New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-05-28

Quincy Adams, Thaddeus Stevens, Salmon
Z. Chase, William Lloyd Garrison, and Wen
dell Phillips. At the time of the bred Scott
decision, the blacks were passing through a
terrible ordeal. All places of amusement
and public conveyances were closed to them,
and they were refused education in the
schools. About this time Charles Sumner
came upon the scene.
Humor he had but little, but in sarcasm
he was strong. AS early as 1924, his atten-
ton was called to the debarring of colored
children from the schools o. Boston, and his
labors at last procured them admittance.
He spoke of his address before the Adelphi
Union, a society of colored people in Boston,
forty years ago, and his appearance at the
time; he read a letter also written by Charles
Sumner when asked to speak before the New
Bedford Lyceum, both circumstances tending
to show his great respect for the black man
and his freedom from the prejudices which
were SO common at the time. Mr., Sumner
had already made his fiat against slavery in
two addresses. His speech before the Free
Soil party in 1850 made him a marked man
by the shareholders Of the South, and brought
him into front rank as an orator. Maddened
by his scorn the shareholders bided their time
to strike him down.. At last it came. The
lecturer then rehearsed the story of the
statesman's speech on the Kansas bill and
the outrage that followed. The man in whom
were united the virtues Of Tell, the valor of
Wallace, and the wisdom of Washington was
struck down by rulfian blow.
AS soon as lie had recovered and was once
more in his seat he delivered his famous
speech on the 'Barbarism of Slavery.n and
announced his determination never to COM
promise upon the subject OF slavery. He
then passed on to speak Of Mr.. Summers
work during the rebellion. He said that
slavery was the cause of bloodshed and civil
war; as an act of justice to the slave and
duty to the nation he suggested to Abraham
Lincoln the Emancipation act" and used
his utmost eXertiOns TO have it passsd. 1t
was then that he wrote to friend, "Slavery
is dead and the country is safe.'' He advo-
Gated the passing Of the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments, the inviolable safe
guard of the freed slaves. Nor did his labors
end here, for the civil rights bill was the last
work of his life.
The heroic statesman rose above all OBJ.
iections and gave his life to the great object
of the slaves freedom. The trine powers of
liberty, justice, and humanity were invested
in Charles Sumner. Webster saved the
Union with a million of slaves. but Charles
Sumner saved the Union with not slave in
it. Charles Sumner was statesman, and
not politician. Carthage gave her best
hOnOrs to Hannibal for his conquest the first
Scipio, England honors the memory of We'll
lington, but greater praise shall be given to
Charles Sumner when the great temple of
liberty shall be complete, for he was chiefest
among it's builders.
The speaker then described the death.
scene, and said that he appeared before his
God with the broken letters of four millions
Of slaves in his hands. Charles Sumner left
the world better than he found it. His moral
influence over all classes in this degenerate
age was very great his was frank and
simple nature. 1.-The good that men do lives
after them. - Boston Globe.