[kiryandil]

I'm not "history", which has forgotten Sumner.

And neither you nor Partisan Gunslinger knew of the man's name.

I think that speaks of history's judgment on Scumner. :)

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

And neither you nor Partisan Gunslinger knew of the man's name.

And yet, here I am discussing the attack on Sumner in Congress almost eight years ago:

Symposium to honor Lee, villain or 'the noblest ever' ?

Wrong, he got his attention first, then beat hell out of him. Which he deserved.

Sumner was at his desk in the chamber when Brooks came up to him and said, "Mr. Sumner, I have read your speech twice over carefully. It is a libel on South Carolina, and Mr. Butler, who is a relative of mine." Sumner started to stand up, but Brooks began beating him with the gold-headed cane. Sumner was trapped by the desk, which was bolted to the floor until he tore it out. Several other senators tried to come to Sumner's aid, but Lawrence Keitt pulled a pistol and held them at bay. Sumner fell to the floor unconscious and Brooks continued to beat him until the cane broke. Only then did he turn and walk out of the chamber.

Southern "honor" in action, I suppose. The one good thing that came out of it was to show the north just what kind of people the southerners were and did much to galvanize the new Republican party.

264 posted on April 30, 2007 at 5:27:25 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep

As I said before, you're really not very good at this.

[Partisan Gunslinger]

I'm not "history", which has forgotten Sumner. And neither you nor Partisan Gunslinger knew of the man's name. I think that speaks of history's judgment on Scumner. :)

No, I don't spend my whole life crying over 150 year old spilt milk, so I don't have everyone's name seared into my memory.