The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-15

honored magistrate OF Boston. In these squares
and alleys OF ours the boy, destined to sucn
was educated in our schools and In the
university on our borders In his youth and early
manhood he sat at the feet Of nS our Quincy ana
Everett and Charming. Here the future Senator
received the influences from without, and kindled
the aspirations within, that in due time resulted
ia that brilliant career. that noble and unspotted
nIe that unwearied, undivided and preeminent
service for truth and right Tor freedom and hu-
We do we'll. fellow citizens-we could not do less
or otherwise-tO gather to-day In ths our historic
hall We come to mingle our sympathles and
tears under the pressure OF great aniiction. We
come 10 renew our appreciation OF an illustriOus
Se aaa e we Ser
thanks to the Gver OF all good Tor this
bright and pure light permitted to shine upon
that has now withdrawn 1t. We come to pay our
tribute-nOt the last tribute, but the frst-to the
sacred memory o. one o. our best ana
OF Charles sumner reveals 10 Us how much-hOw
much more even than we knew-we did LII our
hearts honor and revere him while living.
REMARKS OF RICHARD II. DANA JR
Mr.. MAYOR-0n such day AS this, when this
Cradle Of Liberty Is draped az the chamber OF
and stricken hearts, my words may well be
lew. Happy, indeed, would be the man who
scene. AS little testimony Of what know and
remember, and which IL not known by the rising
generation can bear witness that in the Uni
Versity his life was extremely studious; that at
the age oil twenty-three he had secured the repu-
tatOn OF a scholar and thinker and the respect and
friendship OF eminent men in jurisprudence aud
letters. When he went to Europe, at the aye Of
twentysx he bore credentials from the frst men OF
America to the first men OF Europe, Tor they knew
that he would justify all that they could say of him.
And his great success in all parts of the Old World
was owing not merely TO his genial, social quail
ties his afYectiOnate heart and MS varied accom-
plishments and there many who know that in
London and Paris, and Vienna and Rome, his days
and nights were as laboIious and studious as
xn,rA IN w Eniu
manded the respect and the glad attention OF the
most eminent men holding the most responsible
positions h n europe they oresaw In him the
developed him. knew him in varied relations
sacred, professional and literary-but pass them
all by FOL the cons Iteration OF the part he took IN
organizing the great party o! freedom In lS4S. He
had been Indifferent to ordinary politics until the
antcslayery cause passing out Of the region Of
movement OF practical politics. 1t was at his
chambers In Court street that that small band OF
to the BuiislO Convention Of is4s. And dp Would
pause moment, SIR, to pay my tribute OF respect
the mr. vae
terestedness, the courage, the fidelity Of the men
VINO began tnat Undertaking in those dark days
else than labor and sacrifice l recall the
faces and voices, some or when have passed
away. Of ~ Mr. Adams. Henry Wilson, Charles
Samuel Hoar, Of Concord, and his sons, Dr. Pal
frey, OF Cambridge, Horace Mann-but I cannot
most eminent OF ALL But, Mr.. Mayor. could he
have foreseen then the scenes OF the last days !;
could he have foreseen that, IN three and twenty
years. the news Of his death would have been met
by the tears and sops OF 100000
the Senate, from which he should once be
driven by violence, would be draped IN mourning by
the hands OF his colleagues, and adorned with the
freshest mowers OF the Southern soil; could he
have known that the news OF the event was to be
spread In few hours through the civilized world.
and responded to by tributes OF honor and praise
from more than one continent and from the isles
oil the sea; that business and thought would be
arrested throughout this Republic and held by a
spell Tor days; that flags would be worn at half
mast the bells tolled IN Charleston, S. c.; that
Independence Hall In Philadelphia would respect
fully solicit the honor OF holding for few hours
his remains on their funeral march; that the
great emporium OF New York could not be salts
fed, in the eagerness OF Its demand to do MIN
honor; and that here, In his own common wealth
and city, the entire community should unite-past
differences forgotten and burled-in the most ten
der and respectful tributes. An, sir, II he could
have foreseen this, or tue one-hundredth part Of
this, he would not have said lie could not meet
public expectation. l have desired sir. TO
not best for me to attempt more. II should
ever TANK Of anal,zing his qualities and powers,
who are called to-day to give utterance to the
Tn2"g's sri tra 10 the one Of the
terial interests and the welfare OF the State and
city, This is true, but is also true that he always
made them secondary, as they are, to the great
ponds. In the words OF poet never put in print,
but which fell upon my ear in this hall few weeks
ago. whose presence we acknowledge with grati-
tude to-day, and whom the friends OF Charles sum.
ner now more than ever, love and revere:-
For what avail
The plough and sail.
If freedom failf
The contemplation OF great character is ALWAYS
eevating and ennobng. His moral and in eilec.
tual nature was constructed upon large scale his
mind belonged to the present ORDER but 1t was his
power OF Will, his moral energy, and his human SYM
paJhy that insured to those powers their highest
and fullest action. But Mr.. Mayor, | must
restrain myself from attempting to enter upon
that field. cannot take my seat, however, with
out thanking you tor giving me this opportunity OF
adding little testimony, 20 express few thoughts
will content myself with hoping that the resOlu-
lions which have had the honor to present will
not fall entirely short of expressing, In some
measure, what this assembly desires to place upOn
the record of this solemn season.
Mr.. Dana closed his address by Offering the fol.
lowing
Ithaving pleased the Almighty Maker of men and all
Me m Of eTs to Os the lie and
native town. assembled in this hail. the memo
for this and gratitude Tor his life
and services do unanimously agree upon these
Resolved That the benefactons of his public service
touched the springs of our national lie and viii be ieii
Tor generations In the renewed and purified organiza
Resolved To This great result affecting humanity itself
everywhere and III all ages he contrib uted by
what he has said and done and suffered in the chamber
OF the Senate but by stirring and tireess appeals for
thirty years. the conscience and heart agnaum-
lty and sensDiities Of the whole people OF the land
Resolved We recall with special satisfaction his mex
haustble moral energy, his marvellous intellectual
vgor his nnrins industry his varied attainmens the
purity OF his private character the holiness OF his public
purposes the scholarly charm of his lie and CONVERSE.
ton, the dignity Of his bearing, his table reso
ton, capacity OF enthusiasm Tor right and indignation
against wrong and civil courage which neither feared
cOurted the hate or favor OF men.
Resolved While unite with other citizens our Com
monweath and OF the Republic in of sorrow
for such loss and satisfaction and pride in and
service, have claim and special inter.
citizens of Boston, the place his birth and home
In whose Institutions he was educated and to whose ne.
culiar his mortal remains TO be conded We ac
knowledge the interest he always took in institutions
OF charity art science and letters and the aid
he rendered to them by his pen and tongue his counses
and abors We recognize that his will add istre to
our history And we desire especially to record our
and his powers devoted to the entranchsement of a
the reorganization OF national system the adj
usment of relations with liberty law and to our
intercourse with foreign Powers, ne never failed as
public agent in the Senate to give full attention and con-
labor the interests of our city and to
anything that concerned it dignity welfare
Resolved, We heartily approve the action of the State