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SENATOR wApLrIcH's SPEECH.


SENATOR wADLEIGH's SPEECH.
Mr. wadleigh OF New Hampshire said: Representing
in part upon this floor State contiguous to hassaohu-
sets and people closely allied hers by many ties,
cannot refrain briefly expressing on this occasion
the profound thai bowed their hearts when they
beard that Charles Sumner was no more. In common
with the people Of the whole country they recognized
his eminent public services, and even when osagreeng
with him. never lost their faith in his honesty OF pur-
pose and unfaerng devotion to the cause TO which ms
life was given. But NewHampshire has other reasons
peculiar to herself for cherishing his memory Seven
years he here TO occupy the seat OF Oane
Webster John Hale appealed from the decision Oh his
party to the votes OF NewHampshre upon the question
OF Slavery extension. Almost sngIo-handed and aohe'
against party uneQuaed IN discipline ana ignorant Vi
defeat among a people nearly IA steadfast and I'M
Changing as their granite hills he won one OF the
greatest victories ever recorded in political annals
kndng by eoquence the love OF liberty ana h'ueo
OF oppression that lie at the core OF huina"i'y' "
was borne the Senate upon p'P
torrent which burst through the crust OF party Ao ,,a
from the burning heart OF a mountain Here ior iou'
years he stood the isolated and Ostracised Representa-
five OF prueipe stronger than all parties and destined
10 triumph over them all In 1851 Massachusetts rs IL
TO pay the debt she owed for the men VINO marched o
the Granite State die at Bunker HlI placed Chares
Sumner at the side OF John T. Hale IL was the ieoh-
forcement OF fOrOrn hope and revived the drOopins
known TO all aud will be forgotten Linked 10 Tue
emancipation OF 100000 OF slaves, the memory OF suen
men is as impershable as the stars; and aier this
marble pile shall have crunbed into ous' ana every VA
stine political organization shall nave beeh desuO9eu
by alldeyovring time, Summers incOrfuptDle honesty
ana steadfast devotion TO the cause OF human freedom
will be gratefully remembered for these make one OF
the fames eternal bead-Tol worthy TO be hied
SENATOR ANTHoNYs SPEECH.
Mr.. PRESIDENT can add nothing OF narration or OF
euogy to what has been said, and so well said Mr..
Summers fe his character and his services have been
ttDgly presented, and both sides of the Chamber
The generous voices of political opponents have followed
the aecuOnate praises Of devoted friends and nothing
remains but 10 close this sad and august observance
Yet something forblds my entire silence, and impels Inc
interpOse few sentences before the subject passes
from the consideration of the Senate.
Ny acquaintance with Mr.. Sumner commenced pre-
yious to my entrance into this body, where II rpened
into friendship which will always remain among the
most agreeable reooecons of my public life. re-
manned associated with him until every other
scat IL tho Chamber, except one, had
changed its occupant, and eight new ones
had been added Some left Us in the ordinary chances
and changes OF political fortune; some were trans
ferred TO other departments Of the public services and
OF these have returned again to the Senate some
as Douglas, and. Baker, and COlamer and Foot, and
Fessenden, fell like sumner al their posts, and like him
were borne 10 their final repose with all the dcmonsra
tons Of public gratitude, OF official respect, and of
popular affection with! which generous constituency
decOrates the memory OF those whose lives have been
spent in its service and who have worthIy worn its
honors. But Mr.. Summers constituency the RepuD
lie, wide its arhest boundary, and permeating its
utmost limits for he cOnspcuously the repre-.
sentative Of principle which, although seminal in the
organization of the Government, slow Of growth
and ructihed largely under his When the intel
ligenoe OF his death followed close upon the first
intimation of his danger it fell with equal shock
upon sli classes OF society, upon "a sorts and cOnd
tons Of - it invaded with equal the aDodes
Of luxury and the cottages OF the poor