BOSTON, January 22, 1857.
The following tribute, taken from contemporary newspapers,
attests a feeling much above that of ordinary politics, and
therefore illustrates this record.
“‘CHARLES SUMNER, OF BOSTON.’
“‘Three hundred and thirty-three members answered to their
names, with the words, “CHARLES SUMNER, of Boston”; and
as the Clerk responded with the same words to each vote,
they rang upon the ears of the large assembly more than six
hundred times during the hour occupied with calling the
roll.’
“‘It is said, no sound is ever lost,--that every word
uttered upon earth is echoed and reëchoed through space
forever.’
“Old Massachusetts! nobly thou
This day thy work hast done;
Proudly thou speakest for the Right,
And for thy honored son:
“Three hundred voices on the air,
Ringing the loved name forth;
Three hundred voices echoing back,
‘CHARLES SUMNER, of the North!’
“Throughout the land, beyond the sea,
The voices will be heard;
His name shall stand for Liberty,
The freeman’s rallying word.
“Throughout the land, beyond the sea,
Above, in arches high,
Voices are ever echoing
A name that ne’er will die.
“Unfurl the banners! even now
The stars more brightly shine:
Is one more glorious than the rest?
Old Bay State, it is thine!
“Gather fresh laurels, twine two wreaths,
Wreaths for a victory won,--
Loved Massachusetts, one for thee,
One for thy chosen son!”