Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up freeThe Star Of Pascagoula
Pascagoula, Moss Point, Jackson County, Mississippi
What is this article about?
Article mourns Charles Sumner's death, emphasizing his untiring efforts for civil rights, quoting Lieutenant Governor Dawn's tribute on Sumner's impact on colored representation in government, and notes his dying charge to protect the Civil Rights Bill amid southern ingratitude.
Merged-components note: Components merged as they form a continuous commentary on Charles Sumner's death and legacy, with the poem serving as an illustrative quote.
OCR Quality
Full Text
"I am err true, mote atd og liran fraltols srmd,
eQ dle reyalahef him theg badut Me mighty hosrt_"
Posthamoss praine in a rerg elemp
Cmmolify
"sally rendered, bat aothing to mn pettente ae valus love aed eneendrahle on the aat thee hes singed ite from all eufilans allales, ond enfered apon carmer of moeh sghfy jepost.
We are led tn thia profoend redre toe from G the mint and dieers highly defisered apin the lata Mastor Chartes Ramorr, in eae Inglale ante hiely @ommed (es 4 deliverys and ahen the ealor ed mrm bers, ane and all, vled wirh ech ather in doing bonne to his mrmory
As 1 eample of thele tome and een.-Ument we eatrent from the semarks Ideutenget Clovernor Davn, Prest. dent of the Benate, the following very Irne smertion in rempeet to thie,
"The grestest efsmplon of our (their) lio-erfy The fast that I am preak-ling here over thie honorable bndy and thot colored than preddes Over the de lhe exations In the other end of the Cap-it ol; the thet that Mianignippi bae been and will eon ogain bo repreented by a colered man In the Ameriean Nen-ste, the most nugn-! body in the wo Il in mainly dne to the ontiringenergy of Charles Momner, and thosg who hare followed in the pmthway which he blnze Iont. It is therefore peeg-linrly approprlate that we sfionld mourn over hig Jose, I. with the colored people of the whole cogntry. wondd bo recreant to every fealing of Lonor and gratitodeirwe did not weep over the fall thegreatest chnm-pion of our liberty."
"O now you weep;and, I perceive, yon feel The dint of pity." Let us but
"Show you sweet Carar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths,"
"And bid THEM speak."
A HEART BROKEN by the ingrati-tude of the colored men of the south, in whose cause and for whose servicc he had spant the best vears of his po-lietical lifc, and even dving, remem-bered "bequeathing as a rich legacy' unto his successors, tho charge "Take care of my Civil Rights Bili"
What sub-type of article is it?
What themes does it cover?
What keywords are associated?
What entities or persons were involved?
Where did it happen?
Story Details
Key Persons
Location
Capitol
Story Details
Tribute to Charles Sumner upon his death, highlighting his role in advancing civil rights for colored people, including enabling colored representation in Congress and the Senate, with a quote from Lieutenant Governor Dawn and reference to his final plea for the Civil Rights Bill despite southern ingratitude.