The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-18
From the New York Observer
Jugtifyine Club law,


10y KNOW NOT WHAT rrEY DO.
Ous senseoi m~ort6cation a the ouaraGe
perpetrsted on Mr.. Sumner is inteae5aed,
and ear indigaation converted into tae
strongest disgust, BY the seniarks cttae
sevsrsl Sc0thern papers, that lustity me
COW ardly assault, snd glory in their eouh'
try's shame. To those Southern speakers
and editors who defend such deprased and
A1estsr4syosads ss tifat Of Brooks, VIC Mish
10 ssy emphsticsIly and decidedly that tAss
nosc not achaf tAey DO.
II 10 cur deliberate opinion that this out
rage upon the dignity ui the American Sen.
ate, this ruthless attack by an armed rnf6an
on a sitting and unprotected Senater, this
invasion Of the Senate Chamber BY a bully
who lacked even The courage Of the duelsL
and displayed the ~nseanness az we'll az the
malice OF the assassin; this one outrage up
on the people in the person Of q Senator
for words spoken in debate, has done more
to alienate the hearts Of the North from the
South than any one event that hiss happened
since the republic was founded
Y But such q result would not have toi.
lowed, if the person who committed the I'M
famous assault had been denounced BY the
chivalry OF the South - he deserves to be
! denounced. Then We would have attributed
the attack 10 the excitement OF strong drink,
and We would have expected 10 hear that
even the assailantin calmer moments would
| see the folly of his crime and confess II
| with shame. We can look for no such re-
! suit aow. His friends, and the Southern
press, with a few honorable exceptions,
hare sustained his bloody hands, applauded
| his deed as that of a hero, and we have seen
it stated that honorable testimonials have
been sent to him in acknowledgment OF HE
championship of the South,
Such facts fill US With deep apprehsn.
sion. They serve to show that the public
mind is in a state OF Inflammation that for
bids the fair effect OF arguments; and the
club is to be the substitute Tor debate; and
law is to be ~disregarded in the very seat and
sourc e OF its power.
The ryatire press os The North has
struggled against the waves OF radicalism
and fanaticism that for a few years past
nave been rolling over the land. The
.rights OF the South" are as dear TO Ameri-
can patriots as the rights OF the North"
| But il is impossible for the friends Of law
snd order to uphold the perpetrators or The
oCiSn va thS ePosSGtSNS
as this. And the South will best promote
that harmony oftesing etween the distant
parts of the coniederacy, SO essential TO the
perpetuity of the Union, by creating q pub
| lie sentiment that will render such outrages
as this OF Brooks upon Sumner, as infamous
| at the South ss at the North.
Ii consequences are worthy OF being reck-
| oned in tins connection, We assure the men
| WHO uphold the brutal conduct OF Brooks,
that his conduct and their dele nee have
produced an impression On the public miad
Of this country that will tell powerfully IN
the future. A few more such scenes, and
there will be but one party at the North.
The New York O6seroer has emPhaticai.
ly been one Of those conservative presses al
the North which have struggled against
what it ierms "the waves oil rsdicalism and
fanaticism that for q lew years past have
been rolling over the land" Il does not adj
| nit Of a doubt that If 10 opposition had
been made to the aggressions OF the slave
power, there would have beon q particular
kind of quiet and order throughout the
country,-that kind Of quiet which results
from a cowsd and unquestiening submission
to the DEGREES OF cono0eror, that kind Of
forder which 'reigned in Warsaw" when
the few and ,,usty warriors who had been
arrsysd BY her .last champion, had been
completely "subdued" BY The colossal tyr
amy of the Russian sutocraI.
The Observer says that few more such
scenes as the assault on Sumner, and there
will be but one purity at the North, That
is decidedly the complexion to which things
are fast coming, and The only wonder is
mat tits not already accomplished. itwould
De so, but for the Industrious efforts which
ere daily made by pro-sissery ofioe-holders
and oeice.ssekers, to deeeiy the people as to
the meaning and tendency of current events,
although il is satisfactory to know that
those efforts are continually becoming less
likely to effect their pernicious purposes
We do not agree with the Observer that on
" a few more such scenes a. the assault on
Senator Sumner are required to make but
one party al tbs North. Heaven forbid
that there should be ; repetition Of tha,
brutal and cowsrdly outrage One such
occurrence, in addition 10 the cumulative
insults and outrsges BY which it was pre-
eedsd, should be amply sufficient
The Observer says that its indignation at
the outrage on Mr.. Sumner is converted in
to The strongest disgust, by the remarks of
the several Southern papers, that justify the
cowardiy assault, and glory in their coun-
try's shame. But If the Observer il. thus
| Disguised with The remarks ofihose South
ern papers whose conduct can al least be
partially understood and accounted fo,, by
the hereditary pFeiudices and associations
which possess and surround them, with
sEst feelings Of scorB and still deeper dis.
gust, must il regard the remarks of those
Northern journals who have palliated the
gross outrage IN question: who, withou,
the courage to adopt the plain and appro-
bstory language other Southern confeier.
a,es, nave eone sufficiently far to show tina,
they agree in sentiment with the disgrace
full articles or the Richmond Enquirer, and
approve the actions Of those chival rous cit.
liens Of South Carolina, VIII have sent 60
many testimonials Of their appreciation to
The co wardly assassin-
We commend the article we have quoted
from the Observer to the attention OF our
readers. 1t is no party paper. Ii has long
| been known as n Of the ablest and moel
influential religious journals in the country
! The very fact that it has been Frequently
blamed by many for treating The aggression
of the slave power with too much l~enienc,
and Indifference or for being a quasi-defend
er of the peculiar institution, gives create
weight to the indignant comments which i
feels forced to make on thi. latest exhibition
| Of the true spirit of the Southern oiigarchy
| When the New York O6serper so exprsssel
itself, it goes a great way towards fulfilling
its own prediction, and Fastening the time
when athere viii b. but one party at the
NORTH
EroIo : correspondent o. tile Home journal
parodf and Raenel in Kew York