[alarm rider]

Some years ago, I read a book “1857” that noted that just before the civil war, things got physical in congress.

A few years after that, a very wise old man told me, “When you see congress break out in a fight or two, civil war is not far away”.

Makes me wonder.

[OpeEdMunkey]

Some years ago, I read a book “1857” that noted that just before the civil war, things got physical in congress.

Maybe we should send Obey some canes?

[tpanther]

particularly given they’re on the same side!

[Upstate NY Guy]

"Some years ago, I read a book “1857” that noted that just before the civil war, things got physical in congress."

Yes, the beating of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks may have been the tipping point for John Brown.