New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30

voice ana line presence were adicd 10 charm Vi
style lie impressed Senator'S and spectators with
lis profound sincerity His sentiments, remarks
Mr.. Fierce. were lofty appealing to generous
minds and for the moment, some who listened
hard politician, though they were. must have had
their better natures stirred, while they looked
beyond the forced and unnatural compact OF par
ties against the agitation Of slavery, and recos-
nized in his fcarlcssness and undaunted purpose
the prophecy Of a new North, ana OF the des'hc"
fall Of slavery itself"
The Presidential election Of 1852, the repeal
of the Missouri compromise the organization OF
the Republican party and the Outragcs III Nan
sas are outlined in connection with Mr.. Suni!er
participation in Congressional debate ana MS
steadily increasing importance one oi the
chief figures in the anti slavery movement. Inc
circumstances under which his famous speech on
Kansas was delivered are related with great AM
nation 1t condensed into IA phrase s'a''-
ment Of successive outragcs ana usurpa'iohS'
- the crime against Kansas. the crime OF cri'heS'
the crime against Nature" 1t eloqncnty p"r-
traycd this crime as aggravated by the tho'iNe'
which was 1.-THE rape of a virgin territory cohi-
pelling il to the hateful embrace OF slavery.
troccablc to n depraved desire for new slave
State, hidcous offspring of such crime IN the
hope OF adding TO the power OF slavery Ill 'he
National Government force being openly
employed in compelling Kansas TO this polhitlon'
Mr.. Sumner spoke for five hours. and sustained
himself we'll to the end, eNhiblting. III III"
Judgment of experienced observers, inc moS'
signal combination Of oratorical splcndoiS ever
seen in the Senate Chamber. When lie c"Se"
his spcech Cass and Douglas followed with in
ycctive rocking in vulgarty and ribaldrv, ana
not long afterward Brooks, stealing upon him
of Me dos
murderous assault upon him which nearly ended
his life Tho pain and suffering which he was
called upon to endure did not. either at the
time of the injury or during the whole period
Of his disability. produce in him any feeling OF
nersonal bitterness either against the assaiiaht
or the Southern people Mr.. Pierce remarks:
IJo attributed the deed 10 the spirit OF slavery
instead of laying the responsibility on ill'in,uua H.
FbGr days later. when he entered aga,n iao s ,
debate between the contendinG princlpleS ne s'li
at the outset Il have no PERSONAL gfieis 10 "'e,
only a vulgar egotism could intrude 'uoh nv
this chamber have no personal a w,omI 70
wield that vengeance which belongs to IN" Lorh'
The years that have in'eryened and t6s f1 ,hnS
that have opened since t,i I. OK hcar lie Is
n"t known TO have REQUIRED to the subject III
private cyccp, in Two instances. Wncn , ~ ""'
introduced by others under peculiar fnr pre.dent
In 1872. when supporting HrperE Ior i,;,.aI Of
and making his protest against any IeVi al,d
sectional luminosity, his attention being cai f
TO saric3 W~ hI% h, WHICH REPRESENTED HIM at
,bc mrave Of Brooks reading the inscription 81,
The stone. hr said: What have ! TO 90 Wi" ,,a
him /. was slavery, not ho n was ' w"lkinr in the
Congressional Cemetery when '".ft Z, tim the
Curtis. his companion, pointed our I" n'I hot,rc
ccnoarh Of Brooks which ne S,rn .'i i for few
moments. and then turning away sara al linn.
fellow: poor fellow" Curtis then a'I r.. rnniy
!. How d;d Won feel about Brock? ar, IpN
was: only az to a brick that shoni! iai n "p,n
nv head from q chimney He was Tie ui''''-
scious agent Of q mali2n power
Tho fourth volume embraces tine war AZ" TO-
construction periods, the acrimonious coh'''','
sizes Of President Grants Administrator anu wv
Greeley canvass The diplomatic chaPe..' "
remarkable for lucdity of treatment Nv CIV
in which his speech on the A'hpah'" ''''
ano,vyod presents a new but wholly reasonable
view of his ultcrior purpos', when wa, paw"
and in the direction of international arhi'r'uoh'
7. u.s hardly practicable for the author ~ tax"
IN without controversial heat the san Doriine"
anroxo+ion scheme. the recall Of Minister MIti"y'
No disbursement Of Mr.. Sumner from the chair-
mansh;p of the Committee on Foreign Anars aho
his hostility 20 President Grant Their" are sp'He
nassaoes i'm the chapters relating 10 these Incl
dents which might have been more ln"iclou''
written. and especially those containing s'n''-
urcs upon Secretary Fish and III" NmitaS
secretaries Tie author goes far enough when
he says
History cannot take account Of what may nav"
been brought to the Presidents ears Wy ewes
troopers and parasites land OF thee t'i" wci'
many about him: but tins can he said with con,
fdcncc that up TO the time OF Motley $ rch'Nal
Sumner had said nothing Of the President III
sprcch or writing which wanting III r"-prc,
for his character and services, but had tl"a'ci
linn throughout with perfect Difference ana
courtesy. He had kept strictly within hls rieht
and duty as a Senator in resisting III" Hin
Domingo scleme-a right AN! DUTY equal ~ me
Presidents in promoting it. he President mieht
measure but the senator. by the testimony %,
his associates was bame"ss. Ih" removal 81
Motley was the first act which gave personal
J direction to u public question. Sumner re-. 'rdcl
IT, as the common Judgment Of men r"gdi'hn H.
as an attempt 10 punish u senator Tor me JUST
exercise of his right and the honest perormanc"
his duty: and his Indignation was natural ana
human.
In his comments upon Secretary fIsis lnsrIt
| in the Motley papers the author goes across the
border Of impartial narration Of historical events
and olrends the proprictics Of biographical writ
| Ing The provocation may have been great, but
| temperate criticism would have been more clec-
| tive than overhcatcd structures. his is, how
| ever n slight flaw in comparison with the many
excellencics and literary merits Of this work. II
| is A noble biography. worthy in every respect OF
| the intellectual giant and "whtesOulcd states
| man. whose great deeds it records.
ARERDEEN