Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-09-11

as the sacre6tneSs aQfitpriNate conVefSata9
wodld permit 10 he, public, in less than
oolnmn, and Mr.. Sumner crowds every
thing from my thoughts just now. Whe
his friends left, he had no disposition TO re
tire, and when he did, slept but one houl
Next morning his pulse was Very rapid, bu
he took his usual morning ride in compan,
with Mr.. Burlingame, the doctor, and tn
ladies of the party who.wished to 90. The,
returned in a great flow of spirits, an'
after dinner the Senator from MasSachu
sets was formally expelled from the libra
rv, By vote. OF the House. He retired
but did not sleep. BY strong effort | de
MED myself the qualification OF spending
Sabbath with him, and came home in til,
night train feeling veIy sadly. l tried t,
induce him to come down to Swissrale
where the air is scarcely less pure, and th(
scenery finer t!:an on sle mountains, ant
where he could be as nearly out Of the
world as he could WE'LL ibe,awhile near &
railroad and teiegraphf but he thinks ht
must go in The other Greciion-the diree-
ton OF his duties to Washington, to settle
his affairs there, and then to the stump, tc
labor III the campaign.. For the issue, the
fearful issue. Freedom has no advocate
10 spare. He resists Ilow,I and will soon
be strong enjoying idleness, refraining
from all intellectual labor, and recruiting
fast. He only reads aad writes about ten
letters a day, laying his hand every few
moments, while ABSORBED at his desk, upon
the top Of his head, creeping, with his un-
steady gait, his hand upon a table or back
Of a chair, or on the small of his own back,
to lie down upon, the sofa; and when he
feels rested, back to his desk again. Bat
he says these are letters which require no
intellectual effort. He must write TO his
friends in Washington q stand fast to their
position on the Army Bill. Oh! if he on
" had seat in the House now Every
thing depends upon the House. tr
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One of the scars upon his head has still
red, angry appearance, and if his face was
turned up at the time ofthe assault, his in
tended murderer must have been very much
above him, for the sears are on the back
part of the top of his head; and this red
wound must have been inflicted while his
head lay with the face downward. 1t must
have required forcible blow to open the
scalp through the masses of coarse, strong
hair with which his head is crowned. ..
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Those mistaken friends of his who would
fain see Brooks killed or MANNED, would
greatly distress him if any such killing or
manning were done by their agency. He
shudders at the thought that Bualingame
might have shot him; and appears to feel
about as much reSenement against him as l
should feel against a tile which had fallen
upon my head. ] could not discern the
slightest symptom of chagrin or mor;ifica-
tion-no sense Of the dishonor which 50
many attach to the blow unayenged. 1
asked him if he would have defended him
self if it had been possible. f..f :
"Most certainly" was the prompt reply,
''to the best of my ability, and the last ex-
tremity." - ,... ...
To DR.. Jackson's suggestion that the
same principle which permits him to defend
himself when attacked, should induce him
to punish the offence, he promptly explain
ed the difference between selfdefence and
revenge. lie appears to have no idea,
however remote, ofpersonal enmlty IN the
matter. ...a..-T -.tt '-r.s- -- ..,..-