Shoulda pulled out a heater...and Goetzed the guy.
But wait a minute. You mean there wasn’t no bipartisanship or Gang of 8 back then?
I didn’t have my glasses on, and for a moment I thought it said Charles Schumer. LOL
Obviously caused by Donald Trump and his violent rhetoric!
Slavery was a scourge then and now
“The Caning of Senator Charles Sumner (R).”
At first glance, I was ecstatic. Then I actually read it.
What I thought I saw was Senator Charles SCHUMER. Instead it was Senator Charles SUMNER.
What a letdown. I was so happy, now the whole day is shot.
Crap!
Sumner was a Prima donna as per his own ex-wife. He probably deserved the caning as do most officious intermeddlers.
I started reading Charles Sumner’s “Crime Against Kansas” speech. It is awesome, 106 pages. It took him two days to deliver. Everyone should read it, not only for the historical context but also for the eloquence of the oratory. They certainly knew how to give speeches in those days.
The crazed old lunatic.
Evidently Senators were exempt from assault and battery charges.
Proto Bernie supporter...??
Some things never change do they?
And yes I thought the same thing when I first read it...
I learned while living in PA, Don’t get between Chucky Cheese and a camera, he will run you over!!!
One gaping hole in the story that needs to be told is that upon returning to Charleston, S.C., the black slave holders of Charleston presented Preston Brooks with a new silver engraved cane. Yea, choke on that historical fact.
Speed reaing the title, my brain saw “...The Caning of Senator Charles [as in Chuckie] Schumer.” Needless to say, I was sorely disappointed. :-)
Shortly afterward, Burlingame delivered a celebrated speech denouncing Brooks’ attack on Sumner as a cowardly act. In response, Brooks challenged Burlingame to a duel on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls to circumvent the U.S. ban on dueling. Burlingame quickly accepted the challenge, but surprised by Burlingame’s quick acceptance and knowing Burlingame’s reputation as a superb marksman, Brooks did not show up citing unspecified risks to his safety if he was to cross the northern states in order to reach Canada. Burlingame became a hero throughout the North.
In other words, Preston Brooks was a cowardly little b****.
At least Brooks paid for his perfidy.
Brooks died unexpectedly from croup in January 1857, a few weeks before the March 4 start of the new congressional term. He was buried in Edgefield, South Carolina. The official telegram announcing his death stated "He died a horrid death, and suffered intensely."
I stopped reading after - “American Civil War”.
America NEVER had a “Civil War”.