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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)
. . My appeal is to you. If I have represented you faithfully, then re-elect me with a unanimity which will thunder into the ears of fanaticism the terrors of the storm that is coming upon them. He posed as the avenger of his State when a senator from. Massachusetts falsified her history and defamed her character, but said not a word about any offence to his uncle, or near kinsman, Mr. Butler. His constituents, with only six dissenting votes, re-elected him, and he was in his seat again Aug. 1, 1856, two weeks after his resignation. His triumphant air as he took the oath was observed. New York Evening Post, August 2. The New York Times, Oct. 8, 1856, reported fully a banquet given to Brooks at Ninety-six, with speeches from himself, Toombs, Butler, and Governor Adams. Brooks spoke of himself as in his deed the type and representative of the entire South, but did not treat it as avenging Butler. Keitt, who had been re-elected, took his oath a few days later. Brooks's triumph