Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-18
Prom the National Capitol.
WARRINGTON, March l3, 1874.
Ed. Republican

Ed. Republican
The d-alL of Senator Charles Sumner,
which took place at his late residence on
corner of H street and Vernon, avenue in
this city at 2:47P.x. on The 18th inst,
created intense excitement and was Of course
deeply lamented by everybody. The promi-
nent po,itou Mr.. Sumner Ihas occupied for
the last % years as Senator from Nassa-
chusetts, the principles for which he has
ever fought with such signal ability and
faithfalness, the purity OF his character, the
honesty of his motives, and his prominence
in literary and artistic pursuits combined
to make him, as he undoubtedly WAS, the
greatest living statesman OF the present
generation, His loss will be long felt, and
among the present Senators there is none
who will ever be able to occupy his place.
Of the details Of his last lou rs the tele-
graph will already have informed you. AL
most his last words, and his last injunction
to the Senators at his bedside, expressed
his anxiety for the civil rights bill I, which
in his opinion was to be the browning point
in his fight for universal liberty. His last
speech in the Senate, the first and only one
your correspondent ever heard him deliver,
was against the celebration Of the ceute nnial
AZ an international affair He maintained
that the celebration should be American
only, and while his powers as an orator in
point of delivery did not strike your cor
respondent rs favorable. the impressiveness
with which the speech was made, the choice
OF words and the beauty and finish Of each
sentence Was such as could not but impress
every listener. Thi, morning the last tri-
QUITE OF respect WAS paid the deceased in
Was hlngton. AT O'Clock the procession
consisting merely of the committee Of Con-
gress, the hearse, several deputa'ions OF col
ored people, and the representatives OF Ma g.
achusetts in Congress with their families as
mourners, left the house, and proceeding
down Pennsylvania Avenue reached the
front of the Capitol and the body was carried
to the rotunda where for three hours it laid
la stdtC. AL, CIoH vi pSOplC
gathered in and around the building, and
passed slowly around the coffin viewing the
remains of the dead Senator. The crowds
of colored people, men, women and children,
was particularly large, and man. were the
expressions of sincere sorrow made by tdem
upon the death of the man, whom they al
most adored as a god. At one o'clock the
body was carried to the Senate Chamber,
which together with the rotunda and the
exterior of the building was heavily draped
in mourning. There, in the presence Of the
President aai Vice President of the United
States, Members Of the Cabinet, Justices OF
the Supreme Court, Officers of the army and
navy, Senator's and Representatives, and an
immense concourse o people in the CALLER
les. prayers were offered up BY the Chap
aius of the Senate and House, and short
extracts read from the Scriptures The
body wns then conveyed back to the hear Sc
and the procession, accompanied by 4 large
number of people, proceeded to the Railway
depot, whence the ren aims 1T 2 clock
started tor Boston, where they will be in
tered. .... w.