Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-13
Charles sumner. the Martyr.

This eb,valrie pefsQn 10 eviiently intent apo
gstsiag up new issue for the pending election.
- cd samehas bseu pleysd ont. and nov II
lssssy fhas thsss shoald b q new deal asd
shapa. little vasia.os In The game rest
~. aaqaiss nation like oars. cannot loag hav
lie attention hzsd at one point, and the ever shift
ing phases Of the great drama In which re occu
lpy our relative positions Of players and obsers
ere, like the views in . panorama. scarcely PERM
objects to grow familiar. Even more justly dis
ltinguishcd men than the notorious Senator from
Massachusetts,, are
.Carrird do~nward by The food
| And Loaf In following yeats"
Four years ago. only four years; "bleedinp
Ksasas," and Summers broken crown. cried like
Tie blood OF righteous Abel from the ground.-
They we're the shiLtole.h of the "freedon shrek
ees;" more potent than the well known battle cry
Of the Crusaders. who. like tho followers OF
Sumner, Seward and Gidding- were intent upon
rsscuing the land from the dominion Of those who
ds6lsd il. But Kansas "bIee,is" no longer; and
Sumner. thanks 10 the 'protracted ssclusion en-
Joined by medical skill" has found his scalp
healed. Bully Brooks" too, has passed away
forever,
~Aner fes A,ful fever, he sieeps well
Treason ha. done hIs worst, n'r steel. poison,
Cen touch him farthef!"
II 10 we'll that Mr. Sumner should heed "the
Voices that come from the tombs that have been
opened since no spoke last" Let the dead rest,
and even those who, like ourselves. cannot justify
that ebollition Of an impulsive but noble nature,
illustrate one Of the highest virtues OF our poor
humanity. which permits the grave to cover eve
|ry error. and extinguish every resentment. Bot,
IL these fading memories may not DO revived; If
the zeal Of another world enjons silence and char
ity respecting the conduct Of one who has gone
TO appear before higher tribunal may not
grovsling spirit still seek in congenial employ.
ment the means to rnise itself above the vulgar
herd! It is distressing, appalling, for one who
by fortutous circumstances has been raised 10
play the part Of even a charletan or mountebank,
to fall back into his native obscurity. Any spe-
cics Of notorety is more desirable. Such we
may imagine TO be the ruling passion of Mr..
Charles Sumner. who. latter ranging over Eu.
rope, crawling through the back doors to whine
at the feet OF British aristocracy; craving pity.
and rcaping rich harvest of Contempt; the
slsndsrer Of States aud men. reappears in the
Senate" to pour out y four years aggregation Of
calumny and abuse. not only to incte hgh-spirit-
ed Southern gentlemen ~ some rash attempt thu.
may set tho North in blaze but to add 10 the
aurels he has already CLEANED in The same gloomy
fields. 80 full Of noxious weeds md deadly posons
that are sending their pes,iental vapors abroad
over the country.
Accused be the spirit that animates such u
man md n thousand pities for the State that
could boast Webster, an Everett n Choate aud
a Winthrop. to be thus represented
Already, we presume, the intelligence has been
carried into every part of the North, that anpth-
or attempt has been made upon the lifo of this
miserable dcmagoguo and we shall soon see Re-
publican newspapers and orators designating upon
the -" intolerance Of slavery" The whole affair
was mere ruse, an ack nowledgcd effort 10 "scare
Sumner which was simply successful for short
time. He was ia no danger. and nobody believes
that he was, However, it may DO well to give
him a body guard, to prevent his being frightcn.
ed BY another mad.cap. For ourselves, we may
say that We hardly think Sumner is worth killing;
"''~ ~ ""' S"""o''" '""io P'c'"'', ooutncrn men,
and oil who love their whole conntry, would give
him wide berth: would let him, when he rises
In the Senate, speak To empty benches, and pour
out his venom to the few of his own school who
could listen compaccntly t, his ISLANDERS. From
all social circles, except his own ha should DO ba.
nished; 50 that Massachusetts would And ere
long that it would better eomport with her inter
est to send liberal minded gentlemen, and not in,
solsnt fanatics to reprc'ent her i'll the highest
branch Of Congress.