, 1874-05-02

hea pioneer Of tho Ciyi-sorvica ltof0rm movement.
Tho owl grew ui,tlcr President JoAnsple Atn1iu-
s a. sess q sifolG"s la ss oo.
but voluntarily md nvolnnatiy by n,en,bera OF tho
confeasod to omaolvcs tic urgent necessity of meet.
er md 'S Ia as. g sa ill., hS 'hsfsSHa spaSa
eopesea u ,bs seat and % Wos ., he S a.
mated by none but tho highest and most patriotic
III iouo and cnracler sotns ii, aco utesny auanst
wrong aa an,usteo ErSsen!n9 III ts Whole ens
and lofty pn5ie Mr. snUr aa nroua III Gffiy By IL
H. fota himself ., te Slos anty o hS Ropu6Iis
Of tho Republic and tho character Of lie Govoruaou
10 folt as ho would have felt peraonal oIonsc liz
criticised IT, e denounced It, ho demonstrated agnl,sk
IT, for lo could not do otherwise. IIo did Bo fren,on.
ly and without hesitation and rcacrvo when Mr. Lin
to loudly tho dlIncu,t il was to maKs n,
sou hcara II WIS his nature ho fot 1t to 10 hts
right Ms citizen he ssteomed It ha duty aa sau-
Tint, and no other, was tho motive which impollcd
Treaty. IN the reasona upon which lhat opposition
was bsaod know that personal feeling had ilo aharo,
They wero pariotfo rcasons publicly a canailiy o1-
pressed, aud 1t ueens they appreciated by largo
81 he SHs Hsa g. hss
hrosng to support tlat treaty and then opposing it,
has 1spasJnE SeEy aens sy r. ss n It, Of %
willing 10 mako the fullest allowance for tho osalby
hst Sns nun who "o KNOW M. Mr. sunal s1n ss sl1
Will hesitate moment to pronounce tho
enaigS snss Of r. dups!ty as founded the os
dupcity on his part was Simply moral impossiDg. si
was absolutely foreign to Ills nature. Whatever may
tngy deceived htauu being. Thote waa In him not
~ faintest IT, ehadow of dlasmulaon,, disguise,
Of doubo meaning, not ono Of his acss hidden aim.
Ms ses snd 1a, aslkss his approval aud dsapprova
appeared before a world IN e a o
day. Ills frAnknoae waH SO unbonndod, his candor 40
entire, hs tngenuousness no childkc that ho lacked
was almost incapable Of modSratina his fcoo o
inss,, Of touing down hla meaning In tho OK e1-
indtrecton, he would not havo dono so, because ho
could not. He was ono Of those who when they nt-
11wnys ind IN %n in ron1 g
utely foreign to his tactics, because thoy wore income
pa.ib,!4e with his nature have known n.any men In
nd!ous act or an artful profession.
eau him I'm, a.. ynn, M lmpractisablo, m imperIoua
uon the namo Of ono Of whom with creator justics il
can DO eutd that hc was true man.
THE RUPTURE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION,
prompted and charaotorlzed Lis opposition to tho
Sanso M Domingo seheme prompted aid characterized
followed: Tho charges ho made aud Tho ar.
J gunients with which he supported them, foel
Whether
at they were correct or erronsoue just uuIua I'M
determine ny that judgment BE- ju4t and fair to ua
all. But tiG can nrm to-day for know 1t: Charles
Sumner nado charge which be did not himsolf
firmly, rolglously believe to bo true. Neither did ho
firmly, regiously believe to be wrong. And, while
attacking tnoao III power for what he considered wrong
cred ra or III he us ssd s u tie r. ID
would to-day, II ho lived, eonseieutlouBly cordially
oyousy aid IA sustaining tho 1restdents recent veto
f1,rnUt
iniiict deep injury on tue character, wall tho
ssne interests Of tho American poop!o.
deeply grounded 1n bis feeling and conscience that it
was for him difficult 70 understand how ohoru could
National Republican Convention Of 1879, ho haI Gey.
ered that fierce phiippio for which he has been
sarsa 30 aeh 5 b ,rnsa e e. n the question:
meuta he hnd produced would ccrtAuy exercise de-
caiyc inluenco on tho action OF that Convention.
astonished. Not as II he tndnlged III tic delgion
that hts porsonal word would hnvs such authoritative
which in him had risen to tho full strength Of over
ruling convlcton,-thnt feeling Of duty which In him
bad grown so aolemn and Irresistible as to inspire
should fall powerless at tho fcet OF a party which
go long Ind followed inspirations kindred to hs
his faith in tho rcot1tude Of his own ca,se The rcsat
Of ha effort " matter Of history After the rhilae-
n ny and not an then he resolved to
doomed to defeat. IIe obeyed his souso OF Right and
duty ut terrible sacrifice. Ho Ind been one Of tho
sroses h had stood in bo sonnto o. eatS az
monument Of the sruggles and victories Of tho Anti
ness. by ali Republicans he had b.e looked up 10
with respect t-by 1nany with veuerutiou. HI had 6een
the idol Of The people q his Slate Az this was aud
to tho sauto Domingo schome he Ind been deprived
ot his place at tho head Of the Senate committoo On
Foregu Rotations, which he Ind held 40 long, aud
with 40 much honor to the Republic and to himself
nqt fow know how sharp pang It gave to his heart,
Of faithful servant who was conscious Of only doing
his duty.
1No2A11ruDE AND PERSECUTION
but, When he bud pronounced ugainBk tho caudl-
dates Of Ills party, worse experiences were for him In
Btoro Journals which for Years had been fu Of his
vituperation questioning his past gervces aud caiuR
hitnn traitor. Men who Ind been proud of hla &C.
lin In tic street Forner aatterers eagerly Covered @
aisname WITH u, sAndsr Many Of those who had been
s sasEs ss spsa ssn as y
With fidelity and devotion oquaod by few and aur-
T. now keenly hs fiji III And ~ The ernai malice
Of iugrsaas md hs anspaFng persecution q in
sssy s sa ns new 'stssf''Gs sstasf 3 has III
s lad h ss7 him many ,om time Of
mud which shortly should Lay him low. II admonisheJ
him tllat every word 10 spoke might be his Inst He
which hot only bis principles Of right, hut even his
good nane, earned by many years of faithful effort,
Was at stake lie possessed longer the elastic spirit
Of youth, and tho prospect Of now struggles lad
csasea to e,,srm him! ~ hair bud grown gray with
begpa to love tho thought OF reosing bis heud upon
tls pillow oi assured pubio es.eom. Even tho sweet
the voice Of wife aud child would have said !: Ncst
here for whneyss yer tie Toria may say wo kuow INT
friends ol ha youth, who knew him best, surrounlal
him With never-tasgIng confdouce and lows, and
those of his who knew him also,
mud who woro true 10 l!in they wero truo to their
common cause. Thus ho stood In tho Presidential
campaign Of 1879.
It IL at such moment OF bitter ordeal that an hon.
eat public man feels the impulse OF otirng within
himself; to examine with unscrnpulous the quail
itY Of his own lnotiyes huxioua!y inquire whether
hs Ia really right n his opinions aud obscta wAen 80
lnany old frienda say TINT ho ia wrong; md thou,
after such review at tho hund Of consclonce and uy
to form anow bis conclusions without baB and to pro-
claim thcm without foar THIS he did.
THE srEEoH 1879,
lie had deaired, and, as ho wrole l" ho had CONF
IDENTIFY hoped, on returning ho,ne from Washingtoll
n IN Hall