[62] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XI. p. 720. Wheaton, Elements of International Law (ed. Lawrence, 1863), note, p. 335, Part II. Ch. 4. [63] This illustration, deemed necessary to expose the hateful violence to a beautiful region for the sake of Slavery, was denounced by Mr. Cass, in the Senate, while Mr. Sumner was absent, as “an unpatriotic metaphor”, and the critical Senator added: “I believe that hundreds of thousands of copies of that production which contains this passage, and many others equally objectionable, were sent through the country during the last Presidential election.”--Congressional Globe, 34th Cong. 3d Sess., p. 90, December 11, 1856. [64] Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanarum, Lib. IV. cap. 2, § 4. Five years later the fury of the propagandists broke forth in the war here foretold. [65] Congressional Globe, 34th Cong. 1st Sess., Appendix, p. 107, February 28, 1856. [66] Hildreth, History of the United States, Vol. VI. p. 713. [67] Referring to this provision of the Missouri Bill, Mr. Niles italicizes “_forever_,” thus showing his construction of the word.--Niles’s Weekly Register, March 11, 1820. [68] This letter, which the _Columbian Centinel_, of Boston, April 1, 1820, properly styles “tell-tale,” was addressed to the Editor of the Charleston _City Gazette_, under date of March 2, 1820. [69] Act to organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, Sec. 14: Statutes at Large, Vol. X. p. 283. [70] Senator of Missouri at Washington from 1843 to 1855, and for several sessions President _pro tempore_ of the Senate. [71] Message relative to Affairs in the Territory of Kansas, January 24, 1856: Executive Documents, 34th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 28, p. 4. [72] Hon. S. C. Pomeroy, afterwards for many years Senator of Kansas at Washington. [73] Hon. Wilson Shannon. [74] Burke, Speech in the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, February 16, 1788: Works (London, 1822), Vol. XIII. p. 202. [75] Horatio Greenough, the earliest of our sculptors, and also excellent with his pen. [76] Cicero, Oratio in Catilinam I. 12. [77] This review Mr. Sumner was disabled from making, as will appear in the sequel. [78] Statutes of the Territory of Kansas, passed at the First Session of the Legislative Assembly, 1855, and the Act of Congress organizing said Territory, and other Acts of Congress having immediate relation thereto, Shawnee M. L. School, 1855, Chap. 151, pp. 715-717. Mr. Sumner’s copy of this curious volume, which once belonged to Mr. Seward, is lettered on the back, “Laws of Kansas; Territorial Legislature, _alias_ The Ruffians’ Legislature.” [79] This story is told of Sir James Marriott, the Admiralty Judge. (Basil Montagu’s Essays: _Barrister_.) Something similar may be traced to Lord Mansfield, not usually pedantic or technical, in the Debate on the Right of Parliament to tax America, Feb. 10, 1766. (Hansard, Parliamentary History, XVI. 176.)