Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-21
1~~{ GRAND RAPIDS WIS., THURSDAY NAY 2I 87I.
Sscilurz on Summer.

The following is the concluding por-
ton of Senator Schurz's oration, pro-
nounced on Charles Sumner, on the
29th ult., at Boston:
ARREST.
Now we have laid bin into his
grave, in the motherly scll Of Massa-
chusetts which was so dear to him.
He IS at rest now, the stafwart, brave
old champion, whose face and bearing
were so austere, and whose heart was
SO full OF tenderness; who began his
career with a pathetic ':lc@ for uniyer-
sal peace and chan.g, add whose
whole life was ar ardpDus, inceSsant,
never-resting struggle, which left him
all covered with sears. And we can
do nothing for him bu remember his
lofty ideals of liberty. and equality,
and justice. and reconciliation, and
purity, and the earnestness, and cour-
age, and touching fidelity with which
he fought for them; so genuine in his
sincerity, so single-handed in his zeal,
so heroic in his devotion.
Oh, that ge could but for one short
hour call him up from his coffin to let
him see with the same eyes which saw
SO much hostility, that those who
stood against him in the struggles Of
his life are his enemies no longer
We who should show hinl the fruit Of
the conflict and suferings OF his last
three years, and that he had not strug-
eIed and suffered in vain. We would
bring before him, not only those who
from offended partisan zeal assaIIed
him, and who now with sorrowfal
hearts praise the purity Of his patriot
ism; but we would bring to him that
man Of the South. a stakeholder and a
leader Of secession In his time, the
echo Of whose words, spoken in the
halls of the capitol we heard bat yes
terday-words Of respect, Of gratitude,
of tenderness. That man Of the
South should then Go what he de-
pIored not to have done while he
lived; he should lay his hand upon
the shoulders Of the old friend OF the
human kind, and say to him. lis it
you whom | hated anG who, [ thought
hated me? [ have learned no~ the
greatness and magnanimity of your
sosl, and here ! offer you my hand
and heart"
Cou!d be bat see with those eyes so
weary Of contention and STRIFE, how
contentediy would he close them
again, having be- Z, the greatness Of
his yi5tgrios
THE LESSON OF HIS LIFE.
People Of Massachusetts,. he vas
the son of your soil, in which he row
sleeps; but he is not all your own.
He belongs to ali cf Us in the North
ana in the South, to the blacks he
helped to make free, and 70 the whites
he stro4e to make brothers again.
Let, or the grave OF him whou 50.
many thought to be their enemy, and
found to be their friend, tie hands be
cEaspcd which SO bitterly w&red against
each other. Let uDou 52at grave the
youth Of America be taught, by the
story Of his lie, that not only genius,
power and success, hut more than
these, patriotic devotion and virtue
make the greatness Of the oi-izen. #
this lesson be understood, more than
Charles Summers living wcr& could
have done for the glory q america
will be done by the inspiration Of his
great example. Aud 1t viii truly be
said that, although his body lies nouI-
dering in the earth, yet, in the as
sureA rights Of all, in the brotherhood
Of reunited people, and III a puri-
fed republic, he sIiH lives. and will
live forever.
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