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279.28 Gen.] Bl ;-"
280.35 ever] Bl; even
280.38 organizing of a] organizing a
281. I6 persisted. He] -" he
281.3 I Soldiers'] BI;-"
282.15 Fremont] Fremont
282.39- 283 . 1 rebellion , for one that
11ould not do so. I) rebellion. I
*283.24 had welcomed] BX I; had
conquered his race-prejudice, if ever he
had any: at any rate, he had welcomed
28.1J 7 -38 emancipator) BI:
Emancipator
284.23 he J 81: it
2X-IJ3 asked] asks
2X6 .19dite] 81:clite
2x~ \J it] - ?
2X.., _28 equal meeting] BX I: equal in
rne.:t i ng
2XXJ I had sided] FA: had resisted the
anti-sla\ery current of his state. had
mkd
*2XX.34 289.22 party. ~ When < . .. >
the right J 1:2: party. : •· During the war he
11 as too good to be a rebel sympathizer.
and nnt quite good enough to become
as \\ilson was- -a power in the union
cwse. \\"ilson had risen to eminence
hy his derntion to liberal ideas. while
\\ mthrnp had sunken almost to obscurity
frum his indifference to such ideas. But
nuw either himself or his friends. most
likely the latter. thought that the time had
C\ll11e when some word implying interest
111 the loyal cause should fall from his
lips. It 1\as not so much the need of the
union. as the need of himself. that he
should speak: the time when the union
needed him. and all others. was when
the sla\e-holding rebellion raised its
defiant head. not when as now. that head
11 as in the dust and ashes of defeat and
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destruction. But the beloved Winthrop,
the proud representative of what Daniel
Webster once called the "solid men of
Boston," had great need to speak now.
It had been no fault of the loyal cause
that he had not spoken sooner. Its "gates
like those of Heaven stood open night
and day." If he did not come in, it was
his own fault. Regiment after regiment,
brigade after brigade, had passed over
Boston Common to endure the perils
and hardships of war; Governor Andrew
had poured out his soul , and exhausted
his wonderful powers of speech in
patriotic \vords to the brave departing
sons of old Massachusetts, and a word
from Winthrop would have gone far to
nef\ e up those young soldiers going
forth to lay down their lives for the life
of the republic : but no word came. Yet
now in the last quarter of the eleventh
hour. when the days' work was nearly
done. Robert C. Winthrop was seen
standing upon the same platform with
the veteran Henry Wilson. He was
there in all his native grace and dignity,
elegantly and aristocratically clothed,
hi s whole bearing marking his social
sphere as widely different from many
present. Happy for his good name, and
for those who shall bear it when he is
no longer among the living. that he was
found even at the last hour, in the right
289.33 affected] BI: effected
*290.5- 6 The assassination] EI: The
recently attempted assassination
290.18- 19 of Northern Virginia] of
Virginia
290.30 and happiness] BI: and and
happiness
290.32 indulged in them] BI: indulged
them