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i isseldom that groaser imr,,
priety Is witnessed than has 1p pro-
been committed in the publ;c,s tss'
Of the so-ealled Suppressed spee,hs
Of hi: Sumner, in which he ottss..s,
General Grant and Secretary F;sh
Mr.. Summers executor and i s:1
advisers have shown a lack Of ss,s;.
bility as lsmentable As it is su,rr;..
ing,sinagiving THE speech to AZ.
public. With the death Of N.
Sumner all ranoor toward Ii.
disappeared. Those who reprstt.a
most keeniy his mistakes, and tst
most deeply grieved at his MINI.
and unfortunate course toxsrd II.
former friends, dropped their c,;;t;;.
cianstand forgot their difference.
when the. last penalty was paid, and
the imperfect but still great states.
man was dead. There we're few Of
Mr. Summers associates in thu
Senate Chamber who did: not teal
that his constant and nnremithne
attacks on the President were
grossly unjust and uncalled for.
This opinion was not confined to
Republican Senator's or personal
enemies, but was shared by The
Democrats and By many Of Tie
Senator'S intimate friends. SO Il,
did MI: Sumner carry his diisike,,
to thfust an attack on the Presaant
into a social gathering Of a New
York club, on which. occasion be
was properly, rebaked by General
Sherman. He was the most unf 10.
ging and the most persistent enemy
that the President has ever en-.
countered, not even excepting
Schurz. And yet all was forgiven
when he died; and as a 6ttingindica-
ton that the warfare SO long waged
terminated there, the President
stood as chief mourner, while his
daughter laid . gracious tribute d
respect upon the casket that con-
tanned the Massachusetts Senator's
remains.
There were thousands who equal.
ly admired the President and Mr.
who had long regretted
the differences which separated
and who felt gratiGed at these
marks Of respect shownby President
Grant and his household to one
who, ii spite Of bis faults, was
loved and respected. But
is the dead statesman cold
in his coffin, before he is made to
speak again, and the bitterest words
Of all; words that even in the very.
Of his. passion he de"
;lined to utter. A speech that he
had laid away as too severe to b
made even ut the time when be
most felt the need Of severity, is
aiken from its hidingg-place and
at the President, ash with
his latest breath the Senator raved
ike an infuriated and baffed sche-
ner, uttering curses. rather than as
. dying Christian breathing for
,iveness on those who had differed
With him. What makes the matter
ess excusable is the fact that the
of attack must remain silent.
They cannot reply to the ridicule'
and personal reflections Of
his speech by similar attacks upon
he author of them. His last effort
3 the most effective, because the
is shielded behind k1barrier
'eyond which none but towards
ill penetrate with blows.
MIR. Sumner did not shrink from
ontests in Life, but his friends
1eanly make Of him one who
and runs. He is caused TO-
~ things in death which he closed
is mouth against saying in h'e'
nd ismade to play the part OF one
tho, afraid to meet the responsible
: Of his words, waited until he was
ut Of the reach Of punishment b.
re the odense should be given
uoh was not HI. Summers won't
I'd no greater injustice than this