Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-06-13
letter OF Charles Summer.

discharge It's duties, and the election of United
States Senator shall indicate the success of a
principle instead of the mere triumph of party
Fello'o Citizens Of the Senate, and House of Rep
reSentdtireS:
| have received by the hands of the Secretary
OF the Commonwealth, a certificate that bv con-
current votes of the two branches of the Lepis-
ture, namely by the Senate on the 22d January.
and by the House of Representatives on the
oath day of April, was duly elected in conform
lty to the provisions of the constitution and laws
OF the United States, Senator to represent
| the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the
Senate OF the United States for the term of six
| years commencing on the 4th day of March
| 1851
1t | were to follow the customary course,
should receive this in silence. But the protract-
ed and Unprecedented contest which ended in nv
e!ccuon-the interest il aWakcned-the import
| ance universally conceded to 1.-THE ardor OF
| oPposItlGn and the consistency Of support which
IL arouscd-also The principles, which, more than
ever before among Us, 1t brought into discussion,
seem t. justify what my OWE feelings irresis,i-
bly, prompt, departure from this RUE If be-
yond these considerations, any apology be need
ed tor thus addressing the Legislature, ! NAV
| md 1t IN the example of an iIIustrIous prede-
cessor, whose clear and venerable name viii be
a sufficient authority.
The trust conferred upon me is one of the
| NEST WclLhty which a citizen can receive. IL
concerns tie grandcst interests OF our OWE com
moHwcalth, and also OF the Union whereof we
are an lndlssoIubic par.. Like every post of emf
nent duty, 1t is u post OF honor a personal am
OlIon, such as ! cannot confess, mlgh: be salts
he'd to possess 1t. But when think of what it
requires, am obliged 10 say that lis honOrs are
| echpscd IN my sight by its duties
Your appointment nnds me in private sta
ton, with which | am entirely content. But
this is not all. For the first time in NV life
am now called to political Office. With none of
/ the experience so amply possessed by others. to
| smooth the way of labor might well hesitate.
But am Cheered by the generous confidence
which throughout a heightened contest porse-
verCd IN sustaining me, and by the conviction.
that, amidst ali seeming difference of party the
sentiments of which | am the advocate and
which led 10 my original selection as a candidate
are dear 10 the hearts Of large majority of The
people OF this commonwealth. derive also a
most grateful consciousness Of personal indie
tnd2nce from the circumstances, which deem
1t frank and proper thus publicly to declare and
place on record, that this Office comes to me I'M
sought and uutesired.
Acknowledging the right Of my country to
the service Of her sons wherever She chooses 10
place them, and wiki heart full of gratitude
that sacred cause has been permitted TO tri-
! u'nph through me, | now accept the post of
Senator
| accept it as a servant of Massachusetts,
mindful OF the sentiment solemuly uttered BY her
successive legislature, of tho genius which in
spires her history and of the men, her perprt-
ual pride and ornament. who brcathed into her
! that breath OF liberty which early made her an
/ example to her sister states. In such service
the way, though new TO my footsteps, will
! be Illuminated by lights which can net be mis-
scd.
| accept it is tie servant Of the Union bound
to study and maintain, with equal patriotic care,
the interests of all parts of the country; to dis
countenauce every effort to lussen any Of those
ties by which our fellowship of States is held
in traIcrnai company; and to oppose all section
| alI>m whether il app airs in unconstitutional eff
forts by the North 10 carry great loon as
freedom into the slave States or in unconstitu-
tional efforts by the South, aided by Northern
allies, to carry the sectional evil Of Slavery into
the Free States or in Whatsoever eff, rts il may
! make to extend the sectional domination over
| the national government. With me the Union
| is twice bicesed-tir>t a. the powerful guardian
! OF the rcIosc and happest OF tlirty-one sovcr-
| elgn States, claspel by the Cnlearng name of
| country: and next. as the mod, and beginning
of that a.. embracing federation Of States by
! which unity, peace and concord viii finally be
organized among the nations. Nor do believe
/ It possible, whatever may b. the dc.oaion of the
ho"r, mat any part thereof can b. p rm2nentiy
! lo>' rom us wen compared ou'k, T. |IHrt'"S
/ oH'H' Is stamped upon 'iio n"H""a' com. the ma
| uohaI territory, ana Iue ua'!ona A."Tt Though
composed OF many paris united into enc, the
| Unon Is separate only by crash which shall
! destroy the whole,
Entering now upon the public service | ven
ture to br>Pcak tor what | may do or say, that
candid Jut-men; which trust always to extend
10 others, bat which am aware the prJHdIces
OF party too rarely conc,da, may tAi. "A abiI-
iIs- not IN Siucere forts 70 promote the general
veal. In the conflicts Of cpia.on natural to The
| atmosphere o, liberal institutions, may err: bat
trust never to forget the prudence winch should
'he coAIiou~nes' OF Ti2h'' - l decline 10 re-
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