He keenly felt his separation from the sympathy of such men as Sumner, Chandler, Wade, and the whole host who had nobly fought the battle of Kansas in the halls of Congress.

He felt still more keenly the general and somewhat indignant disapproval of his action, freely expressed by the great mass of his constituents.

One of his intimate friends said that on the very day of his vote he received a telegram warning him that if he voted against the bill it would be the mistake of his life.

The telegram reached him after the roll had been called.

He said excitedly, "The mistake has been made.