 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1871 - 564 pages
...Senate have shut Uie mouth of personal opposition, wrung applause from the unwilling, excited a State's pride and gratitude, such as rarely it is the fortune...to win. Your presence at the nominating convention, to be held on the 10th of August, — probably at Springfield, — is a point which must be agreed... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1871 - 564 pages
...a splendid result in the fall. But more depends upon the aid you can give than upon that of any one man. Your recent battles in the Senate have shut the...to win. Your presence at the nominating convention, to be held on the 10th of August, — probably at Springfield, — is a point which must be agreed... | |
 | Archibald Henry Grimké - Abolitionists - 1892 - 426 pages
...Senate have shut the mouth of personal opposition, wrung applause from the unwilling, excited a State's pride and gratitude, such as rarely it is the fortune.... . . is a point which must be agreed to at once." And later ..." we can do nothing which will so completely secure a triumphant gathering as to announce... | |
 | Archibald Henry Grimké - Abolitionists - 1892 - 426 pages
...Senate have shut the mouth of personal opposition, wrung applause from the unwilling, excited a State's pride and gratitude, such as rarely it is the fortune.... . . is a point which must be agreed to at once." And later . . . "we can do nothing which will so completely secure a triumphant gathering as to announce... | |
 | Edward Lillie Pierce - Statesmen - 1893 - 650 pages
...Senate have shut the mouth of personal opposition, wrung applause from the unwilling, excited a State's pride and gratitude such as rarely it is the fortune of any one to win." A month later he wrote : — " The whole Free Soil party, proud of your recent achievements, and grateful... | |
 | Edward Lillie Pierce - 1893 - 666 pages
...Senate have shut the mouth of personal opposition, wrung applause from the unwilling, excited a State's pride and gratitude such as rarely it is the fortune of any one to win." A month later he wrote : — " The whole Free Soil party, proud of your recent achievements, and grateful... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1900 - 376 pages
...SenaU have shut the mouth of personal opposition, wrung applause from the unwilling, excited a State's pride and gratitude, such as rarely it is the fortune...to win. Your presence at the nominating convention, to be held on the 10th of August, — probably at Springfield, — is a point which must be agreed... | |
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... commenced, which may, under proper cultivation, disclose a splendid result in the fall. But more depends upon the aid you can give than upon that of any one man. 