Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-13
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

The IntefItgsncer says OF Mr.. Fillmore
letter accepting the Know Nothing presiden.
tisl nomination
"If any shall be disposed to doubt the pru-
dence Of Mr.. Fillmore's acceptance Of the
nomination in the present distracted condition
Of parties, they must concede to him the merit
of disinterestedness. All candid men will
accord to him, also, entire sincerity in claim
ing for himself q scrupulous regard for the
rights of every section Of the Unisn, for this
was distinguishing feature in his admins
tratron of the Government. Well aware how
generally tAe wings will dissent from the favor
which he svovs for the general objects of the
party which nominated him, we may never.
theless say that Il will be fortunate for the
country if the successful candidate, whosoever
he may be, shall carry into the Presidency so
national and so conservative spirit as has
always been evinced by Willard Fillmore"
The Union comments on the sudden CONVEX
sion Of the New York Herald to Republican
psrtyism, which is simply amusing, as evinc-
ing Benefits entire want of principle. The
same paper quotes the opinion Of the Boston
Courier upon the speech Of Senator Butler,
alleged by Senator Sumner to have afforded
Just ground for the vein of blackguardism
and vituperatiye personal abuse that ran
through his speech. that has become famous
owing to the Brooks affair to which it gave
rise. The Courier characterizes it Butler s
speech) as a great intellectual effort, remark
able for its dignity and the respect manifested
throughout il for Senatorial comfy and
statesmanlike propriety. In publishing the
whole Of the speech Of Senator Butler the Bos-
ton Courier has enabled its readers to com.
prehend the fact, at a glance, that Senator
Summers allegation that BIS effort called for
such reply as he essayed to make to it, is ut
terly without foundation in truth. The Union
also quotes from the testimony of DR.. Corne-
Illus Boyle, of this city, before the House In.
vestigatins Committee, to show the sheer
humbuggery of the pretenscs of the Republi-
can press that Mr.. Sumner was seriously hurt
by Mr.. Brooks. Before that committee DR..
Boyle said:
al have seen no medical man with him but
myself. There has been none there There are
great many friends present, and they make
Mr.. Sumner out great deal worse than he
Is. They say he has a fever. / have never
discovered any. have been his constant at
tendant, and L have never known his pulse
~ my AAOAohs bQdn elglty-tWO. i
yesterday corrected al article in the IuteIli.
gencer stating that he had a fever, and the
correction appears in to-day's paper He has
no fever to ny knowledge. 1 have visited him
twice day. His brother said he ought not
TO come out, and cited q great many cases
that had come under bis observation in Paris.
where death had taken place in six weeks
from blows on the head. His brother is not
medical man. Senator Sumner, of course,
took the advice Of his brother and his friends
and i, of course, allowed them to do as thew
thought proper Perhaps ought to state nv
reasons for obiecting to his coming out on Fri
day. There was good deal of excitement at
that time, and L thought that, If Mr. Sumner
did not go into the Senate for day or two.
the excitement might wear of"
Again:
al think this: that Mr.. Sumner MIGHT
have taken carriage and driven as far as
Baltimore on the next day without injury"
1t is well known here that Senator Summer
is kept housed for political effect only, and
that the half-hOurly bulletins concerning the
despersteness of his condition that are ayinp
over the non-slaveholding States per tele-
graph, are simply so many "shrieks' for
Freedom in Kansas" or, rather, 20 mako
Republican party political capital. Vips la
humbug