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ana again az 'he C'u'e nVuse' "n0iS "'
congressional committees surrendered the
remains to the State authorities, were
dense and almost unmanagcahle by the
police. In brief but beautiful wor,
: Chairman Senator Anthony delivered tC
Gov. Washburu, representing the COMMON
wealth. the precious charge. 1--WE rem
der back to you, he said, ''your illustrl
Gus dead. The part which VIC do not re-
turn to you is not wholly yours to receive
nor altogether ours to give /; it belongs tC
the country. to mankind. TO freedom, 10
civilization, TO humanity. Gov. Wash
burn made c brief response, accepting the
trust and welcoming the delegation OF the
city. A detail Of the Shaw guard (coi'
ored) were then stationed about the cata-
faloue in the Doric hall. and through the
long hours Of the night kept watch over
the sacred dust.
MASSACHUSETTS, HoNORs HEE Sun.
On Thursday forenoon, Gov. Washburn
transmitted to the Legislature now in scs-
sion at Boston a message announcing the
death of Mr.. Sumner.
On Friday the committee of the Mas
sachusetts Legislature appointed on the
message of the governor announcing Mr..
Summers death reported simultaneously in
both branches a series of resolutions, which
we're adopted after addresses by Presi.
dent Loring, General Banks aud others in
the Senate, and Messrs. Phillips, Goldman,
Hale aud other prominent members of the
House. Committees were appointed to
make arrangements for the funeral, to
meet the remains at the State line, and TO
arrange for an Grafton.
The resolutions Of the Committee were
presented by Senator Banks, as follows -
Resolved, That the Legislature of Massachu-
sets receives the sad intelligence communicated
by his excel,ency the Governor OF the sudden
death of Charles Sumner, senior Ser ator of
Massachusetts in the Congress of the United
States, with emotions OF profound and abiding
grief.
Resolved, That in this sudden calamity, Mas
sachusetts mOurns the loss of an estimabie pub
lie servant, whose separate qualities are some
times found in separate citizens, but rarely
| ,p;toI IN ,na MOI, H. ,,Iuofe, va. t;.olo.,
and Lis fidelity unlimited. In the prosecution
Of those great measures TO which lie gave his
support, his energy, eonstancy and courage were
unconqueiahle. In his contests for the suprena-
| cy Of the princi pies upon which he had staked
the hazard of his life. he was unmoyed by as
sault and insensible to fear. Against the allure
ments of power and corruption, in every form,
he stood u tower of adanant. At every crisis in
public affairs his bearing was that of one who,
confident MS to his own duty, was considerable
of the rights of others. His extraordinary ac-
QUESTIONS as a scholar gave him eminence among
able men in every department of learning. He
was an accomplished lawyer and %jurist, and, as
an orator, unsurpassed by any man Of his time.
The yigor of his intellect, his great experience
and capacity, his philantlpopic spirit, his ar
dent patriotism, his irrcpressible love of liberty,
hi. limitless devotion 10 the rights of man, gave
to all classes of people, to all sections of the
country and to the world at large a prominent
interest in the p~rolongation Of his labors and
his life.
Resolved, That, deploring the public loss, it
is yet a consolation that the people of the COM
monwealth share in the great triumphs, result
ing in great part from the labors Of the illustri-
Gus Senator. to which in the agony of death he
gave his last and noblest thoughts, and which
eliminated in the destruction of an odious and
sectional system of chattel slavery, in the en-
franchisement of four millions of slaves, in their
political and social eleys ton, and the incorpora-
lion of the sublime doctrines of the Declaration
of American Independence into the text aud
body of the constitution Of the Republic.
Resolved, That in the galaxy of her ~illustri-
Gus children, whose C, %lonial, revolutionary,
constitutional and military services shed an un-
dying luster upon her name. Massachusetts, has
has no worthier son.
As soon as the resolutions had been
laid upon the Presidents desk, Senator
Washburn spoke briefly in their favor,
and eulogIstic Of the man, although. as he
announced. he did not intend to deliver a
set eulogy, as that duty would undouttei-
ly be delegated in due time TO some one
worthy to undertake the task. Senator
Washbura was followed by Presiden, Lor.
ing Senator Bailey being called to the
chair,-and he in turn by Senator Hayes.
who distinguished Mr.. Sumner as the
ripe scholar. tho distinguished statesman,
the true patriot and the honest man"
Senator Stone followed in a similar strain,
expressing the pride he felt, last year, in
voting with the minority, and. this year,
with the majority, in favor of the rescind.
ing resolution.
The last and best speech was made by
Senator Banks. lie went back to the
times before the war, and reviewed the
course Of Mr.. Sumner through the frying
days when he, almost alone. dared to stand
up for justice aud the principle of freedom,
and before the scorn and hate of the whole
slave power. Then he spoke Of Mr.. Sum-
ner as an orator. With the ancient ora
tors it was useless TO compare him, for we
know nothing certain of them. Neither
could he be compared with the o;ators of
the revolutionary or constitutional periods,
for the stndied eloquence of those orators
would not be considered appropriate now.
1t was amply safe to say that he was with
out a superior among the orators Of his