Sumner gave an antislavery speech in Congress. In this speech, Sumner insulted a Senator from South Carolina. Preston Brooks, a relative of the congressman, heard of this and went to Sumner and beat him with a cane until he passed out.
It showed that passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in the North and the South.
Senator Charles Summer was opposed to slavery. He was extremely vocal about it and outraged over the "Bleeding Kansas" situation. He insulted a Southern, Senator Butler. And in an act of revenge, Congressman Preston Brooks assaulted Summers in the Senate when few people were there. Summer was almost beaten to death and Brooks was never charged.
When Charles Sumner (Georgia) beat George Brooks (Massachusetts) on the floor of the U.S. Senate with a silver tipped cane. The fight sparked the swelling animosity between the North and the South.
Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner in the Senate in 1856 primarily due to Sumner's strong anti-slavery speech, "The Crime Against Kansas," in which he criticized pro-slavery politicians, including Brooks's relative, Senator Andrew Butler. Brooks viewed Sumner's remarks as a personal affront and an attack on Southern honor. Motivated by a desire to defend his family's reputation and uphold Southern values, Brooks brutally beat Sumner with a cane, highlighting the intense and violent tensions surrounding the issue of slavery in the United States at that time.
The Sumner-Brook Affair was an incident that took place in the senate, where Charles Sumner delivered a very ugly speech insulting a very high esteemed Senator of South Carolina, Andrew Butler. Butler suffered from a physical defect that made him drool. Sumner made a connection of Butler's slobbering in connection with the Barbarity of slave owners. Later on Preston Brooks, Butler's cousin, snuck up behind Sumner and beat him with a cane till it broke. The South viewed Brooks as a hero and the North forgot Sumner's wrongdoings and praised him
The Brooks-Summer Affair took place in 1856
The caning of Charles Sumner occurred on May 22, 1856, when Senator Sumner, an outspoken abolitionist, was brutally attacked on the floor of the U.S. Senate by Representative Preston Brooks. Brooks was angered by Sumner's speech, which criticized pro-slavery senators and specifically insulted his uncle. The attack, in which Brooks used a cane to severely beat Sumner, highlighted the escalating tensions over slavery in the United States and symbolized the violent conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions leading up to the Civil War. Sumner was injured and did not return to the Senate for several years, while Brooks became a hero to many Southern supporters.
Tom Finney, played football for Preston and England and in the summer earned his living as a plumber
The cast of Summer Bachelors - 1926 includes: Barbara Barondess Madge Bellamy as Derry Thomas Walter Catlett as Bachelor No. 1 Charles Esdale as Bachelor No. 4 Allan Forrest as Tony Landor Hale Hamilton as Beverly Greenway Leila Hyams as Willowdean French Cosmo Kyrle Bellew as Bachelor No. 3 Matt Moore as Walter Blakely Olive Tell as Mrs. Preston Smith Charles Winninger as Preston Smith
In the summer, Massachusetts can range from 115 degrees to 60 degrees. It can also be very humid, too. The beginning of the summer is hotter than the end.
Trisha Yearwoos
summer 2013