Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-07-24
Hon. p. S. Brooks.

Col. Brooks then proceeds to say
In order that the public may understand
the whole matter in relation to Mr.. Burlin.
game and myself, it is necessary to revert to
events antecedent to the last correspondence
between us. Some time during the last month
he made speech in the House of Represen-
tatives, and when referring to the assault
upon Senator Sumner, he applied this Ian
guage to myself -" Stole into the Senate
chamber, and struck his brother as Cain did
Abel"
When the sentence was uttered, my friend,
Mr.. Keitt, who knew that l was absent, pro-
nouncedit false, under which imputation Mr..
Burlingame quietly rested. did not at that
time feel it my duty to hold Mr.. Burlingame
responsible for his language, and might per-
haps have permitted him and his words to
pass. 1t was not long, however, before init
nations from divers sources reached me that
the friends of Mr.. Burlngame were Boosting
OF his valorous assault upon me-of his ex'
pertness with the rifle, which they more than
insinuated had come to my ears, in explana-
ton of my Iorbeerance-and that he himself
was making capital at home in consequence
of his courageous conduct. In regard to the
insult given him by Mr.. Keitt, it was said that
he (Mr, Burhngame) would notsend, but that
he would accept challenge.
Uhder these circumstances, felt that for.
bearance was no longer a virtue, and request
ed my friend, Mr.. Bocock, on the lst of July,
to go to Mr.. Burlingame, with the simple
question:" Would he receive a call from
me !" The reply to this short question is to
be found in the following extract from writ
ten statement made to me by Mr.. Bocock =
Mr.. Burlingame then commenced an explain
alton, which led to long conversation between
us, in the course of which he made many state
ments which he said were confidential Omitting
these, the answer which he desired me to bear to
| you was substantially this that he had no I'M
kind feelings whatsoever for you, but, on the
| contrary, regarded you as aman OF courage and a
| man of honor-that while he disapproved of the
assault on Mr.. Sumner, and felt bound as a Mas.
sachusetts man to condemn it, he had designed to
| discriminate between the man and the act Let 1t
be remembered that this language was used on
| the LIST Of July, and he had said no more ON the
subject than his sense of representative duty re.
| quired. Under these circumstances, he was sur
| prsed to hud that you had taken exception TO
anything which he said. In relation TO the boasts
that had been thrown out in his name, he stated
that they had not been authorized by him, but on
the contrary, he very strongly condemned them
and their author and It, after all this, you were
not satisfied, and wanted his blood, he stated that
he could do nothing less than accept, and would
do so. Before leaving Mr.. Burlingame, | reca.
| ptulated what understood to be his answer
| He agreed that was right, and added, Describe
| me to him as you see me. Do justice to my kind
feelings to him, and do justice also to my man.
| hood5"
did do justice TO Mr.. Burlingame, in
thought, bearing, and speech. was pleased
with the report Of his bearing, aud impressed
with the belief that he was an elevated gen
tleman, and when neat met him | respect.
fully offered him my hand, which he as re-
spectfully received. On the day that the
resolution for my expulsion was to be taken
in the House, intending to be severe in my
remarks upon certain OF its members, as also