Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-27
equal sorrow the sbodes Of luxury and the cot
tsges OF the poor
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tsses OF the poor
-pGursyum tabernds,
| RegaaQHs turTcs.
The scholar closed his book and the lsborer
Leaned upon his spade. The highest in the land
nonrned their peer, the lowest lamented their
| mend. How well his life had earned this uni
| Versal testimony of respect; how naturally the
broad sympathy which he had manifested for
me wrSngsd ana the injured OF every condition
| purpose TO enlarge upon. His eulOgy is his life;
| his Ell itaph is the general grief; his monument
builded by bis own hands, rs the eternal stat Ies
| of freedom.
MT. President, when 1 look back over th.
| long period, crowded with great events, and
| which has witnessed the CONFUSION of the
| nation, the reorganization aud reconstruction
| Of our political system; when, in my minds
| eve, / people this Chamber with those whose
| forms have been familiar 10 me, whose names,
| many of them historical names, have been
| labeled on these desks and are now carved on
| he marble that covers their dust, am filled
| with sadness tneNpressible vet full OF cOnsO-
| lstIon. For, musing on the transitory nature of
| all SUMMARY things, / come to perceive that
her instability is not in their essence, but in
the forms which they O. sumo ard in the agencies
| that operate upon them; aud when 4 recall
| those whom L have seen fall around me- and
| whom thought necessary 70 the success. almost
10 the preservation OF great principles, | recall
| also those whom have seen step into the vacant
places, put on the armor which they wore left
| the weapons which they welded, and march on
| 10 the consummatl0n of the work which thew
| inaugurated. And thus 1 am filed with rev
| eTent wonder at the beneticent ordering of
| anu WIN lOftier faith 10 that
| Almighty Power, without whose guidance and
| direction all human effort is vain, and with
| whose blessing the humblest Instruments thai
lie selects are equal 10 the mightiest work that
| He designs.
Al the conclusion OF his remarks Mr.. Anthony
moved that, as a mark OF respect TO the mem
| DRY Of MIR. Sumner, the Senate adjourn. TIE
motion was carried, ami tue Senate adjourned
until tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
the usual Monday call OF states for bill and joint
resolutions the following were introduced and
| referred, viz;
By Mr. Poland (Vt.)-A bill to amend the
act of March ), 1873, recognizing the courts OF
| the District of Columbia; also, bill 10 provide
Tor a free system of national banks; the re-
demption OF said rates and a return 70 specie
| payments.
| By Mr.. HOOPER CMassNA bill TO increase
| the issue OF national hank currency ia states
| and territories having less than the volume
| required and for a return 10 specie payments.
By Mr.. Lansing IN. VA bill to permit
| persons indicted in L. 5. courts TO testify in
| their own behalf.
| BY Mr.. McDougall IN. Y.)-Bin to repeal all
statutes d7priving widows OF soldiers OF pensions
| by reason of a second marriage.
| BY Mr.. DUEL N. VA bill to fix the
| salaries of Distr1c Judges of the United States
| BY MIR. Lawrence lOhio)-A bill TO facilitate
| specie payments, and to prevent fluctuations ia
the value OF United States notes.
BY Mr.. Grassland (ky.)-A bill repeating all
| laws imposing taxation on state banks.
| By Mir. Coburn (Ind.)- bill in regard to
crimes committed by military persons.
By MIR. Fort lllD-A bill imposing a tax on
! the income Of corporations and persons whose
BY Mr.. Parker (Mo.)-Bul to incorporate the
Yellowstone National Park wagon and hotel
company.
| conversion OF legal tender notes and interest
bearing bonds, and &c reduce the interest on the
public debt.
BY Mr.. Page (Cal. (-Bul to amend the act for
| the regulation ofthe mail service.
| BY Mar. Chapman ID. C.)-Bul to amend thu
| act 10 incorporate the Columbia railroad com
| "A, ISL.
BY Mr.. PIatt lVa)-Bm for the construction
of building tor the Girls Reform School in the
By Mir. Bright (renn.) Bill in relation to
taxation.
BY Mr.. Shoemaker pa Bill to provide fOr
Mr.. FRYE Me- offered a resolution, which
was agreed to, recIting that there was great in
equality in the salarie. of the clerks OF the SEN
ate al d House, and directing the COMMITTEES on
| Civil Service Reform TO make an examination,
with a view to an equalization of the salaries.
| THE SUMNER BULoGIRs.
/ Attye minutes past one the Senate res0iu-
| tons formally announcing the death OF Senator
| sumner were reported by the Clerk OF the Sen
ate, Sr. Macdonald.
| Mr.. +. X. Hoar offered an additional resolu-
| ton that, as an additional mark OF respect, bu-
| sinsss be now suspended % allow the House t.
| express it's feelings in relation 10 Mr.. Summers
public aud private virtues. This resolution was
| adopted.
Mr. E. r Hear then said that when more
| than six weeks ago the death of Mr.. Sumner WAS
| announced, Ii came 50 sudden that business was
| suspended until that lfeless form could respose
| tor q few hours under the great dome of tbs
Capitol, and until his funeral services could be
| performed IN the presence OF the distinguished
! men OF the nation. Mr.. Hoar then alluded to
| Mr.. Summers life, and gave brief history of
| his career TO the hour OF his death, which he
| attributed TO the assault of Preston >. Brooks
\ SIMMER fhau
| that of Senator from MASSACHUSETTS,, and each
time he was elected II was y great popular
| wave and without opposition. During his ser
| questions that came up, and saw the accom-
| plishm OF all the grand results At which
| he aimed. When he entered the Senate
| there were but two others there Of the party
| 10 which he belonged, and before his death he
| was the leader Of more than twO-thirds OF bis
! party in the Senate. He came to the Senate as
| the champion OF liberty, and WAS called IA
| matte, and was not given even a place on COM
| mittees as not belonging TO any recognized
| respectable party. Before his death he saw q
| member OF a prescribed race upon the floor OF
the Senate. Ar. Sumner was thoroughly and
truly an American. He believed in his cOun-
| try, her interests, her grandeur, and her des-
tiny. He was an ideallst, and trusted to the
! future. His spirit was of the morning, and his
face was radiant with the sunset OF
liberty, which he intently watched. His
personal Integrity was absolute that
| even the breath Of suspicion never reached
| him. He never had any tracks to cover up or
| opinions and motives TO conceal. No doubt he
died martyr to the cause of liberty az truly
! as they who fell on the field OF battle. The
| bludgeon preceded the bayonet and the bullet,
and did It's work a. surely, il more slowly. He
doubtless had his faults but they were nearly
| to his virtues. He was intolerant of contradic-
| tioD, and was sometimes called an egotist; but
much OF these faults were attributable TO his
sublime complacence in his moral power. Be-
fore bis death he differed from some with whom
his friends would have been glad to see him on
better terms. But he died with As few
Iesentments as any could possess
and no one ever heard him utter q word of CEN
sure against any human being. Mr.. Hoar paid
nigh tribute to Mr.. Summers great honesty
and integrity, and summed mp by applying TO
him the eulogy that had been pronounced on
Milton. He alluded to MIR. Summers dying re-
marx that he was 50 weary, and closed by say
ing, "The weary are at rest-the good and
faithful servant has entered into the Joy OF his
Lord"
Mr.. Larmar, Of Mississippi, followed.