Abraham Lincoln : a history : the full and authorized record of his private life and public career . ual industry. In character it was aphilippic rather than an argument, strong, direct,and aggressive, in which classical illustration andacrimonious accusation were blended with greateffect. It described what he called The Crime againstKansas; and the excuses for the crime he denom-inated the apology tyrannical, the apology imbe-cile, the apology absurd, and the apology infamous. Tyranny, imbecility, absurdity, and infamy, hecontinued, all unite to dance, like the weird sis-ters, about this crim
Abraham Lincoln : a history : the full and authorized record of his private life and public career . ual industry. In character it was aphilippic rather than an argument, strong, direct,and aggressive, in which classical illustration andacrimonious accusation were blended with greateffect. It described what he called The Crime againstKansas; and the excuses for the crime he denom-inated the apology tyrannical, the apology imbe-cile, the apology absurd, and the apology infamous. Tyranny, imbecility, absurdity, and infamy, hecontinued, all unite to dance, like the weird sis-ters, about this crime. In the course of his speech he alluded, amongothers, to A. P. Butler, of South Carolina, and inreply to some severe strictures by that Senatorduring preceding debates, indulged in caustic per-sonal criticism upon his course and utterance, aswell as upon the State which he represented. With regret [said Sumner], I come again upon theSenator from South Carolina [Mr. Butler], who, omni-present in this debate, overflowed with rage at the simplesuggestion that Kansas had applied for admission as a. CHARLES SUMNER. CONGRESSIONAL RUFFIANISM 49 State; and with incoherent phrases discharged the loose chap, ikexpectoration of his speech, now upon her representativeand then upon her people. There was no extravaganceof the ancient parliamentary debate which he did notrepeat; nor was there any possible deviation from truthwhich he did not make, with so much of passion, I amglad to add, as to save him from the suspicion of inten-tional aberration. But the Senator touches nothing whichhe does not disfigure — with error, sometimes of principle,sometimes of fact. He shows an incapacity of accuracy,whether in stating the Constitution or in stating the law,whether in details of statistics or the diversions of scholar-ship. He cannot open his mouth but out there flies ablunder. Butler was not present in the Senate on eitherday; what he might have said or done, had he beenthere, can only be co
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