The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-03-18
Death Of Senator Sumner.

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tion, and death quickly followed. He
follows, thus quickly after Fillmore,
and his death will fall as sudden
shock on the nation. He has we'll
earned for himself the title of Estates
man." and has borne it in honor for
many years. OF incorruptable integ-
rity, he has never been suspicioned as
having part in any corrupt Con-
geessional scheme. Strong in his con.
victions, he has been q firm and infu.
eptial friend of the eolored race, fight.
ing for them in the days when great
courage was required to speak in their
behalf in the United States Senate.
This positiveness, united With the dis.
care which at last eliminated In his
death, Is generally credited as the
cause of his differences with President
Grant and the Republican party. He
was persuaded about year ago to 60
abroad, and derived considerable ben.
eht from his trip. His health, bowey.
er, was not entirely restored, and his
physicians felt it imperative to dis
suade him from proposed attempt to
lecture at several prominent points in
the country. As an orator. scholar and
jurist, he was eminent, and his legis-
lative history is indelibly impressed
on that of the country. His life was
one Of great usefulness and his death
will be widely lamented.
Charles Sumner was born in Boston,
January 6, 1911, and was, therefore,
in his sixty fourth year at the time of
his death. His father was lawer,
and the son, having graduated at Har-
ward at nineteen years of age, was
bred to the law, under the tutorship of
Judge Story. He was admitted to the
bar in 1884, achieving at once a wide
reputation, and securing large and
proflable practice. He was soon APP
pointed Reporter for the United States
Circuit Court, and in this capacity is
sued three volumes known as "Sum-
ner's Reports" containing the deci-
sions of Judge Story. During this
time he lectured frequently before the
law school, and edited a quarterly
law magazine. In 1887 he proceeded
TO Europe, where he remained three
years, one of which was spent in Eng.
land, and two in travelling in Italy,
Germany and France. On his return
to Boston he resumed the practice of
law, and in the course of few years
published an elaborately annotated
edition of "Vesey's Reports" in twen-
ty volumes. Up to this time he had
taken no active part in politics but
on the 4th of July, 1845, he delivered
an address on "The True Grandeur
of Nations" in which he took strong
ground against war with Mexico, and
against war at all as a means Of set
tling international disputes. This
speech attracted very general atten-
tion, in this country and Europe. He
alec. opposed the annexation of Texas,
on aoti-slayery grounds. +, In 184S, he
favored Van Bnren and Adams as
Free Sellers. When Daniel Webster
resigned his seat in the Senate to en-
ter Fillmore's Cabinet in 1850, Sum-
ner was elected to Fill his place by
coalition of Free-Soilers and Demo
Gratis. In the Senate, his first speech
was against the constitutionality of
the fugitive slave act, and from this
on he consistently pursued the course
he then marked out, hostility to slave
ry. In the debate on the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise, his speech
on "The Crime Against Kansas" was
made the occasion of Brooks assault
upon him, the injuries from which
caused much suffering for three or four
years, In 1853 he was reelected to
the Senate by nearly unanimous vote.
BE visited Europe that year, but re-
turned in the Autumn. In 1858 he
went to Europe, receiving in Paris,
medical treatment for the cure of the
injury suffered from Brooks assault.
On his return, year later, he deliv.
cred his address on "The Barbarism of
Slavery In the canvass of 1850 he
spoke for Lincoln and Hamlin, and in
the secession excitement that followed,
was firm against all attempt at com.
promise, and was among the first to
propose the emancipation of the slaves.
On the 4th of March, 1861, he was
made Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and retained the
position for about ten years, filling il
with great ability. He opposed the
seizure Of Mason and Slidell as unjust,
iHahlA aud az his last nrnat effnrt on.