Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-11-16
A Pair Of Senators.


Philadelphia Concert Hall. Aye, Sena.
tor Sumner, of Massachusetts, the collea.
que of another Massachusetts agitator SEN
atoI Wilson. The career of both of these
men, is curious, and worth looking at, in
connection with our present national trou-
bles, which they have done so much to
create.
Senator Sumner mnde himself famous
by pair of speeches in the Senate, one Of
which was announced in an anti. slavery
meeting in Boston, in letter written by
the Honorable Senator written by him-
self, the night before the outpouring of his
eloquence, stolen principally from the an~
cient classics, before the assembled solans,
the United States Senator's.
That letter of announcement to the an
Ii slavery pets of Mr.. Sumner, was atten-
ded with circumstances which shows the
character Of the man and his associates.
1t was written, as the letter itself said, in
the Senate Chamber, and informed his COL
ored brethren at Boston, that on the NOR.
row he should deliver speech against the
uncivilized barbarian slave. holders; which
would horribly afflict them. He would
demonstrate to the Senate, and to the
world, that the unciyilized barbarians
ought to be, and should be driven like rats
into their holes.
This chase and classical billingsgate was
proclaimed to the digni6ed Senators, as
the printed speech shows
That letter was read before the aboli.
ton assembly by that very pious and very
reverand christian, the late Theodore
Parker.
After its reading, member arose and
manifested the healthful and patriotic
spirit Of the Sumner letter by dcnouncing
slave holders in general, and George
Washington in particular. He said he
"despised and spit on the memory Of Wash.
ingtop," and the miscreant who said this,
was not stricken down, but what he said
was printed in the same Boston papers
which printed Summers letters.
One Of these papers, the Liberatog, has
for its standing motto, "The Union is a
league with hell" and of course its editors
did not rebuke this gross outrage on a
man whom all civilized nations have bless
ed and revercd. The honorable Senator
of Massachusetts, has never TO this day re.
bubed or censured his man for "spitting
on the memory Of Washington, :" but visits
our cities to preach his rGbellious senti.
timents and aggravate and emhtter thC
war which he and his friends have gloa;cd
over as war Of disuuion--a war which
they are doing their utmost, secretly and
openly, to make a war Of emancipation, o
disunion, of treason,
The honorable Senators colleague Sen
ator Wilson, is also a patriotic man--ver,
patriotic to his own particular sectiou.-
He is a warrior--a brigadier general, a
well as great orator. His grafton, in tn
city Of Boston, on the 9th day of Novem
f ber, 1850, few months before the rchal
lion broke forth, boasted of the trump
of his section in these words. We give til
, exact words, because they are sequenc
to Summers "rats." The words which W
copy from his Boston journal, and 70
which he subsequently, made his lame at
tempt at apology when charged with til
blasting infamy on the floor of the Senat
Of the United States were these "we hav
got our feet upon their necks, and we vii
now crush them. Yes, fellow citizens W
will grind them to POWDER Without re
ferring to the bad taste of this disunionisi
look at the effect which such sentiment
, must have exercised Has this brave Sen
, ator proved his value in the field a? Ha
{ he battled as brayely as he talks Let u
sec. A few weeks since he became gen
, eral, and in Massachusetts, made so grea
parade of his military prowess, and s
5 many high promises to the gallant mer
, whom he was to lead against the enemy
that be soon swelled his request to lao
. men. The regiment Of General Wilso
Was hailed with enthusiasm land New Yor
e citizens presented General Wilson's Reg
ment with splendid flag and gave them
: magnificent entertainment, at which tn
Q General made speech-a most patriot
1 aye, a most warlike speech. Well, Gene
y raj Mcclellan placed the noble Wilson IN
his men near Fairfax, right in front .
e warrior would have been proud OF this pt
y sition, but General Wilson was indignan
and forthwith resigned A Boston pape
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