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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 30: addresses before colleges and lyceums.—active interest in reforms.—friendships.—personal life.—1845-1850. (search)
h, in February, 1848, when his body was being borne to Massachusetts, Sumner wrote to Dr. Palfrey: That lifeless body, wherever it is carried, will preach for freedom. It will preach patience, firmness, and the unconquerable will. His son, Charles Francis, gave Sumner a silver writing-ring with the initials of the Ex-President engraved upon it, which he had used in later years to correct his tremulousness of hand; and Sumner continued through life to wear it on his watch-chain. The son, in slection that this little personal memento goes into the hands of one who will in his own life and conversation understand of what it is the symbol. Sumner's visits to John Quincy Adams in 1845-1846 brought him into relations with his son, Charles Francis. They were associated in the struggle against the admission of Texas as a slave State, in the autumn of 1845; Mr. Adams's first note to Sumner is a friendly one, dated Feb. 18, 1846. but their intimacy began when Mr. Adams undertook the
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 35: Massachusetts and the compromise.—Sumner chosen senator.—1850-1851. (search)
himself had kept 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 people. Sumner replied, That occurred to me; but I at once suppressed all feeling of triumph. Sumner heard the news of his election about three in the afternoon, while dining at Mr. Adams's house, which was within almost a minute's walk from the State House. Mr. Adams's son Charles Francis, since well known to the country, has supplied this account of the manner in which Sumner received the tidings— At that time I was about sixteen years of age. In common with all the members of my father's family, I was intensely interested in the election of Mr. Sumner, who was at that time very intimate at my father's house. It was his custom to dine there, I should say, at least as often as once a week. The election had been dragging along all through the winter, and owing to