The weekly Louisianian., 1874-05-09

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grataful h honor ~ st ,to hin ~ho j was o!
great benetector; and friend. lend 1"T
the illastrious 4. The 2 whole Eqrld y
sapalchre." m To Charles sumne
the whole civilized world has pai'
ito honors, and; pov. sqe meet to civ
some formal testimony Of our PRO
found reverence for the persona
gifts and powers, for the measnr
Of unsel6sh deyotion which be gar
to ~ -.s5.. IT,: .:s9 IT q,
T. + I,could On this; occasion franz
into artieulate, words the feelings .
our hearts, # I could but half e1
press the depth, and sincerity, o
that gratitude; which dwells in al
our hearts, I might hope to Eise tt
the height Of. the feelings, Of thi
hour. But that may not be.
!: This is Faneuil Hall. Here
within this venerable shelter, *
6tly; styled "the Cradle Of. Liberty,
a little more than twenty-eigh'
years ago, the voice Of Charles Sum-.
ner was, first heard in that great
warfare to which his, after, life wa
90 completely devoted: His tones
were trumpet-like. Listen to them!
Let Massachusetts, then, be
aroused. Let all her children be
summoned to this holy cause
There are questions OF ordinary
politics in which men may remain
neutral; but neutrality now is trea-
son to liberty, to humanity, and to
the fundamental principles OF free
institutions. Massachu-
setts nesst continue foremost in the
cause Of Freedom"
Brave, glorious wordsl .Bnt how
few then to echo them! Twenty
eight years only have passed, and
here in that same Faneul Hall that
prostrate race against whose further
enslavement Charles Sumner then
thundered his protest and warning,
have met beneath the protection Of
the laws not only OF Massachusetts,
but of the American Republic, to
do honor to that splendid career
then aud there begun, which wit
messed the final overthrow of sla-
very, and the citizenehip Of it's VIC
TINS throughout the Republic.
From that hour, in this hall, in
Noyember, 1S45, Charles Sumner
May be said to have entered on his
With what: splendid equipments
If mind, of heart, Of body, did he
advance, to the conflict No night
|ier figure ever moved forth to an
,ient jousts. No braver heart ever
enlisted in Freedoms cause. No
scholarship more complete and
afHuent since Milton,:tas placed it's
,ifts and graoea at the shrine Of
Justice and public hondE.
He little dreamed, F have ventnred
o think, of the severity Of the sac
i6ces or the glory of the achieve
nents which lay in the pathway on
which he then entered. The mad
md remorseless spirit of Slavery
which chen aroused his courage
lrew him to the conflict, moved
'teadily forward to its purposes
Texas WINS annexed; the whole
North, the entire national domain
vas converted into the hunting
,round Of Slavery; but Charles
sumner was lifted by Massachu-
'etts into the Senate Of the United
states. The voice which had
the echoes Of this historic
,all in November, 1s45, WAS trans
erred to that central point to
rouse the sleeping conscience Of
he whole nation. With these vows
Uttered likewise in this hall, he en-
cred upon his august duties in the
ITO vindicate Freedom and
oppose Slavery, 60 far as I may
onstitutionally-with earnestness,
md yet, I trust without personal
.nkindness on my parts the
,bject near my heart. Would that
ny voice, leaving this crowded hall!
o-night, could traverse the hills
nd valleys 81 New England, that It