Brooks Hissed—The Rebellion Applauded! (1863

Source: The Friend. Honolulu: February, 1863, page 10. 

The Country Parson says that much depends upon the way an idea is put. We think the Editor of the London Morning Star put most aptly the following comparison before the minds of his countrymen: 

"When Sumner was struck down in the Senate house by a Southern ruffian, all Europe hissed at the outrage, while the ladies of South Carolina presented its bully perpetrator with a gold-headed cane. The rebellion is just such a blow at the Union as Preston Brooks struck at Charles Sumner—and yet there are English hands and voices to applaud the deed as worthy heroes of partriotism and civilization."

If a person will think a moment, he will see that there is an inconsistency between hissing the deed of ruffian Brooks, and applauding the Southern Rebellion! Poor Brooks now lies in his grave, but the voice of Senator Sumner sounds forth, clear and sonorous, in the Senate Chamber, advocating truth and freedom. We hope the rebellion will, ere long, be attended to its grave, never to rise again, while the Union shall long survive, to offer a home for the oppressed of all nations, and proclaim freedom to the millions of slaves, for whose perpetual enslavement the southern army is now fighting with an energy and valor worthy of a better cause. 

Disguise the truth as you may, it is for ne-gro-chattel-slavery that the Southerners are now fighting. Read the following from a late number of the Richmond Examiner: 

"As the war originated and is carried on in great part for the defense of the slave-holder in his property, rights, and the perpetuation of the institution, he ought to be first and foremost in aiding, by every means in his power, the triumph and success of our arms. The slave-holder ought to remember that for every negro he thus furnishes he puts a soldier in the ranks."