Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-01-21
CHARLES SUMMERS EULOGY ON
THADDEUS STEVENS.
Worthy Tribute to the Great Statesman.
Z. S. SENATE, Dec. is, 1868.

Z. S. SENATE, Dec. is, 1868.
Mr.. SUMNER: The visitor, as he pa
ces the corridor leading to the House
OF Commons, stops with reverence be-
tore the marble statues of the men who
during two centuries OF English histo
~, adorned that famous tl,amber-
There are twelve in all each speaking
to the memory as he spoke in life-be-
ginning with the learned Selden and
the patriot Hampden, with Falkland,
so sweet and loyal in character; Som
ers, SO great as defender OF constitu
tional liberty, and embracing in the
historic group the silver,ongued Muir
-ay; the two Pitts. SO splendid in mas
terry; Fox, always first iii debate. and
that other orator whose speeches con
tribute to the wealth OF English li.era-
ture, Edmund Burke.
In the lapse OF time, as our history
extends, similar monuments ma. Illus
trate the approach OF our House OF
Representative srresting the rever-
ance OF the visitor. Ii cur group is
confined TO those whose lame has been
won in the II use alone, i, II be small;
Tor MT moers OF the House are mostly
birds OF passage only pc Gang on Their
way to another place. +, " rema.'l 80
as TO become ideni ca! wit the House,
or their service IS Il rSotte,l IN the blaze
o. other service elsewhere, rs was the
ease with ,,iadlson, Marshall, Clay,
Webster, and Lincoln. Il is not dliti
erlt to see wno will ind Il place III tins
small company. There must be stat
ne OF Josiah Quincy, whose series OF
eloquent speeches is the most complete
OF our history before Webster pleaded
for Greece, and also a statue OF Joshua
L. Giddings, whose faithful champion
ship OF fire dom throughout long and
terrible conflict, make him one OF the
great names of our country. And there
must be statute OF Thaddeus Ste.
vens, who was perhaps the mos, re-
markable character identified with the
House, unless we except John Quincy
Adams; but the tame OF the latter is
not that OF representative alone, Tor
lie was already Industrious from various
services before he entered the House.
All OF these hated slavery, and labored |
tor its overthrow On this account
they were mark for obloquy, and
were generally in a minority. Al
ready compensation has begun. AS |
the cause winch they upheld SO bravely |
is exalted, so is their tame. BY the
side OF their tar-sighted, tar-reaching,
and heroic efforts, how dnninutlve is
all that was done by others at the time.
How vile the spirit that RACES asains.
them.
Stevens was child of New Eng
land, as We're Quincy and Adams; but
after completing his education, he
found a hole i'll Pennsy LAMA, which
nad already given birth TO Glddings.
II this great central State can clam
one OF these remarkable men by aaop- |
ton only, it may claim the other by
paternity. Their names are among its
best glories.
Two things Stevens did for his
adopted STATE, by which he repaid
largely oil her hospitality and favor
He taught her to cherish education TO"
the people, and he taught her respect
tor human rights. The latter lesson
was slower learned than the former.
In the prime of lite, when his faculties
were in their highest visor, he became
conspicuous tor earnest effort, crown
ed by most persuasive speech, whose
echoes have not yet died away, tor
those common schools which, more
even than railroads, arc the handmade