The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-21
THE NEWS.
Death of Senator Sumner.

The country was startled, on Wednesday, by
the announcement of the death of Senator
Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, after an
illness Of less than a day Senator Sumner
occupied his seat in the Senate on Tuesday,
and while there had slight attack affecting
the nerves of the heart but when he returned
home he was sufficiently well to entertain two
friends at dinner, at the close of which he
made allusion to the condition of his heart;
and between and 10 o'clock he was taken so
sick as to require the attendance of physician
An hour or more thereafter be had second
attack of his old disease, angina pect0riS, and
from that time rapidly sank until death occur
red, at 2.45 Wednesday afternoon. Numerous
friends surrounded the bedside of the re-
1owned Senator, who retained his conscious
ness to the last recognizing the voices of
those who spoke to him, although he declared
his inability to see them Charles Sumner
was born III Boston, January 6, 1911, gradu
ated at Harvard College in 1880 and studied
aw in the same institution after taking his
decree. Ia early life he contributed to and
afterward became editor Of the American
Jurist. In 1884 he was admitted to the bar
and began TO practice law IN Boston. He ed
tied, in 1886, Dunlop's Treatise on the
Practice of the Admiralty Courts in Cases Of
Civil Jurisdiction at Soa" In 1887, he
visited Europe and at the request of Gen.
Cass, French Ambassador. wrote a defense of
the rights of the United States in reference
to the questions then pending between the
two governments. Mr.. Sumner signalized
himself by his opposition to the annexation of
Texas, and by lis support of Mr. Van Buren,
as candidate for the Presidency in 1913, and
was elected to the L. S. Senate. as successor
Of Daniel Webster, III 1851. He was a famous
champion Of slave abolition. and the leader of
the radical party with that object in view.
Mr.. Sumner, not less from his ability and
radicalIsln on the question Of slavery. ac-
quired a national reputation, than by the
brutal assault made upon him in 1856. by
Brooks of South Carolina in the Senate
Chamber, where he was beaten down and lay
wcltering in his blood. He recommended the
surrender Of Mason and Slidell, i'll the Trent af-
fair, whilst maintaining that English prece-
dents were favorable to the right of the United
States government to retain them. In 1859
he published volume of "Orations and
Speeches. and a volume entitled White
Slavery in the Barbary States" The later
years Of Mr.. Summers life were not so pleas
ant to him as lie wished they could have been.
Differences sprung up between. himself, Sec
taIy Fish, and President Grant, which estrang-
eG some Of his warmest friends from his side
His removal from the chairmanslip of the
Committee on Foreign Relations was most
deeply felt. He regarded it as a personal
humiliation; nc was the oldest Republican
Senator, his requirements were conceded and
his capacity undoubted. But inasmuch as Mr..
Fish would not hold personal intercourse with
him. he Was displaced and Senator Cameron
appointed. Dning the Presidential campaign
IN 1872, lie again visited Europe erturning
before the meeting Of Congress. During
the winter of 1872 the Massachusetts,
Legislature passed resolutions consuming
Senator Sumner for his political course,
but the Legislature now in session passed reso-
lutions resembling the action of the previous
Legislature. and these resolutions were read
y the United States Senate the day before the
eminent Senator's death Charles Sumner was
man of great ability and irreproachable char
acter and his like will rarely be met with
again IN the councils of the nation