The weekly Louisianian., 1874-05-09

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grsateuahss offtha3fnisads tefg Free
dom, .And:;on this h4s aoaah 1ne
2ane.s-a = II E,sth.~.Izsh a,zoyf
Differing, as I could not but,dn
fer,&:omrk& jRagmMtHastAg last
national canpaisn;iI. point To- il
to-day as one of the hAshest proofs
of bis utter ib5vo,tii a Is 5' thyr $$eli Of
duty sen vas Re- tfa t,' ,ii@tsrly
true, .toa iashis: CONNECTIONS, to the
commanding voice of4Gnnscience.
He hAd been faithful il 'defeat;;
could he be faithful il success?
Draw no veil Of silence over this
passage; but write it high on IBIS
,monumeut,-~that in old age, when
ffatneflonged for fepbse,
he could ag4ini brace himself Tor
the Conflict in which nearly all the
friends :of, a<Ifetime stood, arrayed
aggainstshim. Nal l. II .Aas,a. :
"Nsthihgis therefore, ,sabthing: to
wall ss-5< #Lvah." i.
Or knock the breast no wsaknessEno
contenfpt5:ii ::s:tl: en:8s:i .
Dipsaaseordb1aane;; 'zfothing but We'll
>:~.s: sdid fir.'ts:eAn4+.,zz - :"
Ashisl life was wholly consecra-
ted, to Duty, So his death was want
ing in no element Of moral gran
denr.; He;feu with>armorio ON rith
face still infexibly turned towards
present duties h6ntih,ss eternity
with. the simple trust which God
gives to his faithful servant WITH
no vague dread or anxiety concern
ing the Faatare, Internationally
cares md duties to the Threshold OF
Es'ferhity.and taai|d i d ssstt ft ltb'di
Of: l}ife only at ffhe fset,1ofr 6 ii! Divine
Master. "Don't let mJGivil Rights
full" was lis fitting 'ladieu: to
Earth'and greetllnng'to Heavsn.
Fel1ow-citizeinls;, tie lie life Of: charles
sumner needs no interpreter. It is
an open, Illuminated page. The
ends he'aimed atwere always direct.
deception nor indirection,
neither: concealment nor disguise of
my kind or degree had place inshis
nature or methods, By openiueans
be SOUGHT open ends:-' He walked
in the sunlight, and wrote his heart
inmost purpose on his forehead.
: His activity. and capacity Of. in
labor was almost un-
equalled. Confined somewhat by
The overshadowing nature: Of the
.nti-Slavery cause in, the range of
his tropics, he multiplied his blows,
and redoubled the assaults upon
hat great enemy of his country's
peace. Here his vigor knew no
bound. He laid oil ages and lands
under contribution. Scholarship
all it's walks-history, art litera-
;ure, science-all these he made his
lids and servitors::
But who does not see that these
re not his glory? He was a
scholar among scholars; an orator
# consummate power; a statesman
amiliar with the structure ofgdvern-
nents and the social forces Of the
but he. was greater and
than one or all of these-he
vas a man Of absolute moral recti-
ude OF purpose and OF life. His
,ersonal purity was perfect and I'M
Questioned everywhere. He carried
into politics. And this is
he greatness of Charles Simmer
hat by the power of his moral
he rescued the nation
rom its shameful subservience to
he demands Of material and COM
nercial interests and guided it. up
oathe high plane Of Justice and
Above his other great
towers that moral great
less to which scholarship, oratory
md statemanshp are but secondary
md Insignificant. He was just
because he loved Justice: he was
light because he loved the Right;
ct this be his record and epitaph.
To have lived such q life were
glory enough. Success was. not
needed to perfect its star-bright