Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-31

uouncement oil the oeath u A4eS'0A - S'
applauded the murderous assault upon Senator
Sumner, and insulteda the memory of the RO.
man Brutus, by an effort to place the South Car
olna bully upon the same pedestal of fame with
him
He said ssthe world has approved of the stab
bing of Caesar by Brutus in the Capitol, and SO
aCiH after generations approve the dctof BROOKS IN
striking dozen Summer IN the Senate Chana6er."
The despatch says :-' This outrageous lam
Ruaee caused large numbers OF representatives Of
the North to leave the House. The Massachu
sets delegation, with the exception Of Mr..
DsIVzst, Iph0 .Oas c6iciO's IN the ceremonies
viewed the attempt to justify the assault on Mr..
Sumner, on suchsan occasions as an insult to them
and to their State; and they declined to remain
during the services which followed. A large NUM-
Der from other States followed their example"
We are not surprised at this report from the
Capitol of the nation. When Massachusetts,
man, himself a member Of the House, was found
who could SO far forget the prophecies OF his po-
ition and so misrepresent the wishes of thslaw
bidine, peace-loving virtuous constituents who
honored him with a seat in Congress, as to con-
sent to serve upon funeral committee, not aP-
pointed by the House, but by the friends and GRO
mics of the man who had by cowardly and MUIR
derous assault upon the person of Charles Sum-
ner, deprived Massachusetts of the services of ner
ablest representative, and who died impenitent,
it is not to be wonderedat, that men educated at
the South in the brutal customs Of the state of
society that prevails there, should SO outrage the
public sentiment ofthe n: lion and Of the civilized
world, as publicly to applaud such deed, and at
tempt the dedication of a would-be murderer.
Now that the assassin has passed from earth,
and gone to render up his final account to the
great Judge Of all, the press has manifested
remarkable unanimity, while commenting upon
the event, in throwing the mantle of charity or
Of oblivion upon the chef actor in that terrible
tragedy which sent thrill Of horror through the
whole civilized world.
The worst enemies Of the South Carolina ruff.
fan, the grave closed over him, were will
ing to leave him with his God-to drop tear for
his virtues ifhe ever had any, and to strive to for
get the malignity Of his heart and the biackness
OF his crimes; bat with this the South is not sat
is6ed, and its representatives, attempt to hold
high carnival over the lifeless remains of one
whose unrepented acts have, as they deserve, won
the execration Of mankind.
The,teiegraph announces that when Mr.. Sac
age of Tennessee, whose conduct on this occasion
shows him to have come honestly enough by his
patronymic, declared that " after generations
would approve the act of striking down Sumner
in the Senate Chamber even as they had done
thatfafal stab in the Roman Senate, when Bru-
tus rose against Cesar" the Massachusetts,
members with the exception of Mr. Dewitt. who
was oficious in the ceremonies, retired and that
large number from other States followed their
example.
Such conduct on their part was natural and
proper When additional insult was thus added
to the injury which they and Massachusetts, had
already received, at the hand Of the sneaking
coward. whom the voice Of the Almighty had
summoned from a scene Of action to which he was
a perpetual disgrace, it was entirely appropriate
thsss.-.r- A ..---A----- ..-~stfS tuae
no son Of hers should listen to the insolent
tadnts 81 the slave driver from Tennessee, him
self an accomplice in the crime Of the South Car
olina assassin, or remain to hear the memory Of
Brhtns malgned, by associating his name and
deeds with the name and deeds of that of the bru-
tai rnfian who had sought to murder one of the
most honored citizens Of the Republic. We say
it was natural and proper that taey should retire
from such presence. What, then, shall we say
Of him who remained, and who was oficious in
those ceremonies We had hoped never to have
occasion again to revert the public acts of the
present member from this Congressional district.
Having done our part to remove him from po-
sition that he was no longer worthy to hold-that
he could not hIl without dshonor to himself and
discredit to his constituents, we have earnestly
desired 70 throw over him and his acts the thick
est web of charity that partial friends could
weave for him. and leave him there; but in view
Of what has occurred at Washington, we cannot
be silent.
Il was bad enough when Col. DeWittTaised his
cane at the command of Bully Brooks in the
Hall Of Representatives, to enable him to illus.
trAte how gerry slight was the injury he had done
toMr. Sumner; but that was not so bad as his
subsequent vote, to screen EdmoDdson of Virgin
ia, one Of the chief oonspiratOrs against Mr..
Samner's life.
Those acts, with other shortcomings, led to his
rejection from another term Of Office, by an over.
whelming vote. But as II he had not yet
reached the lowest depths of servility--as if
there was stIll step lower to which he might de-
cend, in the short space Of his official term Of
Office which still remains, he consents to serve
on the committee, to make arrangements for the
funeral OF Mr. Brooks, and when Massachusetts,
isagain insulted in the National Legislature, in
the most indecent phrases BY one Of BrOokss
boon companions, in terms 80 insulting as to com
pei, alInef other Representatives to retire from
Che Representatives Hall, through respect for the
deceneies and proprieties of life and through re-
gard for the noble Commonwealth whose Repre-
ssntatiyes they are, Col. Dewitt alone remains,
and smiles blandly, perhaps. upon the profane
uttetances Of this audacious apologist Of crime,
and continues 70 perform those duties to the dead
aa member Of a committee to which he was ap
bointed, on account Of his intimate sympathies
and asaociations with Brooks, while living.
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