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h"" H'c hcIc, OF ilL 4o3 u street, or Twice Il
day upon the Avenue, lca'ling from here to
my boarding house, and shall not appeal
to this House for protection
Now, sir, the majority of the committee
i'll their report says: "Thc wounds are Sc
we're, and calculated to cnlanyer the liE. of
the Senator, who remained for several DAYS
i'll critical condition." That is the opin
ion of the learned doctors on the majority
of the committee, headed by nv distin-
gulshcd friend from Ohio. We'll, sir, it is
an old provcrh, and very true one, that it
is the privilege of doctors to disagree, and
there seems TO be a very great difference Of
opinion upon this question between the
learned doctors of the committee ari Dr.
Boyle, who was the Attending physician OF.
MIR. Sumner. lie states in his testimony
that the wounds were flesh wounds, and in
conclusion he says:
u have seen no medical rian with linn
but myself. There has been none there
| There arc great many friends present, anl
they make Mr.. Sumner great deal worse
than he is. They say lie has fever.
have never discovered any. have been
l'ls constant attcn'lanl and | have never
known his pulse ut any moment higher than
50 deg"
That is what tho doctor says. Now, on
the Goth of May, in tie afternoon, the ,lav
after this tcstimnny was taken before the
committee, DR.. Boyle was dismissed from
further attendance on the case, anil anon
what ground' lie was dismissed in letter
addressed t" him by Mr.. George Sumner.
which | will read. 1t is as follows:
SlNTn STREET, Wednesday, p. IN.
DEAR SIR: Owing 10 the very critical
situation Of my brother, Dr. Perry has con
Scntcd to remain in Washington 10 attend.
him.
In justice to YOU AMI TO DIR. Perry, TmiSt
state that he does this at the request Of my
sell and OF many OF nv brothers rrirn,l..
lie so good rs I" send me vonr bill, and
TO accept my thinks for the attention shown
to my brother.
Lam, dear sir, truly YOURS,
GEORGE SUMNER.
DR. Boyle was dismissed rs the attending
rl'yscian Of Mr.. Sumner on the ground
that his friend from Bnston-Dr. Perry
was there read V 10 take his place. On the
morning of the 3otl of Maya day and
Il half after DR.. Boylc was dismissed TO
make room for DR.. pcrry-whcn DIR. Perry
was called for at Wizards, the hotel whcr,.
he had been stopping it was found that he
had left that morning for Boston. and that
is the last that has been heard Of him in
tins city. Senator Sumner then being in n
critical condition, and his r;.miy plvscian
happcniG TO be here, or hciny sent for. the
attending physician is dismissed, and in
tllrty-six hours after that disnission, DR..
Ferry himself leaves. Would lie, Mr.. Speak
cr, have left if he had believed that the
condition Of his friend, Senator Summer.
was critical! Is there n man on this floor
who believes one word of it? And vet the
learned doctors of this ommittcc-hca,lcd
by my distinguished friend from Ohio--come
out and say, "Thc wounds were severe and
calculated to cntlangcr the life Of the Sen
ator, who remained ior some days in 4 crili-
cal condition."
Again: this committee says:
1T Is not much to say that the weapon
used was Of deadly character, and that
the blows were indiscriminatcv dealt, at
the hazard OF the life Of the assailcd."
But, before | pass OF to that point DR..
Perry, 1t seems, was brought before this in
vcstigating committee, and testified under
OATH lie declares that DR.. Boyle had
treated the case professionally and skilfully,
and that he saw nothing in the treatment
Of the case to take exception to; thus con-
firming, i'll every particular, the professional
capabiIity and merits CT DR.. Boyle.
Well, the committee goes on then to
make these remarks which have inst quo
ted. "The instrument was of deadly char
acter." Now, Mr.. Speaker, live in pretty
civil community, but 1 have seen men
whipped with sticks. and have seen hickory
sticks broken over mems heads; but never
yet have | seen mans life taken by such
an instrument or weapon as an ordinary
walking cane. l know that such things
have CHANGED but the cases are exceptional,
and of very rare occurrence. have known
other cases where death was produced by
slight wounds, when inflammation superven-
cd. Bnt because the pricking of needle in
the finger occasionally produced death,
would it do for the gentleman from Ohio, in
frankness and in candor, to say that a nee
die is deadly weapon
81, Mr. Campbell. Shall answer tho ques-
ton now? .s@aFrS TX .2ts'G
Mr.. Orr. No; prefer you<to answer
when l. get through. I-haye several things
| for You to answer. --:rf,:ya.4fS, 81. ~
Now, sir, was. it candid, WAS is frank,
Was it just, instheI majority Of the commit.
tee, to 70! send forth that paper, setting out the
fact that Senator Summer, was, assaulted
with deadly weapon And Why did
they do so3 LIDO; not know: will in