindly received by Duke and Duchess of Argyll; there were with them Lady Emma Campbell, T[1 more...]
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, chapter 14 (search)
s the channel from the Wharncliffes, Roebuck, Harriet Martineau, Parkes, Senior, the Duchess of Argyll, and Ingham,—all sympathetic in his suffering, and urging visits as soon as his progress to healde, and wrote many letters to English friends,—to Brougham, the Earl of Carlisle, the Duchess of Argyll, Cobden, Parkes, Senior, Reeve, and others,—urging a maintenance of the existing policy, and a fpower there will lose all chance of aggrandizement and can only die. I suppose the Duchess of Argyll is still at Carlsbad. Remember me affectionately to all your family, who have been so kind to ming it,—no, not for worlds. He wrote again, November 21, in the same vein. The Duchess of Argyll, whose letters were frequent while he was seeking health in Europe, wrote, September 4, from Invhe British Museum; a day with the poet-laureate Tennyson at the Isle of Wight; The Duchess of Argyll wrote, July 23, 1863: Tennyson always remembers your visit with pleasure. two days with Lord St
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 43: return to the Senate.—the barbarism of slavery.—Popular welcomes.—Lincoln's election.—1859-1860. (search)
in tile Edinburgh Review in 1825, and had been overlooked or designedly omitted in the collected edition of his Essays. The paper contained a reference to his recent intercourse with the historian, who had died a few weeks before. The Duke of Argyll, whose home at Kensington was very near Macaulay's, wrote Sumner an account of the historian's last days; the duchess added a note, recalling how heartily he grasped Sumner's hand at their last meeting at Argyll Lodge. Motley wrote Sumner, Jan. gland similar to that which it had met here. The London Times, already strongly pro-slavery, condemned it; while antislavery journals, as the Daily News, the Morning Star, and the Morning Advertiser, as fully approved. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll approved it, the former not thinking it a bit too strong. The duchess reported Tennyson as warmly approving it, and saying, I thought the most eloquent thing in the speech was the unspoken thing,—the silence about his own story. Punch gave it a
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 44: Secession.—schemes of compromise.—Civil War.—Chairman of foreign relations Committee.—Dr. Lieber.—November, 1860– April, 1861. (search)
Seward, and did his best in private conversation and a letter to the London Times to remove it. Seward's Life, vol. III. pp. 29, 30, 37; Weed's Life, vol. II. pp. 355-361. The Duchess of Sutherland evidently wrote with the same thought her letter to Seward, Dec. 8, 1861. Seward's Life, vol. III. p. 32. Cobden, however, took him less seriously, thinking him a kind of American Thiers or Palmerston or Russell, talking to Bunkum. Morley's Life of Cobden, vol. II. p. 386. The Duke of Argyll, a member of the British cabinet, the only member altogether sympathetic with our cause, wrote to Sumner as early as June 4, 1861:— I write a few lines very earnestly to entreat that you will use your influence and official authority to induce your government, and especially Mr. Seward, to act in a more liberal and a less reckless spirit than he is supposed here to indicate towards foreign governments, and especially towards ourselves. I find much uneasiness prevailing here lest thing
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)
of slavery in America except among the Abolitionists, headed by that great and good man, Charles Sumner. The Duchess of Argyll wrote Sumner, Dec. 1, 1861, that while foreigners who had been close observers of American politics might be expected to ch he asserted would have made the capture legal, would if performed have only aggravated the illegality. The Duke of Argyll, writing Sumner, Jan. 10, 1862, said that if Mr. Seward's position were adopted, the two nations would be at the point ofdministration. Lord Lyons came in the evening to Sumner's lodgings overflowing with gratitude and joy. The Duchess of Argyll by letter, May 18. congratulated Sumner on the result Later in the session Sumner secured legislation giving effect to there are grateful to you for your strong and noble words. God bless you! I say with all my heart. To the Duchess of Argyll, August 11:— At last I am at home, after eight months of uninterrupted labor at Washington. The late Congress was
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 46: qualities and habits as a senator.—1862. (search)
reakfast hour—the time when his intimate friends most sought him—recall the zest with which he opened and read letter after letter (now and then handing one to the visitor) from his miscellaneous correspondents,—Cobden, Bright, and the Duchess of Argyll; a dozen or twenty faithful friends who wrote of affairs in Massachusetts; old Abolitionists in all parts of the country, well known or obscure,—indeed, from thousands of all conditions who had thoughts and anxieties which they wished some one in of any public value. Bright and Cobden, almost our only two friends of eminence in England, reported to him drifts of opinion important to be known by our government, and gave sincere counsels as to what it was best for us to do. The Duchess of Argyll, reflecting the views of the duke, then in the Cabinet, did the same. These letters as soon as received were read to the President and his advisers, and were most useful in guiding their action. To these three correspondents he wrote often an
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 47: third election to the Senate. (search)
ts of a righteous God. The speech delighted Dr Thomas Guthrie of Edinburgh, who made it a topic of public prayer in a church service. Letter of the Duchess of Argyll to Sumner, Dec. 3, 1862. In the beginning he spoke, but only briefly, of the criticisms to which he had been recently subjected,—recalling Burke's address to ur troops are excellent. I have loved England, and now deplore her miserable and utterly false position towards my country. God bless you! To the Duchess of Argyll, November 12:— You will hear of the elections. In Massachusetts the vote has been all that I could desire. In New York it has been bad,—worse for us than we had so long and carefully been absorbed in the arts of peace that we wanted generals to command. How was it with England in the Crimea? To the Duchess of Argyll, November 17:— I hope that the English position will be so firmly fixed that it cannot be swayed to the support of slavery, and that the old English sentim
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 48: Seward.—emancipation.—peace with France.—letters of marque and reprisal.—foreign mediation.—action on certain military appointments.—personal relations with foreigners at Washington.—letters to Bright, Cobden, and the Duchess of Argyll.—English opinion on the Civil War.—Earl Russell and Gladstone.—foreign relations.—1862-1863. (search)
—letters to Bright, Cobden, and the Duchess of Argyll.—English opinion on the Civil War.—Earl Russelion of 1864. Sumner wrote to the Duchess of Argyll, Jan. 4, 1863:— I send you a monthly con letters to Cobden, Bright, and the Duchess of Argyll. Those were intended to set right the duke,tween our two countries. To the Duchess of Argyll, April 26:— The duke's speech At Edinthis, it will be useful. To the Duchess of Argyll, June 2:— The country is tranquil, while Life of Cobden, vol. II. p. 401. The Duke of Argyll wrote Sumner, July 12, to the same effect. Thue might otherwise have been. The Duchess of Argyll wrote often to Sumner, and the duke occasionalsentiments he had expressed. The Duchess of Argyll wrote to Sumner, December 6, that Gladstone's he family of Christian nations. The Duke of Argyll, in a letter to Sumner, September 30, refused critics did not touch this point. The Duke of Argyll, however, in his letter of September 30, admit[1 m
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 49: letters to Europe.—test oath in the senate.—final repeal of the fugitive-slave act.—abolition of the coastwise slave-trade.—Freedmen's Bureau.—equal rights of the colored people as witnesses and passengers.—equal pay of colored troops.—first struggle for suffrage of the colored people.—thirteenth amendment of the constitution.— French spoliation claims.—taxation of national banks.— differences with Fessenden.—Civil service Reform.—Lincoln's re-election.—parting with friends.—1863-1864. (search)
every word which helps the removal of slavery, or which shows that this end is sincerely sought, I was glad to hear through an admirable friend The Duchess of Argyll. that you still thought kindly of me, and had not allowed the perplexities of an unparalleled contest to weaken your interest in the cause of the slave. I have a would be the first notice to England that war must come. I am not ready for any such step now. There is a dementia to adjourn and go home. To the Duchess of Argyll, July 4:— Congress will disperse to-day, having done several good things: (1) All fugitive-slave acts have been repealed; (2) All acts sustaining the traffiy the publication. Lord Airlie and his brother-in-law, E. Lyulph Stanley, who visited this country the same season, brought letters to Sumner from the Duchess of Argyll. He attended the Saturday Club dinners, at one of which as a guest was Chase, just resigned from the Cabinet, and on his way to the White Mountains. William Cu
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