Letter from Lillian F. Clarke to Lyman Abbott
Lillian F. Clarke protests that a recent article in the Outlook does not seem to have understood the situation surrounding the physical attack against Senator Charles Sumner by Representative Preston Brooks in 1856. Clarke characterizes Sumner as “severe but perfectly parliamentary” in his speeches criticizing the southern states and slavery, and the assault against him was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but was premeditated.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-03-10