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18-510: Theodore Tilton was present at The Southern Loyalist Convention held in Philadelphia in September 1866. Frederick Douglass writes of him in his autobiography: There was one man present who was broad enough to take in the whole situation, and brave enough to meet the duty of the hour; one who was neither afraid nor ashamed to own me as a man and a brother; one man of the purest Caucasian type,

36-463: A $ 100,000 (~$ 2.43 million in 2023) judgment. The Beecher-Tilton trial ended in a deadlocked jury. Afterwards, Tilton moved to Paris, where he lived for the rest of his life. In the 1880s, Tilton frequently played chess with a fellow American exile, ex-Confederate Secretary of State Judah Benjamin , until the latter died in 1884. As a poet, Tilton is famous for his 1858 poem "The King's Ring", with its famous line, "Even this shall pass away", which

54-656: A military camp from the former state fairgrounds in Madison, Wisconsin , and named it " Camp Randall " after the governor. Camp Randall Stadium is now located on the site of the military camp. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Randall U.S. Minister to the Papal States . He was succeeded by Richard Milford Blatchford , and, in 1863, accepted appointment as Assistant Postmaster General. President Andrew Johnson appointed him United States Postmaster General in 1866 and he remained in that position until 1869. When Johnson

72-420: A poet and a scholar, brilliant as a writer, eloquent as a speaker, and holding a high and influential position—the editor of a weekly journal having the largest circulation of any weekly paper in the city or State of New York—and that man was Mr. Theodore Tilton . He came to me in my isolation, seized me by the hand in a most brotherly way, and proposed to walk with me in the procession. From 1860 to 1863, Tilton

90-437: A resolution supporting black suffrage. Governor Arthur I. Boreman argued against it as "we did not come here to commit suicide" and that passing the resolution would have them "damned to all eternity". Frederick Douglass , attending the convention despite pleas from Oliver P. Morton , was one of two black delegates to the convention and argued for passing the resolution. About 7000 prominent politicians and activists attended

108-779: Is the last line of each of its seven stanzas. Robert Plant put Tilton's poem "The King's Ring" to music, a recording of which is on Band of Joy . 1866 National Union Convention The National Union Convention (also known as the Loyalist Convention , the Southern Loyalist Convention , the National Loyalists' Loyal Union Convention , or the Arm-In-Arm Convention ) was held on August 14–16, 1866, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The convention

126-567: The Rebel–Johnson convention , insinuating Johnson's true loyalty was to the Confederacy. Delegates gathered at a hastily built temporary structure that was designed to accommodate the several thousand people expected to attend. Formally called "the Wigwam," the immense edifice was on Girard Avenue , between 19th and 20th Streets, across from Philadelphia's Girard College . The convention voted on

144-546: The 22nd United States Postmaster General , during the administration of President Andrew Johnson (1865–1869). He previously served as the sixth governor of Wisconsin (1858–1862) and, as governor, was instrumental in raising and organizing the first Wisconsin volunteer troops for the Union Army during the American Civil War . He is the namesake of Camp Randall and Camp Randall Stadium . Randall

162-490: The National Union Convention include: Clement Vallandigham , a copperhead from Ohio , was elected to the convention but withdrew to avoid disturbing the harmony of the convention. Alexander Randall (Wisconsin politician) Alexander Williams Randall (October 31, 1819 – July 26, 1872) was an American lawyer , judge , and Republican politician from Waukesha, Wisconsin . He served as

180-537: The Union if Abraham Lincoln did not win the presidency. As governor, Randall conducted an investigation of fraud in the distribution of federal railroad land grants in Wisconsin perpetrated by his predecessor, Republican Governor Coles Bashford . Once war began Randall raised 18 regiments, 10 artillery batteries, and three cavalry units before leaving office, exceeding Wisconsin's quota by 3,232 men. The Union Army created

198-550: The convention. At its opening, representatives from Massachusetts (General Darius Nash Couch ) and South Carolina (Governor James Lawrence Orr ) paraded arm-in-arm to symbolize national reconciliation and social equity. The convention was called to order by US Postmaster General Alexander Randall . General (and former New York Governor and Senator) John Adams Dix served as the temporary chairman and Wisconsin Senator James R. Doolittle served as permanent convention president. In

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216-561: The end, the convention was not successful in unifying the country behind Johnson. He launched a speaking tour (known as the " Swing Around the Circle ") hoping to regain public and political support. On the speaking tour, Johnson at times attacked his Republican opponents with crude and abusive language and on several occasions appeared to have had too much to drink. Ultimately, the tour was a disaster for Johnson and emboldened Congress to override him and to impeach him in 1868. Notable attendees of

234-506: The frontier character of the state at the time. As such, they split the vote, neither able to garner a majority for the nomination. When it became apparent that the convention was at an impasse, and the delegates were released from their obligation, the votes eventually were cast in favor of Randall, the obvious compromise candidate. Prior to the beginning of the Civil War, he was an ardent abolitionist and proposed that Wisconsin secede from

252-511: Was a circuit judge in Milwaukee. Randall was elected governor in 1857 as a Republican , and won re-election in 1859. He was a dark horse candidate in 1857. The two principal candidates in the convention that year were Edward D. Holton of Milwaukee and Walter McIndoe of Wausau . Holton's abolitionist passions and his connections with the Milwaukee elite gave him strong support, but McIndoe's more rough-hewn personality resonated better with

270-545: Was a delegate to the state's first constitutional convention in 1846. There he successfully advocated for a resolution that would put the question of "Negro suffrage" to a statewide referendum. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 1855 session and was the Republican Party's first candidate for Attorney General of Wisconsin , running unsuccessfully in the 1855 election. From 1855 to 1857, he

288-622: Was born in Ames, New York , on October 31, 1819. His father, Phineas, was judge of the court of common pleas there from 1837 to 1841. Randall attended Cherry Valley Academy in New York then studied law with his father. He was admitted to the bar in New York at age 19. Shortly after that, he moved to Wisconsin Territory . He opened a law practice in Waukesha in 1840, where he became postmaster in 1845. Randall

306-444: Was called in Philadelphia before the midterm elections of 1866 , in an attempt to encourage political support for US President Andrew Johnson , who was under attack by both moderate and Radical Republicans . Johnson's friends tried to rally support for his lenient pro-South Reconstruction policies. Some hoped to create a new political party, but that goal was not realized. For their part, Republican-aligned newspapers called it

324-479: Was the assistant of Henry Ward Beecher at the New York periodical The Independent , owned by Henry Chandler Bowen . He succeeded Beecher as editor-in-chief until he was forced to resign in 1870. In 1869 he gave the commencement speech for the Irving Literary Society . In 1874 Tilton filed a complaint against Beecher for " criminal conversation " (adultery) with Elizabeth Richards Tilton and sued for

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