New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-30


questioning his past services and calling him traitor
Men who had been proud OF his scquaint-
ance turned away their heads when tney me.
him IA tne street wi,n sIanaer MANY of those who
had been his associates In the struggle ior fre,iO
sullenly withdrew from nm their IenasnP nal
labored with fidelity and devotion equaeu Oy rev anu
surpassed by none, Joined IN the chorus or
o. how keenly he felt i'll And as II the cruel malice
OF ingratitude and the unsparfng persecution OF
infur1ated partisanship had not been enough, an,
very life IL was a new attack OF that disease which,
Cor many years, from time TO Tune nad Pros htgv
him with the acutest suffering, and when Shortly
should lay him low. IL admonished him tbat eVery
word be spoke might be MS last He I3and nnse1
forced 20 leave red of contest IN when not Only
his principles OF right. but even ms GOOD IaIne,
earnedi by so many years OF faithful enort, was a,
stake He possessed longer the elastic spirit OF
youth and the prospect OF struggles bad ceased
to charm him. His hair had grown gray with
begins to love the thought of reposing his head
upon the pillow OF assured public esteem Even tne
which the voice OF wife and child would have SAID;
Rest here for whatever the world may say, we know
that you good and faithful and noble. Onlv ths
friends OF his youth, who knew him best surrounded
him with Deverh9gging confidence ana love- and thOse
his commandments, VINO knew aim also and VINO
we're true him they were trle 10 their common
Thus ne stood in the Presidential campaign OF
1872. -
II is at such moment Of bitter ordeal that an honest
public feels the impulse Of retiring within him
self; TO examine with scrupulous care tne qlmhy
OF his motives; anxiousy 70 inquire whether
he Is really right IN his opinions and ODlecs "hrh
after such a review at the hand OF conscience and
duty form his conclusions without Dias and TO
proclaim them without fear. THIS he did.
He had desired and as ne wrote, . he had confidently
hoped returning home from Washington 70 meet MS
fellOw-ciuzens Faneu Hail. that venerable FORUM ana
10 speak once more on great questions involving che well
fare of the country but recurring symptoms OF painful
character warned him against such an attempt Inc
speech had intended to pronounce but cOud not ne
lett form for publication. and wenttO EirDpe
seeking rest uncertain whether ne wouu ever IeuiI
alive In II he reiterated all the reasons when had
forced oppose the Administration ana tne cindi-
dates OF his party They we're unchanged. Iheh Iol-
lowed an earnest and pathetic plea for universal peace
and reconciliation. He showed how necessary the re-
vIva OF fraternal feeling was. not only Tor the pros
perity and physical well-Oeing, but for tue moral
elevation of the American people and Tor me
words to his profound sympathy with the South
States in their msfortunes. Indignantly ne le-
clared that second only the widespread devasta-
tons of war the roDOeries % which those states
had been subjected, under an Administration ealing
itself Republican. ami with local governments deriving
their auimatng impulse from the party In power; and
that the people 10 these communities Wouu nave pcth
less than men. H. sunng under Che lntOerdbe burden
they did not turn for help TO new party promising
honesty and reform"
his sentiments since The breaking out Ot the war
and closed the recital with these words: snch Is the
simple and harmonious record, showing how from
ln1 pe-iInI ienGoa for Observation-Disclosures how win
every measure equal rights, tins longing found
utterance; how II became an essential part OF my
lfe: how l discarded all idea OF vengeance and
punishment; how reconstruction was, TO my mind,
IN fine dav when after the recognition OF equal rights
the Republic should again be one. IN reality As IN name
II there any who ever maintained policy OF nate
never was so minded ana now in protesting against
any such policy ACT oniy ~ ooeuiehee 10 Tue iroSs'
bic prOmpungs Of my SOUL"
HE WAS LOVER OF MANKIND.
And well might no speak tnus. Let tho people
Of the South hear what 1 say. They we're wont
10 see in him only the impacable a's'lilnt OF
that peculiar institution, which was so closely
interviewer with all their traditions AMI habits
of life that they regarded it as the very b'sis
OF their social and moral existence, as the source or
their prosperity and greatness; the unsparus eneht
rebellion, whose success was % rcaI Tue ohurs
or their amoitlon the neyer-;esln5 aJvoeIte
OF grant Of suffrage 70 the DlacN'' WHICH tAey
thought 70 be designed Tor thelr own degtdua'ion'
Thus they had persuaded themselves tha Charles sun
ner was to them a relentless zoe.
They did not know as others Knew tsD ne "llou lues
cursed their prosecutor, had heart beating Mirmy
and endery for all tue human kind thaJ ne efforts OF
his life we're increasingly devoted 10 those WAOm ne
Thought in need OF aid that IN the slave Ne 81" only
the human SOUL with its eternal title to the same rlGht
sailed the sayemaster only the oppressor who denied
that right and that the FORMER Oppfe sor ceng % Ds
such, and beng oppressed lnsen, conlu sarel co.
upon the fullness OF his active sympathy Freely given ia
the spirit Of equal justice that IT te Iegon Oh ns
life 10 protect the weak anu '' rs ~
IA matter who were the weak ana oppressed, ana wIo
combating wrong, there not IN Ills heart spark or
hatred even for the wrOng-iOer, who mated MINI I1ey
knew how well he deserved tne az "a honhs- lIF0iu
taTlly paid him by cartoon during tile late Pfes
dental campa gn-a cartoon. designed To be malicious
the grave OF Preston Brooks. They lJresdW not mat
American people. he would expose himself % blow,
wOundIug him cruelty That WAch eis Az lsYoied
aim 10 the ground IN The senate Chamber ANA tLi-
new blow he received for them Ihe people oI the -ouh
ignored this long Now mat he Is gone let tnen never
Frou Europe Mr. Sumner returned late in the Fall OF
Is72 much sIrcu sHtenea, but far from D1Iug Well At
the opening the session h. reutrOducei two measures
which as he thought, should complete the record or Ills
political lie one was us Ciyu N2hta Dll WhcA hdu
failed the last Congress and the other resolution
providing that the the battles won over Fellow
INN the rsaimenta colOrs Ol tue ARMY aud from the
IL Wa Il A
resolution which ne mad introduced ten wears before IN
Is51 during the war; when the hTst names OF victories
Sa''o ,S ~ thc heroic soldiers OF tine UnIon and
degradation % their victories and wcearned IauTe!s.
IL was condemned as an unpatrlOuc act go
Charles Sumner insult the soldiers VINO had spilled
their Mood IA A war for human ugnts Charles Sumner
degrade victories aud depreciae ldurels won fOr tue
cause OF universal freedom How strange an lnpdta-
Let the dead nan have hearing. This was his
thought: No civilized nation, from the repiOlica OF
antiquity down 70 days, ever Thought lt wise or
patrOtic 20 preserve in conspicuous ana durable FORM
the OF victories won over ieiloWtuz5ns IN
civil war Wny mott Because every citizen shall feel
himself with ali others a. the child or common coun
Try ana not As defeated zoe Al ~ i@5u EJ' ~
same dictate Of wisdom and patriotism. The rish-
nm WIN tenting FOR old England az Waterloo was
not 10 behold GU red floating above nim tue
name OF the BOyne. The scotch Highlander, When
tndinf, IN fbe trenches OF Sebast0pOl, by the
coors or his regiment TO he reminded OF Cuoden NO
French AT Austeriitz or soerino had TO read
upon tSe tSOor a"y at saaowa Was tainted by
any Austrian banner with the SURRENDER OK
Villages No German regiment. from eaxony or
Hanover Charging under iron hail of Graveiotte,
was made remember by words written on RUSSIAN
standard that black eagle had conquered them az
Kouirgrtz and LangensalZa. should the OF South
Carolina wneu at future day defending the Re
public against foreign Toe, be reminded by an
Inscription on the cOlOrs floating over him that under
tnis nag the gun fired that killed his
father az Gettysburgf Should this great aud
enlightened Republic, proud OF standing IN
the front OF human progress, be less Wise, less
largehearted than ancients 2,Oc0 years
and the sngly governments Of Europe are to-day Let
the batte-hags OF the brave volunteers, which they
brougb home the with the glorious record or
their victories preserved intact proud ornament
OF state Houses and armores But let the coors Of the
army under which or ali the states 10 meet
ana mlngle patriotism speak OF nothing put
nninn. a OF cOnauerOrs and conquered, Out