, 1860-12-06


and throughout q long life became its knight
Grant, Its hero, Its apostle, its uartyr-who
st1oyc for it Is no man in hittory ever stroVc
who suffered for It ~ few have auf-
fercd. aud whose prutracted career, beginning
at period when othersare still at school, and
ending only ut the tomb, where lie tardily de-
6ccnded. Waa conspicuous also fbr the purest
principle, the most stcadfast integrity and the
lottlest courage, civil md military" -:
Nj. Sumner gaye the following description
Of Lagrange, the country house Of Laflyette,
where he spent the Last thirty years Of his
life -
vt was on beautiful October day Of the
Last ycar-now only 4 little more tEec s year
pany with a friend, visited this most inter-
sesting scene. You all know something Of It
from books and pictures. It, IS n most ven
efa6lc and picturesque castle, with five round
towers, moat, q drawbrid.e, ivy cad walls, 4
largse courtyard within, and the whole en-
hosomed IN trees, except on one side, where 4
tof1c. The castle, in its origin, goes back to
the twelfth century. 1t was once tenanted By
Inc princes of the great house Of Lorraine.
The cannon Of the field.marsha1s Of the time
have lett their traces on its masonry. The Ivy
which mantles SO luxuEtantly ita gate mud tho
tower BY its side, was planted b. the great
English statesman, Charles For, on his pill
Amlens. IN 1sO3 TRr n,rI- nvrx nuc, NJ It's
beauty to LAFAYETTE himsclf The Situation Of
the castle aa5monlzes with those retired habits
which sought shelter here from the storms Of
fortune. It lies In level district, fory-dve
miles due cast from Paris, remote from and
npw trayerses fhat rct,ion r., n connfrr fillc,,
with orrh,rds srni1;5~ ,,.;th cr4;1;tr ~ III
kinds.
..The est,tc ,r,n~d;,te1r ohor+ th- c,.t1r
contains siY hundred acres wh;cf n 1tc t;roc
Of Iafayctte rns incre7se; hr serrr.1 nnt1vinr
ta.ms Tei1. .tiilc iihr1rr oecnn,cs s, thc u n1nr5
room of onc Of The ronnd tossers md In fhc
window oScrlno:Inr ,,,t. s1;1i Stands
the yery desk at which I.afarcttr txas In til.
habit OF sitting. and within r,:,rf The eneakno
trumpet through which he was In the haiti uf
addressing his far1ncrs from that yery window.
aud on tic desk the account books Of The
firm. in his own handEritinr pYrriselv A he
lcff them The castle ia now rcnanted hv thc
family Of one OF his grandchildrcu. who sim
n1c r1rii,I welcn,nn n ns rner,ir =. a,ncr;.
tans- .rayes token Of their i1fustrious nnrc.fnr
no Ies3 tian those many memorials or the mi
Length portrait which adorncti tle walls. -
NJ sn,nncr snnlc ~ follow. NJ ,f,..,.o,.
. es4 efAe ~ AoAo"- VI e'te
Imprisonment at olmutz:
''A1one in his cell, with no object in view
hut fur walls, shut out from MI knowledge Of
the world, shut out from Ill knowledge OF bis
lumily, who, on their part, could know moth
ing Of him; never addressed By his name !;
mentioned only By the number OF his cell, Is;
cut of from all Glance Of se1fdcstruction. by
helm. deprived OF thu use Of knife and fork
such was now his lot. But never for ono
moment did lis sotil bend in its firm resolves
Immediately on yoiuS to prison, he took the
rrccautIon 10 make IN Official declaration Of
lis principles, go that l,c might not, In any re-
epect, be confounde.l with fugitive roy:lis,s.
&xT-
the peril of his lIfe-sumctimce with lemon
juice, sometimes With tooth-pick dipped
in chimney black mixed with vinegar
where his beautiful soul is laid bare.
Confirming his joy that he suffers OF that des-
!'otism which he had cnmbatted. rather than
IRON the people hc loved 80 we'll, he announces
his equal opposition to the committee Of ia
cobinism and the cabinets Of the coalition. He
declares his firm conviction that amidst all the
cllecks Of anarchy liberty will not perish,
;Applausc.1 liz remembers with 4 thrill the
anniversary Of American Indcpcndcncc as thai
,lay comes. IAppk.use.1 OF Ills own declara-
ton of tho rights Of man he says that il he
we're alone ID tho universe he would not mis-
fake to 1naiutaiu it. He SCOTIA the idea Of vim
s:ica:in, them ut tho expense of lis character
and principles. {Applause.] But never, never
did any ronl rise to purer heights than when
:tuu that dungeon he left us this prison lcsu-
~, That the satisfaction derived from 4 sin
gie act rendered to humanity more than out
weighs all the evil inflicted by our enemies.
~ Then. a. roin~ i T furtGsr ho % scnds ID Lis M thousIts
tn fhnse ',oor ACrican slaves nm The distant
r,i,ntafien nf cayenne n fhc 1r1crt ri he
t-rcat fi,rtrne l,e knew mt what hasf hccomf
II this nlanta,on ami hc ,r,,sts that fis VIII.
vii, ~. c,rs that ,ls sfr;.ans uhn % c,,i,tratc
if do mt Lose their lihertr, Search history
aud know nothing more sublImely touchtn:-
than these simnl, words from that i,rary hnlf,
I'll Iiun,rcon rhot nohIc woman na.e., win
him In sonl \. In fhc marr;oue yow-ont' In iii
history there are few womcn That can romn,rc
viii thc wifi. If 7 iof,y.ttr-Lnouinr we,I lie
wishes had already sornI,t to anticinate thcm m
m ~ J., ,s;n TI,s 1;1.o~4v ~ tros, sf.;
f'.', Ind o,rcaiv i,een cr,c1r conf,scate, viii,
! fs .s...e. md }haf contisc1ton vrns hut srn..
i1..i,., ~ ~, t1,at NON. .c..e,J..,
,;,",,, h;s c.,n;t,. an,i h;s f5s1de n ~ .,ss4
,.s.r,'1s ~ hino sri,ch nn,s nns1o,1 ,1,. ;,an.,
t,,;sn ,,f E.,rcttos,n, ,vas cn,,;vaj.,,t T., H.
,rc,. ~ dc,tI. mr. werc tcnd,r w,,nrn - sn,,e,i -
,y;sc Al mrr;shctl IN tl,c sam. hnnr nnon ~,
:,.,ty;,I1 arI III .r;th hnnJrn.l o,hers T., .
,,r.,,n;s.n,ns ,rrara 49,
iIis own w.;t;. .r,s t,r,c. ,,,u,o.,, IN drru
,,t@,., s,,a onir osr1,,ad ~, sa-S r,+ - ~
;;,,,..;, n,o.t ~ ~ ea =; ~
I:...;: onir .11r S:.nras V:,,;ns,+n
t..',i,U. v.si 1oa; ~. Le
.a,,, n.a ~ ts - nei
~ .-h1, ...soirsi ant .h.,it.rsf Si1 -, ',n.
T.,-a. snn1a.an A1 ~ iast n 4L;..; ~ ouus 1
erectlon1 ft6is n"h'c xro,n," viii, hcr6 ~ w.
y,rtl,tnl dont,htcrs ,n1ler The nro, ec,foo ~
Iii Amrr;can ,lassnort hmrTic,} ac1n.. thr con.
,ineut of Eur.,r,e to Vienna mi tiTev herscif
ut The feet Of the E,npcror' To her nrayers
,or the relief of her husband. the d.sDot rri,I;cs
that his land, arr. fled INF t,ncrd hv ,i4v.,.
,:,n sn wom,nlv ~ vif.i;tc 90, lcr,;,. h.
Yields IN far a, In al.ow her With ,,cr tw,,
ilan"htcrs t,yn st,arc hss wr,t'.t,,d I.,n,fr;t,
:so1, t,. snr1e ,.n,.Iiticn tl,at ,r,,r,, ,,,,:..
rutcrin- the dungeon thcy were never
more -, c,1nc n,t mi, th;.sc ,cr,ns rsss
;a..t1trd .,y thot dtxotcd t:,mi1v 1n,,1,"sn
Vain now werc ali tl,c .T,rrs ~ hrt 1;fnr,ti,n
vnt Eny not Corng-,ii;a rot V.,.,,;r+r+s,..
conld onr, fhosc m ;.nn ,iuors .e,yc,,.. W., .r.S
declared to be not only Tue pr.sentati,e Of
thc Frcnct, rcyolution' hut of n,,;ytrs.J 1;hrr.
~ whose cr;stencr m. t1sr@cr,,.s r. Enn,nc.
;it, s-uvernmrnts Private. snt.rnrise sreTte,,
for no1nrnt 10 be likely to end tlfs 1on,- ron
,spc,nant t-nnr +hr re,e,+cd ,rrf;c,t;.,, ,r
lis n1,v.ic;,n :,t,vst.c xas eltn,rad ocnos;,n.
ii exercise in the omen air. undrr sfrict mi.
;tary escort. Two friends. WHO. for seysr.,
moGt,,s h,,l horn 1r.tchinr far The onnn1+nn;.
ty, communicated to Lin, their plans: and,
yith their asa{sf,ncc aifcr a desperate con.
.Iict. lc e,cane.l. but univ to bc recantnrcsI
,itcr \ f}i~ht of tryrnfysryen ,niirs an,i
n1,n"cd intn sill ,rnrst ,,un~ron
$. K,t this c,,ernr;se oIfhonSh nn.ucce..f,1
|. never I,,ari without n ,1,rii ~ nr,1itnJs ~.
xar,1s thos, no|,l.. men ,sho t,;in:- the;r 1,cs
in Their hands Tins hrayed M. tnstrIan ~.
,nny. Human, natrre sccms n,orc f,;r fron
Icir example Iii !,nnc far his iihcratinn WI.
,n,r ab,,,Itonra H;s friends htah l., Er,,c..
md in 11ncr;c, 1yer,. ,vrrny ,r;th on.rrgsI,
'.,J W,-h;,,1+,n' ~ ~. s,o.;j, ~ ,'tW VII,
,nn ',.oI 49,. r,r h;s tscna ~ i ~. 49,
"ort;s., 49, - ,.,,, ,.h;..h S,i us - ~ n'1I
,;aa T. 80 ~ ,,a a ,"d1i "nn "Sa,u noI 9e ae
4Ia ,ar,a.i 49, .nI ,,,,o,, ~ oteoM DUE
,1,s ,S,a t';s itI,;.,,, s,n,aa;o mi! aetoes .ue
y. ,,,. o.s ~ - ,.i.-.!. o1oAe opeu