New-York tribune., 1874-06-10

soicsaae. would i.n have sencOd him. aud tho city
was q camp OF his cnemies.
MS LATER YEARS.
A bs career drew TO an end events occurred without
vhch his life would been wholly complete and
the most signal illustration OF the power OF personal
character In politics would have been lost He was as
have said party man Although always In advance
and by, his genius moral leader he had yot always
OF ns poIIca activity were virtually accomplished no
came believe that his party reckless 10 aS'olu" r
patriotism TO which his lfo was conscciated; that lts
Sns wS Ss sS, a sna human n. trusting
leaders should not DO trusted and t0leratng prao
tees that sn , sSoSa Of tho Country he
reasoned with It and appealed TO " "a more tah sw1n ~
Faneu Hall Ills hope was by his speeches Tho sano
Domingo treaty and tho French arms ana tns irss h
fatal apathy tho party and " stimulate II once more
it leadership of the conscience ana Tue p pa
triotisu tho country. IL my fortune to SEQ nun
constantly and Intimately during those days, 70 Know
the persuasons and hattsrios iavshed upon nun ~ ~
duce him to declare openly against the party ana nn
resolution not leave II until he had exhausted every
argument and PRAYER and conscience forbade nun % 70
nomination was made which seemed TO hun the cohc1u
he said 70 me- vehemcntIy hundred times" any other
candidacy can SUPPORT aud u wona save '"g ~ p' AZ
aud the country" The nomination was made no diu
not hesitate He sixty years old smitten with sor
rows that were not known; suffering NJ times acu,o
agony the disease OF which he died his heart eay
with tho fierce strife Of and longing f0f re-
pose. But the familiar challenge OF duty found MN asr.
doubt or a fear to what undoubtedly the greatest
| trial Of hs life.
| AN APPEAL TO REMAIN WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARIf
The anti Slavery contest indeed. had closed many
door and many heart against him. 1t had exposed MN
to the sueer hate the ridcue Of Oppositon 1t had
threatened his aud assaed his person But the great
issue clearly drawn his whole being was stirrcd~
its depths; he was tho bloom Of youth tho pride OF
humn ronscience were his immortal allies and around
him the vast increasing hosts OF liberty the men
the multitude that Thought him only too oagor for un
right the Of @ free Hne men Dero ap' wss am
other scene. lar nercer trial ls old COMPANIONS "
M ths Msrs" pSrson" friends the great body Of the
party whom his words bad inspired looked az MN WIN M
proud tender heart, trusting. simple almost crodu-
ous that OF boy could know how sore tle trial was
IIo stood among mia odest friends virtually alone
with ineIpressIble pain they parted. each to his
own duty. Arc you willing" ! said to nun ono one
with hm-and should have been unworthy his friend
ship had bee sients Charles sanss % T,as w
colored race In this country with all their rlgh
party. however lair its profession which comprises all
who have hated and despised the negro Iho slave or
Ss hoart leap With 10y or droop dmyed when he
knows Charles sumner has given his great name as
their betyP Tue started TO his eyes that gao9
head Bowed down. but 5e ap,wosss % ,bS saay ntoua
triumphant party that he had led so often men and
women whom hts heart loved. the trusted r!enas gIs
upon which, on his great days and after hi, rcsoundng
words he mad been joyfuy accustomed to lesnhe saw
oil these depart and ne turned to 10 alone ana 10 Ills
YET great as was his sorrow still greater believe
could follow him For the first time In his life he
went way, and MASSACHUSETTS, went the Other But
true 10 her convictions OF duty Ia
that hour as he was TO his own lt was her prOiound
fatal TO the welfare OF the country. But inspiring
moral of these events this, that whe uepOrng nus
Judgment In this single case ana while later 'no Lsgs
In, mia Ing
censured him for the resolutions which tho pe0pe Oh
the state not understand and which they believed
| most unusty to him, TO be somehow a wrong TO the
precious dead. the flower OF thousand homes-yet.
a not fSow s. b. a n
spoke in rural Massachusetts, whether In public or in
pohins that said was heard with more sympathy and
applause than my DECLARATION OF nndying honor ana
Masachusct." he SAID in the bittercst hour OF the
conflict OF his life. And 1t never betrayed him.
mean % or selfish motive clouded lis i%sss-not
doubt OF his absolute fidelity " his conscience ds.
st. his body
one Sso and IN Fanoa Hail. aud a.
the state House, all honor that ooundess gratitude and
aud yonder in Mount Auburn he would have been laid
to with the same Immense tenderness OF SORROW
! THE LESSON OF Ills LIFE.
This f. the great victory the great lesson the great
legacy Of his life, that the fidelity of public man TO
conscience to party rewarded with the sincerest
popular love and confidence. What an inspiration to
every youth longing with generous ambition to enter
tho great Of the State that he must heed first and
sure Of the sweet voices Of good fame Living how
Sumner served us and dying. at this moment how ne
mean selfish and corrupt. when there is general
apprehension that the very moral foundations OF
painfully anxious to know whether the heart Of the
people hardened Charles Sumner dies and the uni
no man left living among US could awaken, snow now
SeoS hs hs DYING
sumner, revelation which inspires every American 70
bind his shining example frOntet between the eyes,
| and never again to despair OF the higher and more
| glorious destiny of his country. -
In that beautiful home at sunny and leafy of
national city. whore no lived among books and po-
sooe to Which he returned at the close Of each day in
the aud TO which the wise and good from every
land naturally came-hOw tho stately and gracious and
alI-accom mplished seemed the very personhcaton
that union for which he had so manfny striven.
and coming his dying eyes beheld-the union OF
ever wider liberty and Juster law the America OF COM
prehensive intelligence aud OF moral powerl For that
words Of his living lips forever lifts us-hfts us to his
srea. faith in America and IN .,S man ~, suddenly
of Israel aud the horsemen thereof!-he banner falls
oa1 sS saP . uoe his Se
only in his spirit And as Ia the heroic Legend Of
The nercs shock Of Indian battle. suddenly saw
at their head tho lofty form OF an unknSwp captain.
ant men strengthening their hesrts and leading them
| TO victory, no. and women Of Massachusetts, Of
America II In that national conflict already begun. %
vast and vital the struggle Of his lfe the contest
which beyond that OF any party, policy, or meas
urethe contest for conscience intelligence and moral
ity as supreme power In pOltics and the sole
salvation Of Amerca-yOu should falter or fall, sud
| denly your hearts shall moro the towering
FORM shall hear again tho inspiring voice. shall DO eI-
aed with the moral energy and faith Of Charles bum
per and the victories OF his Immortal example shail
| transcend the triumphs OF his life.
THE above gives tho freshest and most Interesting
points OF discourse. Dut comprises only about one
third It, II reproduced from the authors report
which to appear In the current Issue Of HarPtrs
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