Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-19
TH:E NEWS. ,
oeath o. Senator sumner.

The country was startled, on Wednesday, by
the announcement Of the death of Senator
Charas Sumner, d Msssachusetts, after an
illness -df Tess than a day. Senator Summer
occupied his seat iu the Senate OH Tuesday,
and while thore had slight attack affecting
tho nerves Of the heart, but when he returned
home he was sufficiently well to entertain two
sfriends At dinner, 1t tho close Of which ho
made &lhepn to tho condition Of his heart !;
and between = and 10 o'clock lie was taken 30
sick into require tho attendance Of apl'ysician
An hour or more thereafter he had second
attack Of his old disease, angina f'fc3oras, and
from that time rapidly sank until death occur
red, at 445 Wednesday afternoon. Numerous
> friends surrounded tho bedside Of tho re-.
now,,cd Senator, who retained his conscious-
Stllop wtp spoke1o lrtm, although he QsclreA
.slis. inability to- I'D tllo1n. sChailss summer
was born in Boston, January 6, 1911, Rradu-
atcd at Harvard College M 1850, and studied
law in tho san,e institution after taking hin
degree In early life he contributed to and
aftcrward became editor Of the American
iJHrst. lAlsN he ,tas >Adnissea TO tho -bas
aud began to practice lax il Boston. He ed.
itcd IN 1850; ~Dunlop's "Treatise on tho
Practice. .of, the Admiralty Courts- in .C.ses Of
NihI yh4saiptioq at Sla:'" hllss7 lie visited
Europe, and At the request Of Gen. Cass,
French Ambassador, wrote = defense Of the
rights of tho United States in reference to the
tqnsetiaas then peiAling between the two gov
osnments. Mr.. Sumner sfgnaliked himself by
his opposition to the annexation of Texas, and
BY his support Of Mr.. Van Buren, AZ candidate
Tor the Presidency, i'll 1S4S. and was elected to
the U. s. Senate, a. successor of Daniel Web
ster, in 1851. He was famous champion Of
slave abolition and the leader Of tho radical
party with that object in view.
MIR. summer, not less from his ability and
r"t'icalsm'ual the question Of slavery, aeqshsa
national reputation, than by tho brutal o.
: ss.'lt ~ mad upon him in 1856, by Brooks, Of
South Carolina, in the Senate Chamber, where
he was beaten down and lay weltering in his
bleod. He recommended the surrender Of
Mason and Shdell, in the Trent affair, whilst
maintaining that English precelents were
favorable to the right Of the right Of the United
States governments to- retain them. In 1850
he published volume Of "Orations and
SfoAoo, anu SOluW0 entltl00 White
Slavery in the .Barbazy, Ststes."g The later
years OF Mr.: Summers life we're not 60 pleas
ant to him as he wished they could have been
ahhsrsness sprung up between himself. So.
.etary Fish, and President Grant, which sstraux-
ed some OF his warmest friends from his siae
Ills removal from the Craftsmanship OF the
committee on Foreign Relations WAS most
deeply folt. He regarded it - . per,onal
humiliation; he was the oldest Republican
senator his requirements were conceded and
his capacity undoubted. But inasmuch "A Mr..
Fish would not hold personal intercourse with
him, he was displaced and Senator Camron
appointed. During the Presidential campaien
IN 1872 he again visited Europe returning |
before the meeting Of Congress-. During |
ne ElFter Of ,ls72s tho Massachusetts |
h'e's'a're passed resolutions cxe,usurine % !
senator Sumner for his political course, |
out the Legislatures now in session passed |
resolutions resembling the action Of the pre-
v'ous legislature and these resolutions were
read IN the United States Senate tho d.y be-
lore the eminent Senator's death. Ch,r,es
sumner was man Of great ability and ire
proahable character, and his like will r.relv
be met with again in the councils of the nation