{"id":979,"date":"2007-04-14T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2007-04-14T16:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/979"},"modified":"2007-04-14T11:35:15","modified_gmt":"2007-04-14T16:35:15","slug":"assault-on-sumner-in-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/assault-on-sumner-in-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Assault on Sumner, in Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>May 30, 1856<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sumner&#8217;s speech, The Crime Against Kansas, is printed here, with numerous articles about the caning incident.  Among the articles is one about a Faneuil Hall gathering at which a resolution is passed calling for the expulsion of Congressman Brooks, and an assertion that the assembled people regard &#8220;every blow inflicted on our Senator as a blow aimed at us&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>An account of the assault includes the following:  &#8220;There were at least a dozen persons standing near at the time of the assault, which was so unexpected, as they say,  they did not think of interfering&#8230;.It is believed that Mr. Sumner almost certainly would have been killed but for the interference of Messsrs. Murray and Morgan, Representatives from New York&#8230;..Brooks was subsequently complained of by Wm. Y. Leader, and Justice Hollingshead held him to bail in the sum of five hundred dollars! to answer to the complaint.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is an article about Sumner&#8217;s statement before the investigating committee, and numerous other articles about the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 30, 1856 Sumner&#8217;s speech, The Crime Against Kansas, is printed here, with numerous articles about the caning incident. 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