New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-28
VOL. XXXIv.. No. W,3lS'
CHARLES SUMNER.
CONFESSIONAL PANEGYRICs ON HIS LIFE
ooN' AND PUBLIC SERVICES.

CONGRESSIONAL PANEGYRICS ON HIS LII L
AND PUBLIC SERVICES
,,up,roRy AND ELOQUENT kkaA"ns rrw,px-
NVD ,,,supn MEMBERS OF BOTH HoUsEs-A IKE MA''A-
M TRIBUTE OF RESPECT FROM SOUTHERN
,prsFSrATIvE-sENATo sChURZ ONANoD
ABLY ABSENT
Try TELEGRAPH 10 TIE TRrDUNEl
.r,xc1oS. April 27.-Mr. Sumner left In the
Gate but one man who could httlngly Prououno0
~. snology, and that man was calico away iivr"
n. seat to-day to perform that SAD duty y 'n0
Vac ..aI Of the great Senator'S State. Mr.. Summers
esp'' s. ,voro NOT those alone who agreed with him
ol,t;cs or sympathized with him in the great work
mrib he devoted his life, but the ties that
- bimto Senator Schdrz were closer than those
eh attracted him to many others of his associates
=. Congress. The ripe scholarship of each, tnelr
.s,rnathv Of taste, and equal appreciation OF al
-, IL host in literature and art well as the loly
.ot,oa aims and the purity of purpose that markeu
,her nublic acts drew them together anu ih"uo
.hon the closest of friends The unaNOloaoIo "o
sonce of Senator Schurz to-day, and general Aeoi
ing Of disappointment that he did not speak ni"uo
,he exercises less interesting than they otneI"lSo
would have been. .oo
The customary order on such occasions as 'hS was
,bohtIv changed in the Senate in order that the re
,olutions might reach the House to be considered
to-day. Instead of speaking on the resolutions OF
,espect that he offered Mr.. Boutwell, asked for thelr
immediate consideration. Then, with considerable
snnsrent feeling which was probably Increased by
MS feeble health he pronounced the first eulogy' III
was a powerful and eminently just analysis
NJ his departed colleagues character ana
pubhc life, and closed with Just ana
.loouent tribute to his memory. Mr. Thurman,
IN L. ,ar'cr al Cuo IL
hes of thoughtfulness that never permitted him to
Introduce in a mixed company any topic OF CONVEX
,aton that could be dsagreeabe to any present;
If his love of discussion, of his modesty combined
with confidence in his own powers, and of his spot
less integrity. The other speakers were Messrs.
SDeneer Morrill, of Vermont, Pratt, Sargent, SheI-
man. and Anthony. Messrs. Conking and Morton
were absent.
The eulogies delivered in the House were much
more interesting than such discourses usually are.
All showed evidence of careful preparation, and the
sneakers obviously felt that the occasion was one TO
call forth the exercise of their best powers. The
most remarkable effort Of all was that Of Mr. Lamar
~ Mississippi. That a Southern man, who once
belonged TO the most ultra school of pro-Slavery
politicians and whose fiery eloquence in Congress
in the memorable Winter Of 1861 aided in precipi-
tating Secession, should now be among those who
we're eager TO offer the tribute of their praise to the
great antagonist of Southern ideas aud institutions
was in itself a suggestive fact; but when after
speaking Of that earnest love of freedom and that
hatred of Slavery growing out of a conviction that
liberty was the birthright of all humanity, which
was the governing idea of Mr.. Summers political
hfe the orator made his sympathy for the Southern
people in their distress the text for eloquent and
manly appeal for union and brotherly feeling be-
tween the North and South, the House was drawn
into sucn enthusiastic sympathy with his words that
a spontaneous burst of applause went up from Re
publicans and Democrats alike when he concluded
Many of the other dseOurses were admirable I'D their
way. That Of Judge Hoar expressed the profound
sorrow of bereaved friendship and the appreclatvt
admiration of one who could sympathize fully with
the loft aims of the deceased. The most faithful
sketch Of Mr.. Summers character, picturDg ITS de
fects as well as its greatness, was given by Mr. Geo
T. Hoar Mr.. Nesmth gave admirable account
Of the physical and moral courage that carried Mr.
Sumner through the times when he met in the Sen
Ate only hostile gances, and received by every mail
letters threatening him with assassination. While
ealoginng his purity of character. his cour
age truth, aud devotion to principle, Mr.
Nesmith denied his claim TO states
nanship The party he founded was
controlled by other men, and he was too pure to be
sleader among associates who waved the banner OF
freedom with one hand and stole from the Treasury
with the other. The other speeches were by Messrs
Ortiz Dawes, Kelley Potter, Raney. Conger, and
Philips and were all listened to with interest. The
entire day after l o'clock, was occupied with the
euloges.