The weekly Louisianian., 1874-04-04

MUM BER IL,
n spared to US and partially restored
u and that once more his voice was thu
n thunder OF the Senate, and that, like
9 the thunder, it indicated a purificatiou
q OF the atmosphere whenever it was
: heard. The tones Of the great Senator
b we're always weighty With justice, and
deepened ever into accents which con-
veyed = solemnizing sense Of his own
, responsibility. To the discharge of
} his responsibility he brought q mind
wonderful alike for its breadth, its in
oisivenes and i'd polish. Nothing
concerning Justice was too broad for
It's grasp. Whether the subject was
the emancipation and enfranchisement
Of o race, or the reconstruction of IN
almost shattered nation, OF tho duties
OF one nation towards another, Charles
sumner was always equal to himself
and always the superior Of his collea-
gues in his contributions to the general
argument
In the four hours speech which
furnished pretext for the brutal as-
sanlt made upon him in the Senate in
1855 he developed in most harmonious
relations and unsurpassed artistic ef-
feet all the rare qualities OF his mind.
HIS Tremendous power OF statement
was used with wonderful effect in law
ing the broad ground Of his indictment
OF the sl'veholders for trying to stain
the virgin soil Of . Territory conse-
Grated to freedom with the ruthless
footsteps and the deahng hands of the
slave power. At his hands the deed of
shame did not lack for the characteriza-
aon OF single ono Of ito foul and
loothsone features And then follow
ed hne of reasoning 30 clear, direct
and comprehensive that the great
Senator seemed to be carrying along
three OF four distinct subjects under
the powerful command Of his sweeping
but gradually he blended his
threads Of Argument until one could
anticipate the conclusion 20 which his
logic, his illustrations and his des-
cripdons were leading. As all roads
led to Rome, so did each Of the path
ways along which he marshaled his
intellectual forces lead to freedom, and
- they went, every troop Of his well
sentences were plumed and
made to glitter with the decorations of
MS Leaning while irony, sarcasm and
'atire gave briskness to the march.
No wonder the slave power trembled
\ the lace OF such an enemy. No
'onder it conceived the purpose Of
asassinating our champion prehmin-
y to is plan foF the butche,y Of our
acc. But the eonpensaaons Of justice
10 always exact The slave power
siled in it, mu1derous work, and the
uhsrinss which it entailed upon its
reat enemy made il forever impossible
aas Charles Sumner should be any
aing but a unconditional abolition
t We all remember how, alter four
eass IT suffering, he returned 70 his
'st in the Senate. and delivered that
'atchless orstion on the "Ba1bazism !
Slavery effort which thrilled /
hristendom. 81 /
The poetry Of his marvellous career r.
in the glorious evidence of a
% renewed conservation TO our cause .
hich. were given in that speech. He ,
ID eommuned for four yea1s with his
y and gathered her most precious
c'ets. her most startling episodes,
= most curious phase4 and her subt- =
u teachings to fnd two sets Of feat #
'es. the one 10 show slavery a. ugly -
the heart Of Satan, and the other to ;.
pict freedom q glorious in the pres 3.
90 Of God. And from that blessed -.
M, when the secessionisas were :.
altered by that o1ation, which they =
|t expressed the unalte1able convic-
'ns OF the North, 10 the secret con-
ives, in which BY solIe moral Jug
sry they expected 10 cheat Justice q
d deity lust CHARLES Sumner has y;
'od the! champion Of our cause in =;
. Senate, guarding it with q vigilance /,
'ich no pro-slavery sophisms or
purposes could elude, =,
lending it with . fidelity and energy
'ieh no black man has surpassed,
d pushing it forward with such zeal II
d ability that hehved to seethe race It
worked for redeemed and disen-