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Among others who denounced the shameful deed was young Garfield. The students of his university called a public meeting to protest against the crime, and Garfield was the principal speaker. AMONG OTHERS WHO DENOUNCED THE SHAMEFUL DEED WAS YOUNG GARFIELD THE STUDENTS OF HIS UNIVERSITY CALLED A PUBLIC MEETING TO PROTEST AGAINST THE CRIME AND GARFIELD WAS THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
the name of Brooks, was armed with a heavy stick. This ruffian attacked Sumner from behind, felled him with a blow, and then beat him as he lay upon the floor, leaving him almost dead. For this grievous offence a small fine was imposed upon Brooks, and the amount was promptly paid by his admiring constituents. The bully then resigned his seat, and was re-elected without opposition by the South as its spokesman, leader, and law-maker. The news of this murderous attack spread like a flame through the land. In every State in the South it found a ready response in the sullen passions of the slave-owners, whose hatred for the Abolitionists it exactly expressed. Throughout the North it raised a nobler sentiment, and called forth a resolve that the system which placed millions of human beings under the absolute power of such men as this Brooks must be swept away. In both North and South that blow in the Senate House at Washington fell like a spark among the stubble: it set the nation on fire. SOUTH CAROLINA OF THE NAME OF BROOKS WAS ARMED WITH A HEAVY STICK THIS RUFFIAN ATTACKED SUMNER FROM BEHIND FELLED HIM WITH A BLOW AND THEN BEAT HIM AS HE LAY UPON THE FLOOR LEAVING HIM ALMOST DEAD FOR THIS GRIEVOUS OFFENCE A SMALL FINE WAS IMPOSED UPON BROOKS AND THE AMOUNT WAS PROMPTLY PAID BY HIS ADMIRING CONSTITUENTS THE BULLY THEN RESIGNED HIS SEAT AND WAS RE ELECTED WITHOUT OPPOSITION BY THE SOUTH AS ITS SPOKESMAN LEADER AND LAW MAKER THE NEWS OF THIS MURDEROUS ATTACK SPREAD LIKE A FLAME THROUGH THE LAND IN EVERY STATE IN THE SOUTH IT FOUND A READY RESPONSE IN THE SULLEN PASSIONS OF THE SLAVE OWNERS WHOSE HATRED FOR THE ABOLITIONISTS IT EXACTLY EXPRESSED THROUGHOUT THE NORTH IT RAISED A NOBLER SENTIMENT AND CALLED FORTH A RESOLVE THAT THE SYSTEM WHICH PLACED MILLIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS UNDER THE ABSOLUTE POWER OF SUCH MEN AS THIS BROOK'S MUST BE SWEPT AWAY IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH THAT BLOW IN THE SENATE HOUSE AT WASHINGTON FELL LIKE A SPARK AMONG THE STUBBLE IT SET THE NATION ON FIRE
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