Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-06-03
Prospect or a Duel Retweem Brooks
md WilsOm--The Rutlnored FlRlll
between BrOOlks and Col; webb


md WilsOn--The Rutnored Fight
d between Brooks and Col: Webb.
The Washington correspondent. Of the N:
Z. Herald says: ,... Fs
Col. Brooks sen, a challenge TO Senator
W ilson this evening, by Gen. Lane, Of Or.
,gon. You can rely upon this.
Wilson is courling difficulty with Doug
as, and declares himself always ready for
4 contest with any pro slavery Senator.
The correspondent, Of the Times, after re-.
aling ,hescene in the Senate during which
Butler called Wilson a liar, and apologizsd
for il, says: -. rtn
Great excitement succeeded. Many ol
the Southern men we've seen In excited con-
The rumor was soon quite cur.
rent tho, Messrs, Wilson and Wade woul8
be assaulted afier the adjouramenh bu, about
q dozen of aheir friends took care TO be arm
ed. and peace was preserved.
Ii is iumored TO. night tina. Senator Wilson
is 10 be challenged BY Brookv. Il.
RUFUS Choa,e is here. His Nol,hern'
blood is boiling.
The Trbune's correspondent says.
The personal discussion In the Senate to-
day created greatexci'emen,i 10 both branch
es Too many men are AIMED, however,;
for another very speedy assault. ~
Mr.. Toombs' declaration in The Senate
this morning about the assault on Sumner
was simply bold, bu, not extraordinary. Il
signifies That the Slave Power is in eainesi,
which is well understood here. A&f.a
Both Mr.. Wads and Mr.. Wilson dcnoun.
ced the outrage on Mr. Sumner today In
unmisiakeabIe language. They had 10 do
i, under cloud of iii,fmaiions, bulh before
and aherward, Of personal outrage and yio-
lence. The threats were SO distinct that
Gen. Wilson vas escorted to The, cars .his
afternoon BY body Of armed friends. He
has gone 10 TrenIon TO speak. asa
| The N Y. Times says edisorially:
| We learn from private letter that, on
the evening Of the Esd, Brooks approached
Mr.. Chaffee Of Massachusetts, at Williard's
Hotel. and threatened 10 whip him on sus.
picion uf hls having denounced hisconduci;,
tha. he said tho, he wanted 10 whip q few
more Of The Massachusetts men; and lhat
Mr.. Chaffee replied, ''if that Is your purpose
you may as well begin on me--and L is no
matter whether | said anything Of you OF
not." To which Brooks is reported 10 h,ve
answered, "no, d-n ycu, you can 60 along"
! Col. Webb's letter TO The Courier & En-
quirer, to which he referred Mr.. Brooke for
his opinion as TO the assault. upon Sumner,
dwells upon the brutality Of Southern bull.
lies generally, rather than the especIal iEci-
l'dent In which Brooks, displayed -hlmsell.
Speakingo of the das,ardly assaults in Wash--
inglon this winter, he says: ,sSasvab
Let me instance the occurrences Of the
kind alluded 10, within the lasl Ave months,
which have happened here in the cspi,al Of
the Nation, and In which members OF tho
House Of Representatives have been the
principal ac,ors. | confne the record TO
them alone.
i. First, then. William Smith, an ex Gov
ernor Of the STATE Of Virginin. and Member
. OF the House Of Representatives, assaiIed'
and beat The editor Of the Evening Star, in
, December last, in The lobby Of the House.
Second, Albert Rust q Member Of the
House OF Representatives from Arkansas,
assailed and boat the editor of The N. Y .
Tribune in the grounds Of the Capitol, imme.
3 dia,ely after leaving the House Of Represent
4 ialives.
Third, Phillip T, Herbert, Of Alabama, o.
f| Member Of Congress from California, shot
down and killed anIIrish wai,era, Williard's,
and is now under bonds 10 appear before the
o Grand Jury, and await his trial for such
E crime as they may adjadge him 10 have
h committed. ga ~.
Fourth, Preston S. Brooks, Member Of
the House Of Representatives from South
!. Carolina, assails and beats numerically q
, Sena,orirom Mrssachusellg, when occupying
4 his seat in the Senate Of she United States.
and engaged IN The transaction ol business
! legilimately apperlaining 10 bis station.
Here, ihens you have In Owe months -four
Aagrant breaches OF The peace on The pau OF
] Members OF Congress who wore born and
6 bred in Slave States, and who are neeessa-
! |rily defnoraIized by that Institution; while
qII IIdudng The same period mol o solitary In
e stance has occurred of Members from The
: Free States forgetting what ia due BY public
{ Legislators to law and order, 10 civilization
! and to the decencies and courtesies Of ihe
: society in which they live. $500
: Col. Webb then speaks OF the public opin-
ion Of the South sustaining the perpetrators
Z of,hese outrages. Asto the p,oyocaIiOh Of
!, Brooksotesays: Nt,E,s sa3F
!, ItiSdue 10 Me-; Sumner 10 say. as a lac,
= familiar TO all who are accustomed 70 read
! the debates In the Senate, that in each and
!, every Of the last FIVE sessions Of Congress,
Messts. Seward. Hale, and Sumner, have
;, received al the hands oi Senator'S from Slave
: States and the pliantiool of.he North. Ten
J tlmes--nay, hundred ,iGes the abuse,
) which in his late incompatible speech i he
$50 scathinely hurled beck upon his asslil.
: ants. All this has heretofore been SubmIuod
= 10 In silence; and in my judgment, TOO long
!. submitted 10; and now when losbeassaee
! ceases 20, DO a virtue, and the Membgs b'
Massachuse.is, In lvindicatlon or bic mar.
= hood and In the exercise OF his privilege, Fs.
,orls upon he assaiIehts q tgshe only oI ihs
S abuse they have 30 long and % upspafingly
!. heaped upon him and bic irisnds. heis,old
i'll shu, tis "a udacity" Is absolutely lucompIe