New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-04-02
srJEEa. Ohio.
CINCINNATI, Mmch %, 1874.

CINCINNATI, N0jch %, 1874.
IT, the Eli!or cfMe Ts,o aa'i7na5 Ea:
Sumner is gone ! Death looked upon the
child Of mortality and his couch was spread
within the shadow of the scpulchrc.
The Standard Bearer Of Liberty! Filled
with the sweetness of universal humanity,
his wan and hacgard check bctraying the
restless workings Of tired but impassioned
soul, he bore aoft the banner Of Freedom
and Virtue until he approached the summit
Of the mountain of Equality; another step
and the goal was attained. The lightning
flashed from the eyes of Death and The fer
vent heart had won IFS rest.
The banner was smcarcd with his blood !;
but though bruised, he yet trusted in man
Kind with the sublime devotion of a godlikc
life, dedicated to the service Of humanity.
The clouds oyershadow the light of Truth,
Justice, and Fraternity which bcamed in the
Council of the Nation; the soul Of Equality
dreams painfully in the shade, and leaves but
the fragrance Of an enduring memory alone
to abide with the desolate.
lie reared his own monument in the hearts
of his countrymcn, and eternity alone can
cr,.mbc il away. Peace TO his ashes!
An immense meeting of citizens assembled
last Monday evening at
ALLEN TEMPLE,
to express appropriately their deep affection
in the loss the country has sustained. The
meeting here was unique, perhaps, i'll having
a young Democrat pay an eloquent tribute to
the departed statesman and frankly admit he,
too, dcplored the death Of Sumner, notwith-
standing his sympathcs were rarely with him
or his party. A the same kind Of meetings
took place throughout the country, l shall not
burden your readers with any description of
that held here. Nevertheless, deem it of
excellent worth, and therefore give entire,
the speech Of our rising young colored orator
of the West,
GEO. IL. JACKSON, Esq,
who sad:
"Coming as have into the estate of man
hood Just after the clash Of arms and the
smoke of battle have made il secure, am
not prepared to estimate in full the grandeur
of the service Charles Sumner has rendered
TO humanity.
"I.ihe many OF the Young men who sit
about me, have not felt in all of its blunt
brutality and keen malignity the oppression
which he devoted his life To remove.
Enough, however, of the story has been
told me by our orators, Douglass, Clark, and
Langsten, whose passionate recitals have
heard with feelings Of mingled sorrow and
hatred, to know that the burden was inn
mcnse.
''When 1 first read the prophetic news of
his illness, on the morning of the 10th of
March, felt that his life could not longer
Withstand the draughts made upon it to him
der the fatal effect of the blow dealt by des-
perate, raviRg, and dying slavery.
Our distress is great. The one noble
mind-thc one jealous heart-the one steady
and faithful purpose, which, in the United
States Senate, in any emergency, we could
count upon, is gone.
Not soon again can we rest assured That
our cause has an earnest, active pleader,
armed 9th cloquence, strengthened by cul-
ture, chastened by the exemplary purity OF
his life, and made convincing by the firmness
of his devotion to the rights of man.
!" lie is gone. With him liberty has lost
an advocate, civilization a contributor, hui
manity friend, charity a sympathetic nature,
and virtue brilliant orb, which, in these cor
rupt times, our country can little afford to
spare. [Applause.I
" Ii has been my earnest hope that he
might live TO see the capstonc he has mod.
eled-the Civil Rights Bill--placed upon the
proud altitude on the pillar erected TO the
freedom of the blacks through the labors oil
his co.workers, Lundy, Lovejoy, Brown, and
Lincoln. [Applause.l
!" At this time, when complex and vexing
problems are disturbing the country and CALI