New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
SKINNER AND FESSENDEN.


ne Eon d. h 4''y al II; In; s;''o Of ~e Nf'''''"'''
mon the Adjournment OF tho Senate that day loi
the speech AGAINST Andrew JGhnsons po'icy. IL
rlmr over to hc House and asked ne 10 ride home
with him. tel iu- ~ the same TIM. his experience IN
tie S,uatc duuuI that d3v. We rode from Inc
C1uitoi 10 his lud,lHg.. and We passed on Onr way
the funeral corteee of Governor COrwn and as we
gnlcd upOa the caslrt containing ms remains lie
said That /, the end 81 most eminent ctileh
career. and how wish ny MISSION was over. ana |
could b" N his ul.rr; toy IL makes me 80 unlAHpy
to ditrr 50 widely from personal ana po.itIeaI
,riru,is whom | esteem 50 hghly. But must dO
my duty" Ills personal aniHgOuSinS, though gem
orally una void ihi" by one governed bE >ucn rigid
sense of duty injured hl> reputation and made Tor
han many bitter enemies IL Is wen hh"W'i alhnii'
his friends that Tor many years he ana senator SS-
sender we've not on sparkling terms. IL WIS a
source OF Crr at discomfort AMI pam to tho nIu r0u'
friends Oi hoih the dist 'nguInhcu SENATORS san
one ,lav TO Mr. SKINNER THAI il 50, med "A shame II
not di,gricciu thdt the two N lSt eminent senators
and distinguished STAT, smcn OI New England Shonit
indulge IN "A personal quarrel with each other. III"
.cplicd that it VAS not his iault Senator tesSei-
den said the same To me. That lie was not III
iault" 4 few DAYS afterNan Mr.. Sumner was IN
formed that Senator FeSsenden spoke IN hl& praise
OF his debating pow ors upon one OCCASION which IN
Dictated. he thought. that the Maine senator really
annrerinted and felt kindly toward him The next
day they Informed mo that they had become recon-
cilcd without either of them apol0gnng
They remained mutually friendly and admlrlnC
for some ttmc when newspaper Reporter gave 90
the puhlic a conversation had with Sumner III
winch he spoke OF FeSSendcn IN terms when an-
grrcd the latter very much. and be refused from
that time tOrw ard until the 18TH OF Aprli, lSoJ 10
rocoonizc or sneak TO MI sumner. On the 18Th Of
April 1850. the great speech Of the Massachusetts
Senator upon the Alabama claims. which created
such "A profound sensation both IN Europe ana
america WAS delivered in the Senate i'll SEE ret seS-
sion aul 1t was this speech that made the settle
mcnt of the Alabama claims possible. upon oettor
basis than the one proposed. lmmedlately upon
the conclusion of this speech Mr.. tesSenden aloSf
and spoke ~ follows: 800 A.,
rise to express my gratitude ana thanks 10 tlie
frntra n pl1
powerful and exhaustive speech when ne has just
dcliyercd-a speech 80 accurate IN statement, so
powerful in argument. so cXeclieht III zone Hnu
trmurr placing our country before tho world III
its trne RELATIONSHIP speech which no oJhe1 man IN
tins country is competent 10 make, anu speech
which in my Judgment + rs SnG s nt tSs co oil?
and / thank him for 1t from Tie Dot'om ol my
heart" .,.... ,...,
they remained warm friends until the deceaSe oil
The great Maine Senator a few months later. Two
DAYS before the death OF MIR. feSSenden 4 report
was circulated that Charles Sumner was dead.
A few DAYS after the death of Senator + assendcn
| entered the room Of Mr.. Sumner and found him
reading letter. in which be seemed deeply inter-
estcd He remarked Here j. "a letter which can
not show. but would like to have YOU read. IT
was from Judge Shepley. which related M incident
which have never since heard lnentiCng.I' ah 40
not think has ever been made publlc. Inc Juuge'
aludng to the false report OF the Senator death.
said that when he saw the report upon me oul1etIn
board Inc hAstened to the bedside Oh ne nv III o
ator ana told HIM OF the report. " NAT ~ T ~
claimed. Charles Sumner dcad-iupossbe: HE
greatest the wiscSt and the best man ID te Senaro
of the United States how can the country spare
him p aud again exclaimed, THE greatest the
wscs and the best taken from re AMONGST Us 5D ST
S H. JHinr testimony Of the distinguished Sena.
TS from 1 Maine to the great qualities OF head and
heat OF tho lllustrious Charles sumner Our great
SENATOR tor brief period abandoned the Republican
orGomizatiop but had the infinite satisfaction of
hearing trom his own lips the last time saw him,
INT a short time before his death, as parted II ON
no safety for the Republic but IN the success OF the
Republican party"