Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-03-17
language in debate. 1t has been said already

language in debate 1t has been said already
here and elsewhere that he was cold and dis
tant; but this was not the character OF his
heart and nature. The man who in the SER
vice of the Government has to consider 100 or
$50 different subjects in day, must dismiss
them promptly, decidedly, but with KINDNESS;
1t is quite competent for man to bow anu
say yes to everybody, and give the impression
to the country far and wide that, he IS man
of feeling. But he is not the true man. Inc
true man is he who receives everything that
is presented to him, and speaks honestly and
truthfully upon each question; and the de-
ceased Senator never dealt otherwise with man
or woman; SO that when we consider or un-
derstand that he was lofty or cold 1t Is because
men and women have seen him upon those
practical matters of business where 1t was
impossible for him to delay or waste his time.
But at the foundation of his being, in the
depth of his soul. all his warm and strong
friends say there was well of generous and
heartfelt sympathes. We can well believe
that it was this generous and sympathetic ma
ture which led him to support the great cause
to which he dedicated his life. My honored
colleague of the county of Suffolk, my associ-
ate on the committee, informed me that when,
a few days ago. the resolution of the State OF
Massachusetts repeating, resembling and an
nuIling the resolutions of condemnation that
had been passed against him we're presented
to him, that he received them with equanimi-
ty; that he spoke few words to one or two Of
the gentlemen connected with the Government
whom he knew, and then, overcome with emo
ton, wept as child. That, sir, was the char
acter of the Senator when you had stripped
him from his husk, this hide of rhinocerOs
that every public man must, more or less, put
on to protect him from the assaults of friends
as well as enemies.
Mr.. Sumner made will in 1872, just be-
fore he left for Europe. He bequeathed all
his papers, manuscripts and letter-boxes to
Henry W. Longfellow, Francis E. Balch and
Edward L. Pierce as trustees, all his books and
autographs to the library Of Harvard College;
his bronzes to his friends of many years,
Henry W. Longfellow and DIR. Samuel G..
Howe. He gives to the city of Boston, for the
Art Museum, his pictures and engravings, ex-
cept the picture of the miracle of the Slave,
which he bequeaths to his friend, Joseph B.
Smith of Boston. To Mrs. Hannah Richmond
Jacobs the only surviving sister of his
mother, he gives an annuity of $3.50. There
is bequest of $4,000 to the daughters of Hen
ry w. Longfellow; $1,000 to the daughters of
DR.. Samuel J. Howe, and $4,000 to the
daughters of James r. Furness of Philadel-
phia, (which, he says, 81 ask them to ac-
cept, in token of gratitude, for the friendship
their parents have shown me- The will di-
reefs that the residue of his estate, shall be
distributed in two equal moieties one moiety
to his sister, Mrs. Julia Hastings of San
Francisco, Cal, the other moiety to the
| President and fellows of Harvard, in trust for
the benefit of the College Library, the income
to be applied to the purchase of books. Fran
els B. Balch of Boston, formerly clerk to the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relation when
Mr.. Sumner was Chairman of that committee,
is designated as sole executive Of the will. Mr..
| Sumner's estate is valued at 100000.