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Originally Posted by loquitur
Yeah, and some Southerner (I forget who) beat the crap out of Senator Sumner of Massachusetts right in Congress, shortly before the Civil War. I believe he opened a gash in his head. Pretty nasty stuff, and Sumner became an instant hero in the North as a result. I think the Southerners made the assailant a hero, too.
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Then the Northerners went and named a fort after him in Charleston harbor, just to rub it in.
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