The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-17
THE DAILY GAZETTE
A FREE VOICE AT THE SOUTH.


FREE VOICE AT THE SOUTH.
The Southern Press has been %
nearly unanimous in its approval q
the brutality of Brooks in assaulting
Mr.. Sumner, that probably some per-
sons entertain the opinion that there
are no exceptions, but such is not the
case. The Minden Herald Of June
10, newspaper published in Clsi.
borne parish, Louisiana, contains .
very pungent article on the other side,
from which we make the following
extract: ~
sour opinion is, that Brooks dis.
graced himself and brought the whole
slavery cause into more disrepute than
ever. and should be summarily expel.
led from the House. 1t was a stretch
of chivalry on his part for which no
valid excuse can be offered. Sum-
ner's offence against Butler did not
deserve any physical castigation, but
on the contrary was, in our estima.
ton, taking all the circumstances past
and present, into account, perfectly
proper, because justly merited. We
have no sympathy with the slavery
agitators on either side-we have .
supreme contempt for Southern fire.
eaters and ice vending Northern fana.
tics; but we do think that If ever
man might be excused for becoming
desperate in the halls Of Legislation,
that man is Sumner. ag yua
We have read the debates in Con.
gress for many years past, minutely
and impartially, and never have Ne
known any man 90 foully and uuoeae-
ingly abnsed and vili6ed as this sane
Sumner. Every dog Of Southern ag-
iation, from "Bose" Douglas downto
the smallest and most NANCY curthat
snarls and whines in the nnprinciplsd
suck-egg train, has been barking st
his heels; but the fact has not been
successfully hit, that their spite arises
more from a reluctant knowledge Of
his cool superiority oftalent, than, any
real difference OF opinion or principle.
Douglas-than whom in our humble
opinion more unprincipled and reek-
less agitator never disgraced tire Sen
ate chamber-has from time to time
hurled at Sumner all his native and
we'll cultivated slang; and then .Og.
the King of Bashan'-Gen. Cass, the
old broken down President seeker and
inconsistent freesoiler-has never fail
ed to chime in with his more solid In.
vective; and the chorus has been ELL.
ed to every .beat and barr with the
yelpings of the little curly headed
poodlcs from the South-men who
have no more principle, and but little
more brains. than the African slaves
in behalf Of whose chains they 80 in.
iudiciously rave andrant. And final
", underline influence of all this, Sum.
ner becomes somewhat desperate. and
hurls at his conglomerated ASSISTANTS,
some thunder-bolts which send them
bowling in hurried confusion; and
then, as q last resort OF revenge, one
of the manly number slips Ito him
in the Senate chamber, finds ihimse1t.
ed at his writing, unarmed, and with
with great gusto, canes him! Won.
derfal feat! And is this the way
Southern Rights are to be vindicatedl
Are these the kind Of champions the
South must look to for her defence ia
the national halls OF legislation7 II it
by such acts Of slavish degradation a.
this, that the slavery of the Southern
States of this free AMI enlightened
Union is to be perpetuatedi Gende.
man may think so, and may rave at
any man who has the independence to
condemn such enthusiastically
ifhe be Southerner; but we tell them
that the citizens of this republic arc
not to be convinced as to what is right
and what is wrong by Nous, and are
not to be brought to a final decision
by brute force. sass
This is our opinion Of the Sumner
and Brooks atiair-only the half is
not told"