Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-01-21
CHARLES SUMMERS EULoGY ON
THAODEUS STEVENS.
Worthy Txibute.t to the Great Statesman.

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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-
ry, adorned that famous etamber.-
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 silvertongued Muir
,ay; the two Pitts, SO splendid in mas
.ery; 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 may Illus
trate the approach OF our House OF
! Representative arresllns the rever-
ance OF the visitor. Ii oar group Is
| confined TO those whose fame has been
| won in the II use alone, i, " Il be small;
ior III. .moers OF the House are mostly
BIRDS OF passage only pc Gang on Their
| way to another place. f,w remaia =
| as 10 become ld,nt cal viii the Hoasa
!, or their service. IS /, rgottea III The blaze
| j, other service else where, rs was the
case with .stadson, Marshall, Clay,
" ebster, and Lincoln. It is not dllti
crlt to see VINO will ind Il Lace III tins
small company. There must be a stat
ue OF JOSIAH Quincy, whose series OF
eloquent speeches is the most complete
OF our history before Webster pleaded
for Greece, and also statue OF Joshua
K. Gid,lings, whose faithful champion
ship of ire dom throughout long and
terrible eenilict, make him one OF the
great names OF our country. And there
must be a statute OF Thaddeus Ste.
vens, who was perhaps the mos, re-
markable character identified with the
House, unless We except John Quincy
Adams; bu, the fame OF the latter Is
not that OF representative alone, Tor
he 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 a 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, iar-reaching,
and heroic efforts, how dnninutNe 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 were Quincy and Adams; but
after completing his education, he
found ho.. i'll Pennsylvania, which
aad already given birth TO Giddings.
Ii this great central State can claim
one Of these remarkable men by alop.
ton only, it may claim the other by
paternity. Their names are among its
best glories.
Two things Stevens did for his
adopted Stale, by which he repaid
largely oil her hospitality and taror.-
He taught her to cherish education TO"
the p, ople, and he taught her respect
tor human rights. The latter lesson
was slower learned than the tormer.
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, are the handmade