Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-07-12

IHE OPINION OF SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER
We take the following from the Minden Herald,
which is published in Clabourne Parish Louisi-
ana. Its manly and independent tone is in strik-
ing contrast with the shutting apologies of the
white-lyered doughfaces who conduct most ofthe
pS"edo democratic papers of the free States
"Our opinion is, that Brooks disgraced
himself and brought the whole slavery cause
into more dispute than ever, and should be
summalily expelled from the House. 1t was
stretch Of chivalry on his part for which no
valid excuse can be offered Summers offence
against Butler did not deserve any physical
castigation, but on the contrary, was, in our
estimation, taking all the circumstances. pa t
and present, into account, perfectly proper.
because justly merited. We have no sympa.
thy with the slavery agitators on either side
we have supreme contempt for southern
hre-eaters, and ice vending northern fanatics
but we do think that If a man might be ex-
cused Tor becoming desperate in the halls of
legislation, that man is Sumner.
We have read the debates in Congress for
many years past, infinitely and impartally,
and never have we known any man SO fouliy
and increasingly abused and viliied as this
same Sumner Every dog Of Southern agita.
ton, from Bose Douglas down to the small.
est and most NANCY that whines and snarls in
the unprincipled, egg-suck train, has been
barking at his heels but the fact has not been
successfully hit, that their spite arises more
from reluctant knowledge of his cool supe-
rlorlty OF talent than any real difference of
opinion on principle. Dougas--than whom,
IN our humble opinion, more unprincipled
and reckless agitator never disgraced the SEN
ate chamber-has from time 10 time hurled at
Sumner all his native and well cultivated
slang and then 'Og, the king of Bashan,
Gen. Cass, the old broken down President
seeker and inconsistent freesoiler, has never
Jailed to chime i'll with his more solid invec-
tive; and the chorus has been filed to every
beat and bar with the yellings of the little
woolly headed poodles from the South-men
who have no mere principle, and but little
more brains, than the African slaves in behalf
OF whose chains they so injudicously rave and
rant.
And finally, under the influence of all this,
sumner becomes somewhat desperate, and
nurls at his lconglomerated assailants some
thunder bolts which send them bowling in
hurried confusion and then, as a last resort
Oh revenge, one of the manly number slips up
TO HIM IN the Senate chamber, finds him seat
ed at the desk writing, unarmed, and with
great gusto canes him. Wonderful feat =
ana is this the way Southern Rights are to
be indicated Are these the kind of cham
Plons the South must look to for her defence
IN the national halls of legislation? Is it BY
snch acts OF slavish degradation ~ this, that
the slavery OF the southern states of this free
and enlightened Union is to be perpetuated
Gentlemen may think so, and may rave at anv
man who has the independence to condemn
such particularly fine be southern.
err but we tell them that the citizens of this
republic are not to be convinced as to what il
right and what is wrong by 5lo,os and are not
TO De brought to final decision by brute force.
Inns Is our opinion of the Sumner and
BROOKS attair-only the half is not told .