Brooks-Sumner Incident
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- I am fairly disappointed in both my colleagues and my foe. Slavery is immoral and I will not stand for it.
- And in his absence, I would like to libel Andrew Butler-- a lousy Southern Senator who has an ugly wife!
- Surely, you mustn't defame the man in a room of order. This is unprofessional and word could get around...
- Truth isn't defamation. I am simply stating what is already known.
- The Senate RoomMay 22nd, 1856...
- And who would you be? As I have said before, it isn't slander if it's the truth. You must be just as vain as he.
- You may view me as vain now, but I will see to it that you don't have the pleasure of perceiving anything again.
- How dare you slander my uncle in front of the Senate? You will rue the day you entered politics.
- Someone had to do something about that mouth of his. I didn't want to resort to violence, but I was left no choice.
- As for who I am, my name is Preston Brooks, nephew of Andrew Butler, Charles Sumner.
- How dare the North allow such hateful words from an insignificant man surface to the level it has! We, the Southerners, are enraged.
- We, the Northerners, are very appalled at what has happened. The Southerners have no decorum.
- This caused an even larger divide between the North and South, contributing to the Civil War.
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