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Sumner Caning

Is the Kick Waited for?

Portland Advertiser
Portland, Maine
6-6-1856
Republican
The manner in which the deed has been defended in Congress and its perpetrator so shamefully applauded by the Southern press, has strengthened and prolonged the indignant response of our people.
Sumner Caning

No Title.

Portland Advertiser
Portland, Maine
6-4-1856
Republican
The fault was not with our citizens, but with those who directly and indirectly lent their countenance to the ruffianly conduct of Brooks.
Sumner Caning

Sermons in Brooks.

Portland Advertiser
Portland, Maine
6-3-1856
Republican
Slavery shows its paternity of the deed by its thorough ratification.
Sumner Caning

The Attack on Senator Sumner.

Portland Advertiser
Portland, Maine
5-24-1856
Republican
We hope, for the credit of humanity, that every man in the Free States, without regard to party, will feel this outrage as a personal indignity, no less than an insult to the Free States.
Sumner Caning

The News.

Portland Advertiser
Portland, Maine
5-23-1856
Republican
How long will the people of the Free States tamely submit to such outrages?
Sumner Caning

The Provocation to the Assault.

Portland Advertiser
Portland, Maine
5-29-1856
Republican
If you would see the sure and unmistakable evidences of MEAN souls, look at the semi-apologies made in some of the Northern administration papers