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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 24: Slavery and the law of nations.—1842.—Age, 31. (search)
iew presented in the Boston paper on the Right of Search. He agrees with every line of it. Chancellor Kent has written me that he has no hesitation in subscribing to it, as sound, logical, and conclusive. Mr. Choate, of the Senate, gives it his assent. I do not know what Mr. Webster thinks about it. To Lord Morpeth, then at Philadelphia, he wrote, Jan. 19, 1842:— Last evening, I was at two graceful gatherings of our Boston world,— one at Mr. Jeremiah Mason's, and the other at Mrs. Ritchie's. I wish you had been here to see our women, whom you did not see. We are on tiptoe to see who shall catch the first view of Dickens above the wave. To-morrow or next day, the packet will be here. Query: Will he eat the dinner the young Bostonians wish him to eat, and make the speeches (large price for a dinner!) which they expect him to make? To Dr. Francis Lieber. Boston, Feb. 10, 1842. my dear Lieber,—. . . Longfellow's book contains some of the most beautiful gems of Americ<