[138] For Mr. Clark’s substitute, see, ante, p. 440.
[139] He was already dead.
[140] Mr. Tappan died March 25, 1871, in the ninetieth year of his age.
[141] Speech of Hon. Jesse D. Bright, December 13, 1852: Congressional Globe, 32d Cong. 2d Sess., p. 40.
[142] A telegraphic despatch in the Philadelphia Inquirer records the feeling. “Senator Sumner, who is now stopping at Barnum’s Hotel, causes much excitement. There is great indignation felt among all parties at his presence among us.”
[143] The lady at whose house Mr. Sumner took tea was warned to leave without delay, unless she was willing to brave the vengeance of the mob; and she left.
[144] Schouler’s History of Massachusetts in the Civil War, p. 97.
[145] Rebellion Record, Vol. I. Diary, pp. 34, 35.
[146] McPherson’s Political History of the United States, p. 382, note.
[147] Opinions of the Attorneys-General, Vol. X. p. 382.