institutions, now desecrated, may be sanctified anew; that the ballot-box, now plundered, may be restored; and that the cry, "I am an American citizen," may not be sent forth in vain against outrage of every kind. In just regard for free labour in that Territory, which it is sought to blast by unwelcome association with slave labour; in Christian sympathy with the slave, whom it is proposed to task and to sell there; in stern condemnation of the Crime which has been consummated on that beautiful soil; in rescue of fellow-citizens, now subjugated to a tyrannical Usurpation; in dutiful respect for the Early Fathers, whose aspirations are now ignobly thwarted; in the name of the Constitution, which has been outraged - of the Laws trampled down of Justice banished of Humanity degraded- of Peace destroyed- of Freedom crushed to earth; and, in the name of the Heavenly Father, whose service is perfect Freedom, I make this last appeal.

The Answers to this speech contain some specimens of Transatlantic feeling.

"Is it," said Mr. DOUGLAS, (a candidate for the Presidency) "the object of the Senator to provoke some of us to kick him as we would a dog in the street, that he may get sympathy upon the just chastisement?

"The Senator, by his charge of crime, stultifies three-fourths of the whole body, a majority of the North, nearly the whole South, a majority of Whigs, and a majority of Democrats here. He says they are infamous. If he so believed, who could suppose that The would ever show his face among such a body of men? How dare he approach one of those gentlemen to give him his hand after that act? If he felt the courtesies between men he would not do it. He would deserve to have himself spit in the face for doing so.

"The attack of the Senator from Massachusetts now is not on me alone. Even the courteous and the accomplished Senator from South Carolina [Mr. BUTLER] could not be passed in his absence."

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Mr. MASON-" Advantage was taken of it." Mr. DOUGLAS "It is suggested that advantage is taken of his absence. I think that is a mistake. think the speech was written and practised, and the gestures fixed; and if that part had been stricken out, the Senator would not have known how to repeat the speech. All that tirade of abuse must be brought down on the head of the venerable, the courteous, and the distinguished Senator from South Carolina. I shall not defend that gentleman

here. He will be here in due time to speak for himself, and to act for himself, too. I know what will happen. The Senator from Massachusetts will go to him, whisper a secret apology in his ear, and ask him to accept that as satisfaction for a public outrage on his character! I know how the Senator from Massachusetts is in the habit of doing those things. I have some experience of his skill in that respect.' Mr. MASON, of Virginia, said:

"Mr. President, the necessities of our political position bring us into relations and associations upon. this floor, which, in obedience to a common Government, we are forced to admit. They bring us into relations and associations which, beyond the walls of this Chamber, we are enabled to avoid-associations here, whose presence elsewhere is dishonour, and the touch of whose hand would be a disgrace.

"The necessity of political position alone brings me into relations with men upon this floor whom elsewhere I cannot acknowledge as possessing manhood in any form. I am constrained to hear here depravity, vice in its most odious form uncoiled in this presence, exhibiting its loathsome deformities in accusation and vilification against the quarter of the country from which I come; and I must listen to it because it is a necessity of my position, under a common Government, to recognise as an equal, politically, one whom to see elsewhere is to shun and despise. I did not intend to be betrayed into this debate; but I submit to the necessity of my position. I am here now, united with an honoured band of patriots, from the North equally with the South, to try if we can preserve and perpetuate those institutions which others are prepared to betray, and are seeking to destroy; and I will submit to the necessity of that position at least until the work is accomplished."

The outrage which followed is thus described in the Boston papers :

FROM THE "BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER," MAY 24.

"Our own correspondent at Washington was one of the few persons who were present in the Senate Chamber, eye-witnesses of the assault upon Mr. SumHis telegraphic despatch to us was, we believe, the first received in Boston, announcing the occurrence. We give below a letter from him received by mail last evening, written immediately after the affair.

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"Washington, May 22. 1856.

"The Senate adjourned early to-day, in consequence of the announcement of the death of Hon. Mr. Miller, of Missouri. After the adjournment, as is the custom of many Senators, Mr. Sumner remained at his desk writing. There were also present Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, and several other Senators, who had not left the Chamber, some of the subordinate officers of the Senate, and a number of other persons, including your correspondent.

"While Mr. Sumner was thus seated writing, Mr. Preston S. Brooks, of South Carolina, entered the Chamber, accompanied by Mr. Keitt, of the same State both members of the House of Representatives. These approached Mr. Sumner's seat, when the former raised a cane some three-quarters of an inch or an inch in diameter, and struck Mr. Sumner a severe blow over the head with it. Mr. Sumner sprang from his seat, but staggered under the effect of the blow, reeling about and falling partially over the desk. Notwithstanding his helpless condition, the chivalric

South Carolinian repeated his blows with great force and rapidity.

"Senator Crittenden, of Kentucky-than whom the South has no braver or more chivalric son did not hesitate to pronounce the assault a shameful outrage -a remark which suggested a significant glance from Keitt to Brooks-to which the latter replied by saying, "Well, one will do!" I know not what else was the meaning of this expression, except that the parties were tempted to try their prowess upon the aged Crittenden, but concluded not to venture it.

"Mr. Sumner, who lay upon the floor in a state of partial stupor, in consequence of the blows inflicted upon his head, was raised by his friends, and carried into the anteroom of the Chamber, where medical service was promptly procured. Although his head is badly contused and severely cut, it is hoped that the wounds are not dangerous, although at the same time it is difficult to judge with certainty. The entire assault, of course, occupied but a minute or two. Your correspondent was standing just inside the corner door of the Chambersome twenty feet from the parties-when the assault was commenced, but by the time himself and the friend with whom he was conversing could reach the spot, the thing was The mad rage of the assailant may be judged from the fact that he broke his cane into fragments.'

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