[rdl6989]

Previously we discussed the caning of Senator Charles Sumner. We are approching the annverary of that event, May 19, 1856. He was giving a speech titled “The Crime Against Kansas” at the time of the incident. Here is a link from the US Senate website with the text of that speech:

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/CrimeAgainstKSSpeech.pdf

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Very cool. I made a note to re-up your post here on the 19th and tweet the link for the approximately zero peoples who follow my #160YearsAgo hashtag thingy.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Thanks to rdl6989 I can repost Sen. Sumner's speech on the day of his beating.

Previously we discussed the caning of Senator Charles Sumner. We are approaching the anniverary of that event, May 19, 1856. He was giving a speech titled “The Crime Against Kansas” at the time of the incident. Here is a link from the US Senate website with the text of that speech:

"The Crime Against Kansas"