The Portland daily press., 1874-03-18

the Representatives, an oppressed people and
the honest advocate of justice and liberty, who
mafe himself of No reputation in identifying
himself with the helpless and ignorant.
lnasmuch as our first duty, whether in pros
perity or adversely, life death, is to acknowl-
edge the sovereignty of Him whe is the giver
of every good and perfect gift, of every noble
and great character, and of every benefaction
with which the human family has been blessed
Therefore be it Resolved, That we bow in
humble submission to the King of Kings and
Lord of Lords-that we recognize the sad event
as no accident. but rather as the rounding out
of another link in the chain of Providence.
For in the language of our departed friend,
From the fall of sparrow to the fall of an
empire: or the sweep of planet, all is accord
ing to Divine Providence whose laws are ever
lasting" The Lord gveth and the Lord tax
eth away, blessed be the name of the Lord
1t was Mr.. Summers aim to sustain fundament-
al and eternal princples-to establish govern
ment which would have all the strength of
monarchy, without its weakness, the refinement
of Oh aristocracy withsut its oppression. Stand
ing in the van of his countrymen. with his eyes
fixed steadily upon this object, he pointed out the
rocks upon which other ships Of state ran and
were dashed to pieces; so also the evils which
grew side by side with our free institutions. In
every national event with which he had to do,
he separated the chaff from the wheat. and in
eloquent strains sal "a to the nation, choose the
former if you wonld die, the latter if you would
live. He gave his influence, which was not
separated from his best efforts, to advocate
system of universal education, he opened the
springs of virtue which had long been closed,
he proved to the world what a very few have
ever attempted to pIove-that it is not impossi-
BILE to be honest and pure though the surround
lug elements may be contrary and antagonistic
to such condition of inward purity. He Gre
ated and directed public sentiment. He ex
hibited to the youth in his own person that
mastery strength which is the result of and in
separable from profound research, constant
application of the mind, punctuality in duty,
honesty in public affairs and economy in the
affairs of private life.
Therefore be it resolved, That by the death of
Mr.. Sumner the country has lost a statesman,
profound in learning. strong in morals, and in
defatieable in duty; that humanity has lost
sentinel whose scrutinizing eye saw, and
whose honest Eeart announced the approach OF
the enemy, though he may have been trans
formed into an angel of light; that universal
education, art and science have lost patron
that from the youth of our land andof the world
an exemplar has been taken but who, being
dead. yet speaketh. Furthermore be it resolv
ed, that we the colored people of the United
States and of the world, have lost our beloved
brother, our true and tried friend, our ablest,
most earnest and most faithful advocate, one
who gave his life for us. "G1eater love has no
man than this, that man lay down his life for
his friends"
Furthermore, be it resolved, That in accor
dance with the sentiments expressed by the
coored citizens of Boston, which are in unison
with the feelings of our own hearts, that our
churches be draped with the proper symbols of
mourning, and that memorial discourses be
preached in our respective places of worship,
on the coming Sabbath.
Furthermore, be it resolued, That in our pri-
vate and public devotious, we invoke the Fa
Their of light, truth and justice to direct the
wisdom of Massachusetts, IN filling the seat in
the Senate of the nation, made vacant by the
death of the Hon. Charles Sumner Further
more, be it resolved, that in the event (Which
we conceive to be inevitable viz: That the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or the Uni
ted States, should erect a monument to the
memory of the honored dead, that We, the col
ored citizens of Portland will contribute to that
end.
In the eve lot that the movement contemplated
by the colored citizens of America, be matured,
viz: To erect monument in honor of the
saiuted dead, which shall evoke from genera
tons unborn, hallowed praiscs,-Be it resolved
that we, the colored citizens of Portland, shall
not be backward in adding to the many gifts
that shall be laid npon the altar.
Furthermore, be at reSoLUed, That while some
aScribe to him greatness, and others goodness,
we ascribe to him both: "For in SO much as he
has done good unto one Of the least of my
brethren; he has done it INTO me.
Furthermore, be it resolved, That cut of re-
spect to the honored dead we ask Congress to
remember his dying words and pass 1.-THE civil
rights bill"