National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-17
THE SUMNER MEMORIAL

tion and courage In the cause Of the right ens
e ianguished in dungeons or died st the TAX 3
rather than betrsy the trust committed 70 snei /,
Co x:s hi, & ar1aas
s.esy q morn. sss ISy soss:Eiisa g
Tc Ain compsomiso was the cardinal On o
ststssmsnship. He regarded 1t a. the eompound
e Pssss,d Nations ms IL 2:
~ they had sunk out Of sight in tho vain sdori
sss
IL freedom Of their citisens.
Of course, with objects like these in view, h
pic syeophsnt, ana isnshed al the arts q the more
politician and yet the method Of attaining his
soltened BY good behavior. h Vas disnInsd At
Al times, yet at all times approachable By those
With So1n Of Of .s s
Gved to . great extent within himself, and sought
change only in his books; 90 that u came to be
aristocrat. He was neither; he was an ineessant
and innexble student and minister Of Justice, and
the hight to work for common people Without the
condition Of being forever bothered BY them; He
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great authors and orators Of the past he found
tune to attend to the humblest correspondent in
perfectly stated were the qualifications no brought
70 great and life long work, and now what are the
have told You what We were when Mr.: sumner
found us; let rs see in what condition be left U.S.
] point TO this building lovingly named amer him,
solemn scene, ss an epttomissd answer to the In
tsrrogation what We now sre. Ipoint to this
form n sohoo sses5y -
the best appliances that the rlpest experisnce can
suggest for school purposes, peopied In the day
ZION for their work and sathersd e1psrieacs for
the application Of their noble art from the CON-
than from fha aarnfnarfeR of yand md
Who preside IN rooms that swarm with nearly
thousand children every sehoel-day in the year.
We are assembled, In which negro capacity has
been tested 70 Its abounding credit In the teach
d.sns TS .aos %
glorify Sumner; and yet this e but one Of . half
dozen such buildings in Washington city, where
over which nine Of such trustees govern, with
equal ability and success, while upon them all
ancs and the warmth Of his interest to the exceed
ing advantage ana happiness Of all, and such
pniyersal approval a. sumner longed and labored
But though Washington IS, in these respects,
ne garden spot Of our people still the Wilderness
Which shall emit ffsTrsnos ana Display besuts
tion and virtue can produce, and Charles sumner,
:1 :s g 2sef. the S'
basket that We might pick up and study the all |
revealing pages Of the schoof-book.
III Cdu COuuI tue uuIuUcf VI aCCui escAy nASo~ 1
ure the value Of the agencies Of progress he has
Aelped to put in our handsf He, along with every
aer person on the sbo9s |U1nef baa
the keen emotions of delight soon gave place in
his bosom to the deeper emotions Of soiicitude
perfect freedom and that freedom itself should
Be made worth the having by browning It with
thirteenth amendment to tie Constitution was
worse than worthless-it was . deluson and
snare without the fourteenth and afteenth amend
~ ov,A fh,fn has
last amendments will be robbed of the larger
share of their proper influence unless the negro
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the enjoyment Of every pablo Privilege granted
in ommon to the other races Of the republic.
hitting, hereuiean; and he seemed on the very
threshold Of success when the angels b6f6 hin I
away to sphere Of higher activities and holier
voice still ring through the land, conveying al /
hs tenderness for the down-trodden, all the firm
ness Of his fidelity to principle oil the sonorous
triotic desires in those last words to Mr.. Hoar,
"Don't let the civil rights bill fail.
May We not hope that the sadcning and soften;
over the hearts of Senators and Representatives /
in Congress with the allpersnading powers Of hal
tons Of our inconsolable anguish over our loss as
race, and move them to crown the edfce Of their |
Ms, and hs by giving rs and IN
Ing into law the only epitaph he would have
chosen for the base of that statue which is to
The choir OF the school then eang . piece of
music, entitled Let the dead and the beautiful |
rest" after which Hon. James T: Rapier, Of Ala
bama, read a resolution adopted yesterday by the
eolored citizens OF Montgomery, Ala. 1
SPEECH OF HON. J. T. RAPIER.
Mr.. Rapier spoke as follows:
MIR. Chdirmdn: do not rise to attempt to make
o speech. The solemnity Of the occasion humans
me. know of no language that feel safe in
yenturing upon to express the affectionate regard
ss o 1Gr
Is too true that ..the mighty oak has fallen" and
there is fellow left. The tall is felt in every
loved. whilst the civilized world neurns his
loes yet. Sir to the unfortunate despised and op-
with crushing eject To Us he loss
am not here to speak Of the many virtues Of
our late friend-for to others far more competent
thap myself was that mournfnl duty affiHpEehhae
and performed IN a pi; ss person eIected-but am
here simply as one OF the humblest Of mourners,
stricken people Of Alabama, who are now bowed
down with = grief that can never be told. Nowhere
own far away State. But, alas our idol is broken
cabin, from the barren mountains Of north Ala
where the orange groves look out upon the Cult,
mourning is to be heard: and whilst they mourn
the Troubles and OF
all those who work righteousness.
eylgiciss Mr.. Sumner very harshly that he was a
. theoflst, and Ia h6 wise o pr&etieAf man. ! I'D
NIT that the fruits Of his labors were not always
posed; but in his efforts to build up the great
West by aiding and encouraging great national
eioths him with the p.sb of CITIZENS
ship, and to elevate and dignity our national char
Aeter, be was emiuently practical. Thirty years
Life to their prosecution. Like the immortal Thad-
deus Stevens, he was untimely cut down, and not
70 see his eiE tights bill become aMSs
70 bring Il 50 pr prominently before shs
st.tute books. By his dss.h . void has been
created that can never be hlled but We are
partly con:oled by the fact that At no time in the
champion, (and to better the condition Of man Is
Gods eause,) therefore let rs hope that in due
the Roman senator that Is no more, will come to
fss, Senator sumner is dead, and We shall never
He was the embodiment Of all that was good
and great. He was not politician, and never at
Is moi the business Of the at a Duty ~ss
thick clouds Of opposition he elem his way With
end exalted position Of champion Of human rights
In America. His great learning, faithfulness to
and the patriotism Of his conduct under any and
All circumstances, however trying, render his life
5 model worthy the study Of his fellow man in
every CLINE and in every land. "a power has
passed from day to darkness, /" and when the his
to4ian writes up the rise and progress Of this
mighty republic he will hesitate long before he
attempts to write Of the name and fhme OF Chas. |
his ability tC do justice to the
illustrious man, who will be known in future -
the friend Of mankind and atlas Of American
statesmen.
The chairman then introduced Prof. A. II.
Green, Of Howard University, who said:
SPEECH OF PRoyEssoR A. y. GREEN.
FELLOW CITIZENS: 1t Is arrangsdin the besuti.t
iul economy Of our system that when the sun, the
moon or any bright and brilliant star Of yonder
Armament, which has attracted the attention and
excited the admiration and wonder Of the star.
sssers Of our hemisphere has set TO NJ upon this
sentiment, Il Immediately arises with equal beauty,
triInaucy and Uylendor upon the inhabitants Of
another. And althc ugh that star, 70 brilliant and
beautiful, for the time being lest 70 our vision,
Jet, 20 grand and sublime was the wisdom Of the
great Architect in organizing the vast and klo-
dols economy Of the heavens, that We may In !
Aedtately turn from the sll-psrvading grandeur {
Of is parallel refraction softly stealing over the
golden shadows Of the west to our eastern hori.
son, ald behold there another Of equa, brilisnsy
and splendor srisfng out Of the very depths Of
darkness, bsaming forth and shining down from
the same great pathway across the armament Of .
the one which recently blessed NJ, and which Q