New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-28
CHARLES SUMNER.
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was ,hen known as his " vacant chair thah WIN '"o
senator % whom il belonged. who was Abroad eAuy "
,vo.o heroic remedies, II only they led 10 heal'"'
,,n ,haae wears returned for snort peilou' V"'
-, ,,,,,o or no part In the Senate MI Brooks mean
,,he suddenIy died at last. and AFTER Intervals Va
na,pfnl suffering, has also suddenly the 'otm Vi i'
xioenee IL was noticeable in his social Intercourse
while others let slip occasional OutDuret o .oe""s
a. 10 his assaan Sumner never disclosed inc ie"
lingering personal animosty. History was silently e't
20 yenre itself misfortune appeared to he aeeepeu
ms one OF the many inseparaoe wrongs IesniIlue Ao
,be cruel syste of Slavery with which only he waged
enduring battle. and not as the crime oil an hui'Du'A
with whom, living or dead he sought only peace
Those among us who may have found 1t sometimes
difficult to agree with him never iouDd IL "ino"''"
respect his fairness of purpose. his unfnchng integrity
or his wealth OF learning In his orbit as staIes"
ne SCARED high from the beginning TO the ehu' anu
sought with moral iutrepidity noble enos " -.
means. As TO the largest snare Vi 's
measures he was apt to be right. lie sturuiy "nu
rowiuly resisted the Punishment OF cou' as q" 'P
from the base Of sound currency. upon quoSu
,o,nlar rights he was often leader IN al s'ePS Va
reform he was never a laggard. The doculues no
espoused II not exclusively his own' aPpea'ou " ~
70 HIM by the possessory title OF constant uSo =,
earnest adherence. lie needed no adnonVoh W e'VA'
hit cannot properly be claimed that MS doctrines p
suaded one generation and live TO govern Ihe eA', "
may be claimed that his early text OF "freeoo"
national Slavery sectional" did not walt unIli ~ q
generation TO be more than verlncu' o..,
national and Slavery forever extlnct' III '"0 e
conAics In behalf OF universal liberty inc uooe"seu
senator has gathered many laurels, ana II ie" o-0
ooa,naa to he won his brow already covered he
will be numbered among those who helped 10 ehanee
great chapter in history By lie OF uhslhtOu u
unsesh labor he secured the undying gratitude Oh an
emaneipated race and the general approval Oh "Auu
haNffa cf fniu
MS fourth term as Senator were fastrunnng out, clung
40 HIM to the very last and in three months OF his
life were they better displayed nor rest ana past
time more hsbitually scOrned, than In those WHICH
Brought his labors 10 an end. Most men nave soino
.pecalty wherein they chiefly excel and doubtless the
great subject of The natural rights Of man most deeply
excited the enthusiasm Of Charles Sumner; Out ne
brought valuable contributions into the discussion OF
slde field OF topics, political and historical; ana upon
international law 1t may not be wrong 10 say ne "as
possibly moro profoundly learned than upon the SUBJECT
which most contributed to build up and support ms
reputation Few men have done more work. and fewer
ru have done 1t so weI While Chairman OF the Com
mite on Foreign Relations, IN oil critical emergencies
he was vigant and powerful friend OF peace ana as
ouch merits the Committees grateful remembrance
The principle embodied in our late treaty Win Great
Britain Of the arbitration Of international differences
BE eagerly accepted as herald of peace to future
generations harmony with his earliest ideas OF the
True Grandeur Of Nations" and as hopeful sign OF
human progress
i
Our deceased associate, unsheltered by wealth. oy
Iamy or by party exposed first and last TO much
ndyerse criticism from which, in spite OF much real al
.niration mparality will not wholly release him.
aHn persstency In pushing his own measures to the
'front.' though their present hurt TO the hurt OF
ethers often provoked rebuke, His enemies he easily
So<gave but could not easily bury the slender per-
pcna afronts received in any wOrdy encounters from
H., IIfa aa1Fo adarn aH niralla
ne vas r1gns. WAS no unmistakable and gtterng
when happened he wrong To his oon"i"s,ons'
sincerely reached, he gave regal pretehsiohS anu i
aheu accepted nothing less than unconditional subms
son Unconscious Of personal ohense, nc lmpellousy
and with the stride OF colossus trampled down what
aver arguments stood in his way, not knowing who was
Druised andyet sometimes 30 sensitive that II his
Rvn arguments touched by the gentest zephyrs OF
personal retort he tthey were visited too Roughly at
shese OCCASIONAL seassertOns by no means held gen.
ersl sway and at his house and table, where
Vie cordial greeting and genial SMILE with conversation
embroidered with both wisdom and mirh exhibited the
sun and variod attractions of his head and heart
[ Finally. deducting whatever truth may demand-s
stsrn deduction the deceased omtted-the bright
EsE q bs h1s VII tserve to perpetuate tbeanemOry
...,, ,,,on me purity OF his private or p"..
character and there Will still remain the
.orAs Of n memorable career-sOmetnlng 'haS 'u0
,,.nas, ambition aims TO grasp, and that heroes uo "
much OF the real elements VI
All the glory Of historic name, I've IN nope Oi
80, vorid world with a little less friction, are
80 have seen attributed to the departed senator
x1as he not with no duty neglected, reacheu 'ha'
.better worldp And who OF us does not sometimes
pray for world with little loss frictionP'
SENATOR PRATTs SPEECH.
NJ, pratt of Indiana said that legislator and
statesman MI Sumner deserved TO be held up as an eh
nple TO Others He earnest and answering IN his
md
o. the overthrow Of human savery and the cause OF
piy, rights How often during this session had his
voice been up the OF civil rights IL was
no mere passion notOrety that inspired HIM Hence
North MI Sumner would divide with the martyred Ln-
,on the and respect Of the colored race No one
aver ventured 10 sssail the purity OF Mr.. Summers
.ublic or private life That he did not love money nor
seek TO accumulate riches known from the modest
stste he left conclusion he sent TO the Clerks desk
and had read preamble and resolutions adopted by
sbe colored people of LoganSport, Ind
SENATOR sARGENT's SPEECH,
~, earcen, OF California said II was his privilege
Few weeks since by appointment by the President pro
s, 70 stand with few brother Senators at the
f the late Charles Sumner. while his earthly remains
were being deposited in the soil OF his native STARE 10
rest while time shall endure in the goody company oil
The heroes aud statesmen who had there preccueu hl
Standing among the tombs OF the many VINO mao tFou
The paths of glory lead but TO the grave were the
eminent men OF the State notably, among Others the
.nasters OF philosophy and poetry, who express It's
highest thought and give intellectual beauty and glory
GO the Athens OF America. Only for such man could
such an assembly have been gathered. Something be-
.ides station evoked that homage OF select souls Mr.
ssrgept named among those who stood around the
Rraye Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry ". LongfeliOW'
Oliver Wendell Holmes and John G. Whittier and
quoted appropriate lines from these authors he said
1t had been assumed that Mr.. Sumner an austere
man, absorbed III his circumstances aud IN his daily