[Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, February 27, 1860]
[Dr. S. G. Howe.]
I am so far on my return from Washington, where I had a good
time. The Com. were civil and did not press me at all. I answered freely and
they took all I said in good faith.
On reading my testimony, which took an hour and a half, I
did not want to change a word, but made some additions; such as, “I have since
changed my opinion,” etc. I was before them three hours, from eleven until two.
I saw a good deal of Sumner; he made me free of his room at
all hours and was of great use to me. He is preparing a speech and will do
justice to this affair, including the Senate Com. He said: I feel now perfectly
easy with regard to slavery: it has received its death blow. This is not a
quotation, but the spirit of his remarks.
Saw Adams, Burlingame, Wilson; nothing said worth reporting.
Washington, as it is to-day, is the meanest hole in
creation, and Congress the meanest part of Washington. The members of both
parties are split up into petty cliques, each intent on grinding its own little
axe and trying to prevent all the others from using the grindstone. If they are
our representatives, we are indeed of a low type.
Ever yours,
George L. Stearns.
SOURCE: Preston Stearns, The Life and Public
Services of George Luther Stearns, p. 213
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