The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-11-11
Mr.. Sumner.

beauty of his oratory. The following are ex-
tracts from his reception speech at Boston, on
the 81 instant
But beyond the constant, irrepressible grief
/ which must well up IN the breast of every pa
( trOt, a. he dlscernS the present condition Of
his country, my chief sorrow has been caused
by the necessity to which had been doomed
OF renonncins all part in the contest for human
rights; @iilch, beginning in Congress, has since
euyeloped the whole land. The Grecian chef,
grievously iii Of wound from the stealthy
bite OF a snake, and left behind while his com
panons sailed to The siege Of Troy, did not re-
pine more at his enforced secluSl9a. From
day to lay, and week to week, vaInly sought
that health WhciI yatlc most, only when
los. AMI which now perpttu lily Ella led my
grasp. For health ! stroye, and for health
tprdyel. With uncertain steps ! sought il at
thu sea shore and sought 1t on the mountain
tops Two Voices there are--one is OF tie
set--one of the Inountar.S--each mighty
voice. In both, from age to age thou didst re-
Joice. They were thy chosen music, Liberty.
i,tcne1 To the admOnitions of med cal skill,
AMI | courted all the hracfng influence Of ma
tire, while time passed without the accustodi-
eli neailng of its wings bad confidently
bopei to De restored so as to take my seat in
the senate, and be heard there again be ore the
sssssja closed. But Congress adjourned, lea v
ilfr;s me Ssi Y ar Invalid.
10 Massachusetts, mother Of us all, great
in resources, great in children, | now pledge
my devolion. Never before did she inspire
equal pride and affection My tial love does
not claim to- much when it EXHIBITS her as
approaching the patti IN o: i Christian com
monwcaltn, VIII ch, according to that great
English Republican,, John Milton, ought To be
but ~ one huge CHRIST an, peIsunating one
mighty grown and stature ol an honest man,
4s biz and compact in yrIne as IN body. NoJ
through any worldly triumphS, not through
tie vaults oil State street, the SpinuleS of Low
Tell, uf even the learned endoN mentS Of Cam
bridge, Is Massachusetts thus; Tut hec;uI> c
seeking 10 extend The benign influence Of civil
Iizltion which she euitivateS 1T home. she
stands forth the faithful us ID uced supporter oil
hlmtn nature. Wealth has Its $plendor, and
the intellect has It's glory, but there is Il gran
Ideur in such Sc vice which is above even the
rcgaId OF good men, anl W Il have the lnmor-
tai Ii!e Of history. For tins She has also the
repruach and coutumelJ' whi"h throughout all
ages have been poured on those WHO have
atriyen for justice on earth. Not now tor the
first time IN hpntn Stru55 les LAS truth, when
most diShun0red, seemed most Ia liant in gath
Harry Nane Ihe coLTlgeuuS champion of the
, English commonwealth, WAS dragged on Il
In lIle up the tower hill to suffer death BY the
axe, one OF the multitude cried out to him
rs cu never sat on 50 glorious a seat and
Iagain when Russell was eXpoScd in the 5 me
r streets OH the way TO the same scalfold, tile
p pie, according TO he Simp'e narrative Of the
b o rip her, imagined they saw Liberty and
Virtue sitting hy his side Massachusetts is
not without. encouragement in her own his
tory
Sc has seen her ports closel By an arbi-
trary power, has cen her name made by.
word of repreac has seen her cherished
leaders Huncock and Adams, excepted IRON
all pardon by the Crown; hut then when mos
diShonored did Massachusetts, deserve most
then was she doing most for the cause OF II,
= ali--and now when Mas achu>etts is engage
in a greater cause than that CT our fathers
how sereney can she turn from the scott am
leer of heaytlesS uer. Her only d scra e vii
be in the diSloyalty to the truth which is t,
make her free. Worse to bear, Oh, far worse
> than the evil speaking of others, is the con
: iuct Of some of her own children. 1t is hare
Il to see The scholarship which has been draw
i from her cjsterns, and the riches which hav,
been nc 'umnatet under her ho>pitahIc shell
ter now employed to weaken ana discredi
Il the cause which is above riches or scholarship
n 1t is hard. while our fellow-citizenS in Kansas
a bone OF our bone and flesh oil our flesh, plea,
for delIyerance from cruel usurpation, an.
D while the Whole country, including our owl
e soil, is tridden down by domn e.ing AM
J. brutal deSpo.ism, TO behold the sons OF Mas
n SachuSetls in sympathy. open or disguised
with the vulgar enemy. Qujckening every
: where, the lash of the tasil-ma >ter, AMI help
If ing forward the Satanic carnival when SLAYER
J. Shall be fastened not only upon prostrale
), Kansas but upon all the Territories of TIA
Republic hen Cuba shall lie torn from
~ friendly power by dishonest force and when tn
y Slave trade itself, with all its crime, it's We
ie and is shame, shall be opened anew unde
Sc the American flas. With such have no wor
of controversy at this hour but turning frol
- them nov in my weakness, trust not To Seet
too severe il covet for the occasion, some
thing Of the divine power
ie IN bend tha silver bow with tender skill.
i Wa 10 void pf pain the silent arrows kil.