St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-11-22
MI. Sumner Tr1Ibdute to Theo:-
.dTIf dore Parker. .sTLq tn

hoped to welcome at tins time III restored
health, Instead ofmourhinS dead in dis
tant land. u Knew him Welr aud3never
came within his influence without confess
ing his many-sided powers, his marvel
louis acqulreueats, hiarare sloquencsI his
soul tour}esdste se4maay geneeaqsy sEmps.
thies, and" his heart beating xarm III shh
fellow. man.> To- the. causes ., human i'm:
provementein e1ery ID, a q i;jlas Mss xa; iv!
en-. For this he labored; for this be died.
+ twas my fortune seseshim daring ssevz
eral days in Paris, sometime after he, had
parted from you. He had recently arrived
from the West Indies. II fselzthas1I cad-
not Ell ID Offering slight re,niniscenee of
that meeting. I found him the same in
purpose and aspiration as I had always
known him-earnesta theoghtfut, 'and in
tent ana tlzth.tshelped theggoed Gilman,
with the same completeness Of inteliSence,
and the same large, lowing heart., w Wis.,
tied together ancient, byways and historic
scenes. Of that wonderful metropolis, which
no person was more foIxarst d apnas clate
and to enjoy; but, turning from these
fascinating objects, his conversation took
the wings ofthe morning, and, travcrslng
the Atlantic, rested on our OVID eouatry,
on friends at home, on his relations, to. His
parishioners, on bis unfinished iabors, and
on that grcat5cquse Of Liberty, which, con-
tains all other causes, as the greater con-
tains the less, fors7wh,res liberty is not,
what is man, whether slave or master?
Observing him carefully, with the fellow
feeling Of !. co:valesent, I was glad and
surprised, to find in; him so many signs Of
heulth: At times he was stronger than l
was: but he has been taken and I4have
been spared. indeed, it was only in the
husky whisper Of his voice thathe seemed
weak, l enyiea hun much his active step
and his power to walk. Bust he had meas.
urcd his forces, and he calmly revealed to
me his doubt whether he should live to
see home again. Ii this were permitted ,
he did not expect to resume his Old actiy-
;ities,: but Thought that inssome, ei,,iet re-
treat, away from paved streets, Surrounded
by his books, he might perhaps :, have
strength to continue some ct his llabors, to
bind up some of his sheaves, and OCCASION
ally to speak with Is: pen e. But Il xs vas
ordered otherwise Not e zen, this ,moder-
ate anticipation was grati6ed.,t The fatal
disease had fastened too surely upon him
and was sl3wly mastering all resistapce:!--L
The devotion Of friends, travel, change Of
scene, the charms Of Switzerland, the class
.icIbreathOfl Italy; al were IN vain: z +
was his wish that he should be buried
where he fell; and thus this child Of New
England, the well-ripened product Of her
peculiar fife; nov ssleepssih Taseaia earth,
OH the banks Of the Arno, near the sepul.
:chrcs Of, Michael Angelo, and .Galile6:! !;
But | know not if even this historic associi7
alton can make us content, to. renounce
the pious privilege ofnlaying him. in none
CT our own 'tombs, among the people that
be loved 50 WELL a.: 49, .=>:Iy aa.@
Pardon me ffor thus renewing, your
grief: But l fe't that could not address
on any other subject 4until I had mingled
my feelings with: yours, and ourhearts: had
metinsympathy for our great bereavement:
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