, 1874-05-02

dangerous tendency to forget tbs mits which bound
ncton. On economical questions his views wero on
ngntened and thoroughly consistent- o had studied
wan ono Of hiR last rcgrus that bis health did not per-
NIT him to mako apecch iu favor Of carly rcaump-
ton Of apccie-payments. On matters Of International
low and foregn affairs ho waa the recognized anthor
MS PLACE FOUND IN REVOLUTIONARY Pkn,op.
But aonie Of his very shortcomings served to creaao
tint peculiar power which ho exerted In hia tulc Ills
public ite WIS thrown tuto period Of revolutionary
character whom ons great end waa tho self.lmposed
g. esRn I
had grown from tho natural conflict Of existing things
md grow irscaistioiy on and on, until 1t onyelopcd al
appealing moro than to tho practical sonse, the
moral impulses Of men, mailing Of thcm tho fighting
ho grew groat for that moral impulse waa stronger In
him than in N ont Of tho world around hfmr and It
sns tn him not moro crude, untutored forca Of
aud it found In his brain and heart armory Of
strong weapons givan to but fsw: vast Information
aRs an @ eos
found there, also, koen mud Just insuot to tho OBJ
must be set in motion and driven on to roach them,
Thus keeping The end atsadiIy obsttnately, Intensely
trbod by their anxieea md foars showing tlom tl,a
wat waa necessary Wa rosshlc and forcing them 10
follow hm,-a groat moving power, Ruoh ths arug-
Nor can it he said that this impatient, irreprcsublo
propulsion was against all prudence aud sound tug-
nont; for It muat not 10 forgotten that, when Mr.
was exhausted the tamo Of composition aud expedi-
ent Sas paa Things had gono 80 far that tho Idea Of
process, Was uttosly hopeless The conflicting FORCES
could not So he na strMge was indeed
DO done vas to take that ta final struggle should
br1ng forth tho necessary results.
IA0a the instinct, and the obstinate, concentrated.
Irresistible moving power. which Mr.. aumner pos.
sessed @ wGs 70 essential pa5 q the OF
alter great psa a qns osdnsrs nsss tnos Sa Sa
would perhaps newer hive riaon In public Life con-
spieeous Significance. But all ho was BY nature, by
ona Of the heroos Il ta great st1axso seaInss
Slavery, and in aomo respeets the hrst. And thon,
aamo Of Justice, Tho samo enlightened mind a
PEELED him to plead the OF peace reroncillntiou
I'D through eaua 1ghts ard sson
IKE ELoQuENoE.
- What peculiar power Of fascination there was in
quence but not through his eloqucnce alone. Ills
speech was not graceful now Of nclodiona Periods,
now drawing on Ito aenor with tho persuasive tons
With more rapid rush Of thought and language, ana
at ast Afng him np Tlth the psala Of reason IN
in grave and stataIy arrays his sentences Ike row.
OK massive dorio columns. unrellevod by pleapinR
variety, sovsro and imposing His oratons espociui-
tain many passages Of grind beauty There waa noh-
Ing kindly persuasive III his speccI his reasoning No.
re4rcd !n The form Of consecutive assertion, not aa
dom strictly logca and irres-tibly strong, Iia ap-
poals were always addressed to the obleat instincts Of
human NATURE His speech was never onlivened by
nature. Ho has never boen guilty Of \ luah Of irony
or Sarcasm HE weapon was not the foil. but the
He has oftou been accused Of being uuclarttabls tn
opponents In debate, and OF woundsng their feelings
with uneal!edfor harshness Of language. He was guilty
Of tha but no man waa lcss conscouH Of tho stlgng
force Of bis language than he s was often aorry for
the effects ha thEuss had produced, but being awaya
70 70. ARMY and honssy .. ths M
ths opiulona Of opponent he fell into the Same fault
again.. Not seldom he appeared ovcsbearing in his A.
ouaness OF profound. conviction. which, Willie
sometimes e1aupesastng his hearers. yet acarcey ever
fai!ed to sxesSs9 o,es them certain III fancy
In hs ator his vast learning began to become m
incumbsring burden to hia cloquoncc. Tho masY Of
accumulated beyoud and gFotesquaIy grouped
sometimes threatencd to sufoczts al original thought
a to s But e., asn M
Senate n.tentively atenIug whi1o ho read from prn-
tempted by any ono Of his colleagues, would at once
have empttca ths floor and galIcries But thcre were
wsys ousaa R;o sn be reHea 70 on, mna he
sreat struggle, lifting up the youth Of the country
With heast,ls,nrrlng sppsela. and. with the ou-uls
GRAND MANHOOD.
still there was another source from which that
fascination sprung neh'nd ~ he said and ed there
Itself felt. What figure he wus with hts tall md stA-
wart frame, hts manly faco topped with hu shaggy
senatorship. ths taesi OH Of tho forest. And how
ANAL they appeared by biz side, the common Of
politicians who spend tholr days with the laying Of
pipe and settng UP Of pins, md the pulling Of wres
who tbartcr an office 10 Becuro this vote. and
pEocuts contract to get that; who atana always
Administration sncozes, and what their constituents
al things to everybody. Huw 10 stood among thon,,
ties Of political o; who dared 10 dier With any 5nan
eyor 10 powerful, and multitude ever 30 NUMEROUS
euls aud for those ondH detel lta power 10 whom
the arts Of dcmagogts were 50 contemptible, that ho
would rather have sunk into obaourty sud oblivion
than descend 10 them 70 whom tho dignity Of hts
office was 60 sacred that ha would not even ask Tor it
FOR fear of darkcning lss luatre.
twenty-three years, kept In tho sonnte, .nI would
have kept him tloso ever 80 Long, lad lie lived. man
who neyer. to them. ooncedo angle ioa Of h!s
convictions in order to roman there. and what lfo
wan his fo wholly devoted to whnt waa good md
noble! There 10 stood, In the mtd4 Of tho graspsng
for the almighty dollar, thought Of Opportunity
ever entoting tho smallest Of lls nliud aud
disturbing t1 hls h!gh endeayors With virtue which
Of corruption instiucyoiy ahrunk back life so Gn-
tka te most daring eaaerneas Of ca!umny, tho most
wanton sudscity Of fnsinuaon, standing on tiptos,
could not touch the solea OF hiy ehoes.
They aay that ho ndulged in oyorweeaing sotappre-
citation. Aye, he did have magnificent pride, lofty
self.eateem. Why ehou!d ho not7 Let wrsschea
deaplss thoselves for they have good reason to do
NOT he. hut IN his aelf-aateem there wa nothing
ANAL and mean; no man lived to whose very nature
envy aud petty jealousy wero moro foreign Conscious
Of Ills own merit, he, never deproeased ths
mer1t Of others; nay, be recognized It, and
spontaucity which can only aow from
alncere aud unenvious heart Ills pride Of self was
ko his prdo Of country. IIo the proudest Aueri-
can; he was the proudeat New EnglRudsr; an yot As
was the most cosmopolitan ApsEcan haye ever seen.
Thore was iu him not tho fautest shadow Of that npr-
row prejudice which looks askance It what h4s grown
in foreign auds. Ills generous leart and a anliRht-
ened mind too generous and too enlightened not
give the fullest OF appreciation to Ill that
waa good md worthy, from Whatever quarter Of tic
globa 1t came.
HIS HoAE.
And now his homet There are those around ma
who have broathed the air Of hia house III Washington,
--tnat atmosphere Of refinement, ycho!arshlp art
friendship, and wsrmhearsed hospitality; they haye
aeeu thoso rooa covered aud hllca With Ills pictures
his ongraynge hia statues ha bronses, hs book1 md
rare munuscrpta, tho collections Of ufetlme,-tho