To: ak267
The article left out a very salient fact. Preston Smith Brooks was a DemocratRepresentative from South Carolina.
9 posted on
05/22/2016 10:01:11 AM PDT by
WMarshal
(Trump 2016)
To: WMarshal
The article left out a very salient fact. Preston Smith Brooks was a Democrat Representative from South Carolina.Also no mention that Sumner was a radical anti-slavery Republican
14 posted on
05/22/2016 10:19:27 AM PDT by
Chuckster
("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
To: WMarshal
The article left out a very salient fact. Preston Smith Brooks was a DemocratRepresentative from South Carolina. You can surmise that from this:
Historian William Gienapp has concluded that Brooks' "assault was of critical importance in transforming the struggling Republican party into a major political force."
21 posted on
05/22/2016 10:27:22 AM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
("During a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" --George Orwell)
To: WMarshal
“The article left out a very salient fact. Preston Smith Brooks was a DemocratRepresentative from South Carolina.”
Thanks for pointing that out. I fixed the lead to reflect their political affiliations.
49 posted on
05/22/2016 11:57:43 AM PDT by
NRx
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