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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)
ng renounced hope of another slave State in the West and of dominion in the Union, were now busy with preparations for secession and armed revolt. As to the military preparations at the South, see speeches of Miles in the House, Jan. 6, 1860; Van Wyck, March 7; and Mason in the Senate, March 1. Von Hoist, vol. VII. pp. 111-114, 366 note. Nicolay and Hay's Life of Lincoln, vol. II. pp. 300, 333. Another and more eventful period was at hand. The new Capitol, with its ampler dome, and it however, who, absent in Europe when the session began, did not take his seat till after the holiday recess, had hardly a more friendly reception. As to the military preparations at the South, see speeches of Miles in the House, Jan. 6, 1860; Van Wyck, March 7; and Mason in the Senate, March 1. Von Hoist, vol. VII. pp. 111-114, 366 note. Nicolay and Hay's Life of Lincoln, vol. II. pp. 300, 333. The bitterness of the two sections had increased since Sumner's last participation in the busine