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C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 28 0 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 23 5 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 17 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 16 0 Browse Search
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 16 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 15 7 Browse Search
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 8 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 5 1 Browse Search
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C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Fifth: Senatorial career. (search)
roved it. That is my opinion. It was also given in evidence that Mr. Keitt was present at the assault, not only consenting to the action of expressing disapprobation of the act of Henry A. Edmonson and Lawrence M. Keitt. The minority, pleading want of jurisdiction, gave sixty-six votes for the minority report. The House censured Keitt, but failed to condemn Edmonson. Keitt resigned. One hundred and twenty-one membeKeitt resigned. One hundred and twenty-one members voted to expel Brooks and ninety-five voted against expulsion. Having failed to expel —a two-thirds vote being necessary—a vote of censursacred against violence, and smote him, as Cain smote his brother. Keitt exclaimed: That is false. Burlingame replied: I will not bandy epir my own language; doubtless he is responsible for his. I am, said Keitt. I shall stand by mine, replied Burlingame. Mr. Comins, the oth Brooks and Butler, were in their graves in less than a year; while Keitt died fighting in a war which destroyed the slave system and swept i
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Liv. (search)
r. He closed his remarks by stating he did not know that he was in the Capitol; that he did not know that any man thought of attacking him, and that he had not the slightest suspicion of what was to happen. Mr. Toombs said: As for rendering Mr. Sumner any assistance, I did not do it. As to what was said, some gentleman present condemned it in Mr. Brooks. I stated to him, or to some of my own friends, probably, that I approved it. That is my opinion. It was also given in evidence that Mr. Keitt was present at the assault, not only consenting to the action of his colleague, but with violent demonstrations and profane expressions warning off all who would interfere to save the victim from his assailant. Of course, Northern men could not remain unmoved by such admitted complicity with and indorsement of an outrage like that. Mr. Wade said: It is impossible for me to sit still and hear the principle announced which I have heard on this occasion. I am here in a pretty bare minori
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., LV. (search)
he House committee made two reports; the majority recommending the expulsion of Mr. Brooks, and expressing disapprobation of the act of Henry A. Edmonson and Lawrence M. Keitt. The minority, pleading want of jurisdiction, gave sixty-six votes for the minority report. The House censured Keitt, but failed to condemn Edmonson. KeitKeitt, but failed to condemn Edmonson. Keitt resigned. One hundred and twenty-one members voted to expel Brooks and ninety-five voted against expulsion. Having failed to expel —a two-thirds vote being necessary—a vote of censure was adopted by a large majority. After these votes were declared, Mr. Brooks addressed the House in a speech of mingled assumption, insolence Keitt resigned. One hundred and twenty-one members voted to expel Brooks and ninety-five voted against expulsion. Having failed to expel —a two-thirds vote being necessary—a vote of censure was adopted by a large majority. After these votes were declared, Mr. Brooks addressed the House in a speech of mingled assumption, insolence and self-conceit. While disclaiming all intention to insult Congress, the Senate or the State of Massachusetts, he seemed to be utterly oblivious that there had been any infringement of law or the rights of others; it being simply, he said, a personal affair, for which I am personally responsible. With infinite effrontery he aff
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., LVII. (search)
ployments appertaining to his office, when a member from the House, who had taken an oath to sustain the Constitution, stole into the Senate, a place which had hitherto been held sacred against violence, and smote him, as Cain smote his brother. Keitt exclaimed: That is false. Burlingame replied: I will not bandy epithets with the gentleman. I am responsible for my own language; doubtless he is responsible for his. I am, said Keitt. I shall stand by mine, replied Burlingame. Mr. Comins,Keitt. I shall stand by mine, replied Burlingame. Mr. Comins, the other Representative from Boston, said the murderous blow that smote down Mr. Sumner was the representative of a power that, having failed to sustain itself in intellectual conflict, resolves itself into brute force, stalks into the Senate Chamber, and there, with bludgeon in hand, beats freedom over the head. In your arrogance, he said, you assume to be the sole and rightful judges of parliamentary decorum and parliamentary law. We tell you plainly, we will no longer submit to these thin
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Lix. (search)
Lix. Nor did the interest cease with the tragedy itself and these immediate demonstrations of approval or disapproval. The sequel was more tragic, and, to the thoughtful, far more impressive and replete with its lessons of wisdom and warning. Of the three prominent actors, the most audacious, arrogant, insulting, and, for the time being, seemingly most potential, Brooks and Butler, were in their graves in less than a year; while Keitt died fighting in a war which destroyed the slave system and swept it from the land. Brooks died suddenly, but not until he had confessed to his friend, James L. Orr, that he was tired of the new role he had chosen, and heart-sick of being the recognized representative of bullies, the recipient of their ostentatious gifts and officious testimonials of admiration and regard. Nor were all its lessons exhausted at the South. At the North the subsequent developments were equally significant and sad. For, notwithstanding the brutality of the outra