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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01082 4529
A HISTORY
OF
MASSACHUSETTS IN THE CIVIL WAR.
BY
WILLIAM SCHOULER,
LATK ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
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BOSTON: E. P. DUTTON & CO., PUBLISHERS, 135 WASHINGTON STREET. 1868.
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Schouler, William, 1814-1872.
A history of Massachusetts. in the civil war. By William Schouler ... Boston, E. P. Dutton & co., 1868-71.
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TO THE HONORABLE
LEVI LINCOLN, OF WORCESTER,
THE MOST VENERABLE AND DISTINGUISHED LIVING CITIZEN OF MASSACHUSETTS,
This Volume
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.
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PREFACE.
THE original plan of this work would have included a brief narrative of each Massachusetts regiment which had served in the war, and a sketch of the meetings held in the several cities and towns in the Commonwealth to encourage recruiting, and to raise money and provide for the families of the soldiers. I soon found it was impossible to carry out this plan so as to do any thing like justice to the subjects. The mass of papers, letters, and reports bearing upon them placed in my hands, convinced me that one volume should be devoted exclu- sively to .the three years' regiments, and one to the cities and towns.
There are several thousand letters in the files of the Gov- ernor, Adjutant-General, and Surgeon-General, written from the front by officers and enlisted men, which contain information both interesting and valuable ; and many more are doubtless in the possession of the families of those who served in the war. From these and other sources, material can be furnished to make an interesting volume ; and it is due to the veteran regi- ments that it should be written.
I have received new and valuable material from nearly every city and town in the Commonwealth, showing what was done by them in carrying on the war ; and from this could be com- piled a work which would reflect the highest honor upon the municipalities of this Commonwealth.
Should the present volume be received with favorable regard
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by the people of Massachusetts, it is my purpose to write a volume of the same size and style, devoted exclusively to the three years' regiments and batteries, to be followed by another, devoted to the cities and towns.
WILLIAM SCHOULER. LYNN, March 17, 1868.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Massachusetts - Civil Government - Election, 1860 - Legislature - President of the Senate - Speaker of the House-State of the Country - Farewell Address of Governor Banks - Governor An- drew's Inaugural - Their Views of the Crisis - Sketch of Governor Andrew - Lieutenant-Governor - Executive Council - Adjutant- General - Military Staff- Congressmen - The Volunteer Militia - Military Equipment - Early Preparations - Salutes, 8thi of January - General Order No. 2 - Report of Adjutant-General - General Or- der No. 4 -Proceedings of tlie Legislature - Regular Session - Emergency Fund - Loan Credit of State - Delegates to Peace Con- vention - South Carolina to Massachusetts-Two thousand Over- coats - Order of Inquiry - Letter of Adjutant-General - Letter of Colonel Henry Lee, Jr. - Meeting of Officers in Governor's Room - Colonel Ritchie sent to Washington + His Letters to the Governor - Secretary Seward's Letter - Letter of Colonel Lee - Charter of Transports - John M. Forbes, Esq. - Meeting in Faneuil Hall - Meeting in Cambridge - Speech of Wendell Phillips, Esq., at New Bedford - Remarks - The President calls for Troops -The Eve of Battle
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CHAPTER II.
The Call for Troops - The Marblehead Companies first in Boston - The Excitement of the People - Headquarters of Regiments - Four Regiments called for - General Butler to command - New Companies organized - Liberal Offers of Substantial Aid - Dr. George H. Ly- man, Dr. William J. Dale, Medical Service -Action of the Boston Bar - The Clergy, Rev. Mr. Cudworth -The Women of the State - The Men of the State - Liberal Offers of Service and Money - Robert B. Forbes, Coast Guard - Colonel John H. Reed appointed Quartermaster - The Personal Staff - Executive Council - Mr. Crowninshield appointed to purchase Arms in Europe - An Emer-
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gency Fund of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars -Letter of the Governor to Secretary Cameron - General Butler consulted - The Route by Annapolis - Narrative of Samuel M. Felton - Mr. Lin- coln's Journey to Washington - His Escape from Assassination - The Third Regiment - Speech of Ex-Governor Clifford - The Fourth Regiment - Address of Governor Andrew - Departure for Fortress Monroe - The Sixth Regiment - Departure for Washing- ton - Reception in New York and Philadelphia - The Eighth Regi- ment - Departure - Speechies of Governor Andrew and General Butler - Reception on the Route - Arrival in Philadelphia - The Fifth Regiment sails from New York for Annapolis - Major Cook's Light Battery ordered to Washington - The Third Battalion of Rifles sent forward - The Massachusetts Militia - Arrival of the Third Regiment at Fortress Monroe - Attempt to save Norfolk Navy Yard - The Fourth Regiment the first to land in Virginia - Fortress Monroe - Big Bethel - The Fifth Regiment - Battle of Bull Run - The Sixth Regiment - Its March through Baltimore - The Nine- teenth of April - First Blood shed -The Eighth Regiment -Lands at Annapolis - Saves the Frigate Constitution - Arrives in Washı- ington - The Rifle Battalion at Fort McHenry - Cook's Battery at . . 49-108
Baltimore - End of the Three Months' Service - Conclusion
CHAPTER III.
The People of the Towns - The Press - The Pulpit - Edward Everett - Fletcher Webster offers to raise a Regiment - The Sunday Meet- ing in State Street - Mr. Webster's Speech- Meeting in the Music Ilall - Speech of Wendell Phillips - Meeting in Chester Park - Speeches of. Edward Everett and Benjamin F. Ilallett- Meeting 'inder the Washington Elm in Cambridge - Ex-Governor Banks, George S. ITillard, and others - Letters received by the Governor - Extracts - Reception of the Dead Bodies of the Killed in Baltimore - Mr. Crowninshield goes abroad to buy Arms - Ex-Governor Bout- well sent to Washington - Letter of John M. Forbes to Mr. Felton - Letter to General Wool - To Rev. Dr. Stearns - To Robert M. Mason - Offer of a Ship Load of Ice - Purchase of the " Cambridge " - Provisions sent to Fortress Monroe and Washington - Governor to President Lincoln - Attorney-General Foster - The Ladies of Cambridge - Call for Three Years' Volunteers - Letter of John M. Forbes - Letters received by the Adjutant-General - Extracts - Let- ters from Dr. Luther V. Bell and Richard H. Dana, Jr. - Ex-Govern- or Bontwell arrives at Washington- Letters to the Governor - State of Affairs at Washington - Letter from Mr. Foster - Cipher Telegram - Judge Hoar at Washington - Letters to the Governor - The War Department will accept no more Troops - Charles R. Lowell, Jr., Massachusetts Agent at Washington - His Instructions - Letter of Governor to Dr. Howe - Appointed to examine the Con- dition of the Regiments - His Report - Colonel Prescott - Letters of the Governor and General Butler - Slavery
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- The Republican State Convention - Interesting Debate - Demo- cratic Convention - Thanksgiving Proclamation - Thanksgiving in the Massachusetts Camps - Major Wilder Dwight - The Second Regimeut at Ilarper's Ferry - Full Account of the Controversy be- tween Governor Andrew and Major-General Butler about recruiting and raising Regiments in Massachusetts .
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CHAPTER VI.
The Campaign of 1862- Meeting of the Legislature - Ex-Governor Clifford elected President of the Senate - Ilis Speech - Alexander II. Bullock elected Speaker of the House - Speech of Mr. Bullock - Of Caleb Cushing - Proceedings of the Legislature - Abstracts of Military Laws passed - Massachusetts Prisoners in Richmond - Clothing sent - Letter from Adjutant Pierson - Expedition of Gen- eral Burnside - Capture of Roanoke Island - Massachusetts Troops first to land - Care of the Sick and Wounded - Dr. Hitchcock sent on - The Wounded in New York - Colonel Frank E. Howe - Establishment of the New-England Rooms - Care of the Sick and Wounded - The Army of the Potomac - The Wounded at Williams- burg- Letters of Colonel Howe-Every Assistance given - The Agencies of the State for the Care of the Men - The Office in Wash- ington - Colonel Gardiner Tufts, Mrs. Jennie L. Thomas, Robert C. Corson, William Robinson, appointed Agents - Visits of the Adju- tant-General, Colonel Ritchie, and Colonel John Q. Adams, to the Front - Report to the Governor - The Appearance of Washington - Reports of Edward S. Rand and Dr. Bowditch - First Massachu- setts Cavalry at Hilton Head -Our Troops in North Carolina - Ap- pointment of Allotment Commissioners - Their Valuable Services - Letters of the Governor - Rule for making Appointments - Illegal Recruiting - Colonel Dudley - Thirtieth Regiment - Captured Rebel Flags - Death and Burial of General Lander - Letters of Gov- ernor to Secretary of War- Secretary of the Navy - To the Presi- dent on Various Subjects - Letter to General Burnside-Secretary Chase-The Retreat of General Banks-Great Excitement - Troops sent forward - Militia called out - The Position of our Regiments - The War in Earnest .
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CHAPTER VII.
Recruiting for the New Regiments - The Position of the Armies in the Field - Letters from the Adjutant-General to Different Persons - Establishment of Camps - Departure of New Regiments - Recruits for Old Regiments - Letter to Secretary Seward - Suggestions adopted - Foreign Recruits - Letter to General Couch - Deserters - Want of Mustering Officers - Letter from General Hooker - Our Sick and Wounded - Letter to General MeClellan - General Fitz- John Porter - Call for Nineteen Thousand Soldiers for Nine Months - Appointment of Major Rogers - Preparing for a Draft - Militia
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Volunteers - Letter to the President - Great Activity in Recruiting - Liberality of John M. Forbes - Colonel Maggi - Town Authorities ask Civilians to be commissioned - First Attempt to raise Colored Troops - Letter to Hon. J. G. Abbott - Recommends Merchants and Others to devote Half of each Day to Recruiting - Hardship to Sea- board Towns - Attempt to have Credits allowed for Men in the Navy - Difficulties - Earnest Letter - Surgeons sent forward - Several Recommendations - Battle of Antietam - Dr. Hitchcock sent forward - His Report - Affairs at the Front - Recruiting Brisk - Republican Convention - Sharp Debate - Nominations - People's Convention - General Devens nominated for Governor - Speeches - Letter to General Dix - Contrabands - Complaints - Quotas filled - Depar- ture of Regiments - Invasion of Texas - Major Burt - State Ap- pointments, &c.
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CHAPTER VIII.
The Proclamation of Freedom - Colored Regiments- Letter to Samuel Hooper- The California Battalion - Meeting of the Legislature, January, 1863 - Organization - Address of the Governor- Delay of the Government in paying the Soldiers - The Commission of Mr. Crowninshield - His Claim not allowed - Reports of the Adjutant, Surgeon, and Quartermaster Generals - Abstract of Military Laws - Letter to Hon. Thomas D. Eliot - Western Sanitary Commission - Confidential Letter to General Hooker - Efforts to reinstate Major Copeland - The Pirate " Alabama " - Curious Coincidence - Au- thority to recruit a Colored Regiment - The Governor's Policy in the Selection of Officers - Colonel Shaw - The Passage of the Fifty-fourthi (colored) Regiment through Boston - Departure for South Carolina - Death of Colonel Shaw at Fort Wagner - Letter of the Governor to Captain Sherman - Letter to General Hamilton, of Texas - Major Burt - Plan to invade Texas - Mortality of Massa- chusetts Regiments in Louisiana - War Steamers - Rights of Col- ored Soldiers - Temperance -General Ullman's Expedition - Coast Defences - General Wilde - John M. Forbes writes from London - Colonel Ritchie - A Rebel Letter - Robert C. Winthrop - Letter to Mr. Gooch, M.C. - Army Officers in Boston - Cases of Suffering - Useless Detail of Volunteer Officers - Letter to General Wool - Sug- gestions about Recruiting - About Deserters - Staff Appointments - Complaints - Nine Months' Men - Letter to J. H. Mitchell, Mas- sachusetts Senate - Claims for Money in the Legislature - Case of Mr. Maxwell, of Charlemont - Sergeant Plunkett, of the Twenty- first Regiment - Soldiers to be shot - Troubles in the Department of the Gulf, &c. 391-440
CHAPTER IX.
The Military Condition - Reverses and Successes of the Union Arms - Service and Return Home of the Nine Months' Regiments - List
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of Casualties - Deserters - The July Riot in Boston - Prompt Ac- tion - An Abstract of the Orders - Alarm in other Cities - The Attack in Cooper Street - The Eleventh Battery - The Word to fire - The Riot suppressed - The Draft - Appointment of Provost-Mar- shals - The Fifty-fifth Colored Regiment - Letters from Secretary Stanton - Injustice to the Colored Troops - Letters of the Govern- or on the Subject - Difficulties with the Draft - Major Blake sent to Washington - Request to allow Bounties to Drafted Men refused - John M. Forbes in Washington - Letters to the Governor - Heavy Ordnance - Colonel Lowell - The Attack on Wagner - Death of Colonel Shaw - Instances of Bravery on the Part of Colored Troops - Letters to General Dix - Troops for Coast Defence - Gov- ernor writes to Governor of Ohio - Formation of Veteran Regiment - Massachusetts Militia - Letters to Colonel Lee - Colored Cavalry - Letter of Secretary Stanton - Confidential Letter on the Exposed Condition of the Coast- Telegraph Communication with the Forts - Letters to Senator Sumner- Exact Condition of the Detences - Letter of the Adjutant-General - Reports of General William Ray- mond Lee- Colonel Ritchie sent to England - Democratic State Convention - Republican State Convention - Re-election of Govern- or Andrew - The President calls for Three Ilundred Thousand more Volunteers - Extra Session of the Legislature called - Governor's Address - Bounties increased - Abstract of Laws
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CHAPTER X.
The Military Camps in Massachusetts - Number of Troops Jan. 1, 1864 - Where Serving - Letter of Governor to Lewis Hayden - From Miss Upham - Soldier's Scrap-book - Letter to Samuel Hooper - Sale of Heavy Ordnance - The Condition of our Defences - Colo- nel Ritchie in England - Meeting of the Legislature - Organization - Addresses of Mr. Field and Colonel Bullock - Address of the Gov- ernor- Eloquent Extract - Abstract of Military Laws - Members of Congress - Letter to Jolin B. Alley - The Springfield Companies - Secretary Stanton refuses to pay them Bounties - Correspondence in Regard to it - Letters from General Butler - Governor to Miss Up- ham - Complaints about Soldiers at Long Island - Re-enlisted Veterans - Order of War Department - Returns of Veteran Regi- ments - Their Reception - Letter to General Hancock - General Burnside reviews the Troops at Readville- Letter to the Christian Watelman - General Andrews - Surgeon-General Dale - Confed- erate Money - Letter from General Gordon - Battle of Olustee - Letter to Selectmen of Plymouth - A Second Volume of Scrap- book - Letter from Mr. Lovejoy - Lieutenant-Colonel Whittemore - Correspondence - The Ileavy Artillery - Condition of Fort War- ren - Misunderstanding - Secretary Stanton and the Governor- Colonel William F. Bartlett - His Promotion - Earnest Letter to Mr. Sumner -Troubles about Recruiting - Complaints made - A Convention held - Letter of the Adjutant-General - The Recruiting of New Regiments - Forwarded to the Front - The Advance of General Grant .
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CHAPTER XI.
Ceneral Position of Affairs at the Beginning of 1864- Credits in the Navy -- Law of Congress - Appointment of Commissioners - Cir- cular Letter- Agents to Recruit in Rebel States - Letter to Mr. Everett - Governor Andrew in Washington - Pay of Colored Troops - Letter to the President - Letter to Mr. Stanton - Expectation of Rebel Attack on our Coast - Present of a Turtle - Brigadier-General Bartlett - Letter to Governor Seymour, of New York -Letter to the . Secretary of War - Letter to the Attorney-General - Letter to All- drew Ellison - Colonel N. A. M. Dudley - Letter of Governor Yates, of Illinois - Case of Otis Newhall, of Lynn - Case of Mrs. Bixby, of Boston - Letter to the President - Plan to burn the Northern Cities - Speech of Mr. Everett - Destruction of the " Alabama " - Honors paid to Commodore Winslow - Donations for our Soldiers - Letter of Mr. Stebbins - Letter to the Union League Club, New York - Colored Officers - Letter to James A. Hamilton - Battle before Nash- ville - Case of Jack Flowers - National Conventions - Nominations - Republican State Convention - Proceedings - Renomination of Governor Andrew - Democratic State Convention - Nominations - Report of the Adjutant-General's Journey to the Front - Staff Ap- pointments during the Year - Conclusion .
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CHAPTER XII.
Public Confidence - Meeting of the Legislature - Organization - Ad- dress of Governor Andrew - Acts passed by the Legislature - General Sargent - Death of Edward Everett - Frontier Cavalry - Governor and Secretary Stanton - Abolition of Slavery - Boston Harbor -Fast Day - Currency Question - Proclamation of President Lincoln - Case of a Deserter - Letter from Secretary Seward - Foreign Enlistments - The End of the Rebellion - Capitulation of General Lee - Rejoicings throughout the State - Governor sends a Message to the Legislature - Meeting in Fanenil Hall - Proposi- tion for a National Thanksgiving - Death of President Lincoln - Ac- tion of the Legislature - Governor's Letter to Mrs. Lincoln - Original Copy of General Lee's Farewell Address, sent to the Governor by General Russell - Death of General Russell - Monument to the First Martyrs in Lowell - Address of the Governor - Letter to F. P. Blair, Sen. - Meeting at Fanenil Hall - Letter of the Governor - Recon- struetion - Colonel William S. Lincoln - Memorial Celebration at Harvard - Letter to Mr. Motley, Minister to Austria- Miss Van Lew - Alexander II. Stephens - Governor to President Lincoln - Relies of Colonel Shaw -Letter to Colonel Theodore Lyman - State Prisoners in Maryland - Letter to James Freeman Clarke - Freedman's Bureau - Emigration South - Letter to General Sher- man - Governor's Staff- Governor declines Re-election - Republi- can Convention - Democratie Convention - Reception of the Flags - Forefathers' Day - Speech of General Couch -Speech of Gov- ernor Andrew - Compliment to the Adjutant-General - General
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Grant visits Massachusetts - Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis - Her Services - New-England Women's Auxiliary Association - What it did - New-England Rooms, New York - Massachusetts Soldiers' Fund - Boston Soldiers' Fund - Surgeon-General's Fund -Number of Men sent from Massachusetts to the War- Governor Andrew's Valedic- tory Address - Governor Bullock inaugurated - Last Military Order - Close of the Chapter
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CIVIL AND MILITARY HISTORY
OF
MASSACHUSETTS IN THE REBELLION.
CIVIL AND MILITARY HISTORY
OF
MASSACHUSETTS IN THE REBELLION.
CHAPTER I.
Massachusetts - Civil Government - Election, 1860 - Legislature - President of the Senate - Speaker of the House - State of the Country - Farewell Address of Governor Banks - Governor Andrew's Inaugural -Their Views of the Crisis - Sketch of Governor Andrew - Lieutenant-Governor - Execu- tive Council - Adjutant-General - Military Staff- Congressmen - The Vol- unteer Militia - Military Equipment - Early Preparations - Salutes, 8th of January - General Order No. 2- Report of Adjutant-General - General Order No. 4- Proceedings of the Legislature - Regular Session - Emer- gency Fund - Loan Credit of State - Delegates to Peace Convention - South Carolina to Massachusetts - Two thousand Overcoats - Order of Inquiry - Letter of Adjutant-General-Letter of Colonel Henry Lee, Jr. - Meeting of Officers in Governor's Room - Colonel Ritchie sent to Washington - His Let- ters to the Governor - Secretary Seward's Letter - Letter of Colonel Lee - Charter of Transports -John M. Forbes, Esq. - Meeting in Faneuil Hall - Meeting in Cambridge - Speech of Wendell Phillips, Esq., at New Bedford - Remarks - The President calls for Troops - The Eve of Battle.
To write the part taken by Massachusetts in the civil war which began in April, 1861, and continued until the capture, by Gen- eral Grant, of Lee and his army in Virginia, and the surrender of Johnston and his forces to General Sherman in North Caro- lina, in 1865, requires patient research, a mind not distracted by other duties, and a purpose to speak truthfully of men and of events. Massachusetts bore a prominent part in this war, from the beginning to the end ; not only in furnishing soldiers for the army, sailors for the navy, and financial aid to the Government, but in advancing ideas, which, though scouted
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at in the early months of the war, were afterwards accepted by the nation, before the war could be brought to a successful end.
Massachusetts is a small State, in territory and in population. With the exception of Maine, it lies the farthest eastward of all the States in the Union. Its capital is four hundred and fifty miles east of Washington, and is separated from it by the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. It contains seven thousand eight hundred square miles of land, river, lakes, and sea. In 1860, it had a population of 1,231,066, engaged in farming, manufacturing, fishing, and mercantile pursuits. Less than one-half the land is improved. It is about 33 part of the whole Union, ranking the thirty-sixth in size among the forty States and Territories. It is divided into fourteen counties, and three hundred and thirty-five cities and towns. Its gov- ernor, lieutenant-governor, eight councillors, forty senators, and two hundred and forty representatives, are elected every year, in the month of November, by the free suffrage of the qualified voters.
The executive department of the Government is vested in the governor and Executive Council, - the governor, however, be- ing the supreme executive magistrate, whose title is, His Excellency; the legislative, in a Senate and House of Rep- resentatives, each having a negative upon the other, and known and designated as the General Court. The judicial depart- ment is composed of different courts, the judges of which are appointed by the governor, and hold their offices during good behavior, and can only be removed upon the address of both houses of the Legislature, or by the abolishment of the court ; this to " the end, that it may be a government of laws, and not of men."
In the election for governor, in 1860, there were four candi- dates and four political parties. John A. Andrew, of Boston, was the candidate of the Republicans ; Erasmus D. Beach, of Springfield, of the Douglas wing of the Democrats ; Amos A. Lawrence, of Boston, of the conservative party ; and Benjamin F. Butler, of Lowell, of the Breckenridge wing of the Demo-
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cratic party. John A. Andrew received 104,527 votes ; Erasmus D. Beach, 35,191; Amos A. Lawrence, 23,816; Benjamin F. Butler, 6,000; all others, 75. Mr. Andrew's majority over all the opposing candidates was 39,445.
The eight councillors elected were all Republicans, as were all the members of Congress. The presidential electors in favor of the election of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, for President and Vice-President of the United States, received about the same majority Mr. Andrew did for Governor. Nearly all of the members of the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives were of the Republican party.
The newly elected Legislature met on the first Wednesday in January, 1861. Hon. William Claflin, of Newton, was chosen President of the Senate, and Stephen N. Gifford, Esq., of Dux- bury, clerk. Hon. John A. Goodwin, of Lowell, was chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives, and William Stowe, Esq., of Springfield, clerk.
On assuming the duties of President of the Senate, Mr. Claf- lin made a brief address, in the course of which he said, -
" While we meet under circumstances auspicious in our own State, a deep agitation pervades other parts of our country, causing every true patriot to feel the greatest anxiety. Disunion is attempted in some States, because, as is alleged, laws have been passed in others con- trary to the Constitution of the United States. Massachusetts is accused of unfaithfulness in this matter in some of her enactments, although she has always been ready to submit to judicial decisions, and is so still. She has ever guarded jealously the liberties of her citizens, and, I trust, ever will. We cannot falter now without disgrace and dis- honor. Whatever action we may take, let us be careful of the rights of others, but faithful to our trust, that we may return them to our constituents unimpaired."
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