“I have read nothing for a long while that has moved me so
much as your speech in the Senate on the 5th and 6th inst.”
George D. Parrish, an earnest friend of peace, wrote from
Philadelphia:--
“I have written you more than once before, but, having
no personal acquaintance, hesitated to thank you for the
strength and instruction which really called for thanks and
congratulations. You have done nobly, Sir, for your country
and for this generation.”
Joseph T. Thomas, of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,
wrote from Harrisburg:--
“You may be vilified and abused, and no doubt are, as
all great benefactors of their race are in their day and
generation. But future ages will do you full justice,
and your name will be illustrious when the names of your
revilers will be consigned to the most ignoble oblivion.”