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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 59: cordiality of senators.—last appeal for the Civil-rights bill. —death of Agassiz.—guest of the New England Society in New York.—the nomination of Caleb Cushing as chief-justice.—an appointment for the Boston custom-house.— the rescinding of the legislative censure.—last effort in debate.—last day in the senate.—illness, death, funeral, and memorial tributes.—Dec. 1, 1873—March 11, 1874. (search)
foremost statesman of America has dropped suddenly from the ranks of his associates. These expressions typify the general estimate. His career was likewise the theme of foreign journals. The English newspapers generally contained full sketches and estimates, the latter colored often, as might be expected, by the senator's maintenance of his positions on the conduct of Great Britain in the Civil War. G. W. Smalley reviewed the comments of the London journals in the New York Tribune, March 30, 1874. The Duchess of Argyll wrote to Mrs. H. B. Stowe: America seems to me so much farther off since dear Charles Sumner's death. How many must miss him! And Mrs. Stowe added: Sumner was appreciated in England for his real worth. The Ny Illustrerad Tidning of Stockholm, May 16, 1874, printed a sketch with portrait. The Massachusetts Legislature adjourned upon the announcement of the event, and the flags on public buildings were placed at half-mast. The governor the next day, by a mes