Our approbation is entire and unreserved. The act was good in conception, better in execution, and best of all in consequences. These vulgar abolitionists in the Senate have been suffered to run too long without collars. They must be lashed into submission.
Original passage & context
"In the main, the press of the South applaud the conduct of Mr. Brooks, without condition or limitation. Our approbation at least is entire and unreserved. We consider the act good in conception, better in execution, and best of all in consequences. [...] The truth is, they have been suffered to run too long without collars. They must be lashed into submission."
The most notorious Southern editorial of the crisis, and it survives through hostile amplification: Garrison reprinted it in full in The Liberator's 'Refuge of Oppression' column as evidence. The Enquirer's June 3 editorial (Furman) is a different piece reading 'lashed into obscurity'; McPherson's June 2 citation is confirmed by the reprint's attribution line. OCR-reconciled from the LoC scan.
Read it in the original — The Liberator reprint, June 13, 1856 (LoC scan) ↗