The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-18
THE MAN wuo "sAssEn" BuT1sn-

~~seS ~ 0Ooe GOO ShtS uC6otOA
with tue deliberate Intention Of in.
sultiDg Baujamiu Butler. When a
sense Of duty imptls man to put an
ahront upon another. tho 9cs is strip
ped OF ruiz lnism. Brown wss gitups.
rative brcanse his training aud con-
Silence told him Butter WAS made to bs
lnsnlted by honest men. Iu this view
It Was just as herDio to push back gen.
tieManiy instincts. assume the inevita.
Bile .censnre and possible expulsion,
and deliberately black guard the object
OF his souls detestatIon, AZ it would
bave been 10 charge roaring battery,
or be burnt at the stuke for religions
sake. Tho faot thut The young Hot.
spur bad carefully prepared his words,
aud reduced his invsctive to u single
we'll 'rnutnred sentence. proves HE s.n-
cerity. There could be no excuse for
member OF Congress getting angry
enough i'll the caluric Of debate to
suddenly tpurt out such sentence.
But to prepare it coolIy in advance,
and theu try for several days for IN
opportunity to huri it ut The victims
head, cviLces the seuso Of morul obil.
CATION Which impelled it. John Young
Brown was just as creditable in SNORT
ficing his breeding in order to de.
llberuteIy insult u fellow member whom
he believed ought to be insulted, as
John Brown of Harper's Ferry was
IN laying siege to the whole State Of
Virginia. What man does for that
Which he believes to be his duty is
something for which be should be pu-
nisbed il it immolatee law or decency;
but the mans An for u that, and j..
entitled TO the praise sure to ba be-
slowed on him whose acts tu;!y with
his ideas.
Brown came from State where
courage. whether of voice or body, is u
passport to position. Kentucky eau
stand brave idiot, but has no COM
fort for an intellectual coward. Marry
spunk to ability. aud Kentucky cannot
hnd enough to give joined t-aits.
Brown has notified his bluegrass cou-
stltuencY many times in the past, that
he comes up to the measurement they
demand, both in intellect aud pluck.
His browning act, affronting with due
reconciliation aud elegant billiugegate
tho person whom the South regards as
twin-brother to the devil sets him u
permanent idol in their shrine. He
mnst be cleared from fishing for this
e1a!.asion. He banged Butler because
he fnLcied II his duty to do 80; not
from All insane yearning for notoriety.
Bnt bis fame is henceforth eternal in
Kentucky. He will on his return
home, be given distillery and stud
horse-Keutucky can do no less for
him. II his conscience i, now salts
fed, and forbenrs making him an ever.
lavting Southern Qlixotte, to tilt for
ever at unworthy wind mills, there is
little OF eminenoe tor which John
Young Browh may not hope. He is
still on the sunny side OF forty, yet has
been held remarkable in State which
grows remarkable men az regularly as
1t does glorious women, for nearly
twenty years. He ran for Congress
before he remembered that lie was not
old enough to take his seat il elected.
He distnnced his competitor, and was
then obliged to wait until the second
session of the term gave him the requi-
site ripeness OF years. Since then be
has squandefed precious time by fervid
adhesion to doomed, and sulkily re-
pining at Il lost, cause. His abomina-
tion of Butlerism was 10 conc. Ated
aud engrossing that he would not
come again TO Congress in 1868.
though elected so to do by persistent
admirers. at last he compromised
with his conscience and took re-elec,-
tion to the present body, stipulating
to his soul that he would repay the
indignity of sitting with Butler by in-
sultiug him. This offence against re.
spectAbility WAS not SO gross after ALL
Brown came to Congress to insult
Butler. A majority Of congressman
appear to come hero as All Insult to
the entire common intelligence Of the
country.
Brown has youth. superior intelli.
gence, forked tongue, and pre-. emil
nent sense Of honor in his favor. He
Is an excellent lawyer, an able debater,
and his words ring out with the rich
penetration of silver clarion. If,
having made pence with his conscience
by artistically pain ing Butler as "pu-
sillanimous in war, inhuman in peace,
forbidden In sooiety, and infamous in
politics," he is now ready to wash his
hands and so eensibly to work, imme-
diate glory and prosperity await him.
Kentucky has not had Henry Clay or
Tom Marshall for come years. II is
about time. John Young Brown is In
better trim to fill the bill than any