. Memorials . on high,Soft counsel whispered from a gaslight nigh,In gentle Mayows form—the warrior heard,Knit his stern brows, and loth obeyed the word— he was not altogether comfortable, supposing that alady might be in the case. It was a relief to him tolearn that gentle Mayow was only the disappointedcandidate for the presidency of the Union. Some of our friends, who had stood aloof fromthis contest, or had observed it from a distance, dis-liked the antagonism between the two societies, andthought that the younger ought to give way. MyFather was of that opinion. Negotiations followed,which
. Memorials . on high,Soft counsel whispered from a gaslight nigh,In gentle Mayows form—the warrior heard,Knit his stern brows, and loth obeyed the word— he was not altogether comfortable, supposing that alady might be in the case. It was a relief to him tolearn that gentle Mayow was only the disappointedcandidate for the presidency of the Union. Some of our friends, who had stood aloof fromthis contest, or had observed it from a distance, dis-liked the antagonism between the two societies, andthought that the younger ought to give way. MyFather was of that opinion. Negotiations followed,which ended next year in the dissolution of the Rambler, and in the return of the dissidentsgenerally (I myself had other things to think of) tothe Union. Cardwell, who took a leading part inthose negotiations, wrote to me about them in justthe same style as he might have done about politicalaffairs years afterwards, when the fate of ministriesand parties, and established reputations, were hangingin the \.
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