“The sentiments you express in your speech are such as
become a Christian and a patriot. We, as a nation, are
not at liberty to follow the example of men who claim
to owe allegiance to a Government not recognized among
nations,--the self-assumed name of which will, by God’s
blessing, soon sink into oblivion.”
General Donaldson, of the Army of the Cumberland, and of
the staff of the distinguished General Thomas, wrote from
Nashville:--
“Though but slightly acquainted with Mr. Sumner, I trust he
will allow me to tender my thanks as an American for his
noble resolutions on the subject of Retaliation. They are
greater than any speech, and such as a Howard might have
written, had he lived in the days of the mighty crime.”
Such were some of the voices, not only from citizens, but from
the Army.
ADMISSION OF A COLORED LAWYER TO THE BAR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES.