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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)
s not friendly; that it is de haut en bas; that you write down upon us,—and this you can imagine is not pleasant. It becomes more conspicuous from its contrast with the real cordiality of one or two recent French writers, who have struck chords which I wish had been struck by an Englishman. I hear from different quarters that the war will soon be ended. I do not see it so; Sumner from the beginning put no faith in the prediction of a three months war. Memoir of W. H. Channing by O. B. Frothingham, p. 309. and if slavery is left to itself, I think you are right in the horoscope you cast. But help us to a breath of generous, strengthening sympathy from Old England, which will cheer the good cause and teach everybody that there can be no terms of any kind with a swarm of traitors trying to build a State on human slavery. Sumner accepted the invitation to address the annual State convention of the Republican party at Worcester in October, given to him by William Claflin, chair
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 46: qualities and habits as a senator.—1862. (search)
estimony not merely of old and intimate friends, or of men tempered like himself, but of critical observers not bound to him by personal relations. It was often given in his lifetime, and more freely when death had set the seal on his career. Not denying to many of their contemporaries a certain measure of these noble qualities, their fullest development must be found in our time in two kindred characters,— John Bright and Charles Sumner. See estimates in W. H. Channing's Life, by O. B. Frothingham, p. 367; Pall Mall Gazette, Dec. 26, 1866; Harper's Weekly, March 24, 1866; New York Herald, Dec 28, 1871, containing an article, in the characteristic style of that journal, from a correspondent who mingles praise and dispraise. J. W. Forney wrote of Sumner (Anecdotes of public Men, vol. II. p. 262): We are all human; the best, like the worst, are controlled more or less by personal motives. But Sumner, I insist, was the supreme exception to this rule. I never knew any man less mo
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 56: San Domingo again.—the senator's first speech.—return of the angina pectoris.—Fish's insult in the Motley Papers.— the senator's removal from the foreign relations committee.—pretexts for the remioval.—second speech against the San Domingo scheme.—the treaty of Washington.—Sumner and Wilson against Butler for governor.—1870-1871. (search)
Globe, pp. 217, 218. He challenged senators and every one else to witness that he had never attributed dishonest motives to the President, He repeated this disclaimer, Works, vol. XIV. p. 257; also in letter to Gerrit Smith, Aug. 20, 1871; Frothingham's Life of Gerrit Smith, p. 329. declaring that the strongest things he had ever said of him and his acts had been said to Mr. Fish and Mr. Boutwell, whom he summoned to bear witness to the truth of his assertions. When he took his seat no sehat he was right. This appears in his letters at this time, one written to Mrs. J. T. Furness, Jan. 13, 1871. J. W. Forney's Anecdotes of Public men, vol. II. p. 263. See also letter to Gerrit Smith, Aug. 20, 1871, in the latter's Life, by Frothingham, p. 329. He Senate took a recess till half-past 7 in the evening, when Morton replied to Sumner. He repelled the charge of usurpation and the comparison of the President with Buchanan and Pierce, but passed lightly over the use of our ships i
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 57: attempts to reconcile the President and the senator.—ineligibility of the President for a second term.—the Civil-rights Bill.—sale of arms to France.—the liberal Republican party: Horace Greeley its candidate adopted by the Democrats.—Sumner's reserve.—his relations with Republican friends and his colleague.—speech against the President.—support of Greeley.—last journey to Europe.—a meeting with Motley.—a night with John Bright.—the President's re-election.—1871-1872. (search)
ring to the newspapers of that year, that Stanton had in fact commended General Grant in a speech at Steubenville, Ohio. This discovery put Sumner at a disadvantage. There is no doubt that Stanton had said to Sumner and to others, among then Mr. Hooper and Horace White, just what the senator stated he had said; Sumner had a year before his speech freely mentioned in conversation and correspondence Stanton's communication to him. (Edward Eggleston, in New York Tribune, March 21, 1874; Frothingham's Life of Gerrit Smith, pp. 331, 334, 336, where the senator's letter of Aug. 28, 1871. is given.) Stanton's statement to Horace White may be found in Senate debate, June 6, 1872 (Congressional Globe, p. 4283). Stanton was not in a pleasant mood towards Grant after the latter took his place as Secretary of War under Johnson. (Radeau's Grant in Peace, p. 94.) Grant has in several passages of his Personal Memoirs perpetuated his unfriendly sentiments towards Stanton. and there is also no
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 13: the Boston Radical Club: Dr. F. H. Hedge (search)
d, but Mrs. Sargent was always present and aided much in suggesting the names of the persons who should be called upon to discuss the essay of the day. The proceedings were limited to the reading and discussion of a paper, which rarely exceeded an hour in length. On looking over the list of essayists, I find that it includes the most eminent thinkers of the day, in so far as Massachusetts is concerned. Among the speakers mentioned are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Dr. Hedge, David A. Wasson, O. B. Frothingham, John Weiss, Colonel Higginson, Benjamin Peirce, William Henry Channing, C. C. Everett, and James Freeman Clarke. It was a glad surprise to me when I was first invited to read a paper before this august assemblage. This honor I enjoyed more than once, but I appreciated even more the privilege of listening and of taking part in the discussions which, after the lapse of many years, are still remembered by me as truly admirable and instructive. I did indeed hear at these meetings muc
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Index (search)
oduction of Edgar Allan Poe, 39. Francis, Mrs. John W. (Eliza Cutler), takes charge of the Ward family at her sister's death, 11, 12; dances in stocking-feet at her sister's wedding, 34; her kindness, 38; her hospitality, 39. Francois, a colored man in Santo Domingo, invites Mrs. Howe to hold religious services, 350, 353. Freeman, Edward, the artist, 127; a neighbor of Mrs. Howe in Rome, 191. Freeman, Mrs., Edward, 192. From the Oak to the Olive, ex tracts from, 315-319. Frothingham, O. B., a member of the Radical Club, 282. Froude, James Anthony, the historian, at Miss Cobbe's reception, 333. Fuller, Margaret, urges Mrs. Howe to publish her earlier poems, 61; her remark on Fanny Elssler's dancing, 105; in Cranch's caricature, 145; translates Eckermann's Conversations with Goethe, 147; life of, undertaken by Emerson, 158; criticizes Dr. Hedge's Phi Beta address, 296; highly esteemed by Dr. Hedge, 300; the sixtieth anniversary of her birth celebrated, 301. Fuller
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