Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-04-09
SUNNI Err.
The Brooks Burlingame Duel-One
Of the Seconds Speaks.
Correspondence chicago Tribnno.l

! WAsuINGTuN. Marcm 13, 1874
Charles Sumder's death provoked
!. loag train Of inv, III ary reminis.
cencer. He is the last If stalwar,
line If aggrrssors upon s avery -
men not abie To b nee, and eve.
rough-harded, a. If they meant bdsi-
nets. FL received the first ii W ever
ll,ntei by kid-gloved Carolina on
NJ 80 chusetta. The physical sequel
.: FL no'5 NJ on w b-,er, aud
the blow was TO his fame Ike the
stroke Of the Kings waod, bestow.
irg knighthyod o, The reciI lent.
Mr.. Sumner's Senatorial career
wae for some time disappointing to
the Radical Aboli,ionisis of New
Ene nd aud the We t. mrny OF
" HON We're advocates of
R UGH PR CEEDINGs
and rough words with the K re- Eaters
| Senat' Wade was the faVOrlte Of
his & ~, because he was known to
be COM atve high-tem pered, II heavy
| hit er, and q clean sh"t. Sumner
had spoken with b, mess such as t"
warrant the bell t hat be wouli ut
,er positive ], h. lIngas against the
Save power When ID puglass in
PRODUCED his Kansas, Nebraska hli,
that ing expected fort of New
E g aud's tavorite was made and
many persons hold that he never
xcrlied il.
l. was a long speech, and Was
heard by 10 ,ri'y If tae people IN
be galleries and Senators on the
Il Dor with sense of admiration and
outrage. because, at that day all Or
thodox il fiueDcts and general coun-
a. l. were for compromise and g",d
W L. An eyewitness tells me that
not one of Summers N ,rthern COL
leagues mad The spirit 10 y word !;
bnt Badger, of Nor'h Cprolina "a
Wing, Of an impulsive and kindly
heart, who was renowned for y
ply agility, and, when past mid
life, could turn handsprings like
shoe I ok up and duwa the pave
u@hed up TO Sumner AMI
CAV him his hand warn saying
'SImner, by George! you have
made the beat and worst speech ever
made in the nate"
M. Seward, who bad no grand
courage, AID wo,l II let Douglass per-
form with his fist, while speaking
close ~ o his face, rather hung his
head. Ecen Chase, who had more
intimacy with Sumner than any other
Senator, made no demonstration Of
~atis:actlor. The rougher young fire
eater. dt bated together but ZONE OF
he Wnig Senators were troutl d,
a. were heard TO mike he r mark
20 Nor bern men G d knows We
don'L want 10 fight youl Can moth
i be done by which you will let US
! n ?"
Al that time
PRESTON q. BROOKS
was one Of the fines. specimens of
youth, high spirit, and physlcal En-
iowm, ut in either House. He was
tre 2 n5hrs high, very straight,
and generally correct and affA' lie.
H. W 9 rather negative man, ana
adopted current opinr n react y, and
was. therefore, easily melted by more
sinister an backw ward people.
Amongst these he chief were KeitL
f lmun>on, the most murderous OF
them alI,--and jesse Bright. The
two former had drawn Brooks, lttle
| oy httle, into the habit # drinking I;
and they ma1e the remark THAT
Sumner ought o get an immediate
fl ,gging Which Of Us shall do it p
Brooks ausu cred : | presume |
ought TO do IT, tor | represent S. nj
tor Buffers district"
THIS was just the COZ q ision des-
,,ed by the coadjuLor-. get my in
formation from Mr. james, then OF
Wisconsin, and now Of California
WHO ha- retit, d all h story 20 me.
aud knows much Of it 50 no OH r
man d.er, for he was Buriingamo's
cond in the ,nsuing C al.eDge TO Il
iuei. Mr.. J mts dues not b eve
tina Senator Bu,ier, who was thought
be aggrieved by Sumaer's speech,
WIS relative Of Preston S. Brooks
Bu;er was the guardian OF the first
| wife OF Brooks, however. When
Brooks formed the resolution to a.
ack Sumter, be, Keitt, AM Z imuu-
| son proceeded TO INK hard and,
| TOR the rest of his | 70 Brooks wa
under the II fiuence vi LIQUOR nearl
al he time. He bought guLta-
percha cane, hollow, aud gold-head-
Ga Weapon much deserted ty the
brutal p ,rlioc OF the press as being a
mere aHuch, wber as 1t derived
strength from its bel ow form, and
the weight of the material made 1t
| fora liable. With this cane, he and
bis party lay waiting around the
| Senate CuamOer until The aOiouri-
mont, wher MI Sumner sat al hls
d,sk, clos,l /, wedged between biz
CHAR aud his desk-tgs,-the size of
the OIL Chamber giving very COZ :
tracLed quarters TO such large men.
| Brooks wa ked directly up TO the
front OF the desk, and, With an IT,
e,ant's remark, TO the ttfoct that
Mr. Simmer had outraged his COT :
uectIou, Books struck him behind
tBe crown, at that part of the back
OF The head which is sss defended Oy
the skull. He struck wItb grea,
/, rec, aud repeated the blows RAPID.
y, un, Mr Sam e., seesing to arise,
ourst The desk from the floor 10
which It was screwed, and by this
time Br oks had taken him by the
II II, 50 that. hi bloody aud l0sensi-
IL, b. i'll forward ke dad man,
aud the eane was snleered u pieces.
AFTER-woRK.
A Senate page othcsously asked
| brooks II he want u The pieces IN
that assu lant sa d at ne r.quiceu
uuly re gold head. which be put IN
bis pocket Keitt csiled out from