New-York tribune., 1874-03-12

q cut tnre0 or IOur inches long, tuu nS Oiv1 WA
spattered on tho surroundngdesLs. Messrs Morgan
and Murray members of the House from New-Y0k
heard the noise of the attack from the ante-roonl
and ran to the prostrste Senator's assistance. Mr.
Keitt of South Carolina stood by armed during the
assault. with the evident intention Of gusrdns
against interference and there were Is or % persona
present including Senator's officers Of the Sonata
and strangers. mono Of whom. strange IN say. had
the manliness To interfere except Senator Cntendee
Of kentucky. An investigation was had, and
Committee of the House recommended the expu!sisu
of Brooks A resolution was offered TO that effect.
bot did not receive the necessary two-thrds vots
Both Brooks and Kett. however. resigned, and the
former was fined 800 by the courts On his return "a
tho South Brooks received the sdulaiIon OF sssm..
ingly o large part of tho people. He became
lion." and was shown 40 many marks OF attention
and good will that no might have been mistaken for
some renowned public benetaetOr. Before his death
he confessed the bitter humiliation of spln his dls
tardly deed and the manner OF ts reception by tho
Southern people hsd finally brought upon hu,.
From the injuries he received Mr. Sumner never
fully recovered. The attack WAS followed by long
aud severe illDoSs. which he oyerCame sufficiently
at tue end of a year 10 90 abroad for med
ical treatment. In the same mouth that he
set sail he was reeiected Senator by tho unan-
imous vote of the State Senate. and wIrh
but seven votes against him IN House OF sew
eral hundred members. He returned IN the Au
tumn with the intention of resuming his seat but
found his health still impaired. and in the following
Spring. wont abroad again aud put himself undera
very severe and trying treatment in Paris This
continued for more than year, when ne again re-
turned, and now resumed his seat. In tue early
Summer of 1867 he broke tho silence of four years
and delivered speech in the Senate the trst since
he had been stricken down in his seat entitled
The Barbarsm Of Slavery in which he referred
to the assault in no yindctiye or even pointed
terms but with dcyont thankfuness that his life
had been spared that he might speak again on the
canse his heart.
During the campaign Of 1880 he Of course supported
Lincoln and HamliD, and canyassed in thor behalf
After the secession of the rebeliIous States no St
himself firmly in the Senate debates against the
slightest concession to the Shareholders, and VA
radical enough to urge emancipation a. the suress
and least protracted method OF bringing the conflict
to an end. At the opening of the next session OF
Congress he became the Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations. post the responsi'
BILE duties Of which he administered to the honor
and advantage of the country until, just ton yean
later, the Republican majority made the astonishing
discovery that the work could be better performed
by Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania! True to the
dictates of bis whole life Mr. Summers weight was
always thrown on the side OF peace. On the 9Th Of
January 1852 he made an elaborate argument in the
Mason and Sdell case holding that the seizure was
inconsistent with the rules of international law
which had been laid down by the United States
In March. 1868, began bis third Senatorial term.
during which he continued to advocate and support
all the great measures by which the war ws
marked prominent among which WAS the Thlr-
teenth Amendment. At the opening of tho
XXXIXth Congress he introduced bill for ths
reconstruction of tho Rebel States, and also a
measure to grant the right of suffrage TO blacks IN
the District OF Columbia, urging that 1t was the
duty of Congress 70 establish impartial suffrage
throughout the Union.
Mr. Johnson's Administration as President did not
long escape au attack. Shortly after Mr. Llncoln's
assassination and as soon as the rreconcable dill
ference of opinion between the President aud Con-
gress on the Reconstruction measures became appar-
ent, there were loud expressions OF Dissatisfaction
On the Goth Of December, 1867 Mr Sumner pro-
claimed against the Presidents attempt TO whIte
wash the unhappy condition OF the Rebel States
and throw the antle Of official obiiyiono sicken
ing and heart-rending outrages where human rights
are sacrificed aud rebel barbarian receives q new
letter of license In the rupture between the Pres-
dent and the party which bad elected him, Mt Sum
ner was perhaps hIs boldest and most unsparing
opponent. He was foremost among the accusers Of
the President during the impeachment trial, aud
voted with the majority. During the trial
ne made the point that the Chief-Justies
had no authority TO vote On any question, but
was voted down by small majority he also raised
the question that the Chief-Justice was witnou
constitutional power to give casting vote, the
Senate being equally divided, but was again over.
ruled. On these points and on the question OF gum
or innocence he prepared elaborate opinions. Dur
ing the campaign of ls5s Mr. Sumner gave in bis
adhesion to the Republican ticket though be was
understood not to regard General Grant as the moa
available candidate.
On the 20thj Of December 1870, Mr Sumner called
up a resolution, offered some days before, asking
the President to communicate to the Senate coples
of all papers and correspondence relating to the
proposed annexation of tine Dominican portion OK
the island Of Sauto Domingo. and based upon If his
celebrated speech exposing the negotiations which
had been carried on by Gen. Babcock as aide-de-
camp of President Grant and his special agent to
the Dominican Rspubhc' for the acquis-
tion of its territory. The rupture between tbs
President and Senator Sumner with this speech be-
came omplete and notorious lt was blow when
the President not disposed TO forget and the retail
aton was not long in coming. at the openlngo ths
next Congress, few weeks later, rearrangement
Of the Committees was made, as is customary TO
provide for incoming Senators, and in the Repubh-
can caucus the sub Committee made q report, re-
moving Senator Sumner TO the Chairmanshp of the
new Committee on Privileges and Elections ana
naming Senator Cameron to fiji his place. Upon
this action, as unprecedented it was ridiculous,
Mr. Sumner made digniied speech, stating his
position, and withdrew from the caGcns Efforts
were made to have the report referred back to the