Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-06-07
From the Richmond Enquirer Of June 2.
The sumner DiscipIine-The NeedfuI
Remedy.

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| A few Southern journals, affecting an exclu
sive refinement of feeling or regard for the pro
prieties of official intercourse, unite with the
Abolition papers in condemnng the chastise
ment inflicted upon Sumner by the Hon. p. s.
Brooks. We have no patience with these
mealy-mouthed pharasees of the press Why
not speak out and declare at once that you are
shocked by the brutality of slayeholding
rufhanY 1t is much more manly to adopt
the violent vocabulary of the Tribune, than to
insinuate disapprobation in the meek accents
OF conscience smitten saint.
In the main, the press of the South applaud
the conduct Of Mr.. Brooks, without condition
or limitation. Our appreciation, at least, is
entire and unreseryed We consider the act
good in conception, better in execution, and
best OF all in consequence. These vulgar Abo-
htionists in the Senate are getting above them
selves They have been humored until they
forgot their position. They have grown saucy,
and dare to be impudent to gentlemen! Now,
they are low, mean, scurvy set, with some
little book learning, but as utterly devoid of
spirit or honor as a pack of ours. Intrenched
behind privilege" they fancy they can SANDER
the South and insult its representatives with
IMMUNITY. The truth is, they have been suf
fered to run too long without collars They
must be dashed into submission. Sumner in
particular, ought to have nine and thirty early
every morning. He is a great strappng fell
low, and could stand the cowhide beautifully.
Brooks frightened him, and at the first blow of
the cane he beloved like bull calf There
is the blackguard Wilson, an ignorant Natick
cobbler, staggering in excess of muscle, and
absolutely dying for beating. Will not some
body take him in hand? Hale is another huge,
red face, sweating scoundrel,' whom some gen
tleman should kick and cuff until he abates
something of his impudent talk. These men
are perpetually abusing the people and repre-
sentatives OF the South, for tyrants robbers,
ruffans, adulterers, and what not. Shall we
stand 1t? Can gentlemen sit still in the Senate
and House of Representatives, under an inces-
SAINT stream of denuncation from wretches who
avail themselves of the privilege of place to
indulge their devilish passions with impunity?
In the absence Of an adequate law, southern
gentlemen must protect their own honor and
feelings. 1t is an idle mockery to challenge
one OF these scullions. 1t is equally useless to
attempt to disgrace them. They are insensble
to shame, and can be brought to reason only
by an application of cowhide or gutta percha.
Let them once understand that for every vile
word spoken against the South they will suffer
so many stripes, and they will soon learn to
behave themselves like decent dogs-they can
never be gentlemen. Mr.. Brooks has initiated
his salutary discipline, and he deserves applause
for the bold, judcious manner in which he
chastised the scamp Sumner. 1t was proper
act, done at the proper time, and in the proper
place.
OF all places on earth the Senate Chamber,
the theatre Of his vituperative exploits, was the
very spot where Sumner should have been
made to suffer for his violation of the decencies
of decorous debate, and for his brutal denunci-
alton of venerable statesman. 1t was liter
ally and entirely proper that he should be
stricken down and beaten just beside the desk
against which he leaned as he Illuminated his
filthy utterances through the Capitol 1t is idle
to talk of the sanctity of the Senate Chamber
since it is polluted by the presence of such
fellows as Wilson and Sumner and Wade
They have desecrated it, and cannot now fly to
it as to sanctuary from the lash of vengeance
We trust other gentlemen will follow the
example of Mr.. Brooks, that so curb may be
imposed upon the turbulence and audacity of
Abolition speakers. If need be, let Us ave
Gaming or cowhiding every day. If tbs orse
come to the worse, so much the sooner SO much
the better.