The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-30


was in hts heart IN lnexnaustibe fountain Of ten
true. iuss and merc.iuI 10 an which made the
people love him. In che deep, large humsnity OF
principles TO which ne chung with the fidelity
Or an honest nature and which he de-
il was 10 sach man tina. sumner, during the
most doubtful days at the beginning vi the war.
addressed his appeals Tor inmedtate emancipa-
tion-appeais impetuous and impatient ua they
could spring only from hts ardent and 0verruilng
CONVERSIONS the President ut drst passlveIy re-
ator, but he bade the counsellor wei.
come. 1t was MIR. Lincoln's constant endeavor to
sS himself with the best ana aelest men Of
republican party appear IN his Cabinet, but every
alb . man m Congress- was always invited as an adj
wiser, whether his views agreed with those OF the
President or not. But Mr.. Sumner he treated as q
iavorlte counsellor, almost like Minister OF State
BREACH WITH PRESIDENT "ABE"
anu tnus ther mutual respect grew into an afec-
OPINIONS could break. Sumner loved TO tell his
irieEd5, after Lincoln's dettn--and heard MIN re-
late u often. never without an expression OF ten
'derness-n0w az one time those w disked and
feared his intimacy with the President ano desired
TO see IT disrupted. thought 1t was rreparabIy
broken. 1t was at the close Of Lncon's admins
iration. in 1865 when the President had pt opposed
certain measures OF reconstruction, touching The
gress was near at hama, and the success OF the
blli depended on vote OF the Senate before the
coin had the measure very much at heart BurSum.
ner opposed II, because IL did not contain SUFFICIENT
guarantees Tor the rights Of the coOred people
and by parliamentary manmuvre, simply
consuming time until The adjournment came,
he, with two or three other senators, sue
to be deeply chagrined at summers action,
and the newspapers already announced
was complete and could not he healed. But those
who said so did not know the men. On the night
OF sacd the e1n o. March, two DAYS after Lncons
raticn BAH was to take place. Sumner did not
think OF attending It,. Rut toward evening he
received card from tie President which read
thus:-"Dear Mr.. sumner, unless you send me
word to the contrary shall TINS evening call tn
my carriage at your house to take you with me to
the Inauguration ball. Sincerely yours, Abraham
Lincoln" Mr. Sumner. deeply touched. at once
on bali for ne r 70 times 20 an the
arrived the President invited Sumner to take o
seat IN It with him, and Sumner found there Mrs.
Lincoln and MIR. COliax. the Speaker OF the House
OF Representatives. Arrived at the ballroom the
President asked Mr.. sumner to oner his arm to
had been made to believe that the breach between
ILncoln and sumner was irreparabe, beheId the
the senator. that occasion OF State. invited to
take the seat OF honor by the Presidents side.
agreement. The world became convinced that
such friendship between such men could not be
broken by mere honest difference OF opinion.
Abraham Lincoln, man OF sincere and profound
CONVICTIONS himself, esteemed and honored
sincere and profound convictions IN others. IL
was thus that Abraham Lincoln composed his
quarrcls with his friends, and at his bedside, when
he died, there was no mourner more deeply
the wear 1897 Long incessant and ardnnns wa sS
Summers labor for emancipation. Al last the
great nroclamatIOn which sealed the Iata ~
slavery came. and no man done more tn hriny ~ ~
forth than he. NN''o NV ~ ''AAs ~
! THE RECONSTRUCTION POLICY.
To SET mon their feet AGAIN States H'snr1an,yI
| by lnsurrection and civil war; to remodel
/ hinges by the sudden change of its system
erainss the ola retcnsion NJ ansInpa sves
the mart of their ,ormer masers: TO narn soce TN
against the poss,ble transrTessons al n larae mwi
t,1nda Ionr held In savers nd tUnorarca M nn~
IN this tnaammable state 3, ptnnSs pS"e e
violent resctioas ssa hostile
fruitful coonerayiom ana ttis s,se into corr csus
new sn1rtt q, Iowa, ap;achmS 70 Sn,amnn
tionality-this was certaniv one of the most ner
picking tasks ever imposed mon The statesman
Mr. sumners mini me srohse Of reconstrmct,o -
did not appear bernie xi6s A. an. BeIievn1. as ~
it denied in the DeclarstiorS Of indenendence
Human rianss IN their utmost expanson.S con-
cues the prnctna ann To- be rea a nv
any reconstructlon policy IN the in tment OF the
,euas oi A%srcn c,,nsn an ruo ish's anu Priv
yTHE TRouBLEs WITH ENGLAND
While the championship Of human rights is his
lrst t,tle to lame should be unjust 10 his merit
did omit to mention the services he rendered on
another Held Of action. When, in 1851. the ssces.
party In the majority in the Senate 81
the United States Mr Charles Sumner was pIaced
as Chairman at the head or the COMMITTEES on
Foreign Relations It was q hiQh distinction
and no selection could have been more fortunate.
Without bellttling others. It may be said mat OF
the many able men then and since In the Senate.
Mr.. Sumner was By far the fttest for that
Responsible position He had ever since his college
days made international law special and lavOrite
study, and was perfectly familiar with its primer
pies, the history OF its development and its Inter-
/ ature. -
| His uuQlitieG were soon mt the tpcf Earlv
in the ar one OF the gallant captains OF our navy
arrested tine British mail steamer Trent, running
| from one neutral port to another, ON the high
seas, aud took from her by force Mason and Slide,
TWO emissaries Of the Confederate government,
and their dispatches. The people OF the North
loudly applauded the act. The Secretary Of the
Navy approved IT, The House OF Representatives
commented II in resolutions. Even in the Senate
| majority seemed inclined to stand by 1t. The
! British government, in o threatening tone. de-
manded the instant restitution Of the prisoners