The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-06-14

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Mr.. Sumner delivered = eulogy on |
Abraham Lincoln before tho municipal
authorities Of Boston on fast day. BE be- |
gan with . oompsrison Of the lives Of
Washington and Lincoln, and showed thai
tbs war for Independence and the war
~ inst the rebellion did not differ in ths
scale Of operations and in the tramp oil
mustered hosts more than 10 the ideas in
vol red. The FIRST, he said. was for ma
tional inpependence; the second Vas p
make the republic one and indivisible, on
tho indestructible foundation Of liberty
and equality. The FIRST only cut the CON
nection with the mother country and open
ed the way to the duties and advantages
Of popular government. The second will
have failed unless it performs all the orig
inal promises of that declaration which
our fathers took upon their lips when they
became nation. In the relation Of cause
and effect the FIRST was the natural prscuf-
sor and herald Of the second. National
independence was the FIRST epoch in our
history, and such was it, Importance that
Lafayette boosted that though its battles
were but .skirmishes, they decided the
fate of the world.
The orator reviewed the public life Of
Mr.. Lincoln and gave copious extracts
from his messages and speeches. Of his
second inaugural, Mr.. Sumner said: at
was briefer than any similar address in
our history; but it has already gone fur
ther, and will live longer than any other.
1t was continuation Of the Gettysburg
speech, with the same sublimity and gen
tleness. Its concluding words were like
An angelic benediction."
Mr.. Sumner concluded as follows:
"The colored suffrage is now . neces-
sity. But beyond this. in making it an
essential condition of the restoration of
the rebel States to the Union, We follow,
first, the law of reason and Of nature, and
secondly, the constitution, not only in it's
text, but as interpreted by the Declara-
tion of Independence. By reason and ma
ture there can be no denial of rights on
account of color; and We can do nothing
which is thus irrational and unnatural
BY the constitution it is stipulated that
the "United States shall guarantee to
every State republican form of govern
ment;" but the meaning of this guaranty
must be fonnd in the Declaration of Iude.
pendence, which is the controlling pre-
ambie Of the. constitution. Beyond all
question the United States, when called
to enforce this guaranty, must insist on
the equality of all men before the law,
and the consent of the governed. Such
is the true idea of republican govern
ment according to American institutions.
"The slaye-mastsrs, driven from their
first entrenchments, already occupy inner
defences. Property ia man is abandoned;
but they now insist that colored persons
shall not enjoy political rights. Liberty
has been won. The battle for equality is
still pending. And now a new compro-
mise is proposed, by which colored per-
sons are to be sacrificed in the name of
State Rights. 1t is sad that it is so. Blu.
do not despair. The cause may be de-
layed, but it cannot be lost; and all who
set themselves against it will be overborne,
for 1t is the cause Of humanity. Not the
rloh and proud, but the poor and lowly
will be the favorites of an enfranchised
republic.
"The words Of the prophet will be full
hlled: And | will punish the people for
their evil, and: the wicked for their in
Equity, and | will cause the arrogance of
the world toe cease, and / will lay low the
haughtiness of the terrible. will make
man more precious than fine gold. even
. man, than the golden wedge Of Ophir.'
catch these sublime words of prophecy
and echo them back as the assurance Of
triumph.
"Fellow-citizens, your task is before
you. Mourn not the dead. but rejoice in
his life and example. Rejoice a. You
point to this child of the people who vas
lifted SO high that republican institutions
became manifest in him. Rejoice tina
through him emancipation was proolaimt
ed. Above all, see to it that his constant
VOWS are fulfilled, and that the promise.
OF the fathers are maintained, 80 that no
person in the upright form OF man can be
shut out from protection. Then will the
unity OF therepublia be fixed on foun.
dalton that cannot fail, and other nations
will enjoy its security. The cornerstone
OF national Independents is already il its
place, and on it is inscribed the name of
GEORGE Washington. There is another
stone which must have it's place 1t the
corner also. This 10 the Declaration Of
Independence with all its promises full
niied. On this stone We will gratefully
inscribe the name of Abraham I;nool.
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