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 acquaintance with Charles Francis Adams.
I have known his son, Charles Francis Adams, President of
the Massachusetts Historical Society, pretty well. He inherits
a great deal of the ability and independence which belongs
to his race. He would undoubtedly have taken a very high
place in the public and official life of his generation if
he had found himself in accord with either of the great political
parties.
I do not think anybody, except the very intimate friends
of Charles Francis Adams, was aware of his great abilities
until he manifested them amid the difficulties of the English
Mission.
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