The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-05-05

tribute to Mr.. Summers great honesty and integ-
euiogy that has been pronounced on Milton
He alluded to Mr.. summers dying remark that
4 - l1 HE WAS so WEARY,
and closed by saying that the weary are at rest
The good and faithful servant has entered into
speeciIes were also made by Messrs. Lamar. OF
MISSISSIPPI 0rtn, OF Tulane, Rainey Of south
New York, Kelley, OF louisiana, Sesmith. OF
Oregon, G. F. hoar. of Massachusetts,, Consor, of
notable speech was that OF Mr.. Lamar, OF Missis-
sippl, as follows: Mr.. Speaker: ( rise TO
they espress
sentiment which pervades the hearts Of all
the people. Strange as In looking back upon
as would have been, ten years ago. to
make, 1t Is not less true that to-day
Mississippi regrets the death OF Charles Summer.
and sincerity unites in paying honors to his
memory. 1t is not because OF the spiendor Of his
intel ect not because OF the high culture, ele-
vealed themselves 50 clearly In all bis public ef-
forts as to Justify the appIcaton 70 him Of John
sons felecttious expression: "He touched no.
thing which he did not adorn :" not this, but be-
cause Of those peculiar and strongly marked
to the whole tenor OF his singularly dramatic
public career, making him, for aipong
ceEiod to large portion ofhis countrymen, the
| TO another he was one Of enthusiastic admira-
ton, and which are not the less the cause that
in common sorrow to-day over his iifeiess re, 6,
mains. Mr.: Lamar went on to speak of the
high moral qualities OF Mr.. Sumner. and
OF the characteristics which brought the
INDUSTRIOUS Senator, just passed away, in to direct
state and her sistef states Of the South. Charles
sumner was born with an instructive love for
freedom, and was educated from his earliest
infancy to the belief that freedom is the natural
right OF all having the outward form OF man.
TO behold human being or a race Of human
asss' ssRsd right what 10 hs deemed fs1
no crime they had committed was
aroused TO combat. The fact was to him a wrong
which no logic could justiiy. It mattered not TO
m how humble in the scale OF rational beings
the subject Of this restraint might be, how dark
his skin, or how dense his Ignorance Behind
all that lay for him the great principle that lib
every individual or every race who has
SOUL TO SAVE
Is entitled to the freedom which may enable
him to work out his salvation. 1t matters not
TO him that the slave might be contentedwith his
lot, that his actual condition misht be mea-
surably more desirable than that from which
It had transplanted him, that 1t gave him physi-
cal comfort, mental elevation. and religious
truth possessed by him in no other condition,
that his bonds boz b bad not been placed upon his
the mixed social system of which
he formed an element that had been regarded
statesmen who had risen up after them as too
complicated to be broken without danger to So
ciety ITSELF or even civilization finally that
a natural state OF things had been recognized,
and explicitly sanctioned by the very organic
law OF the republic. Welghty as these consider
atoms might be, formidable as were the Difficult
ment of the. great. principal, he held it not
be enforced, though institutions and constitu-
tions should have to give way alike before it.
But here let me give this great man the justice,
which amid the excitements of the struggle be,
tween the sections now past l may have been
disposed to deny him. In his fiery zeal and his
earnest warfare against wrong, as he viewed il,
there entered no enduring personal animosity
toward men whose lot it was TO be born TO the
Cwwofn h Ah In a Ia
been the kindness and sympathy, which in
tuese later years he has displayed toward the
Impoverished and suffering people of the south
ern states that has unveiledto me the generous
and tender heart which beat beneath the bosom
the tribute of my respect, might even say of
my admiration. Nor In manifestation Of this
has there been ANYTHING which proud and
recent discontinue and present suffering, might
not frankly accept, or which could give them
Just cause suspect its sin certify for though he
raised his voice he believed
THE MoMENToUs ISSUES
behalf OF amnesty to the vanauished and
though he stood forward ready TO welcome back |
as brothers, and to re-establish in their rights
as citizens, those whose valor had so nearly |
riven assunder the union which he loved. He |
and the largest safeguards should be thrown |
around the liberties of the newly enfranchised |
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by far the larger portion, even Of those who |
most heartily acqusesced in and desired the |
s4pediency Of investing IN sngie daS, a ind
without any preliminary tutelage so vast |
With the full fights Of citizenship and suffrage.
He would tolerate no half measures upon /
point to him so vital. II was certainly |
Enough gracious It e unhappiIy jarr n sU ppon
the sensibilities of the people at the other ex-
extreme OF the Union TO propose TO erase from
the banners of the national army tb mementoes
of the bloody internal struggle which might be
sensibilities of the southern people. That pro-
posal will never be forgotten by the people so
long as the name If Charles summer lives In the
their hearts and ELECTED their profound grati-
tude-they would not have asked of the north
such at of seif-renunciation. Conscious
that they themselves were animated by devo-
ton TO constitutional liberty, and that the
brightest pages OF their history are replete with
evidence of the depth and sincerity of that de-
votion, they can but cherish the recollections of
their hopeless cause and respecting as all true and
brave men must respect the martial spirit with |
tegrity OF the Union and their devotion to the
principles of human freedom, they do not ask /
that, do not wish the north to strike the memen-
toes of heroism and victory from either the |
records on monuments or battle flags. They |
would rather that both sections should gather
but proud OF each other, and regard them as a /
common heritage of American valor. Let us /
hope that future generations when they remem |
HERoIsM AND DEVOTION
done on both sides will speak not of the north |
ern proves, the northern courage, but of the 4
heroism, fortitude and courage of Americans in |
a war of ideas, q war in which each section sig
ualized its conservation TO principles as each |
understood them, and the liberty of the eonsti- |
tuition received from their fathers. 1t was my |
misfortune, perhaps my fault, personally never |
to have known this eminent philanthropist and |
salesman The impulse was Otter strong upon |
me to go to him and to offer him my hand and my |
heart with 1t, and to express TO him my thanks |
for his kind and con iderate course towards the /
people with whom am identified. II did not |
Weld 10 thatimpulse, IL was because the thought
occurred that other days were coming In which |
such a demonstration might be opportune and |
less liable to rcisconstructfon- Suddenly, and /
without premonitiop, the day has come at last |
to which, for such a purpose, there is no to- |
morrow. My regret Is therefore IN
speak to him out OF the fullness of my heart |
while there was yet time. How often Is IL that |
death thus brings unavailably back to our l
remembrance opportunities unimproyed, In |