The Express.
London, England, 1857-02-16 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

The death of the Hon. Preston Brooks, the as-
sailant
of Mr. Sumner, was announced to the House
of Representatives by Mr.Keitt, who bestowed much
eulogy on the public and private character of Mr.
Brooks, and on his exploits in the Mexican .s'er •
and said that " in his bearing the deceased was frank
and honest, in dispute severe, and in friendship deli-
cious." Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, added that Mr.
Brooks was "a man of a most kind heart and tender
sensibilities ;" and "if those elements, which are
among the highest characteristics of true manhood,
ever led him to acts which our judgments would de-
cide to be wrong, let us remember that to err is hu-
man, to forgive divine." Another member, Mr. Sa-
vage, thus expressed himself :

History records but one Themiopylie, but there ought to
have been another, and that for Preston 8. Brooks. Brutus
Nabbed Crew in the Capitol, and, whatever may be thought
of the justice and wisdom of the deed, the world bas ever
eines approved and applauded the act. So shall the scene la
the senate chamber carry the name of the deceased to all
future generations, long to be remembered after all bete are
forgotten, and when three proud walls shall have ennobled
into ruins. Had Preston S. Brooks been permitted to choose
his own death, he would have Urn in some great battle fur
public freedom.
After some more speechmaking in this strain, the
corpse was brought into the house, and in the pre-
sence of the members of both branches of Congress,
the President and cabinet, the judges of the Supreme
Court, Mr. Buchanan and others, the Rev. Mr.'
Waldo, chaplain of the house, delivered a brief dis-
course (makuif no allusion to the deceased) from the
words of our Saviour to the thief on the cross, " This
day thou shalt be with me in Paradise." Resolutions
were passed condoling with the family of Mr.
Brooks, and determining the members of the house
should wear crape on the left arm for thirty dap.
. The Hon. Preston King was elected United States
senator for New York on the 3rd inst. lie has acted
with the republican party since 1834 ; previously he
was a free-soiler. _

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