New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-11

"A ELOQUENT DEFENSE TIE ohNAAVhS NJ
TON FROM THE QUAKER POET
Tho following letter appears in The Boston
Adceriser -.
Iheg leave 70 occupy small space in the columns OF
ne Advertiser purpose Of noticing ona[sS
hs ssoutiou Of the late extra session. virtually cen
surfing the Hon. Charles Sumner. IL Is LUZ 90 aDnra
enc sS,oH ~ ssSSc Of the soldiers Of the Union and
that not TO ceDsure Charles sumner Is !" 0on'"i '"'
matter Of fact the petitioners express opinion
70 the policy or n & OF on Ie Sb in Itself but
expedient and weltimed others that was h
sn or prem conS%pates must be done II we
Whine united people What they feel and insis upon
Is os' os tSe soldiers of Massachusetts, and the
Union. that 1t neither receives nor merits the unquai
neG mo- ground whatever for legislative inter
ference or censure single glance at the names OF the
tbev are unmindfu 10 that sefsacrace and devotion
che marble granite memorials Of which dotting the
Gratitude of the loyal heart of Massachusetts,.
have seen no sS sT ges pSopOon In point Of
TACT the soldiers have never asked for such oensure OF
the brave and Loyal se Sreat War SDster
aecOnd II Ut an, only to CarnoD and OF John A. An
drew dear to the heart OF every tbs
wherever they struggled or died Tor country ana eeuO
Insult was in fact. the highest compliment which
could be paid to brave men for II implied that they
fbev were too proudly secure OF lote gratitude
~ fheir TO Deed above their neads the
Haunting blszon of their achievements that they were
as magnanimous IN peace and victory as tney were ,
heroic and patient through the DARK ana 1ouDtu aTp
tramept OF war As such they understand IL. should
be sorry 20 think there existed single son o! Massa
shusets weak enough believe that ms reputation and
soldier needed this censure OF Ch2s sumner
have before letters from men, ran KING from or
DERBY sergeant to general who have ooSe9 al oeIh I
chusett Oated and they all thank me Tor my enOrts 10
rcsoind this uncaledfor eensure and pledge me their
hearty support They cordially indorse the noble eter
Of vcePresident Wilson offering his Signature 70 the pc
ttiOn for resembling the obnoxious resOlutlons anu II
these resolutions not annulled, II VIII not De the
FAULT OF Massachusetts volunteers but rather OF Ihe
mistaken zeal OF men more famar with the ur OF the
caucus than with that of the camp.
am no blind partisan of Charles Sumner. L have
often differed with him in opinion regretted deeply
the position he thought IL his duty 20 take during
the se Presidential campaign He felt the atmosphere
about him thick and foul with corruption and bribery
and greed the Treasury ringed about ike saturn
il IA TO be regretted than wondered a. he STRUCK
cut wildly his indignation, and that ms DoWs zen
sometimes upon the object But ala not lntenu
s % yisrs Of his senatorial life are crowded with
memorials Of bis LOYALTY to truth and freedom ana
humanity which will be enduring our history he Is
more prominent than could have wished, and no WORD
suggested it. From It's inception to
the present time he has remained silent in his chamber
pain. waiting 20 Dequeath Ike the testatOr OF Tue
dramatst,
To memory and Tines old daughter Truth"
He well afford to walt ana the issue OF tue peeenV
question before Legislature Is OF far less cOnse
quence to him than TO To use the words OF one VINO
stood by the dark days of the Fugitive Slave Law
the Chief Justice the United States-" Time and the
wiser Thought will vindcate the ustTicus statesman to
Massachusetts,, the country and humanity. owe so
much. but the State i'll afford the damage 70 us
rePution which such eenSure OF sSeH man VIII
Amesbtry sd month, 8, 1873.