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The House has done Il lively business to-day.
Though Brooks has no; been expelled, the House,
bv It's vote Of l2 Yeas in favor of expulsion, to 80
AGAINST il, has, as Brooks very truly said, after the
vote, tram misted him 10 posserity as man un.
worthy to hold o sea! on that floor. Mr. Campbell
endeavored to postpone the whole subject until
Wednesday owing to i'll health, but the House was
opposed to it. The previous question was called,
and the motion to recommit was lost. Cobb's
amendment was defeated BY Yea and Nay vote OF
&c to li5. Then came the question to expe',
which, requiring two thud vote was not carried,
but received the majority above given.
On the call for the previous question Mr.. Ed
mundson of Virginia, one of the censured party,
addressed the House, and contended that what
Brooks told him about his intentions we're confden
hal, AID he could not have divulged thels without
betray ing confidence; that he supposed the meeting
between Brooks and Sumner would be equal, and
therefore fair. That no injustice would have been
dope to Sumner if he (EdmuDdsOn) had been pres
ept. He made strong appeal to the sympathies
Of the House.
Mr. Campbell made the closing argument which
was veEy clear and able review of the whole
srsnsaction. Opportunity was given to Brooks and
Keitt toIspeak in their own defense, but they de-
cliIed until after the House, by its majority vote,
decided Brooks to be unworthy of seat in that
body. Then he rose to a privileged question and
was entering upon an elaborate speech when Mr..
GiddDgs objected, giving as reason that the last
vote of the House had declared the member from
South Carolina TO be unworthy of q seat here, and
then fore he ought not to be allowed to do anything
improper.
NJ Dunn of Indiana hoped the objection would
be withdrawn, followed by the same request from
the whole South. Mr.. Comins of Massachusetts,
earnestly appealed to Mr.. Giddngs to withdraw
hisohjection, and others from the North were i'm
prudent enough to do the same thing, and then at
iss under the press Of personal solicitations, Mr.
uDdings withdrew his objection against his own
I and threw the responsibility upon his friends
towhom ne yielded,
Brooks continued to speak, ssyiog that, in con-
hitting the assault, be meant no dsrespect to the
Senate nor any Member OF the House, nor to
Afasssebu, etts. He said Mr. Sumner uttered and
onLiished SANDER against his native State and
he man Who slandered his State insulted him. He
alluded sneeringly to Massachusetts,, whose Legis-
hture Lad sat in judgment upon him, and referred
% the Member from New-Jersey, Mr. Pennington,
a "the legal Member" "the thumbpapcr Men,
her," the Falstaffiau Member of the Committee
,f investigation" When ne assaulted Mr.. Sumner,
he said, he went to work very deliberately,
ad speculated whether to use whip or cow
hde, knowing the muscular power of Mr.. Sumner.
Fe meant TO subdue him. and had Sumner proved
bo stou!forh him he should have done what he would
have regretted. This sentence marked the charac-
kr of the man, and produced o profound sensation.
He admitted the authority of the Senate to arragn
Tim. bat not the House He characterized Mr..
Cooins Of Mas achusetts as his qusndam friend who
talbs fight and carries weapons but dare not use
hem. He alluded in more respectful terms TO
Mr.. Knapp of Massachusetts,, and replied to MIN.
He read extracts from the speech of Mr.. Woodruff
Of Connecticut, delivered on Saturday evening,
ridculed II after the bully style, and grossly mis-
represented Mr. Woodruff, by reading let
ter from Colonel Savage Of Tennessee, who,
as Mr. Brooks's friend, called upon Mr..
Woodruff to know if he recognized dueIng.
He specially returned bis thanks TO those gallant
Northern Democrats friends Of Buchanan, VINO
had sustained bim throughout, and especially his
friend j. Scott Harrison. He said: The vote OF
majority Of this House, just taken transmits me to
posterity as man unworthy ofs seat on this floor.
And now, Mr. Speaker, announce to you and to
this house that remain no longer Member oftbe
Thirty fourth Congress.
Mr. Brooks retired amid the applause of the
South Gallery, which was filled with ladies and
gentlemen, aid upon reaching the lobby was en-
braced and sbowered with kisses by the ladies'
Senators Butler and Mason sat near Brooks dur
irg The delivery Of bis speech and were quite mer.
~ over it, Mr.. Hoffman of Maryland was the
only SoGtleIner who voted for expulsion A mo-
ton to lay tie resolution to ceasure Edmunison
and Keit, on the table was defeated by u yea aud
nay vote of 96 to III, ard without taking any
bnal action thereon the House adjourned amid
great excitement. 1t is reported tina: Dir. Butler
will Immediately resign his place inths Senate ana
that his successor will be Preston S. Brooks
Mr. Oliver of No. has received private DIS
patch to-day from his district that the Bentoa ana
AniBentOn candidates for Congress have WIN
drawn from the field and placed hin (Mr. Ollver)
On the course against the Know Nothing csndi
date
Dir. Toombs's speech against the Naval Beard
70 day In the Senate was terribly vindictiye. IL