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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 40: outrages in Kansas.—speech on Kansas.—the Brooks assault.—1855-1856. (search)
. A resolution was offered in the Legislature of Massachusetts, by formal advice of the governor, for the payment of the expenses of the senator's illness; and about the same time a popular subscription was started for a testimonial to him for his defence of freedom in Congress, in which the signers expressed unqualified approbation of his recent speech. Sumner promptly arrested both movements, asking that any such contributions should be applied to the cause of freedom in Kansas. June 13, 1856. Works, vol. IV. p. 344. Not only in popular assemblies was the outrage denounced; but also in private associations, in religious bodies, in meetings of clergymen, in colleges and schools, the sentiment of an educated and humane people found vent. The women of the free States were deeply affected by the outrage, and at a million firesides prayers were offered for the recovery of him who had suffered for a great cause. It may again be stated, what has been already noted in an earl