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Simultaneously, the violence in Kansas was mirrored by the breakdown of political civility in Washington D.C. On May 22, 1856, Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina viciously attacked Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts on the Senate floor with a walking cane after Sumner gave his "Crime Against Kansas" speech. This act was not just a personal altercation; it was symbolic of the total collapse of debate, showing that political tensions had escalated into physical violence within the heart of American democracy.
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