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Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
sed to us by overpowering numbers and impending force. At the first election of the legislature, March 30, 1855, organized bands of armed and lawless men from Missouri, entering the territory, exercised complete control over the ballot-box; and in the autumn of the same year gross outrages were perpetrated by the border ruffianursday, the 22d of May. After some formal business, a message was received from the louse of Representatives, announcing the death of a member of that body from Missouri. This was followed by a brief tribute to the deceased from Mr. Geyer of Missouri, when, according to usage and out of respect to the deceased, the Senate adjourMissouri, when, according to usage and out of respect to the deceased, the Senate adjourned at once. Instead of leaving the Senate-chamber with the rest of the senators, on the adjournment, I continued in my seat occupied with my pen; and while thus intent, in order to be in season for the mail, which was soon to close, I was approached by several persons who desired to converse with me; but I answered them promptly
Canada (Canada) (search for this): chapter 12
n the; name of that fair play which even bullies and prizefighters respect. What! strike a man when he is pinioned,--when he cannot respond to a blow! Call you that chivalry? In what code of honor did you get your authority for that? Mr. Brooks sent him a challenge, which he accepted, and insisted on these terms: weapons, rifles; distance, twenty paces; place, District of Columbia; time of meeting, the next morning. Mr. Campbell, acting for Mr. Burlingame, substituted the Clifton House, Canada, for the place designated; and thus the duel was prevented. The damage done to Mr. Sumner's system was most serious and alarming; and, had not his frame and constitution been very strong and vigorous, he could not have survived the assault. As soon as he was able to sit up, he was removed to the house of his friend Francis P. Blair, at Silver Spring, near Washington, where he received the most assiduous attention. He declined to take any part in the action brought against Mr. Brooks for t
Cresson (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
ech. the effect of the speech. remarks of Mr. Wilson. the assault on Mr. Sumner. his account of the same. the effect of this assault on the North and South. Mr. Brooks challenges Mr. Wilson, also Mr. Burlingame. Mr. Sumner at Cape May; at Cresson; at Philadelphia. I know no figure in history which commands more of my admiration than that of Charles Sumner in the Senate of the United States, from the hour when Douglas presented his ill-omened measure for the repeal of the Missouri Comu. Arise now, and liberty will be secured forever. Mr. Sumner went to Philadelphia July 9, and thence to Cape May for the benefit of the sea-breeze; but, continuing very feeble, he was advised by his physician, Dr. Caspar Wistar, to repair to Cresson on the Alleghany Mountains, in Pennsylvania, where he arrived on the 3d of August, and resided in the family, and had the medical advice, of Dr. R. M. Jackson. In the beginning of September he became again the guest of his friend J. T. Furness,
Cape May (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
on of the speech. the effect of the speech. remarks of Mr. Wilson. the assault on Mr. Sumner. his account of the same. the effect of this assault on the North and South. Mr. Brooks challenges Mr. Wilson, also Mr. Burlingame. Mr. Sumner at Cape May; at Cresson; at Philadelphia. I know no figure in history which commands more of my admiration than that of Charles Sumner in the Senate of the United States, from the hour when Douglas presented his ill-omened measure for the repeal of the ; and this war-cry may be fitly inscribed on our standard now. Arise now, or an inexorable, slave-driving tyranny will be fastened upon you. Arise now, and liberty will be secured forever. Mr. Sumner went to Philadelphia July 9, and thence to Cape May for the benefit of the sea-breeze; but, continuing very feeble, he was advised by his physician, Dr. Caspar Wistar, to repair to Cresson on the Alleghany Mountains, in Pennsylvania, where he arrived on the 3d of August, and resided in the family
House (search for this): chapter 12
Mr. Sumner as brutal, murderous, and cowardly. Mr. Butler interrupted him; and cries of Order! Order! rang through the assembly. Two days later Mr Wilson received a challenge from Mr. Brooks, and in reply made use of these memorable words: I have always regarded duelling as the lingering relic of a barbarous civilization, which the law of the country has branded as a crime. A resolution was introduced into the House, that Preston S. Brooks be, and he is, forth — with expelled from this House as a representative from the State of South Carolina. This resolution was lost by a vote of 121 to 95. Mr. Brooks immediately addressed the House; and on closing said, I went to work very deliberately, as I am charged,--and this is admitted,--and speculated somewhat as to whether I should employ a horsewhip or a cowhide; but, knowing that the senator was my superior in strength, it occurred to me that he might wrest it from my hand, and then — for I never attempt anything I do not perfor
Stephen A. Douglas (search for this): chapter 12
gress. remarks of Mr. Sumner on the Reports of Messrs. Douglas and Collamer. his speech on the Admission of Kansas. the Exordium. reference to Mr. Douglas. the Nebraska Bill a Swindle. defence of Massachusetts. the the Senate of the United States, from the hour when Douglas presented his ill-omened measure for the repeal of duty to his country. Respecting the reports of Mr. Douglas and Mr. Collamer on affairs in Kansas, presented r. Sumner said, In the report of the majority (by Mr. Douglas) the true issue is smothered: in that of the minonibus, et plus quam bellum. He thus refers to Mr. Douglas, who, in subservience to the South, was moving onr that day than usual; and several senators, as Messrs. Douglas, Geyer, Toombs, Iverson, and Crittenden, togetht us go and take a drink. They did so; and Bright, Douglas, Edmundson, leaving the wounded man weltering in bloffering no assistance, of whom I recognized only Mr. Douglas of Illinois, Mr. Toombs of Georgia, and I thought
Halley (search for this): chapter 12
ances. Peleg W. Chandler remarked that Every drop of blood shed by him in this disgraceful affair has raised up ten thousand armed men. At the dinner of the Massachusetts Medical Society, at the Revere House, Boston, Dr. O. W. Holmes gave this characteristic toast: To the surgeons of the city of Washington. God grant them wisdom! for they are dressing the wounds of a mighty empire, and of uncounted generations. At a great indignation-meeting in Albany, held on the 6th of June, the Rev. Dr. Halley said, We are slaves if we permit these atrocities to go on unchallenged. At a mass-meeting in New-York City, Henry Ward Beecher truly said, Mr. Sumner had no other weapon in his hand than his pen. Ah! gentlemen, here we have it. The symbol of the North is the pen: the symbol of the South is the bludgeon. The voice of the slaveholders at the South was of course in approval of the atrocious deed. The Richmond Enquirer of June 12 said, In the main the press of the South applaud the
Carlos Pierce (search for this): chapter 12
known to have used any revengeful word respecting his assailant. On the 6th of June he was able to dictate a telegram to Boston, in regard to a recommendation made by Gov. Gardner to the General Court to assume the expense of his illness. Whatever Massachusetts can give, said he, let it all go to suffering Kansas. That letter, and Mr. Wilson's answer to the challenge, wrote Mrs. L. M. Child, have revived my early faith in human nature. Mr. Sumner also, on the 13th, wrote a letter to Carlos Pierce, declining to receive a testimonial from his friends in Boston, in approval of his Kansas speech, for which subscriptions to the amount of one thousand dollars had been made, and said in closing, I express a desire that the contributions intended for the testimonial to me may be applied at once, and without abatement of any kind, to the recovery and security of freedom in Kansas. The testimonial was to have been an elaborate and beautiful silver vase two feet in height, ornamented wit
John J. Crittenden (search for this): chapter 12
r. Sumner was sitting at his narrow desk in the Senate-chamber with his head bent forward, earnestly engaged in writing. The Senate had adjourned sooner that day than usual; and several senators, as Messrs. Douglas, Geyer, Toombs, Iverson, and Crittenden, together with some strangers, were conversing near him. Preston S. Brooks, a nephew of Mr. Butler, and member of the House from South Carolina, then entered the chamber, and remained until the friends of Mr. Sumner had retired. He had with hi Brooks, said Keitt, who stood in the doorway with a pistol. Come, let us go and take a drink. They did so; and Bright, Douglas, Edmundson, leaving the wounded man weltering in blood, immediately followed them. Of the senators present, John J. Crittenden of Kentucky only proffered aid, and condemned the outrage. Mr. Morgan of New York supported the bleeding head of Mr. Sumner, and assisted in removing him to a sofa in the lobby of the Senate-chamber. Mr. Wilson, who was in the room of Mr.
Charles Sumner (search for this): chapter 12
ugh the country and in Congress. remarks of Mr. Sumner on the Reports of Messrs. Douglas and Collamech. remarks of Mr. Wilson. the assault on Mr. Sumner. his account of the same. the effect of thchallenges Mr. Wilson, also Mr. Burlingame. Mr. Sumner at Cape May; at Cresson; at Philadelphia. ommands more of my admiration than that of Charles Sumner in the Senate of the United States, from tate ensued. In the course of the discussion Mr. Sumner, on the 19th and 20th of May, made his celeb re-read thy speech, wrote J. G. Whittier to Mr. Sumner, and look upon it as thy best,--a grand and e particularly considered. And in this work Mr. Sumner had no reason to hold back, when he thought percha cane. Coming directly up in front of Mr. Sumner's desk, and addressing to him a short remarkt in height, ornamented with the figure of Charles Sumner and appropriate devices. In a subsequent end James Redpath, written down at the time, Mr. Sumner spoke long and strongly against the habit of[9 more...]
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