Abraham Lincoln and reformers . ent into the White House. Hewas Charles Sumner, whose missionit was to become the successor of Dan-iel Webster in the United States sen-ate and the uncompromising foe ofslavery and disunion. He pitted him-self against the advocates of the fugi-tive slave law in the senate and madea speech which upset all the specioustheories of those who were> its cham-pions. In the famous debate on the \Kansas-Nebraska bill in 1854 he di- jrected all the keenest shafts of his jwit and logic against the measure, andhe won. Two years later he made thefamous speech on the conte
Abraham Lincoln and reformers . ent into the White House. Hewas Charles Sumner, whose missionit was to become the successor of Dan-iel Webster in the United States sen-ate and the uncompromising foe ofslavery and disunion. He pitted him-self against the advocates of the fugi-tive slave law in the senate and madea speech which upset all the specioustheories of those who were> its cham-pions. In the famous debate on the \Kansas-Nebraska bill in 1854 he di- jrected all the keenest shafts of his jwit and logic against the measure, andhe won. Two years later he made thefamous speech on the contest in Kan-sas which so excited the ire of thebellicose Preston Brooks that he soughtfistic satisfaction. His speech entitledThe Barbarism of Slavery was readall country and produced atremendous effect. Gerrit Smith was a pioneer in the]dissemination of anti-slavery early as 1835 he practically with-drew from all other enterprises anddevoted himself and his substance tothe spread of anti-slavery GEBBIT SMITH, 1861. He inherited one of the largest landedi estates in the country, and as an ear-j nest of his devotion to the cause hei proceeded to distribute 200,000 acres ofit among- the needy without distinctionof color, which was a daring deed forthat time. He was more censured thancommended for his indiscriminate gen-erosity, but he met the criticisms ofhis opponents with a dignity of speechand manner that won him hosts offriends. In those days the, term abo-litionist was used only as an expres-I sion of reproach, but Smith assumedit boldly and was prepared to defendit on all occasions. He was pre-emi-nently one of those who made it possi-ble to elect Abraham Lincoln. Edward Everett was by temperamentfirmly conservative. He was first ofall a scholar, and his tastes and hisprinciples made him the foe of all dis-cord and violence. He had a profound
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