The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-06-14

In false colors-the thick atmosphere of prf
judice by which it is ever surrounded. e,
. Guiding from its sight the light of reason
Let us then learn wisdom from experience
9 and forever Danish this feasd from our socet,
!, Frsm the Chicago Tribune.
a The Sumner Discipline.n
That blood was shed in the Senate Cham
: Der for words spoken in debate, true words
too, as every one will not admit, is not S
bad as the united and fierce defence of Il,
act by the Southern journals. Exception
exist, but they are so few as to establish tn
correctness of the remark. What could S,
deeren the outrage Brooks, the bully
f might plead, or have pleaded for him excite
ment, sudden anger, and all that but thei
defence of his brutal and cowardly act is de
lberate. And so the slave-driyers mean i,
shall be understood. They say &C Sumne,
got what he merited-let every man who
delivers such speech. receive like pun.
ishment." Hear the Richmond Enquirer as
it talks on the subject
The SUMNER DIscIPLINE-THE NEEpruI
REMEDY-A few Southern journals affecting
an exclusive amount of feeling or regard for
the proprieties of official intercourse, unite
with the abolition papers in condemning the
chastsement inflicted upou Sumner by the
Hon. P. S. Brooks. We have no patience
with these mealy-mouthed Pharisees of the
press. Why not speak out and declare at
once that you are shocked by the 20 brutal
! ity of a s'ayeholding ruffian ?'' 1t is much
more manly to adopt the violent vocabulary
of the Tribune, than to insinuate disappro-
baton in the meek accents of a conscience
smitten saint.
In the main the press of the South ap-
plaud the conduct of Mr.. Brooks, without
condition of limitation. Our appreciation at
least is entire and unreserycd. We consider
the act good in conception, better in cxecu-
ton and best OF all in consequence. These
vulgar abolitionists in the Senate are getting
above themselves. They have been humor-
ed until they forget 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. lntrenched behind privilege,
they fancy they can SANDER the South and
insult its representatives with impunity. The
truth is they have been suffered to run too
long without collars. They must be dashed
into submission. Sumner, in particular
ought to have nine-and-t thirty every morn
ing. He is great strapping fellow, and
could stand the cowhide beautifully. Brooks
frightened him, and at the first blow of the
cane he beloved like bulLcalf There is
the BLACKBOARD Wilson, an ignorant Nantick
cobbler, staggering in excess of muscle, and
absolutely dying for beating. viii not
somebody take him in hand ? Hale is ano-
ther huge, red-lace sweating scoundrel
whom some gentleman should kick and cuff
until lie abates something of his infamous
talk.
These men abuse the people and represen-
tatives of the South for rutfians, robbers,
adulterers, and what not. Shall we stand
lit 2 Can gentlemen sit still in the Senate
and House of Representatives under an in
cessant stream of denunciation from
wrctches who avail themselves Of .i.~ privi-
lcso Of place, to indulge their evil passions
with impunity.
In the absence of an adequate law, South
ern gentlemen must protect their own honor
and feelings. It is an idle mockery to chal
useless to attempt to disgrace them.
They are insensible to shame, and can be
brought to reason only by an application of
cowhide or gutta percha. Let them once un-
lerstand 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 new
er be gentlemen. Mr.. Brooks has initiated
ol..ko n,~l L.,
plause for the bold, judicious manner in
which he chastised the scamp Sumner. 1t
~Ss a proper act, done at the proper time,
and in the proper place. -sl a,>
OF all places on earth the Senate Cham
Der, the theatre of his vtuperative exploits,
was the very spot where Sumner should
have been made to suffer for his viola
I1ion of the decencies of decorous
debate, and for his brutal denunciations of a
venerable statesman. 1t was literally and
entirely proper that he should be stricken
down and beaten just beside the desk against
which he leaned when 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 have
Gaming or cowhiding every day. If the
| worse come to the worse, so much the sooner
so much the better. 55
Why, this violence has reused RuFus
cHoArE and EDWARD EvERETT-among the
leading scholars and Conservatives Of New
England. The former declares, that it must
be withstocd-that, for one, he will meet
and oppose it. The latter, timid as he is
known to be, could not refrain from coupling
together the rufian spirit of Washington
and of Kansas, as of one brood. In deliver
ing his address on Washington, at Taunton
Mass, he said:
But, with the satisfaction which I feel in
addressing you at this time, are, mingled
feelings of the profoundest anxiety and grief
A sadness, which strive N vain to repress
overwhelms me at thought of the occurrences
of the o at week, and a serious apprehension
1 forces itself upon my mind that events are
even now. in train, with an impulse toe