The Caning of Senator Sumner Book

	Preface	x
1	The Caning and Its Origins	1
	Prologue: The Incident	1
	Majority Report on the Sumner Caning Incident	2
	Minority Report on the Summer Caning Incident	4
	Senate Violence and the Transformation of Mid-century America	7
	The Social Origins of an Abolitionist Senator	10
	The True Grandeur of Nations	13
	The Personal World of Brooks and Butler	18
	Federal Writer's Project: Slave Narrative of Henry Ryan	19
	Runaway Slave Advertisement, Edgefield Advertiser, 4 May 1854	21
	Francis Wilkinson Pickens, General Directions as to the Treatment of Negroes (1839)	22
	Report of the South Carolina College Faculty on the Expulsion of Preston S. Brooks	26
	Speech by Preston Brooks on Nebraska and Kansas, March 15, 1854	28
	The Personal Politics of the Nebraska Bill and Fugitive Slaves	33
	Appeal of the Independent Democrats	34
	Senator Douglas's Speech on the Nebraska Bill, 30 January 1854	36
	Nebraska in the Senate	41
	The Landmark of Freedom	42
	Senator Andrew Butler's Speech on the Nebraska Bill, 24-25 February 1854	48
	Nebraska Bill Debates, 3 March 1854	54
	Sumner's Final Protest Against the Nebraska Bill and Remonstrances from the New England Clergy	56
	Senator Mason of Virginia Debates Sumner over Northern Religion and Politics	59
	Sumner and Petitions for the Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act	60
	The Fugitive Slave Case in Boston	60
	The Boston Riot--Charles Sumner	62
	Sumner's Speech on the Petition to Repeal the Fugitive Slave Act, 26 June 1856	63
	Senator Butler's Reply to Sumner	65
	Senator Mason's Reply to Sumner	67
	Senator Clay Attacks Sumner	68
	Sumner's Reply to Assailants and Oath to Support the Constitution	70
	Senator Butler's Final Response	77
	The Know-Nothing Interlude	84
	Notes	87
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	Introduction: The Territorial Crisis	94
	"The Crime Against Kansas:" Sumner's Introductory Remarks	96
	The Crime Against Kansas: The Apologies for the Crime: The True Remedy	97
	The Crime Against Kansas, Section One	100
	The Crime Against Kansas, Section Two: The Apologies (19-20 May 1856)	108
	The Crime Against Kansas, Section Three: The Remedies (20 May 1856)	112
	The Crime Against Kansas: Concluding Remarks (20 May 1856)	116
	Reaction from the Senate	121
	Response from Democratic Senator Lewis Cass, of Michigan	122
	Response from Stephen A. Douglas	123
	Response from Democratic Senator James Mason, of Virginia	127
	Sumner's Response	129
	The Attack: Firsthand Accounts	131
	Preston Brooks Describes the Incident to His Brother	131
	Apology of Preston Brooks to the Senate	135
	Testimony of Charles Sumner	136
	Testimony of New York Times Reporter James W. Simonton	138
	Testimony of Democratic Rep. Henry A. Edmundson of Virginia	139
	Speech of Hon. A. P. Butler, 12 June 1856	141
	The Assault: Legislative Debate	146
	Speech of Massachusetts Senator Henry Wilson, 23 May 1856	147
	Massachusetts Legislative Resolves Concerning the Recent Assault upon the Honorable Charles Sumner at Washington	148
	Resignation Speech of Preston Brooks, 14 July 1856	149
	Notes	154
3	Coming to Terms with the Caning	157
	Editorial Reactions	157
	Home Town Responses: Boston	158
	The Assault on Mr. Sumner	158
	Attack on Mr. Sumner	161
	Home Town Responses: South Carolina	163
	The Washington Difficulty	164
	Capt. Brooks' Castigation of Senator Sumner	164
	Violence in the Political Arena	165
	The Attack on Mr. Sumner	166
	The Right View of the Subject	167
	Chivalry and Degradation	168
	Freedom of Speech	170
	The Ruffians in the Senate	171
	Liberty of Speech, of the Press, and Freedom of Religion	172
	The Progress of the Revolution	173
	Editorial Implications	175
	Public Rallies and Resolutions	175
	Ralph Waldo Emerson Speaks at the Concord Indignation Meeting	176
	Resolutions of the Citizens of Martin's Depot, South Carolina, 27 May 1856	178
	Resolutions of the Students of Union College, Schenectady, New York, 27 May 1856	178
	Proceedings of the New England Antislavery Convention Wednesday, 28 May and Thursday 29 May 1856	180
	Resolutions of the Colored Citizens of Boston, 6 June 1856	183
	Public Approval of Mr. Brooks	184
	Letter from Congressman John McQueen	185
	Private Letters of Praise, Consolation, and Condemnation	186
	Letter of James W. Stone to Charles Sumner	189
	Letter from "A Friend Indeed" to Charles Sumner, 22 May 1856	189
	W. Richardson to Charles Sumner, 24 May 1856	190
	"Cuffy" to Charles Sumner, 26 May 1856	191
	Seaborn Jones to Preston S. Brooks, 1 June 1856	192
	Mary Rosamond Dana to Charles Sumner, 1 June 1856	193
	John Van Buren to Charles Sumner, 10 June 1856	193
	W. F. Holmes to Preston Brooks, 27 May 1856	194
	Images of the Caning	194
	The Fate of Preston Brooks	197
	Trial Remarks By Preston Brooks	198
	Duels	199
	Brooks's Canada Song	200
	Remarks of Preston S. Brooks on Party Politics and Kansas	201
	Epitaph	203
	Sumner's Illness: Was He Shamming?	205
	Possuming	205
	Doctor Cornelius Boyle's Testimony (Tuesday 27 June)	206
	Doctor Marshall Perry's Testimony (Wednesday 28 June)	208
	Charles Sumner Reports on His Recuperation, 22 July 1856	210
	The Libels on Senator Sumner; Testimony of His Physicians	211
	Sumner's Letter to the People of Massachusetts, 22 May 1858	213
	The State of Mr. Sumner's Health	215
	The Latest Bulletin	216
	Implications	217
	Notes	219
	Index	223