The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1856-07-29
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baofsgr points all will agree that Mr. Brooks,
n his castisat Jon. of Sumner, has given to the
s &biic, Moth md South, spell ofvery Intense
Excitement. Newspapers and orat stlassfe.
: kldled their genius at the theme, sh.lsS tina-
tSism has mingled its "sbrieks Esre efsesdon
Wth the :piti.ble blearngs ofspoof sa,n ner: :
ISe whole.afiGhas beenmostoppoftohe- in
,Is first place, Mr. Brooks has sacqd'rtsi through
ola the State aud Souihs..a s~ider popularity
tkn speeches and ;votesin Congress s.ud ever
ffve given tiu,. He has, fop the FIRST. con
Acted himsclewith good taste;ssood Judgment,
did good spirit His letter to.the'ses'a'e, his
4ee ch in Court, ndTHnaity, HIS effort in the
House. haze altsbeentchsracterised 10y these
Qualities. He viii bsSfeceiyed by. his consti.
saeney.with open arms, and sent T.. triumph
back, to confront. and. If need be, we trust, to
lpunish, the enemies and calu,mllatprs OF his
1fSiate and the South
In the next place, it has contributed greatly
Yto the union of Southern menin Congress
I've do not remember any act-wh htch has been
yso generally and heartily approved, from Ma
lnland to Texas, as Mr.. Summers castigalion;
I and upanimi,y of sentiment in the people has
re acted upon their representatives in Wash
ing,on. On the other hand, the furious dc.
nunciatiuns in every quarter of the North have
developed the same feeling of uuaninIty a.
mone Northern representatives; and the result
;s. that the lines of sectionaism have been
drawn deeper than ever before to the disgust
of par,v hacks, and the satisfaction OF true
men in the South. We rejoice at any event
which makes common cause at the South. and
foreshadows her destiny as a separate and III
dependent people.
II has also contributed to more complete
vindica,ion Of the Revolutionary fame and his
tory of South Carolina, than was ever before
made in Congress. The discussion has not only
exposed the false assumptions of the North Of
superiority duringthe Revolution, but convicted
them, by every kind Of testimony. even that OF
George Washington himself, Of snpIneness
cupidity. and cowardce. II has shown that
Sumner, and Woodruff, and Comins, hnd b"r
lidgame, are not the degenerate sons OF noblc
sires, but the true and lineal descendants o
the braggarts and towards OF the kevo'u
tien. ,
The speeches OF Messfs. Butler and Evans
and, fnalIy y, the complete and conclusive speech
of Mr.. Keitt, .he conclusion of which we sl'al
publish to morrow, commend, for the persua
of the North. facts which put to shame then
impudent assumptions.
But Sumner, and his champions in tire House
Messrs. Pennington, Burlingame, Comlns
and Woodruff, will cherish no very pleasant
memories Of the affair The former is dead
in the esteem Of every man not q P"stFp"n
ANorth and South. lie has been personally
branded, morally dsgraced, and POLITICALLY
Exposed, as wilful falsi6er of truth in the Sen
lite. We cannot believe that any amount
fanatical sympathy or party claP-trapo can save
such man from the living death cf IntamJ
and deteslation which he SO well merits
RWhereser manhood is priced and truth admired
the name of Charles Sumner will descend upor
she lips Of men, from father to son, as The per
lect synony Of cowardice and baseness.-
&iay such be the end Of every calumniator o
aSouth Carolina,
And what Of Summers champions, those
laorous knights, who pranced so gsllantly OF
khe plain, and like ti.e army in Flanders, "sworf