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.
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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.
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