{"id":13788,"date":"2012-02-27T14:56:40","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T19:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=50"},"modified":"2021-12-05T10:13:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T15:13:29","slug":"january-11-1862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/02\/27\/january-11-1862\/","title":{"rendered":"January 11, 1862"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nJanuary
\nCamp Franklin.
\n11
\nMuch pleasanter today- No brigade
\ndrill. So we rest. I am studying tactics
\nsomewhat and preparing myself
\nfor field work. Report says our
\ndivision has been detailed for some
\nSecret expedition. That would please
\nthe boys. Why doesn\u2019t Sherman capture
\nCharleston or Savannah? If he has
\nbeen driven off from the main land
\nhe alone is to blame. He should
\nhave moved more rapidly.
\nRead Sumner\u2019s speech on the
\ninternational question delivered in the
\nSenate two days since. He claims the
\nposition taken by England in the matter
\nas a triumph for the commercial
\ninterests of the world. The speech
\nis dignified and lofty in tone- one
\nof the best efforts of the distinguished
\nSenator.<\/p>\n
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A week ago last evening attended a
\nlecture delivered by Horace Greely [sic] at
\nthe Smithsonian Institute, Washington.
\nI was visiting the city on regimental
\nbusiness and while these stopping with
\nMajor Robis. The lecture room of the
\nInstitute is not large although so
\nwell arranged as to seat a numerous
\naudience.
\nBefore the lecture began I
\nlooked round in search of some one
\nI knew. But they all wore strange faces.
\nI thought of the Chemistry I used to
\nstudy at Waterville and wondered
\nwhat kind Kind<\/del>of a looking man
\nProfessor Henry was. There was a
\n\u201cright good\u201d sprinkling of military
\ngentlemen throughout the room. I
\nwas pleased to see a few ladies. It
\nreminded me of civilized life and
\nI felt homesick.<\/p>\n

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The wall in rear of the stage was
\nprofusely adorned with American
\nflags of all sizes. The band of
\nMusic which had been detailed
\nfrom some one of the regiments
\nencamped near by discoursed National
\nAirs and altogether the affair was
\nquite patriotic.
\nPromptly at the stated hour
\nthe door opened and forth stepped
\nthe distinguished Journalist and Politician,
\nHorace Greely [sic], and who should follow
\nhim but President Lincoln with several
\nnoted members of the Senate & House.
\nThis remarkable presence I regarded as
\na high compliment to the speaker.
\nI had after heard it remarked
\nby persons that the delivery of Mr.
\nGreely [sic] was so poor, his utterance so
\nindistinct that it was only with
\ngreat effort that his audience could
\nunderstand.<\/p>\n

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But my experience was quite different
\nNot a single word escaped me. There
\nwas plainly a defect in articulation
\nquite unpleasant, doubtless, to critics ears.
\nBut I was too intent on what the
\nspeaker said to notice much how he
\nsaid it. Beside if I now recollect aright
\nhe made no gestures, although at the
\ntime I did not observe that he failed
\nto use this necessary means to a
\nsuccessful elocution. This is a good
\nevidence as to the quality of his
\nlecture in at least one respect;
\nnamely its interest.
\nThe lecturer uttered many
\nwholesome truths. Among others I
\nrecollect one distinctly uttered in
\nthis pointed language:-
\n\u201cThe last Presidential Election
\nwas not, as the rebels claim,
\nthe cause of the Rebellion. It
\nwas its opportunity. It was the<\/p>\n

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zephyr that shook the forbidden fruit
\nfrom the now no longer tenacious
\nbough.\u201d
\nSpeaking of Freemont he called
\nout hearty cheers for the gallant
\n\u201cpathfinder\u201d. But I did not like it.
\nIt appeared as though commendatory
\nof his course and hence a direct
\ninsult to the President. The latter
\npreserved his usually dignified and
\nhonest appearance. I am pleased
\nwith him more and more. He
\nis the man for the times.
\nWhile at the Smithsonian
\nduring the day I picked up a
\nsmall stick which I shall make
\ninto a pen holder. That will make
\na very pretty Souvenir.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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