Preston Brooks, of South Carolina. Its little understood today that there was a meaning to the method of Brook's assault. Brooks beat Sumner with a cane. If Brooks had considered Sumner to be a "gentleman", he would have challenged Sumner to a duel. By simply attacking and beating him he was saying that Sumner was not a gentleman, and did not deserve the respect one should accord a gentleman.
A southern representative attacked a Northern senator in Congress
Charles Sumner bad mouthed Butler during a speech and then got beaten retarded by Butlers nephew Preston BrooksIMPROVED ANSWER:Because of the violence in Kansas over the issue of slavery, it eventually reached the nation's capital.Violence in urban Washington, DC, matched the violence in frontier Kansas.When Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts denounced "the crime against Kansas" in a widely publicized speech, a member of Congress from South Carolina, Preston Brooks, attacked him on the Senate floor and beat him senseless with a cane.Sumner was hospitalized and his seat remained empty for two years, a mute reminder of the scene.
The surrender of Fort Sumner.
The caning of Charles Sumner occurred right here in the United States Congress in 1856. Charles Sumner was beaten nearly to death with a cane by Preston Brooks. Preston Brooks was upset over an anti-slavery speech given by Charles Sumner a few days before.
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He was against it. Charles Sumner is also best known for being beat unconscious with a cane in the senate by a South Carolina congressman.
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Senator Charles Sumner
Senator Charles Sumner (MA) and Congressman Thaddeus Stevens (PA)
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He favored the free-soil constitution of Kansas.
Charles sumnerIn the mind of Brooks, Sumner had violated some code of honor which should be avenged by fighting a duel. But Brooks felt that Sumner, by attacking Butler when he was home recuperating and not present in the Senate, had shown himself not to be a gentlemen deserving of the honor of dueling. Brooks thus reasoned that the proper response was for Sumner to be beaten, with a whip or a cane.
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.
Charles A. Sumner died in 1903.
Charles A. Sumner was born in 1835.