eutenant Governor, and Governor of Massachusetts,
member of the National House of Representatives, and Chairman
of the Republican National Committee, was then in his early
youth. But he had already gained a competent fortune by his
business sagacity. He brought to the cause his sound judgment,
his warm and affectionate heart, and his liberal hand. He
was then, as he has ever since been, identified with every
good and generous cause. His stanch friendship was then,
as it has been ever since, the delight and comfort of the
champions of freedom in strife and obloquy.

[Footnote]
* Shortly after Burlingame came into active life, he made a journey
to Europe. The American Minister obtained for him a ticket of
admission to the House of Commons. He was shown into a very
comfortable seat in the gallery. In a few minutes an official
came and told him he must leave that seat; that the gallery
where he was was reserved for Peers. They are very particular
about such things there. Burlingame got up to go out when an
old Peer who happened to be sitting by and had heard what was
said, interposed. "Let him stay, let him stay. He is a Peer
in his own country." "I am a Sovereign in my own country, Sir,"
replied Burlingame, "and shall lose caste if I associate
with Peers." And he went out.
[End of Footnote]

Each of these men would have been amply fitted in all respects
for the leader of a great party in State or Nation. Each
of them could have defended any cause in which he was a believer,
by whatever champion assailed. They had also their allies
and associates among the representatives of the press. Among
these were Joseph T. Buckingham, of the Boston _Courier,_
then the head of the editorial fraternity in Massachusetts;
John Milton Earle, the veteran editor of the Worcester _Spy;_
William S. Robinson, afterward so widely known as Warrington,
whose wit and keen logic will cause his name to be long preserved
among the classics of American literature.

I have spoken of some of these men more at length elsewhere.
I knew them, all but two, very intimately. I only knew Joseph
T. Buckingham by sight. He edited the Boston _Courier_ with
great ability. He was a member of both Houses of the Massachusetts
Legislature. He was a member of the State Senate in 1850
and 1851. He left the _Courier_ in June, 1848, about the
time the Free Soil movement begun, and was not active in politics
afterward.

I had no personal acqua