As opposed to southern gentlemen like Congressman Preston Brooks, who beat Charles Sumner with a cane until it broke while his friend Lawrence Keitt held off other congressmen with a pistol.
As opposed to southern gentlemen like Congressman Preston Brooks, who beat Charles Sumner with a cane until it broke while his friend Lawrence Keitt held off other congressmen with a pistol.
Oh, he was one of many! I wasn’t saying that “Northern” men were any more stupid than Southern men. Sheesh. I was commenting on the behavior of this PERSON who has been elevated to Sainthood in history books.