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Pro-slavery #Democrat #PrestonBrooks from #SouthCarolina used his cane to beat anti-slavery #Republican #CharlesSumner from #Boston Mass in #USSenate on May 22, 1858. Senate records (https://t.co/4HG1JHOneu) say it was "breakdown of reasoned discourse"—#USCivilWar 3 years later.