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Updated: May 18, 2025
They had secured the aid of the Maritime Provinces in drafting a scheme of union. They had made tours in the east and the west to prepare public opinion for the great stroke of state. They and their co-delegates had formulated and adopted the Quebec resolutions, on which a chorus of congratulation had drowned, for the time, the voices of warning and expostulation.
Wilson's fatal stumble was to have sacrificed essentials in order to score on issues of secondary moment; for while success enabled him to obtain his paper Covenant from his co-delegates in Paris, and to bring back tangible results to Washington, it lost him the leadership of the world.
In this he was opposed by ex-Governor Winston, a man of conservative tendencies, and long the rival of Mr. Yancey in State politics. Both gentlemen were sent to Charleston, but the majority of their co-delegates sustained Mr. Yancey. Several days after its organization the National Convention reached a point which made the withdrawal of Alabama imminent.
'Had he gone, he must either have differed from his co-delegates, or have been compromised by their acts. By not going, he left himself free to strike out an independent policy for his own province, when that which had been forced upon Nova Scotia should, as he probably anticipated, have failed. It is the apology of an egoist.
Now tell me, Simon of Mayence, something of thyself and thy co-delegates. Who are ye in the city?" Simon gave the information. "Have ye come hither alone?" asked the Pope. "Or have ye been escorted by members of your families your sons?" The Pope's voice was scarcely steady, but none noticed. "I have no son," said Simon, with a weary sigh. "Hast thou never been blessed with offspring?"
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