New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-28

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human being. MT Hoar paid high tribute 70 MI
sunuers great honesty and integrity, and summed up
by appying him the euogy that had beeh prohouoo
on Milton. lie alluded TO Mr. Summers dying reniiA
| that he was no weary. and closed by saying; inc
weary are at The good and fathiui SERVANT "''
! entered into the Joy OF his Lord
SPEECH By l. q. C. LAMAR
spccc,,es were also made BY Messrs. LAMAR opou''
MIssJ, ORTIZ Qaep., Ind), Rainey dsep.' >. o' -"
| Rep Moss1 Potter Dem N ", Kelly CRep'' renh'''
Nesmith Dem Oregon), q. +. Hoar d'ep mass'' ''ii
| ger (aep., Micb.). and Phillips ttep' kaS' ,,.,.
The most notable speech was that OF Mr. "''"'
| Missl who spoke as follows; ,...,o. ,ro-
Mn SPEAKER: arise TO second the reso'"tio pr
on,ed nv the member from Massachusetts. Dohe'e
tnat they express sentiment which petVades inc he'
of ALI the people whose representatives are mere
| bIed. Strange as, In looking BACK upo" '"o f"
| the assertion may seem, lnpossioie IN " -,
have been ten years ago to make H. IL -
M, tho less true that to-day Mississippi
regrets the death OF Charles Sumner ana shccrey
pntes in paying honor TO his memory. MOI pecaso "
the splendor OF his intellect, though IN him was OK
tngushed ore OF the brightest lights when nave hus-
| trated the councils Of the Government Tor nearly
ouarter Of century Not because Of the high culture
the elegant scholarship, and the varied learning winch
revealed themselves clearly in all his public Efforts as
To usfy the application to him OF Johnsons fecltous
expression. He touched nothing which he did not
adorn" Not this, though these are qualities by no
means 1t Is TO be feared, common In public places
as to make their disappearance In even q
single instance matter OF indifference. but because OF
those peculiar and strongly marked moral traits OF his
character which gave the colorng TO the whole tenor OF
his singuarly dramatic public career, making him for
long period to "A large portion OF mis- countrymen, the
subject OF deep and passionate hostility as 10
another he was Of enthusiastic admiration, and
which are not the less the cause that now unites all
these parties, widely differing, in CON non sorrow
to-day over his Ifeess remains. 1t is of these high
| moral qualities that | wish to speak for these nave
been the traits which have after years, as have
considered the successive and differences OF this
remarkable man. fastened most sronly my attention.
| and Impressed themselves most forcbly upon my
| imagination, my senslbilities AMI my hearI /
| leave to others to speak OF his lnteIectuai
| superiority OF those gifts with when
nature had 80 lavihy endowed him, and OF the power
TO use them which he had acquired by education say
nothing OF bis vast and varied stores OF knowledge or
the wide extent OF his reading in the elegant literature
OF ancient and modern times or bis wonderful power or
retaining he had read or Of his readiness OF draw
ING upon these fertile 10 illustrate his own
arguments say nothing Of his eloquence as an orator
of his skill ne n ogcian OF his powers OF fascination In
the unresraned freedom Of the social circle which last
| it was my misfortune not to have experienced These,
| indeed were the qualities which gave HIM emnenee,
not only country but throughout the world and
| which have made the name OF Charles Sumner an in
|
tiles which gave 10 those moral traits OF which have
spoken the power TO impress themselves upon the his
tory of the age aud OF civilization itself, and without
which those traits. however intensely developed would
have extended no influence beyond the personal circle
Immediately surrounding their possessOr. More elo-
quent tongues tnan mine vii! do them justice.
II was certainly a gracious act toward the South
though unhappy IT Jared upon the sensbilties Of the
people at the other OF the Union, to propose to
erase from the OF the national army the me-
mentoes OF the bloody internal struggle which might be
regarded assailng the pride woundng the sensl-
blities Of the Southern people That proposal Will
never be forgotten by that people long the name
Of Charles Sumner lives in the memory OF man. But
while it touched the heart and elected her profound
gratitude people would not have asked of the North
such an act OF selfrenuncaton Conscious that thcy
themselves animated by devotion 10 constitutional
liberty and that the brightest pages OF history
pete OF the depth and sincerity of that
devotion they can but cherish the recol!octons of
the battles fought and the victories won I'm defense
Of their hopeless cause and respecting, as all true
and brave men must respect, the martial spirit with
which the men Of the North INDICATED the integrity OF
the Union aud their devotion 10 the principles OF
human freedom they do not ask they do not wish the
North to strike the mementoes Of herom and victory
from either records or monum"n.s or battle-Aass
They wonld ratcf that bon sections should gather up
the SiJrles won by each section, not enyious but
proud Of each other, and regard them common
heritage of American valOr Let us hope that future
generations, when they remember the deeds OF heros
and devotion done both sides will speak, not Of
Northern proves Southern courage, but OF the
herolsm fortitude, and courage OF Americans In a
OF IDEAS in which each section sgnallzed its con
secraton TO the principles, as each understood them
Of ANGLICAN liberty, and OF the Constitution re-
ccived from their fathers. 1t was my misfor-
tune perhaps my fault personally, never to have
Tba
innulse was often strong upon TO him and offer
bim nv hand. and my heart with 1t, and to express to
MIN my thanks for his kind and considerable course
toward The people with whom am identified. III ana
not Weld TO that Impulse 1t was because the thought
occurred that other days were coming III winch sucl
Recommendation might be more opporune and less liable
70 nscoustrucon Suddenly and without premonltion,
il no tomorrow My regret is therefore intensified bv
the thought that failed 10 speak TO hun out OF the full
| is 1t that death thus brings unavalngly back TO our
remembrance opportunities pnimpr9sed, IN which
offered frank avowais which rise to the lips remain
| spoken, and the injustice and wrong with which
! conscience reproached us remain unrepairedi
Charles Sumner in life believed that all occasion for
| passed away ana there remained any cause
for continued arrangement between these two sections
believe the thingi Is not that the common
ment' or, if not ought It not to be Of the great
each other common Constitution destined to live
,n nndet SINGLE %eber Of tse d%V
nations, tshsll not now. at last. endeavor To
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indssouby linked to each other IN fortunest Shall
! not while honoring the memory OF this great cham
mon OF human liberty, this feeling sympathizer with
human this earnest peader Tor the exercise OF
human tenderness and heavenly charity lay aside the
eonceameuts which serve only 10 petpetuate mlsuuder
standings and distrust, and frankly confess that on
both sides most earnestly desire 10 be not
merely in political organization; one not merely in
identity OF institutions one not merely IN community
| Of Language, and literature and traditions, aud coun-
ry hnt more and better than all that also in feel
| ing aud in heart Am | mistaken in this Do
the concealments OF which speak still
| tiles which neither time reflection the march Of
events have yet suiced TO subduei cannot believe