Memoir of Governor Andrew With Personal Reminiscences to Which Are Added Two
Memoir of Governor Andrew With Personal Reminiscences to Which Are Added Two
Peleg W Peleg Whitman Chandler
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NEWBURYPORT, April 25, 1861. SIR, I beg leave to tender myself to you, in any capacity, however humble, in which it may be possible for me to contribute to the public weal in the present critical emergency. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. 103 I have no desire to survive the overthrow of the government of the United States ; I am ready for any sacrifice to avert such a catastro phe ; and I ask only to be permitted to lay down my life in the service of the Commonwealth and of the Union. I am, very respec...tfully, C. GUSHING. His Excellency JOHN A. ANDREW, Governor of the Commonwealth. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, BOSTON, April 27, 1861. Hon. CALEB GUSHING, SIR, Under the responsibilities of this hour, remitted both as a man and a magistrate to the solemn judgment of conscience and honor, I must remember only that great cause of con stitutional liberty and of civilization itself re ferred to the dread arbitrament of arms. And I am bound to say that although our personal relations have always been agreeable to myself, and notwithstanding your many great qualities fitting you for usefulness ; yet your relation to public affairs, your frequently avowed opinions touching the ideas and sentiments of Massachu setts ; your intimacy of social, political and sym pathetic intercourse with the leading secessionists 104 MEMOIR OF JOHN A.
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