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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 34: the compromise of 1850.—Mr. Webster. (search)
tation. A month after Congress had adjourned, a meeting was held in Faneuil Hall, with C. F. Adams as chairman, and R. H. Dana, Jr., as mover of resolutions, to denounce the obnoxious law and express sympathy with the negroes against whose liberty the law. Then followed the trials of persons accused of assisting the rescue, who were defended by John P. Hale and R. H. Dana, Jr.; but one or two dissenting jurors prevented verdicts against them. Webster, as Secretary of State, took a personal officers, surrounded the court house with chains. Sims's counsel, S. E. Sewall, R. Rantoul, Jr., C. G. Loring, and R. H. Dana, Jr., sought to secure the negro's liberty by writs of habeas corpus, bringing him before the Supreme Court of the State t for the hearing in the Circuit Court room, afterwards occupied for many years by the Municipal Court. In March, R. H. Dana, Jr., and Sumner drew a bill to secure the rights of persons claimed as fugitive slaves, particularly with the view of ap
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 35: Massachusetts and the compromise.—Sumner chosen senator.—1850-1851. (search)
ersons claimed as fugitive slaves. C. F. Adams presided; Rev. Dr. Lowell offered a prayer; R. H. Dana, Jr., read resolutions; the venerable Josiah Quincy, sent a letter, giving the authority of his ocrats and Free Soilers for the election of members of the Legislature, led by Samuel hoar, R. H. Dana, Jr., and Anson Burlingame. It proved ineffective against the strong current in favor of union.ce that the instincts of the Democracy are on our side which Sumner has; neither has Palfrey. R. H. Dana's Journal in Adams's Biography, vol. i. p. 169. Sept. 8, 1849. and, withal, he had a practicae glorious triumph of liberty in the election. Next they proceeded to the house of Richard h. Dana, Sr., in West Cedar Street, where they expected to find his son; but the son not being there, the vt his bed until noon through illness, but on hearing the news he had suddenly become better. Mr. Dana (the father) said to Sumner, a few days later, This election is gall and bitterness to some peo
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 36: first session in Congress.—welcome to Kossuth.—public lands in the West.—the Fugitive Slave Law.—1851-1852. (search)
uggest that they followed as exemplars John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Edward Livingston and John Quincy Adams. R. H. Dana, Jr.'s, diary in manuscript gives an account of a conversation with Palfrey and Sumner in September, 1852, in which the iyou, if such success can, none finds less surprise or more pleasure than Yours most truly, Wendell Phillips. R. H. Dana, Jr., wrote, Dec. 11, 1851:— Your kind reception at Washington is not attributable, sure enough, to the influence oo your legislative future with a different feeling from that with which they followed you to your seat in December. R. H. Dana, Jr., wrote: I am glad you had an opportunity to make your speech on a subject of so great general interest, on which you a position on the Fugitive Slave law. These and some other facts are from an account given by Sumner at a dinner at R. H. Dana, Jr.'s, soon after his return to Boston, and were recorded by Mr. Dana in his journal. and it seemed in a fair way to pre
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)
towns or cities. Most of the constituencies preferred to elect one of their own number, and only nine towns accepted non-resident candidates; among whom were R. H. Dana, Jr., G. S. Boutwell, Anson Burlingame, E. L. Keyes, B. F. Hallett, and Whiting Griswold. The voters of Marshfield, the home of Mr. Webster, were radically antislthe man of by far the greatest legislative promise, criticising only his tendency to over-debate, due to excessive readiness and facility. Adams's Biography of R. H. Dana, vol. i. p. 233. whose intellect and character, however, derived no added force from personal associations and political influence. Sumner in a speech said ofseems to have a fear of taking the floor except on leading subjects, and after great preparation. But he is a noble, fine-hearted fellow. Adams's Biography of R. H. Dana, vol. i. p. 247. Irksome as was the confinement, his service in the convention was an advantage to him by bringing him into more familiar relations with the ac
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 38: repeal of the Missouri Compromise.—reply to Butler and Mason.—the Republican Party.—address on Granville Sharp.—friendly correspondence.—1853-1854. (search)
n his speech, March 3, treated this description of a Northern man with Southern principles as intended for himself. R. H. Dana, Jr., wrote to Sumner, February 26: Your magnetic mountain is a thing that can neither be hid nor removed; it will be onely appointed by the marshal, was killed by a pistol-shot. The commissioner held that the negro, who was defended by R. H. Dana, Jr., was the claimant's slave, and gave the order for his rendition, Loring was removed by legislative address in 185ccess. Wendell Phillips, as an old friend, wrote with an earnestness of approval which he rarely gave to any man. Richard H. Dana, Sr., recognized the manly dignity, the calm, conscious superiority of the reply. John Jay wrote of the speech as a glou, and enable you to come off conqueror and more than conqueror, is the constant prayer of your assured friend! R. H. Dana, Jr., wrote, July 2:— You have done gallantly. It was just the right sort of fight. Especially we all like your p
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 39: the debate on Toucey's bill.—vindication of the antislavery enterprise.—first visit to the West.—defence of foreign-born citizens.—1854-1855. (search)
unable to get in. Sumner began his address, Works, vol. IV. pp. 62-82. The speech was published in full in the Boston Telegraph, November 3. the parts omitted in the Works are largely a repetition of matter contained in former speeches. Dana wrote in his diary, November 4: Sumner made a noble speech at Faneuil Hall, Friday night, before a crowded assembly, at which I presided. Adams's Biography of Dana, vol. i. p. 348. which occupied two hours and a quarter in the delivery, with a tDana, vol. i. p. 348. which occupied two hours and a quarter in the delivery, with a treatment of the issues growing out of the slavery question, including recent outrages in Kansas, and then discussed the relations of parties, insisting upon the necessity of a political organization (tile Republican party) based only upon opposition to slavery. The stress of his argument was on this point. At the same time he took occasion to reject the irrational methods of the Know Nothings,—those of secrecy,— and to condemn the religious and class prejudices against foreignborn citizens, o
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)
and assert plainly its right to assist Northern emigrants. by R. H. Dana, Jr., with whom they counselled; and by two other gentlemen, Eli T the writing of several letters of introduction for his friend R. H. Dana, Jr., who was about to visit England, and the writing and dictation, and Worcester, scholars; Buckingham, the veteran editor; and R. H. Dana, Jr., equally distinguished at the bar and in literature. At Con the speech as a great and eloquent vindication of our cause. R. H. Dana, Jr., wrote, May 27: I think of you every hour of every day; you haely stood—while he spoke of your services and your perils. R. H. Dana, Jr., wrote from London, July 25: The Duchess of Sutherland desirede has been the utterance of the State, without a hint from me. R. H. Dana, Jr., wrote, January 15: No one can say now that you have not a conce of the spirit of personal revenge in Sumner was remarked by R. H. Dana, Jr., in his address in Faneuil Hall, March 14, 1874, and by G. F.
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, chapter 14 (search)
again to move about without pain or any considerable fatigue. But there is still a something lurking in the system which must be eradicated, and my physician prescribes a course of baths and medicines. For this purpose I went to Dieppe, but soon became dissatisfied. There was water enough, but no libraries or books, and I at once left for London. . . . At Paris I found Palfrey's book, History of New England. which I read at once with great interest; it is admirable in all respects. Dana's book To Cuba and Back. I hear of in the hands of his London friends. I fund Lady Cranworth much pleased with it. Lord Stanhope finds his old friend W. Irving's Life of Washington very poor,— entirely unworthy of the subject and of the author. The Life of John Adams he recognizes as a very different work, and of positive merit. I hear of Seward's visit, but have not yet seen him. Since I have been in London he has been in the Provinces, where he went partly to escape the 4th of July di
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)
District, now seeking a re-election as an independent candidate against Mr. Bailey, who had been nominated by the Republicans. The contest promised to be a close one, and Sumner's speech was thought by those most intimately concerned to have insured Mr. Thayer's defeat. One journal in Boston printed an edition of twelve thousand copies for distribution in the district. Sumner received grateful notes from Mr. Bailey, and also from Mr. Dawes, who was to be his successor in the Senate. R. H. Dana, Jr., thought the speech excellent, temperate in personam, and strong in rem. On the Saturday before the election he spoke briefly at Salem for the re-election of John B. Alley to Congress; Atlas and Bee, November 6. and on the evening before the election he took the chair at Faneuil Hall, where in a brief speech he recognized in a Republican victory a radical change in our history, making not only a new President, but a new government, Works, vol. v. pp. 338-347; Atlas and Bee, Nov
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
can friars: settlements that were a world unto themselves delightfully described by Alfred Robinson in Life in California during a residence of several years in that territory, etc. By an American (1846). And in Two years before the Mast (1840) R. H. Dana has some interesting chapters on this primitive California paradise. The historical side is presented by Fr. Zephyrin Englehardt in an extensive work, The Missions and missionaries of California (1911). In the early forties California was nwere Chapters of Erie and other essays—in collaboration with Henry Adams—（1871), Railroads, their origin and problems (1878), notes on railroad accidents (1879), the New English Canaan of Thomas Morton (new edition with introduction, 1883), Richard Henry Dana, a biography (2 vols., 1890), History of Quincy (1891), History of Braintree (1891), Three episodes of Massachusetts history (2 vols., 1892), Massachusetts, its historians and history (1893), Charles Francis Adams, the first (1900), three P<
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