Chapter 16:
- Mr. Sumner's re-election to the Senate. -- he Introduces various Bills into that body. -- the opinion of Mr. Hendricks. -- letter from Dr. R. H. Neale. -- Mr. Sumner's activity. -- his address at Cooper Institute on our Foreign Relations. -- extracts from the same. -- a poetical Tribute. -- death and character of George Sumner. -- senator Sumner's article on Franklin and Slidell in “the Atlantic Monthly.” -- his taste for literary Curiosities. -- his activity and foresight in Congress. -- his speech on the Constitutional Amendment. -- on the Freedmen's-bureau Bill. -- his friendly Relations with Mr. Lincoln. -- the success of the Union arms. -- death of Mr. Lincoln. -- Mr. Sumner's Eulogy. -- letter to Mr. Garfield.
Who is the Honest Man?
He who doth still and strongly good pursue,
To God, his neighbor, and himself most true.
In all things that hare beauty, there is nothing to men more comely than liberty. Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely, above all liberties. --John Milton.
Although Mr. Sumner had labored with untiring assiduity for the advancement of the Union cause, and in the discussion of international questions had shown himself a master, strenuousThy spirit, Independence, let me share,
Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye:
Thy steps I'll follow with my bosom bare,
Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.
