New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-28
NewTcrk Daily @ibume
LETTER FROM GEN. WEBB.
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reiy TIE blov- given in quick 81 'cesS.ou aud WIN
terrible force NJ. Sumner attempted 10 Tse rom as
seat, which be was il measure pnloned ~ NJ, ss
beng under his desk-the legs o; which. Ike az the
de,ks of the Senate Chamber. have plates OF Ton
fastened 10 ID, m; and these plates sre firmly cured
10 The floor. HIS first attempt "a ri>e Wa ~ ure'
sid be fe back into bis chair srd the bio " OF hs As
sssut n,Inued Ia fol merciee-y upon h's uncovered
head. HIS second attempt upped up tie uou iaStcn'
Ing. Of his teek, and T. precipated himself i@V"ard
hut being blinded AID stunned. wide Of the direction
m which Mr.. Brooks stood. Frustrated on the door,
and covered VITA blood as never saw man covered
before Il, assault Continued uni. Mr. Murray and M
Morgan, both msmbers OF tie House of Representa-
tive from New-iork. had time % come FROM the e1.
trtue southeast angle Of the Seuate Chano"E; ana
who, forcing ten way through TIE crowd OF >enA'ors
srd otts 10 the midst Of whom Mr.. sumner was "
rc sensess ard being beaten they seized tie .s.a-
az and r,-cued the BODY Of SPINNER or cour>e DO
not speak from personal knowlcdge, but VI. Murray
informs thai not only lid the blows Continue until
lie had reached the of sCton and forced hs way
through tie crowd; but when be frs, threw his arms
around M Brooks he fsiei - secure his right arm,
and a. least one blow ws> inflicted upon the PROSTATE
tom Of the nsensibe senator, after he, Nr Murray,
hGG laid hands upon is assalaut-
Il is not the assault upon NJ. sumner per Sc which
feel called upon 20 deplore and IA hold up Ia the calm
sad Indignant condemnation Ct the people OF tho
United States; but because by this assault upoa
senator Of the United States, III his at IN Tue Senate
Chamber and when in the discharge OF his estlnEe
duiie- the Constitution has been trsmped under foot,
The sanctiy of the Senate tins been violated freed IN
Of debate has been attempted to be suppressed oy
brute force. and Liberty itSet-conSthu'l"nal Noerty
and freedom Of thought and acton-has been ruthless
IN assaltd and the assault been Justified and applaud
td by grave senators and BY every Representative oi
the people ave two Humphrey Marshall OF hentueSy
and Henry w. Hoffman of M8ry lanol living IN the
Slave States and bv every Representative ct the
People WHO speaks the sent nents or sustains the
messurts of the X-tng Administration OF the country
After nearly thirty years OF editorial labor, always
sVt ak.I, my sentiments frankly aud fully, u ~ un-
NECESSARY 10 remind the daily reader of TIE COHr'r
and EHlairev that no man in the L nlted States has
ever been willing 10 20 further IN sustaining the con-
sttutonal rights of the South IN regard to the peCG-
liar local institution. than have; I have repeatedly
published and proclaimed that l do not Look upon
Slavery as curse TO the slave but OH the contrary,
IN the aggregate. great blessing, and ~, thlnA, de
signed to b. by God; but lbave ever held and pub,
Gshed ard every day Of my life am more confirmed
in the conviction that Slavery is curse to the country
where it exists, and utterly demoraiIng to the people
WHO tolerate Il.
That Az Ari-ocratic and Anti Republican Insti
fulton ia proclaimed By the very terms OF Master
and slave by which alone il eau be described; aud
Ike all other aristocratic Institutions produces spe-
cimens of the highest refinement the gentest habits
and the greatest culture only to render more con'pcu-
Gus the general brutality and debasing recklcssneSs
which il imposes upon the great mass "a the people
In what section OF our counirywhether IN the Slave
~ Free statts-occur the most street nights, homeidee
hraws a. acts OF violence am SAFE h Saying thal
during tie past five years the deaths or Inquiries IN the
Slave State. from these causes would average NJ
Least two week while the Free States, during the
same period they would Lot average tso per annus
ana even in thofe cases the probability H. that the
actors IN them would prove to be the inhabitants oil
IT,. Save States.
Let me instance the occurrences OF the KIND alluded
- within The last five months which have happened
h.. in the capital of the Nation, and Ia which me m
bers of the House of Representatives have been the
IrI Ciysl actor. conilne the record TO them Alone
First. then. William Smith, au ex-Gove-nor OF the
State of Virgin H. and Member OF the House OF kepre
,sptatiyes assaed and bea, the editor of The EreH-
ing Star in December last IN the lobby ct the House
Secord Albert Ru-s, Member of the House OF
Representative from Arkansas assaled and beat the
editor of THE y. \. TRIBUNE in the grounds OF the
Capitol imne detely AFTER leaving the House Of Rep
resentGtiyos.
Third, philip I. Herbert Of Alabama, a Member OF
Congress from California, shot down and killed an
ri.b waiter at Wizards and il under bonds to
aprear before the Grand Jury and await his trial for
,uch crime az they may adjudge him to have com
Bitted.
FourH. Preston s Brooks, Member of the House
of Representatives from South Carolina, as.alls and
beat, numerically a Senator from Massachusetts,,
when occupy ing hi seat IA the senate o the United
States ami gaged ia the transaction If business lie
Ultimately apT'Itainng TO his station.
Here, then YOU have in five months four fragrant
breaches of the peace Oh the part OF Members OF
Cor gress who were born aud bred in Slave states,
and WI are necessarily demorazed by that insttu-
ton while during the same period not SOLITARY IN
stance has occurred OF Members iIom the Free
States forgetting vha, il due by pubuc Legislators
to ag and order 70 civilization and "a the decen-
ces and courte sles OF the society IN which they live.
You must next look 10 the manner IN which these
ascrart breaches Of the peace by those whore duty
was above all Others, to respect the laws nave Deeh
treated by tie ouee of which the offenders are MEM
bers Tie trst and second outrages-whlpping edl-
tors who failed protect th persons from pollution,
BY promptly resisting force ~ greater and more decl-
1--WE fOroo-wtre considered such tF!yIal onense that
the subject was not even referred 10 III the house
which was outraged by such conduct on the part Of
one IF It's members. The third Ohense-the shooting
down aud klir an lrish waiter at Willard Hotel
was eravely considered by the House OF Representa-
tyes and voted TO be occurrence Tot mertng nYes-
tjgaton sven aud every supporter OF this AdGinstra-
ton save one, united In -uppres-ing inquiry ana tue
offender daily takes his at IL Congress and legsates
and aids in the passage VI laws Tor the government OF
II county while be himself II about TO be tred Dr
the grayest crime which can perpetra.e against
liz leliow-man. ,
will al least have bis conduct inquired INTO; but II
mus, not be lost sight of that such inquiry by the
Uou,e Of which he is a member, was strenlOu-y re-
lifted by every member Of thet body saye Two, who
represent the Slave States and by al who sustain the
Or, sent Pre- Slavery Administration.
To attempt 20 describe the actual state OF affairs
be,e in the Capital Of the Nation, would be hopeless
task. Ii would not be believed were Que from
Heaven TO proclaim il ,Iumpet-tongned throCgh tue
land and VT can live here Is have for The
last six months, without feeling his blood boil at
witnessing the fesre aid spprshenslons OF fatal
coIsequeLcez, on tie part OF our Northern men,
Il any one ventures openly and maniuy to speak The
truth in the barroons the OF the streets
sno on the door Of Congress. And hcre reason for
thee fears This Is city IN Slave District It's tone
i the tone aud seLtment Of Slavery ia Vsitors are
uo,ty fom he Save States, and .srge majority 81
n, u not lie bette portion Of them ceuy pistols and
Lowekniv,- and wh. il more, they have, both here
and elsewhere proved that they WI not hesitate, on
Ctoa<on, freely 10 use tlen- They are oVeroeafIng'
th!t a:oIinc AID q fant IL Their manners ard our peO-
ple have been ovtraved and cOged.
l. s the night OF FIeeIaen boldly TO eIprss, their sen;
tmen.s here Gs wei G. ese where; | tel them IN Gil
sincerity that the time has arrived when they mHr' 10