New-York tribune., 1874-03-19
CHARLES SUMNERS MEMORY.

TRIBUTES AT ALBANIAN ADDRESS FROM SENATOR
JACoBs-ACTION OF THE ASSEMBLY
ALBANY, March 18.--In the Senate this even
4ns Mr. Jacobs from the Committee appointed to draft
resolution expressive OF the sense of the Senate on
the death OF Charles Sumner reported prefacing
as follows:
Mr. PRESIDENT AND SENATORS Among the many
~ondrous changes wrought by the hand OF DEATH
t marvellous than that tu the hearts OF the living,
hardly than in OF the departed the passions
hch divide men, the mists OF prejudice which darken
O ,ath. truer, because a more charitable Judgment
takes the place Of lifelong misconception and hostility
and the mortal here stands revealed 10 the common
eye only when his struggles aud his tolls have ceased
forever. Especially Is this true OF the men who MI
large space in the public aud who fall ID the midst
OF their strength, while actually engaged III De strug
giles OF me hour Sans o ny one re Of hs pofi"a
adyersares desire briefly 10 hear my testimony 10 the
grandeur of his character II most significant; fact
tbat the first Thought OF all men the OF bis
sudden departure flashed through the anu was OF tue
moral qualities OF the deceased Great he was IN
natural gifts of the mind great in the assduous culture
of these gifts ana foremost among the scholars ana
orators Of his But Is mol o1 these lnhS We tIk
now We feel that We have known men VINO mlght
challenge comparison with hun IN these p out ba m
been through his whole fepterless among our states
.,-. s,aus -
Neaed 20 all are Firstly, the perfect and unsuiled
purity Of his private character; seGInuy con s yon
70 his public duties he understood them Indeed so con
speuous were these qualities that was hardly eIt LOT
the hand of death reveal chem Such career as DIS
provoked as was sure to provoke, the most lteuse
sssaied At the Of life with gifts OF fortune and
intellect which placed within ms reach the most bril-
liant possibilities OF worldly success, he chose 10 conse-
crate himself 20 the cause OF en5aved race To this
he faithful. To his his life devoted.
He has been called visionary aud fanatcal in his meth
DDS Of advocating tins But what commentary
IL Is these criticisms What announcement TO
those who aim at the 0ftest practical good III politics.
that though his life not long one, IL was long
enough for him 10 all his accomplished ana Ills
aspirations fulfilled.
The resolution is as follows:
Whereas The country has been called upon to mourn
Nka - nf ffa Ia4Ht Uatafa fhl Hon
Charles Sumner long Senator from the State OF Massa-
cbusetts therefore,
Resolved That the people OF NewYork join with their
OF Massachusetts, and with the nation at
large lamontiDg his loss The private character
OF deceased statesman and his unswerying feay TO
principle all commend his life example. and render
his death q national calamity.
The resolution was adopted, iand the Senate then ad
lourned.
ALBANY. March lathe House assembled this evening
for the consideration OF the resolutions on the death OF
Charles Sumner presented last week The galleries were
crowod with ladies and gentlemen. Mr. Avord was the
nrst 10 speak He followed by Messrs. Bostwick,
Prince. Brewer Lincoln, Beebe Vedder, c. g. Spencer,
Bern. Fsrrsr, Wight SIoan aud Griffin. The resolutions
were then unanimously adopted, and the House ad-
journed
GENERAL TRIBUTES.
BUFFALO, March 1.-THE cOlored people Of
~< siS held memorial servioes ~ the Viaest ID. E'