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Excerpt from The Death of Slavery Is the Life of the Nation: Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson (of Massachusetts, ) in the Senate, March 28, 1864, on the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution Prohibiting Slavery Within the United States We of America have been accustomed, Mr. President, to contemplate with something of gratified and patriotic pride the strength of our democratic institutions and the star bility of our republican Government. As we have watched the fraternal strifes, ' the bloody and desolating wars of factions that, in the republics of the New World, have followed each other like the fleeting shadovfl of summer clouds; as we have watched, too, the revolutionary three! And struggles, the falling and rising thrones and dynas ties of the Old World, we have often/turned fondly, and-proudly to our own country in the undoubting faith that the Republic-was immortal that, sustained by the vital and animating patriotism of a, christian people, it was her instinct with the freshness and bloom of youth and the vigor of matured manhood. Gazing with beaming eye and throbbing heart upon the grandeur and beauty of this splendid edifice of constitutional. Government in America, we came to believe that it was as imperishable as the memory of its illustrious builders. Gs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Defence of the Republican Party: Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, on the President's Message, in the Senate of the United States, December 17, 1856 But the Senator from Ohio [ml Puss] under took to break this charge, the other day, by tell ing us, on this side of the Chamber, that if our positions were as we stated them to be, the Pres ident could not have intended this attack upon us that he meant it for the little organization of Abolitionists in the North. I was surprised that the Senator should have invented such an excuse for the Chief Magistrate. I tell the Senator, and I tell other Senators, that this excuse will not do. The President intended to arraign the electors who voted for Fremont; his words do not apply to the Garrison Abolitionists, or to that class of radical Abolitionists who supported Gerrit Smith for the Presidency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Democratic Leaders for Disunion: Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Jan, 25, 1860 Tar: tribune - now more than eighteen years old, and having over a quarter of a million sub scribers, or constant purchasers, diffused through every State and Territory of our Union - will con tinne in essence what it has been - the earnest champion of Liberty, Progress, and of whatever will conduce to our national growth in Virtue, Industry, Knowledge, and Prosperity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
By the beginning of the Civil War, Massachusetts Senator Henry Wilson had established himself as one of the leaders of the Republican party. Together with Abraham Lincoln and Henry B. Stanton, Wilson ranks as one of the three most important civilian figures that contributed to creating and sustaining the military. As Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, he introduced and succeeded in passing most of the necessary legislation to obtain and to support an army, including the Enrollment Act of 1863. Wilson, more than any other politician was responsible for influencing the successful passage of antislavery legislation during the Civil War years. Contemporary newspapers gave him the primary credit for abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, which was the most important abolition step prior to the Emancipation Proclamation. When free Black men were admitted to the army, Wilson worked hard to obtain equal pay for them. Late in the war, he played a major role in the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau. Among his other legendary achievements, Wilson used his influential position to support Clara Barton, enabling her to aid wounded soldiers. He also introduced and succeeded in having passed legislation creating the Congressional Medal of Honor and establishing the National Academy of Science.