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The Daily Dispatch: January 24, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
hearts, to fire and sword. For his own fame, he ought to have died before the war, and carried the secret of his hollowness to the grave. There is no excuse for his apostasy in the Union frenzy that carried away the Northern conservative masses at the beginning of the war. He might have stood by the Union and yet preserved his own dignity and consistency. He might have stood aloof from the crusade of blood like R. C. Winthrop, or, whilst he held by the Union, have protested, like Franklin Pierce, against the crimes that have been committed in its name. There was no necessity that he should make himself a superserviceable lackey of Lincoln, and emulate B. F. Butler, Cushing and Dickerson in shameless political tergiversation. He might, with perfect safety to his reputation and himself, have refrained from a violent and demonstrative antagonism to his old opinions and principles. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of his own party in Massachusetts who, at this very hour, a
The Daily Dispatch: December 9, 1865., [Electronic resource], Report of the Secretary of the navy. (search)
A bill has been introduced into the United States House of Representatives to revive the grade of general in the United States Army--being one step higher than lieutenant-general. It is supposed to be intended for General Grant's benefit, and was proposed by a member from his State. The Boston Journal learns that ex-President Franklin Pierce was baptized and confirmed in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Concord, N. H., last Sabbath, by Rev. Dr. J. H. Eames, the rector. Mr. Bingham has prepared the draft of an important amendment to the Constitution, repealing the fifth section of that instrument, which prohibits a tax on exports. The Episcopal churches in Alabama are still closed.
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1865., [Electronic resource], Apprehension of trouble in New Kent. (search)
al strength of the regular army was adopted. Mr. Morrill introduced a bill to incorporate the Potomac Navigation Company and Transportation Company. Referred to the Com-...... Mr. Trumbull gave notice of a bill to enlarge the power of the Freedmen's Bureau. A message from the President was read, accompanied by a report from General Grant. Mr, Sumner disapproved of the report, characterizing it as "a white-washing report, " which reminded him of the Kansas message of Franklin Pierce in 1856. Messrs. Dixon and Doolittle replied to Mr. Sumner, defending the message as an able and truthful statement of the facts. House.--Mr. Farnsworth offered a resolution, which was adopted, calling on the Committee of Elections to inquire into the alleged charge of disloyalty against Mr. Harris, of Maryland, and report the same to the House, together with such action as they may recommend. The House, by more than a two-thirds vote, adopted an amendment to the Constitu
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1865., [Electronic resource], The late Mr. Corwin. (search)
ch the President recognizes all the Southern States, and withdrawing the Military Governor from Alabama, is the principal theme in both Houses of Congress to-day. It is in direct antagonism with the views of Congress. The President's message, enclosing the reports of General Grant, General Howard, &c., on the condition of the South, [alluded to above] has been read in the Senate, and is very conservative. Mr. Sumner pronounced it a white-washing message, only paralleled by that of Pierce on Kansas. General Grant's report, as stated above, is exceedingly conservative, agreeing fully with the President's policy. He says that the South is loyal, and anxious to return to its old place in the Union. It is given out semi-officially at the State Department that there is no danger of a rupture with France. The President sustains the Seward diplomacy. Alley's resolution on currency contraction gives great satisfaction at the Treasury Department. The argument in
The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1865., [Electronic resource], Tried for Shooting his step-mother. (search)
The Debate on the message. Mr. Sumner said: We have a message from the President which is like the white-washing message of Franklin Pierce with regard to the atrocities in Kansas. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, and Mr. Doolittle objected to Mr. Sumner's adjective, and asked him to qualify the expression. Mr. Sumner.--I have nothing to qualify, nothing to modify, nothing to retract. In former days there was but one Kansas to suffer under illegal power. Now there are eleven Kansas s In former days there was but one Kansas to suffer under illegal power. Now there are eleven Kansas suffering only as one suffered.--Therefore, sir, as eleven are more than one, so is the enormity of the present time more than the enormity of the days of Franklin Pierce. Nevertheless, after Messrs. Dixon and Doolittle had lectured him a little more explicitly. Mr. Sumner said he did not mean to impugn the patriotism or condemn the policy of the President; and so the matter was dropped.
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