The Portland daily press., 1874-03-16
CHARLES SUMNER.
Meeting in Boston,
ARRIVAL OF THE REMAINS IN
BOSTON,.
Address of Senator Anthony, sc.
The Remains i'm New York.

The Remains i'm New York.
NEW YORK. March 14-The remains of Sena-
t0r Sumner were taken from the Fifth Avenue
Hotel this morning to the Grand Central depot
at!4ld street en- route for Boston. The removal
trance.
Shortly before nine o'clock the Washington
coiored police, who were in charge ofithe body
during the night, brought the box containing
the casket from the parlor in the southeast
wing OF the building, down to the hall of the
Motel, which was occupied by none but the
guests stopping in the,bulding,a and who formed
line to the entrance door with uncovered
heads Outside the hotel were collected few
residents of the neiehborhood The remains
were borne to the hearse by the Washington
coiored men. The different delegations and
committees then entered carriages and the pro-
cession took its way to the depot.
Inc route taken was down 9Th avenue to 42d
street and the Grand Central depot. On the
way but little if any attention was drawn to
the mournful cortege, as it passed slowly
cssral glance. A few PEOPLE halted as the pro-
cesslon passed along, standing uncovered as it
passed. Everything was very quiet. The flags
OF the depo. were half -masted and the crowd
t there opened to allow the mourners to pass
through to the train. Had an opportunity
peen afforded, the body would have been es-
corted from the house to tie depot by thou
sands.
10 senator sumner.
NEW YORK., March 15-In the congregation
OF the Shiloh Presbyterian Church (colored),
worshiping in Republican Hall, after the Sun
day evening service to-day, took action on the
death OF Charles Sumner A catafolque drap-
ed in black velvet crowned with flowers and
having on the front the word Sumner in
gilt letters and gilt cross at each side was
erected on the front of the platform, The
hymns, prayers and pslams were appropriate to
the occasion. At.the close OF the services
ID III rt,rr 1A1
menced an address in which he spoke of the
mournful occasion on which they had assem-
bled. He then entered into a history of the ca
reer Of Charles Sumner from his youth. This
grand statesman, he said, was remarkable for
his moral courage. He stood up for liberty of
speech. They were stormy times in which he
lived. You know what the faithful, the true.
had to endure. Garrison in the city of Boston
where the first blood of the revolution was
shed and that the blood of a negro, in the ''cra-
die of liberty" because he declared liberty the
brthright of all men and slavery a wrong, was
dragged through the streets of that city with
halter around his neck, and only the strong
arms ola few young men saved him from be-
ing hanged to the nearest tree. Sumner was
not dull spectator of that scene, The spirit
of liberty was reused in his whole SOUL The
speaker then referred TO the passage of the
fugitive slave law aud his embarkation for
England the day after and the Indignation
that atrocious law excited in Great Britain.
Willard Fillmore, when President. hastened to
sign that law Fillmore now rests in his
grrve. Yet it was meet to quote the words of
Sumner that ''There are some Presidents of
the United States, whose names will be for
gotten, but the name OF the President who
signed the fugitive slave bill was never forgot
ton" The assault on Sumner in the Senate by
Preston Brooks was next described in burning
languagesandthe speaker Stabilized after 17years
from TIT effects Of that brutal attack, a martyr
to his love of justice and liberty. The departed
statesman in his studious habits while young
was held up as an example to the young men
of the congregation, and his opposition to the
San Domingo schemes was lauded as an act
worthy of his noble career. Sumner saw the
slaves emancipated and enfranchised and he
died poor like all great defenders of liberty,
while he might have rolled in wealth and enjoy
all the hOnors Massachusetts could give him.
He was the father of the civil rights bill and
the falterng will remember in the Senate that
his words when dying were that they should
see to it that it failed not
The resolutions recommend that the coored
citizens throughout the United STAGES raise
subscriptions for monument to Mr.. Summers
memory.
Rev. Mr.. Gannett suggested that contribu-
tions would be handed in the next celebration
of the 18th amendment. for which purpose the
colored citizens should abstain from useless ex
pense in the way of drinking and dancing
At Plymouth Church this evening Rev. Hen
ry Ward Beecher delivered an eloquent Grafton
on the life and character of Charles Sumner,
taking for his text the 26th verse of the LIST
chapter of Isiah, "And L will restore thy
judges as at the first and thy councillors as at
the beginning, afterwards thou Shall be called
the city Of righteousness"
BOSTON, March 14.-Faneuil Hall has seldom
been the scene of a popular demonstration of
love and respect to departed worth exceeding
the one exhibited at noon to-day. An hour and
half before the exercises commenced, ladies
were admitted to the balconies, which were inn
mediately filed. Soon after the doors were
thrown open to the public and the hall was
filled to its utmost capacity. The hall was
deliberately hung with emDems of mourning,
and on the platform were Vice-President Will
son and a large number of distinguished men.
Opposite the platform was portrait of the late
Senator, with the date of birth and death ON
each side.
Mayor Cobb presided. The vice-Presidents
were Wendell Phillips, Robert G. Winthrop,R
III. Dana, B. r. Curtis, Sidney Bartlett,
VIM. Lloyd Garrison and Others The services
commesced by reading from the original manu-
script. in Summers handwriting an extract
from his eulegy on President Lincoln followed
by prayer by Rev. Dr. Lothrop.
Richard H. Dana then addressed the meeting
and offered a series a resolutions, which were
adopted by the meeting. . -t--a
Addresses appropriate to the solemnioccasion
were made by J. B. Smith, A. H. Rice, ex-
Mayor CASTOR, Ralph Waldo Emerson, N. P.
Banks and others.
Rev. E. E. Hale in his address read the fol-
fling on Fort Sumter:
WASHINGTON, 80 Dec, 1860
My Dear Hale-I doubt whether anything
can be done this winter for ancient history
That of to-day will be too absorbing. Mean
while pray keep Massachusetts, noble and true,
at the Lead of the column where
in character and intelligence, she belongs
Nothing can be gained by subserviency or py
acute argument to find human freedom and its
safeguards unconstitutional. Not in vain have
l~Nrn = kI~ok.
ing is more important than for our dear COM
monwealth to stand as she is precisely, nor
more nor less, In the catastrophe which is
emminent wish her to hold fast to the cid
flag. Pray help her. But ! count upon her
Governor. God bless you. Ever your,
CHARLES SUMNER.
Il count upon her Governor" (Andrew) re-
peated Mr.. Hale. applause and good.)
Young men remember that, and remember
him. In these days when we want to bring
remember that that great man in the darkest
moment counted upon her Governor, Good
and applause.)
Vice President Wilson wrote letter to the
meeting in which he says: I'm his death i'm
partial libertyi has lost devoted champion,
the country true patriot, and pure statesman
and republican Institutions throughout the
world sympathizing aud uDdoubtng friend.
He had lived to see the extirpasion of slavery
and the triumph of the Union, but trials, dis
appointments and sickness came to him. and
none but intimate friends knew how 5ravely
he bore them While, however, he greatly
feared he might become incapicitated for la
Dor and further usefulness, he had no dread of
death, Less than one year ago while sitting
alone with him in his loom, giving him that
ADVICE so easy to give and so hard to take, to
cease from labor and take the much needed
rest; he said to HE with lgreat earnestness, If
my works were completed and my civil rights
bill passed, no visitor could enter that door
that would be more welcome than death The
failure to complete sthat allotted task was his
regret in his last moments, and the civil rights
bilfhe commended to an honored colleague and
TREND" A letter highly erlogistc of the de-
parted Senator was also received from Charles
Francis Adams
Arrival i'm Boston The Remains Trans
ferred to the Authorities lin Massacuus-
etts.
The remains of the late Senator Sumner, ac-
companied by the Congressional Committee
and the Massachusetts delegation, arrived here
to night at seven o'clock. A large assemblage
| of people, numbering 10000, was about the de-
| pot. The committee composed OF tne
| Mayor and Aldermen of the city, State Legls-
| lature, Board of Trade, received the body at
| the depot and were escorted by detachment
Of the first battalion of cavalry, State and city
police to the State House and deposited in Doric
| Hall, which is draped in mourning. A detail