The glass was broken by a man too drunk to know what he was doing.
And the two men of Boston fell upon the helpless, drunken wretch, and kicked him to death in the streets.
Was Massachusetts and all the North condemned for that?
What became of the homicides?
One received a nominal punishment, which was not a real punishment; and the other boasts that he was never punished at all.
Where was the boast made?
In the House of Representatives of the United States—for Boston, Mass., actually sent to Congress the man who had helped to kick another man to death in the streets!
His name? John A. Sullivan. I beg pardon—it is,
The Honorable John A. Sullivan.
South Carolina is far behind Massachusetts—she has not yet sent James Tillman to Congress.