The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-06-02
Abraham Lincoln.
Euloay on President Lincoln, Delivered
before the Municipal Authorities OF Bos-
ton, By Hon. Charles sumner. Yesterday.

We nov honor. It va, no sociden, which .nstchei
M ps'sS ass se LORD mo yS 20 nd hS rom Lord
tsketh away bessed be tho name Of the
Lord Perhsp. never N % s sn r11Sde9oe
Of event. where the hnsl triumph ras wrapt In tho
slo ep,l Of q ,bIs ,,upendcu. drama. W Wv
For the second time In our history, the country has
been ,pmmontd W ne s u 1885, on an
| services Of the dead. The first vas on the death
' e., Sp.y, ioT .t%utsneou, euosy through.
| ont tho land and cities towns snd VILLAGES
ba, passed since this early service In memory OF the
Father Of his country aud nov repesed N mem;
Lincoln associated In the grandeur Of their ohee-
qules. But this sesociation IL not accidental.
| which Lincoln ws called 10 perform rercmtled 10
character the part hich was performed BY WASH
ns'Ga ne be fSTs Ie sdpeS IN epsee Kindred
IN pario,ii each nstuTally surrounded at death,
| oiber setp. Ina The West and thus in death, - In
| lite, one T. the Complement OF the other Inc Two
b bs Il sl be enough Tor The present Il We eance
only at certain points Of resemblance and Of con
Iseh A. at tho head Of the Republic during period
| OF surprising trial and each thought only Of the
public good, simply, purely. con,ianty 80 that single
hoart.d devotion TO country will always find ern-
ony me In their names, Zach NI the national ehei
during time Of succcssful war Each was the repre-
sentative Of his country at great epoch OF history
| But here, perhaps, the resemblance ends and tie
| cSaSactet they were unlike also in the ideas
which they served except so far as each y the ser
| want Of his country. The war conducted " Wash
| ineton was unlike the war conducted BY Lincoln
as the pesce which crowned the arms Of the one wn
Tho two wars did not differ In tho scale of operations
and In the tramp mustered hosts more than in tho
ideas involved. The first vas Tor National independ
| enc; the second 10 make the Republic one and
indvsibe, the sable foundation. OF lab
orty and Equality The first only cut the connection
with the mother county, and opened the way " the
duties and advantages. Of Popular Government re
| ort0indl trVfnlsss Of that DsclIva'i0n uhich cur
| Ja'hss took upon thesr lips uhen thsg CeodnS q
nation In the relation Of cause and effect the INST
~e the natural precursor and herald OF the second.
| National Independence was the first epoch IN our
Ioasted 10 the First Consul VI France that though is
battle, vero but skirniAhes they decided the iats Of
| the World.
Tho speaker then entered into exposition Of
tho Declaration Of Independence, and Afterwards
eoutrsstod, at great length, the early and public
lives q Washington and Lincoln, reviewing in
oI,enso the course Of the latter ss President and
| suppressing the rebellion.
such. fellow citizens, Ia the life and character Of
| Abraham Lincoln. You have disc. med bis simple
| beslnniprs have watched bis carly struggles =
hG~e gratefully followed his conservation 10 those
Truths hitch our fathers declared have hailed him
as Tho twice-o ected head Of the Republic, through
| whom Il was know n In foreign lands have Ieeog-
sentative Of the uul promises Of our Fathers,
even AS Washington Vas the representative Of La
tionnl lndeIe and you have behed him struck
dow IA, AT the moment Of victory when rebel slavery
| was everywhere succumbng, Roverently We scknow.
led 20 the finger the Almighty and pray that all our
trial. may NOT tail but tina. the promises Of the fathers
may be fulfilled, that all men shall be equal before
sani OF the soyerned,-two self-evdent truths which
the Declaration Of independence has announced Irsi-
toous assss nation struck him down But do not 10
too yndictivs in heart aids the atom that held
the weapon. Reserve your rage for the Responsible
the Republic by atrocious REBELLION, has outraged all
laws human and divine has organized barbarian ~
a principle Of conduct has taken the lves Of nion-
| isis at home; has prepared robbery and murder on
the northern borders; has fred hotels, filled with
women and children has plotted to scatter Infection
and yellow fever; has starved American citiEenaheld
as prisoners has menaced assassination always; and
last true to itself has assassnated our PIos
dent; and Ills responsible Power Is none other than
slavery II 10 slavery that has taken the liie Of
our beloved Chief Maristrate, and here 10 another
triumph VI Its barbarian. On slavery let venge-
ance TALL. | care not what you do with
thr worms It employs but do mott entrsat
youyeld any indulge 10 this murd erous wicked
ness. Rhyailsc the asuasrin OF Henry w. Of France
was torn in pieces the public square front Of The
CITY Hall, by Jour powerful horses each Of them at
tached to OF lis Limbs, and pulling IN opposite
directions until at last utter fearful struggs 9th
ing OF the wretched assassin remained in the hands Of
tho eIecutioner, except bis empty shirt-which was
Ut once handed over 10 hs burned. ouch bo yen-
| gCnnce and let slavery be the victim. But not only
slavery which another name Tor property Ia man,
but also that other preteusion vhch not less
rational, that Human Rights depend on color.
Ibis Ia the shirt Of the sSsassn; and 1t must DO
such a vengeance will be like kis Of reconcilia-
tion for 1t viii remove every obstacle to peace and
Ss t6s blow Shc 5os,Toyed IT, TRoy Will yes com N,
fees that It dealt IN no harShness to them, In
unkindness, in no desire TO Illuminate, but simply
and solemnly, in the name OF the Republic, anu OF
Human Nature; for their good a. well ours aye, for
| their good more than
It Is by ideas that We have conquered, moro
than by armies The sword Of The Arehsnge was
| less mighty than tho mission which he bore from
the Lord But II the ideas which have given us
the victory arc nov neglected. ~ ne ptoInlses
assailed, axe still left uufulhed, then will cur
blood and treasure have been lavishod In vain,
Alas for the dead who have given themselye, 20
La 10 All fsV NhA tNl hn
have been lett to mourn the dead III: any relic OF sa
very is allowed 70 continue; especially II this bloody
imIostcr, defeated In the preten'on OF property 40
man, Ia Above 10 perpetuAie an Oh0drchy 0 me
skin! And how shall these Ideas be sAvedl At thi.
moment all turns the eolored suifare ia the rebel
mi.take on this point Ia worr, than tho loss OF A
battle The argument for the colored suffrage
ity Of the case, well from tho rights OF man.
| Tuis suffrage 10 needed Tor the security OF tho
nent; ana Tor the strength OF the Union. withou,
it. there is nothing but Insecurity for the coored peo-
PIE instability Tor the local government and weak
Tor the Union, involving OF course the national
| credit. Without IL the Rebellion Ill break forth
under new Iias unarmed 1t may be, but with white
votes TO take possession OF the local government and
WELD IL Of wlll, whether at home In the national
counsels II It be said that the coofed people
tit then do say that they are more lit than their re-
, | cent masterr or even than many among the " poor
whites" They have been loyal always, and who are
YOU that, under amy pretcnte oIilIs the preudices
OF the disloyal above the rights Of the oyaf Their
suffrage Is now needed. An English statesman, Afle
the acknor lsdgment Of tue Spanish colonies az
independent states, boasted that he had called a
| new world into existence redress the balance OF
ballot into existence IN order 10 overcome the pre-
pondsrAnce Of those who have not yet learned thu
cuty OF justice to the colored race, The came Ma
tiOnl authority that struck down slavery must soc
that this other pretension Is not permitted 10
viye nor can there be any doubt that the authority
kindred duty, Each Ia part OF that great policy