New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-27
Tho Carolina Times, Columbia, S. c., thus ex-
ults over the departure Of Senator Sumner for

The Carolina Times, Columbia, S. c., thus OK
ults over the departure Of Senator Sumner for
Europe:
Mn SumsrR-This notorious man and ignoble Sen
ato,-rerdered notorious and igrobe at once by pros
ti.utipg his high poetion to the defamation OF veoera
BILE and dstiDe uisbed public servant and OF
history has bio temporary aoeu to the land he dis
graced. He quite recently sailed for Europe. and
While in New York an attempt was made ~ create
some excitement 70 do him honor. Tue Demonstration
however, wM a very slight one The ;. Young men
Republican Club" met him al the ship and saw him
embsIk, but the msssesp could not be novel They
were texorsble and Mr. Sumner went to sea with but
few to witness bis exit II is believed that the day Of
his martyrdom is past the public mind having been a.
ready too much excited to bear more.
Summers career ought to teach dcm,g'gues an I'm
pressiye lessOp. Taking Abolidonism in NJ esachusets
at lie food be was soon waited into the United States
Senate. blind and reckless fanati ism made al So
citude or inquiry to his fitness Oh qualifications a.
stateem an impossible No one inquired, because no
enc cared Ii 10 even believed that the same vote that
elected Sumner would, with equal a'acrty have sent
Theodore Parker, VIM. Lloyd Garrison, Abby Kelly
or Lucy Stone to the Senate Of the United States AS
an evidence Of this it has been asserted that some o.
those who voted for Sumner have publicly declared
that far as the great purpose OF sending MIN 70 the
Senate was concerned Abby and Lucy would have
dore the work much more effectuauy! Tins purpose
was ayowed to be the agitation of the Slavery quss
ton Had they asserted the conviction that Abby and
Lucy would have shown more gaDsnry aud less 0t the
craver hearted certain occ aston In the Senate
chamter we would have agreed with them. Less
courage or more cowardcs they could not hsve shown
BY the almost unanimous verdict of the brave ard
The true wherever found the Infamous speech in the
Senate for which he was chastised stands without
parallel in the history Of all parliamentary debate Il
was deliberate offensive, personal harangus 1t
alluded to Senators by name who had never named
him! II Msaulted men, in the most violent terms,
who had never made any au.ion to Mr.. Sumner. II
even msligped sovereign States, while he knew that
their Constitutional defenders not In the Senate
Chamber 1t was all done with malice afore!housht.
1t va, an assault deliberate, malicious qnprovoksd,
with weapon more deadly than the budgeon or
the sword. No resolutions votes can remove the
stain from his SHIELD. No sympathy for his personal
suerDRs can hide the fact that the he
was unparalleled ard intense. The moral verdict is
see in the public pulse. he came back 70 tue Senate
after long absence unatte nded His presence in the
Serste Chamber was unnoticed. except by few
partissrs of which the Boston press complained He
left the Capitol a. Re had come, unattended, aud
sailed for the Old World with the smallest pos ,ible
amount Of sympathy or excitement, " We have seen
above.
May such ever be the fortune Of all towards and
calumnators.