That year I placed myself in the hands of the State
Committee for a limited number of speeches, and by direction of the
Committee, I spoke twice in the Essex district in aid of General
Butler, who was the regular nominee of the party. From that time Mr.
Dana avoided me, and when we met he addressed me with the coldest
formality. At a meeting in this canvass held in Gloucester, I combated
the charge of the Democrats that there had been many and great
defalcations under Republican rule, and among other things I said the
greatest defalcation was by a man who had been identified with the
Democratic Party. A man in the gallery said: "Name him." I answered:
--"His name is ----." "Oh," said my questioner, "I don't care anything
about that! I didn't know but it was General Butler."

When General Grant nominated Mr. Dana for the English mission, I was in
the Senate, and I endeavored to secure his confirmation. General
Butler appeared as his opponent. The case at first turned upon his
manners and his responsibility in the matter of his edition of
Wheaton's International Law. In the suit instituted by Beach Lawrence,
the Court had found that Dana had violated the copyright of Mr.
Lawrence. I made a careful study of the case, and I flattered myself
that I had satisfied the Senate that Mr. Dana's offence was merely
technical, and that it ought not to interfere with his confirmation.
At that moment there appeared a letter from Mr. Dana which contained
an attack upon General Cameron, then a member of the Senate, and Mr.
Dana's case was rendered hopeless. He secured his own defeat when his
enemies were powerless to accomplish it. He was, however, very
grateful to me for my effort in his behalf. The result was a heavy
blow to his ambition and he resolved to prepare a new work on
International Law. For that purpose he took his residence in Europe,
but death came too soon for the realization of his purpose.

Mr. Dana will be remembered by his tale of the sea, "Two Years Before
the Mast." He was a learned lawyer, an aristocrat by nature, and a man
of eminent power. He scorned the opinions of inferior men, and
therein was the cause of his failure. By a hair's breadth he failed
of success in all the public undertakings of his life, excepting only
his tale of the sea.

Mr. Burlingame was then an enthusiastic young man. He had had some
experience in public affairs, but it could not have been predicted that
he would att