Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-07-09
Senator Sumner.

chair in the Senate chamber. was stricken
down and well nigh brutality murdered by
a cowardly paltroOn from South Carolina
From this murderous attack he has not vel
recovered. Under the advice OF physicians
he is now in Europe in search Of what 1t u
much feared he will never fnd-good hodih
All the circumstances taken into account, Z
wgrc 6sadisi outrage ncr,r ,oas committed
Black, base. and cruel rs IL was. TO th'
shame Of the nation. TO the disgrace Of civil
ira,iOn. grca, political party not only et
cu.cd bot actually applaudcd the cowardll
villain who committed il. They went fur
Their. they npplauded the murScroH' act. anC
did every thing in their power to shield
the murderer from mcrltcd punishment
And even now. after the victim Of tho slave
powrr ha. suffered thousand deaths, hat
to leave his home and his sat IN th'
Senate and eIpa,riats himself from his ovr
country. To try aud build M a constitution
broken down by the hands of violence, moth
I ing /. more common than To find sno,rs, snt
i,6ss. aud irusHdoss in the black democratic
rapers, relative to the sad condition OF hi'
heal,b and the uncertainty Of hi. ultimate
recovery. 4 political party that will thus
cloat over tragedy like this, must b,
stepped in deprnvity to the very dreg..
Whether senator Sumner will ever ro'
cover hi. wonted elasticity Of spirits and los,
health. !. question Of serious solicitud'
among his numerous friends. When W,
Err, became acquainted with Mr.. Sumner
in Washington in the year OF 1856, he wat
tho very picture OF health, Tall, robust
and athletic. he was physically almost q
giant. No giant miHd was ever encascd Ia
noblcr material house The last time vi
saw him. in March 80. few day. bcfor,
the Gnal adjournment, OF Congress, although
more than nine months after the injury, b,
was in appearance an iHrdhd. And how h
Ia. since fingered along Almos, between
hope and despair, our ie.ders we'll know
The vile hand that AIMED the fatal blow'
has long since been pal'ied in death. tn,
Vengeance OF High Heaven soon overlook tbs
murderer, (for ,riicG God h Prai,oi,) ant
he suddenly wen, TO his last account. tn,
venerable " Uncle" who with such real ans
fury defended the criminal and the crime
he too has gore to the spirit world by The
Ga, Of the Almighty. And the venerable
but kind hearted Evans who, to obligo hi
South Carolina friends, pronounced III,
eulosy upon the death OF Brooks. in III,
senate chamber. has been summoned away
from the scene. Of earth. Senator Sumner
Vt Gre,." (tbAnk God for that,) and Il
be never - FAR RECEIVERS hi. shattered health
and palsiel energies as again TO 81, in IN,
high legislative body from which he hat
been driven by a murierou', blood.thlr'iy
slave oliglIchy. To Use his own language
q" 30 las rdodHi chair sp,al" Let the Anne
rican citizen, az hc enters the senate cham
Der. a. he gaze. upon it. granite pillars, IL
caudy tapestry, It's gorgeous curtain robes
cast one long and earnes, look upon tha
q" racari clar." once occupied by one Of th'
purgsi men and mos, brilliant orators tha
ever shed glory upon the American name
While hc gaze. in mental silence, let hin
picture before his mind the tragedy thai
made that char vacant"
Yes, that " vacant chair will long speak
clcqucn,ly Of the murderer, hi. bludscon
and bis victim. it, very plcHoe " will b
NOSE expressive than thunder tones. n IN,
eve. Of the stranger are turned from th,
&c vacant chair" let them rest no, upon
Preston ;. Brooks, (ror his polluted foo, No
longer trcads those aisles.) bat upon som,
II those who ooH,plr,d nth him to trnmpl,
down freedom ofspccch, and murder in COO
blood It's mos, cloquen, defender and Will,
you behold some Of these con.pirators Cccu
pying the hishcs, seats in the American
senate, iancy, IL you can, that THE is III,
nineteenth century, the boosted land Of free
dom, the model Republic.