The weekly Louisianian., 1874-05-09
wrongs to avense; only q brutish
:natats1 '|.ll, could I. attempt q wield that

1ntervened andtAe t0Mb9 that hsv(
opsasd sines I hst spoke, ,hasethsi,
'ivoioes which I cannot iaa to hear.
j Besides, what am il, what u am
Imam among the living or among
the dead, compared with thssa aqussi.
ton before usf '.s.. ...= .,s.%. ...s .,:sE -. -.
! With these simple, and yet pa.
fthetic illusions he commenced: that
most exhaustive delineation of the
| spirit methods md e1lets.of ala:
very, which, under ito aingul.rly
feicit;ous title, ."Ths Baxbazism Of
Slavery, viii remain Z r.; monument
Of zeseazeh, 4of inIeotiye, and Of in,
pasai@ed sloqaaaes.s 49, s.>
From this time The great. drama
moved rapidly to its oatastrophes
The slave power, writhed beneath
1.-THE affect Of this awful azraignment
At the bar Of the worlds judgement.
Il NV in secession from the Union
and the establishment Of aseparats
alAvs-holding 'c,onfederacy its only
hope and safety. Abraham Lincoln
became; President and IL Apr;l,
1851, the bombardnsnt of Fort
Sumter in Charleston harbor
eounded tho tocsin Of civil war
throughout the land. Into that
struggle Charles Summer entered
without hesitation and without
alarm. His only anxiety had bean
to keep the North clear Of the deGd1y
spha d compromise. :" Let justice
be done him here. His moral
equilibrium and courage were never
more oonspioippa, Many had joined
him in his fierce assaults on slavery,
who now shrunk back from the pull
of war and disunion :. which seemed
to open before thsm. Compromises
were suggested on all sides-com-
promises; too, which would have
robbed Freedom Of al her adyan-
age. and lsft the Slave to his hope
less bondage. Let no negro forget.
nay, let no American forget that
Charles, Sumner never sullied his
lips with degrading compromise.
Duty was his master; Justice
ruled him; and to every suggestion
Of compromise with Slavery he
responded, "Get thee behind me.
Satan I"
His indexible spirit may be seen
in these words to Gov: Andrew.
"1ineo Danaos a dona terenes.
Don't let these words be ever out
Of your mind when you think Of
any proposition from the Slave
Masters. They are essentially fase,
with treason in their hearts, # not on
Mrir tongsses How can il be other
wisef Slavery is a falsehood. and
its supporters are all pervertedand
changed. Punic in faith, Punic in
character, you are to meet all that
they do Or say with denial or dis
trust. I know these men ana see
through their plot. The time has
not yet come 70 touch Tie chords
which I xiah . awaken. awakketan4,'s Butt see
ny w.yclta o. God7 LIT Massa-
chusetts keep true. 1t il all / ask.."
Again to the same friend he
writes, ~
g. "More than the loss of forts.
arssaals, OF the National Capital I
fear the loss Of our princi, les.
!" ~ " = Keep firm, and do not
hstsn to aayproposition."
Fsllow-dtisens I Am : negro; one
Of the victim race. Ny heart bows
in gyatihdes to syery man who
struck . blow for tn liberty Of my
rsca But, how oan I fail to to re-
naamber that alone, alone, Of al the
9eat 3eaders Of of our esass at
Washington, Charlss Sumner kapt
big hah to Freedom, starn and
traa What measure of honor shall
~ not pay b. him whose only
payer, amidst ths aboanding
dangers al that hour,w,s. ''0Godt {
1t Ma.aohnaetas keep. truer
Lineslp. Seward, Adams.--eu -eulogy
even cannot claim sueh absolute
fidelity for sith~ofth1m. Histos,
I venture b predict will point to
this passage in tho liz od Charles
f1nns,.na, - alaa 1in4,k nmnnf nf the