The weekly Louisianian., 1874-04-04

and q courageous spirit, had not ey
the shadow of names in the mo,
consciousness Of those against who
the spelling book was closed with 4
clasps of an inexorable authority, a,
against whom the spirit of the Ho
Book of God was armed, throue
false interpretations, as with q fianai1
sword, to guard the approaches to Il
domain OF manhood and sainkshi,
that they might not be de6lea BY Il
presence Of the negro. Such, in brie
was the condition in which Senatt
Sumner found us; aud what were eh
sentiments and feelings he broueh
with him7
Many. very many+of his enemies
and even some Of his friends, hav
formed tho. false estimate Of hi
character, which would make il Ittl,
more than q bundle Of morbid senti
ments and maunlin sympathieA The,
think our pitiable condition touched
his heart. and that he felt he could at
ford to befnend s mainly because he
vas 20 faz above ua They seem h
think that he came down 10 N
through his sympathies, because be
thought wo could not rise 70 him
through our inteuecta They would
make him the medium through which,
with one long, deep. agonized groan,
We reached the ear OF the nation, and
simply credit him with being the
mouthpieoo through which the nation
made = hesitating and sentimental
response - to our physical suffering
merely.
This is the view Of those who did
not possess tho breath Of mind 10
Senator Summers charac-
'er, and who were destitute Of the
patriotic instincts which detected the
urking danger to the Republic in the
gigantic system Of wrong which the
'reat Senator so aeroely and success
ully assailed. ~&
1t u true that Charles Sumner did
'ring q heart to our great cause, but
was the heart Of impartiality rather
han the heart Of pity. He saw in the
legzo not only the forlorn victim Of
human cruelty. be also recognized in
i'm . divine descendant Of justice,
hat supreme goddess Of the Olympiad,
.hoss ambassador he felt himself 10
e. commissioned to the strongest re-
ublic among tho nations 10 remind it !
the birth vroes Of Bunker Hill.
nd the baptism.A VOWS Of Independ.
noe Hall. where , whole people was
,nGeesated 70 the,service OF his mex-
Fsbls Mistress and when every
rother in humanity Was put under
70 profession of her invincible shield.
To him slavery vas wrong; yea, but
him also freedom WA right He
ught to snatch the negro from the
ip Of the oppressor. not only be-
use he would save the VICTIM from
suferings, but because be would
70 the tormentor from the guilt of
aieting it. he did not pursue the 4
',eholdar for the purpose Of punish I
8 his crime, but because he was COM {
'ssioped to elothe him with such 9
70 Of freedom ~ would make his
ntinuanee in crime impossible The c
gro was to be saved. not under the I
ggeshons OF conmiseration. but be- '
ITO liberty would have been lost 10 /
, nation unless the negro Wa deli .
sed. 8
With this clear. unezring and com b
nding sense Of the right wese ~ /
lated IN Al almost unparalled CON- u
'atoa the highest physical and a
ntal exceuencies. d
That magnificent form Of hin, e
Iering over al citizens when the h
'el struck the hour Of prayer in the s.
,ata, thrilled the .behokle1 with fl
otions Of admiration and reverence. ii
needed such bEawny and compact q
Is as his to lift the burden from q g
ken and PROSTATE race; such broad al
heroic shoulders to beax that 81
den al alone, and such . statue to x
] it against the eates OF bondage v
their shivered panels might leave NJ
n for four millions Of people TO d
,e trooping through them into the "
light Of freedom. Among the rare a,
sings 70 u which centered in that al
1t man was his physical frame. ). II h
upon that frame that slavery made Ii
irst ferocious assault. VI
he brutality of its nature and the
ardliness Of its methods were well nj