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Title: A cycle of Adams letters, 1861-1865
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941 Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886 Adams, Henry, 1838-1918 Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915
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Publisher: Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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bute the unanimity ofthat result to Mr. Everetts manly and decided course.For the influences which led to it do not seem to havegone beyond the State, and the most surprising changesare to be found in the strongholds of the old Bell-Everett party. He seems to have carried with him thebulk of his party, and left to the opposition only itsstock leaders and organ. I dehght and triumph oversome of the dead in this struggle, e.g. R. C. Winthrop.During the last fifteen years our old Commonwealthhas been not infrequently sorely tried. Few of herchildren were silent when Sumner was assailed, andfewer still when Sumter surrendered. One of these fewwas Winthrop. In our moments of anger and sorrowand exultation he could not find his voice, or evenmake a sign; but at last, when the traitors withinstruck hands with the traitors without, and it seemedpossible that the nation might soon cashier its owngood name, then, at last, Winthrop found his voiceand his strength, and spoke forth in company with
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ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP 1864.) A CYCLE OF ADAMS LETTERS 223 Rynders and Wood; he made haste to affiliate him-self with traitors, and, verily, he has his reward. Thus you see we are very gay over the election, andmake out to coimt the living and the dead. We do notsee that it has left us anything to be desired. We havethe popular majority, two-thirds and over of Congress,and not one single State Executive, except New Jersey,that is not in harmony with the Administration. I donot see why now the rebelHon should not be crushedout. This election has relieved us of the fire in therear and now we can devote an undi\ided attention tothe remnants of the Confederacy. As for you and formost of us, it is a new and not unnecessary lesson.Here we have for months been deploring this election.We have regarded it as an indisputable misfortuneand considered its occurrence now as an incident fromwhich much evil might ensue and no good could. Theclouds we so much dread have in this case indeed beenbig w

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