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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Violence In Congress 20230127



so, lori, can we bring you on to talk about what you have with us today? so, i am joining you here today from the account chamber at the old state house to share with you one of our treasures from the revolutionary spaces collection. this item is a cane, which is described as the cane with which representative front to s brooks assaulted charge sumner in april 2nd, 1856. this is a key part and one of the most violent events in american congressional history. to give you a little background. may 19th and 20th of 1856, charles sumner who was a united states senator from the massachusetts, gave a very lengthy speech criticizing slavery. he particularly chastised some of the senators who supported that institution. including andrew butler, of south carolina. he also, basically, condemned the entire state of south carolina. even though andrew butler was not present during senator sunder speech, a distant relative representative preston brooks of south carolina was ange ....

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