What amazes me about you gentleman, is that you go on about Brooks being a thug. He probably was. However, you seem to overlook that Sumner made a very inflammatory and insulting speech. Free Speech isn’t without it’s consequences. Brooks was not atypical of most Southerners, but his family was insulted, and I have seen people KILLED in the North for less!
I am not convinced that he meant to do anything other than give the guy a good beating anyway. I think his temper got the best of him.
Really? Did they attack them while they were unarmed, too?
I am not convinced that he meant to do anything other than give the guy a good beating anyway. I think his temper got the best of him.
Those hot tempered Southern "gentlemen" did get you into a lot of trouble, didn't they?