The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-02-02
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Dir. Howard, q OF the Editors o:
the Ohio State Journal, now in WASH
c;tv. gives. the following nc.
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Summer upon Mt. 1rnmouii' IN y
Senate Of the United States. The as
sault i much in the tone of that mnde
up. a
upon 'ne
Oarotina ana %nicn orousn. tnS ven
peance of Brooks, upon the devoted
h..d of Sumner. Now. Mr.. Howard
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yesterday. was an historical day in
the Senate. But once have We ever
zen its floor and galleries more crowd
ed, and thrt was on the occasion when
Hon. George Bancroft delivered his
great euiogy OF Lincoln before both
Houses Of Congress On the Previeas
day it had been agreed that the
f.:al vote on the Virginia bill, which
included the Bingham Amendment,
should be taken ut 4 o'clock, q a
knowledge Of this fact turned ID steps
of hundreds to the Capitol who very
naturally expected that the discussion
just preceding the final vote on SO INT
portant a question would be both ami
mated and Instructive: The debate
which took place certainly did not lack
animation or interest. but 1t was not
on the virginia Dill, or any o.ner oiti.
L. was on CSaries Se!hne' ane lyman
~ n"naon; !. NJ 800 o,,, tn,
hs raan IL ~d;.,;nan;sbed Senator
49, ni;.s 81 IL d;st;ng;;;Sbad
Ssn.,or 60 ossacbus there d:d
-. aN;.t.n .Ea.;on ofmatchia-s ten-
Io.nn.s H. ~ Thur.6av evan;ro
a,Ian th.-n Was j o~eaeraI p-ersonal row
snS n~;.ceiI.neoms Ssbt lasting two
bonr; Se1ator Sumner made an nm
n.ornIsd ord nnc,U.J for INF most
insuit;no n-ersa.aI assauIt uoon Sena-
TrtrmbuI. to which we lis,e1ed,
and which We End toned do,vu in the
Official Globe a, follows:
Mr.. Sumner-"Mr. President, I am
astoni,bed at what the senator from
Illinois saws I have sat MANY ears
in tb;s Chamber and I never heard
anv sncb assumDtion as he makes TO-
nisht. The two bills were essent ally
d;fE.rent : : 1 mean to use
narIiameptary language. I viii not
transcend that; but / 90 as l can to
express the absurdity Of such y pre-
tension.n
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! never entereu my eao thas any
one could ne so preposterous ~ to LIE
sgine, or take 1t INTO . moments con-
siderat'on, tnaf any agfeemene Wa aP-
piicabie TO The House oiiI q cena
tor, from Illinois, 1 think. vas alone IN
khat he . the monopoly 81 hi ne
to Pt Il all to himself, AND now seeks
70 impose it upon the SENATE
One who did not hear n see the
delivery OF this cannot form the shgn'
est conception OF what these words
meant. Summers tones. infections,
0uHf tuRLlASto Atla AooASAnS ECSstSotN
tons never go.into the Globe. You
cannot describe them His voice Is
such 4 voice as We have never
heard. II sounds at times saperhu-
man. On this occasion. Sumner
sprung to his feet when he was very
angry. He addressed the Chair, but
fixed hisaeyes upon TrumbulI who sat
just before. and to the right of him,
and not ten feet from him, and stead
lastly gazing in his face and pointing
In his face with ihcessent gestures, ut
tered in tones Of terrible emPhafis
mich more than We have given.
Summers words are such Is Precedes
and are followed by blows, and ! doubt
not many in the galleries looked to see
Trumbull strike him. frumbuFs
cheeks blanched, his eyes fell and he
seemed siienced: Not knowing him
well, we thought this q confession OF
the superiority Of his antagonist and
the throwing up OF the sponge. Inc
Senate soon adjourned.
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