The National tribune., 1897-12-16

| nave no PERSONAL gTietS TO utter; Oni,
| avulgar egOtlsm could intr,Ide such into tn is
chamber | have no personal wrongs f,
| avenge; only a brutal nature could attemp
] to WELD that vengeance which belongs Il
| the Lord The years that have intervene
and the tombs that have opened since
| spoke. have their voices, too, which ! can
| not fail hear. Besides what am 7 nj
| what is any man among the living, or amonf
! the dead, compared with the question he.
| fore US! y
! He was ever ready to attack evil i'm its
strongest bold; and, like the knight of Ivan
| hoe IN the tournament, he struck will, tho
sharp end oil his spear the shield Of its
| bravest champion.
| When the Republicans came into powc,
! IN 1861 MIR. Sumner was made Chairman %
! the Senate Committee of Foreign Affairs a
! position for which he was well fitted bv his
knowledge OF the history, literature, and
| language OF other countries He spoke
| ftehch IKE a native, and foreigners from,
| the Diplomatic Corps visited his home fre-
| quenfiy Tor social as well as business nur
| poses. r'
HIS selection for clerk Of his committee
was the latcemincnt author and journalist
MAJ! Ben: Perley i'oore. This appointment
was made in full confidence Of the Majors
/ ntncsS lor the position, and his friends hiu
i for the man. For years he held this nosi
ton with Mr. Sumner, and was afterwards
promoted 10 Il more lucrat tive office
when Mr.. Summer became estranred from
Gen Grant and his Cabinet it will be re
memhcred that Perley," in his dispatches
and letters, antagonized his old fr;rnd ,nJ
strongly favored The President Many ni
Mr.. summers friends did not follow him
Some OF them brought these letters IN hi
notice. He would not read them, but would
say:
Ike him too well to read his letters. 7
IKE the person, not the writer Weare each
1 haE ratF L., L
should we quarTel?"
The years Mr.. Summer gave To the strdv
OF art and TO the languages made him a
man 81 elegant accomplishments, which
always brought him the society of the cdu-
Gated and the cultured in the land His
Atuun' Which was "A large room ON the sec
ono moor, overlooking Vermont avenue was
richly hlled with engravings books and
manuscripts lie iOVed all that was beau
t;iui. In the study Of engravinps he had
acquired a knowledge even of lace manu-
iacture, and TO him il was one of the fine
aitS. ne studied II as he would color or
perspective, and ii is said Of him that he
knew more Of Iaces than most ladies.
lie was also a conroisseur in ceramics
ms nome was filled with gems Of rare old
emma, and specimens of oriental, ancient
ana modern pottery adorned his cabinets
he brought himself face to face with
fhocnician thought, and from the wonders
OF the past, and did not doubt the inventive
genius, the aesthetic taste. the beautiful
IDEAS that made them masters OF their art.
Alter all, il was high moral qualities that
gave hum emincnce in his own countryand
throughout the world Charles Sumner was
born with an instructive love Of freedom.
ana believed that it was the indcfea sible
right OF every being created in Gods image.
The world will voice the sentiments of a
brother Senator in his eulOgv of this good
man:
when the men, not vet grown old are
gone VINO shared the studies, the hopes, the
Joys oil this youth of richest promise when
no man lives who remembers The form of
manly beauty and manly strength and the
tones OF the mellow ard far sounding voice
winch arraigned the giant crimes Of all
ages; whcn no survivor is left of the Is
years OF strife, labor, and anxiety, and
danger, ana victory which began with the
Fugitive Slave law, and ended with Apo
mattox and the adoption of the 9th Amend
menl; when the fce1 are dust that are wont
to cross the threshold of that hospitabie
nome with ITS treasures of art and litera..
ture; when the eloquent voices of eulopy
from orator, poet and pulpit are traditions
and not memory, the character of Charles
Sumner will still be an efficient force in
history and will still have a higher place
than now IN the gratitude of mankind
To lie continued.