, 1874-07-19

the p.ee. L was the pasaage from Henry W.
Was marked in pencil Hath heaVJ hand; Ne1t
il On Chs shelf usually stood bis oopy d Hickey's
.Constitutio1, OF tho United statea.' Fhia book
would fall open at certain pages II, too, MAS
heavily marked In pencil. Words HHa under
scored in single, double, aud hipln lines. Margin
al letters and figures referred 20 1ae collocaton @
its binding from the many marks which had
heen plaeed between the leaves. Then came
Roeet's 'Thesaurus Of Englsh Words, and It
also bore marks OF frequent re19renca 1no
fifth book vas uhe sues sua foT Rbs = ena
tors thorough knowledge and skiihnl use ct this
arsenal OF parliamentary weapons. NO man
knew these rules bettor than be, Tor be Was
forced to study md employ them MN & me utmost
skill IN tho Old days, in order to obtain even
hearinc before the Senate. His French dc
tionaries were generally trimg about his deek,
having no fi1od place. He "as
c17R1oUs N DICTIONARIES.
He had fro Of tho English langusgo among
his too1s. His Webster and his Worcester were
presentation copies from tho authors Walker.
Pickering. md johnson were often brought
down from the Congressional Library. II was
no unueual thing for tho senntor, when IN the
look 10 40 word in Worcester and to read the
socondary meanings and quotations. Then to
rofer 10 Webster, then 70 Walker, then to John,
hen to Psterng ~. and ,oogr finally The e ~G5s tss
Was used or thrown olt Aeco*ons W uto
Tor him 10 examine dictionary for
himself: for If be once got started,
especially in Johneon's, he would read On by the
pa,e, There WAS found By his bedside. with h1s
.Sses snd bis bis tast ssne adh hs s
customod to carry with him IS one might Getty
a mock At diary, Its ~o7ar shows thu hasd usage
It had sustained. TIE remaining book aud the
ono nearest his hand, vna another Bible. Ihe
+, Ii IN
copy which he brought WIN nun p 20 ;, t,sns
fesred from his desk to his dressing table when
ia place was supplied, N 1865, bg tho copy given
him by Miss Fannie Seward shortly bafore beg
death. From 1t Dr.. Sunderland, tho Chaplain
Of the Senate, read vheu conducting re!igsous
exercises At his house on the day tho Senator
died This COPY, az well as the other, shows
wear, The Senator had lsrEe knowledge of the
Scriptures, as his speeches show. While he had
= concordance OF Iennyson ano msny NE a ~oaa7
ed mona, OF tho Bible. he eonld find IN It . de-
sired passage with qulckneas surprising
even to clergymen.
the uou-cornpletion Of which he 30 rourned
on hie daath-bed, was the edition OF bis
epcechea, letters, ETC., now In course OF
pnblicatiop, The eighth volume Was on his
taple: tfre ninth has su,oe been published
i1ate11al for the twelfth Was found IN hin desk,
which brought tbe work d down VT 70 To- iseo tfo .,
avn
fiuiahing the work and the uaataria2 which 10
had carefully gathered, Vas SO arranged that
though the form may ba crude his literary
executors can finish the work On his own plan
mass they will find ready 70 their hands, He
gave much patient labor TO this mattee. All his
pubIio letters, in fact everything necessary to
the work, he bad ca9etull! eo1lated IN N
chronological ss s9aeF. A. na,s.,op fsr a' R.en he
lis ' classical allusions were traced to
their source, credited and. in many cAsea,
quoted ID foot-notea- Reference has been made
by tho daily papers 10 tie employment Of tho
learned vi; Nichols, ct Cambridge TO sssast ' -. NJ
desvent the additional scrutiny Of the Senators
! austere taste. He would correct the correo-
tons and revise the ragiRious as long as time
| would permit.
~In one Of his great speeches. that % The
| Wxr-Syste1n OF the Commonwealth OF Nations,
| Nr. Sumner alludee to the strange ceremony or
pRIsK1Sa T1K1r FLOOD IN VINE,
| bY which the old chevahers became bound as
| Knights companions; md though surs snch
| rita hsd been prsctieod, he WAS rs*hef discom-
ftod TO find no reference to r IN Any oook N his
| library. He Was so anxious to have bis text cor
| rect. eveo in such minutiae, that has failure ae
vexi6cation disquiated him Aad he yntnfy soughs
| information from several Of his intlu,ates bet
t1 versed in politics md current hterataEe than
| in meliseyal chivalry. In the height or hls
| trouble one Of his frienda. NJ William D. ocon-
nor /, whoae conversation be took great pleas
ure same IN, and tt was delightful 10 SEQ tho
| boyish eage1ness with which Ar. sumner Fef-
| cDiued the new conner. With one hand be
clutched his proof-sheets, md gave tho o&her to
| his caller while he exclaimed, Nov We shAll
eee-Tn so glad you've come" and to the ex.
cluson of the four or fi~o persorn present. and
sitting 10 close that tbs dark hair OF the poet a.
most mingled with the Senator'S gray locks, the
two plunged into M animated discussion on
several points in the proofs Finally. with An
air of ,aif anxiety, tho Senator b7osched the
point of the blood-drinking His satistac,
he was right IN bis recollection, aad
| that q full account Of the custom would
probably be found in St. Pa!aYe, or the snnoss-
tions of Nodier OF in Menessrier, or, Perbaps, In
the old memoir OF Du Gueec'tn. Inc con-
| fozt tho Bonator took in these suggestions was
delicious to see and be at oace declared that be
should rausack the Congressional Library tha
next day. Meantime, Oconnor. on going home.
bethought himself that the reference would most
likely be in pa cange where in tae1 ne hd ,1uha ho
! laughngly came into the breAkfaat-roona,
| wLero the Senator sat at table, chatting
with the Marquis de chambrun and Eev-
eral other friends, and Here's yon1
t old hs xous ,o'1qss Ml smeer eeesa
10 with > great 'Ha! seized the book, and
forgetting his guests. and their demands o. htna
or rather taking them with him IN his triumph,
read in BOUOTOuS tOleb IN QlE t1eu. luetotlea
manner the sounding old French Of Du Cange
Il is impossible to overstate hls intense and
| boy-like qualification at finding himself right
| when be had begun to fear that be had beer
| wrong. This incident. though slight, was *
characteristic, that it is given as specimen o1
the untiring manner IN which he hunted down
his authorities.
"In this edition Of his works he
| WEIGHED HIS WORDS WELL,
and frequently changed them, but the ideas are
preserved intact. Ha always sought laboriouatJ
for words to express the exact shade Of his mean
ing. His study had been carried 30 lar thae ene
expression used conveyed to others one shade o.
meaning, while 10 himself it had anotheri hence
offense was sometimes taken whom none Tas
meant In his speeches. TINS edited, he has here
| snd there translated the language at first usec
| into words which convey The meaning be intend,
ed. Sheets wero found among his papers covered
! with several trial phrasinga Of the sana thought
and The one finally adopted differed
decidedly from tho rest in it's crispiness And nery
ous strength. But no reply made to him VII
loee aurht of It's force because OF verbal changes
! in his collected speeches.
| - When 3lr. Sumner did not wish to answer
question be invariably said nothing, and 30 pre-
vented any Interpretation being put upon hn
silence.
"Mr. Sumner had an inveterate
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