New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-30

M 80, co,,e-ed Inv Southern society but, fond as he
as 81 the charms OF social intercourse ana seceSSoe 70
aonopstrative appreciation, no Establishments coui0
,ch his convictions Of duty. And when the advocates
- slavery turned upon him with anger and menace ne
rlea At them with prouder defiance his answer, re-
,estnr Itself in endless variations: "IOu must YIELD
foT YOU are wronS.
The slave power had frequently succeeded in max
ing the North yield TO demands, after the most
formidable demonstrations OF reluctance that ~ na1
become a serious question whether there eNlsteu aus
such thing Northern nrnness Bnt II uia exist; anu
IN CHARLES sumuer 10 had developed us seVerest pOhteaI
type The stronger the assault the higher rose IN nun
E power OF e Ts mt nun tnrn SSop tho aaaRt
Th southern force, which believed itself reslsilnle'
found itself striking against body when was I'M,
movable. To think OF yielding 70 any Geinane a or
slavery, OF making compromise win IL, IN however
inPGssi6iliIy.
Mr.. SUMMERS COURAGE AND FAITH.
Mr. Summers Of peculiar kind. he
attacked the slave power the most unsparng manner
when its supporters were most violent in resenting op
postion and when that violence always apt to pro-
.eed from words % blows One day, while Sumner was
delivering Of his severest speeches, stephen A.
Douglas walking up and down behind the Presidents
har Iu the 0ld Senate Chamber, listening u him,
remarked % friend: Do YOU hear that mani he
may be a fool. but I tell you that man has pluck
Nobody deny that, ana wonder whether ne knows
himself what he Is doing. l am not sure whether
should have the 70 say those things TO tho men
wbo are Sowing around him.
OF al men in the senate Chamber. Sumner was prcoa-
Div east aware that the thing he did required pluck.
He simply did he felt 1t his duty 70 his 10 do.
him matter or course. He was Ike a soldier
who he has % march upon the enemys batteries
does not say 20 himself: Now going 70 perform
an act Of herosu." but who simply obeys impulse OF
duty, ana marches forward without thAihg OF tne
bullets that Nv around his head Thought or the bold
ward when he is told OF IT. This was one the striking
pecuiarities Of Mr.. Summers character, all those
know who knew him well. Neither he conscious OF
Cv5 "a siraniv nttsred rbat ne felf no he irne In
language fitting the strength OF his convictions. The
INDIGNATION Of his moral sense at what he felt TO be
wrong deep and that lac thought every
body ind the extreme severity of ms expression
al natural a. they came 10 ms own mind And he was
not unfrequeutiy surprised. greatly surprised, when
As he possessed the irmness and courage he pos
sessed the faith Of the deyotee From the beginning
and through all the vlcissitudes OF the ant-oavery
movement, his heart was profoundly assured that his
generation Woald see slavery ehtlely eAungusheu,
WEAe travelling IN France 20 restore MS health, after
visited Alexis de Gocqueyle, the celebrated author OF
"Democracy IN America" Iocquevile expressed his
sacIauan There can be no doubt about the result"
sumner. slavery VIII soon succumb and disan-
per- " sappear! tn what way, and how soon -
asked Tocqucvil.e. "In what manner 1 cannot say
replied Sumner "How soon 1 cannot say; but it
VII. soon feel it, know IL. Il cannot be other
ls remarkable man., said nc Tooqueyie atterward 10
afucld OF mine. lie SAYS tuat slavery viii soOl en-
know how IL does know when. bat ne feels it, he is
perfectly o. 1t. The man speaks ike prophet"
WAT APPEARED perplezins puzzle to other mems
minds was perfectly clear % uin rs methud OF fea
scnug simple; IL was the reasoning Of religious
i.iu. Slavery wronE-,herelorc it must and VIII
prevail Ana bv power Of resistance, by no difficulty
by no appointment By n0 defeat could that tn De
nothing Impossible everything certain. And he was
unable ~ understand low others could ldu 10 snare ms
faith.
IN oH, sense he was no party leader. He possessed
Ol j4U Instinct experience o. the politician, nor
tHat s.-acry mind which appreciates aud measures
tit Importance OF changing circumstances, or the pos
sIb.Itos aud opportunities OF the daY He lacked,
trey the genius Of organ zaton he never understood
Dali le vane The art OF strengthening his following
By timely concession on prudent retccnce. OF advau
usuaeement ana party maneuyer Indeed, not unire-
queuty &c alarmed many devoted friends OF his cause
bi bo.d declarations i9r which, Ihey thOnSnt the pubhe
MiuG was not prepared, and by tine uurcserVed dvOw
and straightforward advocacy Of ultimate OBJECTS,
winch. tAey thought might safely be left 10 the natural
cpiur iGIp- c,cuscd 10 frighten the people and 10
OsOIs@.ze TIE 4at4-S.aYcry forces.
MR. SUMNER NOT A POLITICIAN.
Such was lis unoq 4vOca declaration lis first great
asayeIy speech IN the Senate, that he held himself
bound by every conviction justice, right, and duty
C-oucy the Flsluve Slave law. and his ringing answer
a. question put bv Senator Butler OF South Carolina,
whether without the Fugitive Slave law, he would.
under the Constitution, consider 1t his duty 70 ald no
surrender o. fugitive slaves, Is thy servant dog that
s-l y.s lis sreech on the "Barbar SIN OF sllvery,"
delivered bii % tmi, Kansas immediately under
Free State Constitution: speech 50 msparing and
vehement tie GenuuCiaton OF slavery IN Az It's pOlt
lt' moral ana s1ea asle-s anu >" uaISC, III '.S ~ =
druou oi the complete annihlidon or slavery, that II
rIou OF Kansas. s1cl his uuhendng aud open re-
sst.nce 10 any plan OF compromise calculated 20 pre-
RI, i'l ~ raised rs head and IS large humber OF
Srti-v- -'.,,, -y-1 ..u-s.tv4ry men Frightened nv
tie tDrCaieun- pect OF civil war cast Dhudy about
FOR plan OF adjustment, while Feany no adjustment
sacu was. early IN the war, and during the most
doubtful hours, declaration, laid before the senate
~ a serres of -eOutOus +hat tine rebellion uad
destroyed themselves such nv the very act Of reDe
hon, that Slavery a. creation OF state law, mad
persisted states anu that general emancipation
must immediately ioAOW-thus putting the programme
Of oulaIci patton boldly in tine foreground, az time
when mauy thought that The cry OF union alone union
with without Slavery, could h0ld together the Union
forces. such was ms declaration, demanding negro
suffrage before the close OF the war. WGle the
public opinion 40 The North, whose ald thG government
needed, SUI recoed from such a measure
Taus L. VS. apt % 20 ruugh-ShOd the considera
mons q management, deemed important by als co
WoIEer- oeneVe ne ne coAsuteu VIZ ~ IIienus
around aim. before dong tlOse tAAEs ana "heh they
aftsrwara demonstrated with him, ne lugenuOusIy
alkcd: l. IL not right and true what have saidi
An4ll 10 s rlSnt ana true must not say II " ana YET
although lad OrglnZ ng mlnd, ana despse0 man
agcmeut, ne was Lender. He wac leader as the en-
.odmeut Of the moral idea. Win al lts
hrmBess it's uuh8 faltn, its daring devotion. And
IN the sense ne could be leader only because he Was
10 politician be forced Others 80 on9N, "gfause me
Wss himself impracticaoie. slupiy ODeylng MS moral
impulse. he dared 20 sly thngs when IN me highest
legislative body OF the republic nobody else would say;
sIu he proved thi tLe{ eoo Ds s~q, anu yV ,e w. u
"a ability be- furnished arsenal OF arguments con-
yucuc more Umid souls that what he said could be sus
tanned n repeating. And presently the politicians felt
encouraged 10 follow direction where the deallst
bsa drryen "a sake ahead. Nay. forced them fol-
low for they knew that the deahst whom they could
rOr venture d-OwB would not fa BACK al their bid
dng sucn was MS leadership IN the struggle with
Nor was that leadership interrupted when, the 22d
ON 49, Preston Brooks OF south Carolina, mad
deneG By an arrangement Of his state ami lis Senator
came UPON Charles sumner IN the senate struck nun
Gown WITH heavy blows and left hun on the ground
bleeding aud insensible. For three years Summers
voice was heard out his blood MARKED the vantage
ground which his party c0nd not recede ana NE
Senatorial chair Kept empyfor MIN ny the no0e people
Of Massachusetts stood there an most ELOQUENT silence
eouGrniBg sealing, InhaninE al he had said win terr
DE Hustrauou-s guide-post 70 the onward march OF
freedom.
THr TURNING POINT OF THE STRUGGLE.
D.. a.. had tain no