[48] At the date of Mr. Sumner’s letter the extremists of Slavery in our country were known as “fire-eaters.”
[49] Memoirs, Vol. I. pp. 458, 483, 579.
[50] Introduction, p. 4, ed. Milman, London, 1839.
[51] The Republican Party, its Origin, Necessity, and Permanence: Ante, pp. 191-229.
[52] See, post, p. 420.
[53] Langhorne, The Country Justice, Part I. 161-164. See also Lockhart’s Life of Scott, Vol. I. ch. 5.
[54] Grahame, History of the United States, Book XI. ch. 5. Writings of Washington, ed. Sparks, Vol. V., Appendix, No. 1. Mémoires, Correspondance et Manuscrits du Général Lafayette, publiés par sa Famille, Tom. I. pp. 9, 10, note.
[55] Letter to J. Holroyd, Esq.: Miscellaneous Works, ed. Lord Sheffield, (London, 1814,) Vol. II. p. 197.
[56] Lettre au Duc d’Ayen, 9 Mars, 1777: Mémoires, Tom. I. p. 83.
[57] Ibid., p. 89.