New-York tribune., 1874-06-10
Mr.. CURTlS'S GRAFTON.

The PRAYER is said-the dirge is sung; from
the waters Of Bay hills of Berkshire the funeral
bells the Commonwealth have tolled the Congress OF
the United states OF which he the Oldest member in
continuous service In both Honses spoken his praises
eloquent than that of his opponents: the
race elevation his life consecrated has be-
walled him with nlal gratitude; this city. his birth
place and his home has proudly mourned Its tustrous
citizen the pulpit and the in the land
have blended and admiration and now his ma
tive State with all its hOnOred magistracy-tho State
which gave him his great opportunity. clotbiRg his
words with majesty OF Massachusetts, that when
he spoke 1t not the voice OF man. but OF COM
Notwithstanding a son so beloved. servant so
faithful friend true, comes last OF all TO say fare
WE'LL and to deliver the character aud career Of Charles
history and the judgment of mankind. L
know how amply, how eloqueutly how tenderly, the
story of his life has told IL this place you heard
1t in words spoke the culture aud the conscience
of the couutry-for the prosperous aud happy. And
yonder in Faneu Hall his eulogy fell from lips that
must always glow when they mention hm-lps that
spoke for the most wrouged and most unfortunate in
the land the face Of Sumner. but whose
chidrens children will bless his forever. might
well hesitate stand here If did not know that, en-
rched by yeur sympathy. my words. telling the same
tale will 10 your hearts to proonS Tor
moment the requiem that you would not willingly let
die.
THE SPIRIT OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Nor think the threefod strain superfous HOW well
this universal eulogy-hese mingng voices of various
nativity but all Amercan-betts q man whose aims
and efforts we're universal; whom neither city nor .
state nor party nor a nation race bound with
any local Iimatoni Ol lofty hill overlooking the
lake of Cayuga NewYork stands noble tree in the
grounds Of Cornell University, under which an Oxford
scholar choosing America for his home because America
Is the home of Liberty has placed seat upon which he
has carved above all nations is Humanity" That is
The egepd which Charles carved upon his heart,
and sought to write upon the hearts OF his feowcitzens
and OF the world. And IL at this moment my voice
should suddeDy sink into silence, can believe that this
hall would thrill and murmur with theta words he ever
spoke in Massachusetts, standing on this very spot:
Nor would have my country forget at any time. In
the discharge It's transcendent duties that since the
rule Of conduct OF honor the for nations
for individuals the greatest nation that which does
most for humanity"
Amidst the general Massachusetts mourns him
by the highest right for with all the grasp of his hope
aud his cosmopolitan genius perhaps for those very
reasons he WAS essentially Massachusetts man. And
bere touch the first great influence that nodded your
Senator This the Puritan State aud the greatness Of
Sumner was the greatness OF the Puritan geniusthe
greatness Of moral power. Learning and culture and
accomplishment, aesthetic taste and knowledge, the
grace OF society," the scholars ROB In travel
1ustrious friendships In every land the urbany and
charm Of q citizen of the world-al these he had all
these you know yet all these but tho velvet IN
which the iron Puritan hand was csd-tbe Puritan
hand which In other days bad smitten kings and dy
nasties hip and thigh; had saved civil and religious
liberty in England; had swept the Mediterranean Of
pirates; had avenged the Lords
slaughtered saints who's. bones
Lie scattered Oh the Alpine mountains codi"
the Puritan hsud which, reaching out across the sea,
serner than the icy sternness OF the Shore
grasped a new continent. and wrought the amazing
miracle OF America.
The Puritan spirt In the sepse enriched with
many nationahtes. broader, more generous, hui
name Is the master influence American civilization
and among ali public 1t has type so satsfsc
tory and complete as Charles Sumner He was the
OF Massachusetts BY the fruit let the tree be judged
The State whose hard coast the Mayaower came, and
upon whose rocks dropped It's seedthe State in which
the Mingled Puritan and Pilgrim spirit been most
actves to-day the chief OF ComDonwealths 1t is the
community In which the OF welbeins is higher
than In any State know in history. Puritan origin
though IL be- 1t truly liberal and free than any
eim,sr community in the world The fg and the pome
granate and the almond will not grow there. nor the
sing but nobler blossoms OF the old human
stock than its most children the never shone
upon; nor has the lberty-ovin heart OF man heard
music than the voices OF James Otis and Samuel
Adams. OF John Adams and Joseph Warren, OF Josiah
ouiucy sod Charles Sumner Surely may say born
,n the State that Roger Williams founded-Roger Will
Lsms. the prophet whom Massachusetts, stoned.
HARD-woRKISG STUDENT.
Into this State and these influences Charles sumner
was born 6s years ago. while as yet the traoous VI
Colonial New England were virtually unchanged Here
we're the town-meeting the constable, the common
acboo the training day. the general intelligence, the
morality the habit OF self the homogenety
of population the ample territory. the universal instinct
o,iaw. Here was the full daIy practice Of what DE
Toooueve afterward called the two three principal
.ds which form the basis Of the social theory Of the