He Was A Lawyer Was A cripple When He Was Beaten The Press Thought Brooks Was A hero And gave Him A parade
Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction, and the counterpart to Thaddeus Stevens in the United States House of Representatives.
Preston Smith Brooks (August 5, 1819 – January 27, 1857) was a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina, known for
severely beating Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States
Senate with a cane in response to a perceived insult.
On May 22, 1856, Brooks beat Senator Charles Sumner with his Gutta-percha wood walking cane in the Senate chamber
because of a speech
Sumner had made three days earlier, for singling out Brooks' relative, Andrew
Butler.