"Good-by! My poor brain demands rest"

Charles Sumner

"Good-by! My poor brain demands rest"

1872

Historical Illustration

The New York Public Library features an 1872 historical illustration, drawn by Thomas Nast, that depicts Senator Charles Sumner (LR-MA)--the leader of the anti-slavery forces in Massachusetts and the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate-- with his right hand against his forehead and his hat in his left hand while walking through a door labelled "To Europe This Day." In Sumner's hair, phrases like "gift-taking," "nepotism," "one team," etc. are depicted and two individuals are in the background watching Sumner flee. A newspaper on the ground between Sumner and the other men says, "C. Sumner's Last Before Leaving." The caption reads, "Good-by! My poor brain demands rest."

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New York Public Library (Digital Schomburg Collection)

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