tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post5301108251233401930..comments2024-03-29T05:07:37.049-04:00Comments on The Bonnie Blue Blog: Defending Honor: Understanding why Preston Brooks caned Charles SumnerHonourableMeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17184364710831158238noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-28485833640845245422021-07-31T21:09:33.404-04:002021-07-31T21:09:33.404-04:00You're defense of this man is as pathetic as t...You're defense of this man is as pathetic as the cause you southerners fought for...slavery. <br /><br />You can revise history all you want, but it won't change the fact that y'all lost the war of Southern Aggression. <br /><br />Only regret is that they didn't hang each of your sorry ancestors as traitors.Down with Johnny Rebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395653179781301842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-91966893214311440702016-07-20T16:10:14.338-04:002016-07-20T16:10:14.338-04:00Preston Brooks is hardly someone to venerate. His...Preston Brooks is hardly someone to venerate. His crime, and it was a crime, was nothing more than criminal assault and possibly attempted murder. How honorable was it to take Keitt who kept Senators from aiding Sumner by using a gun? Not very. Anson Burlingame called him what he was and Brooks challenged him. Unfortunately for Brooks, he apparently didn't realize that Burlingame was a crack shot and the thought of facing a Yankee who was able to fight back unnerved him. Charleston was a major sea port and Brooks could have easily gone to Canada by sea. He just didn't want to fight.<br /><br />Sumner could have easily moderated his remarks but that is no excuse to physically attack him. The actions of Preston Brooks showed him to be a man without honor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004220209542216974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-10299869195378453972016-05-28T08:15:45.132-04:002016-05-28T08:15:45.132-04:00Behold these imperial Yankee sentiments in the com...Behold these imperial Yankee sentiments in the comments above, defending the obscenity of the abolitionists' insults by further outrageous statements of their own!<br />In my estimation, people who have no honor are incapable of understanding those who do, so it follows that Sumner and his defenders fall into the former category. <br />In regard to Preston Brooks failing to show for some duel in Canada, particularly since he knew the type of people he was dealing with were not above ambushing him in hostile territory, I'd done the exact same. <br />In summary, your brash belligerent Senator Sumner got the comeuppance he so richly deserved, and you Yankee apologists obviously can't stand it! Hilarious!!<br />PaleRider1861https://www.blogger.com/profile/12860305995918857871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-6394856892432873172016-04-30T23:19:20.974-04:002016-04-30T23:19:20.974-04:00Preston Brooks was a chickenshit coward who had no...Preston Brooks was a chickenshit coward who had no honor and sucker-caned Charles Sumner. He deserved the horribly painful death he suffered in 1857. The whole whole idea of Southern honor is laughable. Stealing peoples' labor and raping and whipping them is not honorable, it's the definition of dishonorable. Nor, was the atrocities that followed the Civil War perpetrated on black people. The mistake the Northern states made after the Civil War was not arming the freedmen with surplus cavalry repeating carbines. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740583086999544839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-66086408502045242862016-04-30T23:17:22.739-04:002016-04-30T23:17:22.739-04:00Preston Brooks was a chickenshit coward who had no...Preston Brooks was a chickenshit coward who had no honor and sucker-caned Charles Sumner. He deserved the horribly painful death he suffered in 1857. The whole whole idea of Southern honor is laughable. Stealing peoples' labor and raping and whipping them is not honorable, it's the definition of dishonorable. Nor, was the atrocities that followed the Civil War perpetrated on black people. The mistake the Northern states made after the Civil War was not arming the freedmen with surplus cavalry repeating carbines. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740583086999544839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-32014986017461690572016-04-08T16:28:08.653-04:002016-04-08T16:28:08.653-04:00Excuse me while I fart at the mention of "sou...Excuse me while I fart at the mention of "southern honor" and it being used as a justification for Brooks' assault on the senator. Southern honor was and is nothing more than arrogant pride and vainglory. Sumner's speech about the injustice of slavery was fully justified. By tolerating slavery - with all of its abuses and injustices - southern "gentlemen" betrayed that they knew nothing of real honor. An honorable person is humble enough to recognize truth when criticized and honorable enough to admit it when he is wrong. Preston Brooks and all of his supporters (past and present) continually and arrogantly err by refusing to humbly admit the truth when the truth exposes their own wickedness. The Bible has a lot to say about the vanity, pride, and arrogance of men, who continually and stubbornly suppress the truth of God (Romans 1). And what did those proud arrogant bastards do to the prophets who confronted them with the truth? They killed them. As they did the prophets, Christ, Stephen, and many of the apostles. <br /><br />I despise your defense of Brooks' "honor." The man had no honor. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285688709998603543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-55368294656072133472015-08-12T13:44:22.763-04:002015-08-12T13:44:22.763-04:00Charles Sumner wasn't a gentleman. In fact he ...Charles Sumner wasn't a gentleman. In fact he was a villain of the highest order. Standard rules of combat are not granted to such men. Challenging to a duel is above their station. Being the lowest filth but with power to harm, the gentleman isn't disposed to allow such vermin a chance to weasel out of their predictment. Instead it was perfectly encouraged the gentleman to use a strong piece of wood, cane, whether of good birch or hickory or some other and use it to beat senseless in an suitable public arena the vile filth. Charles Sumner received in himself what stemmed from his black heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-57037446806563600122015-05-22T12:39:42.840-04:002015-05-22T12:39:42.840-04:00You nailed it. Brooks was nothing more than a bul...You nailed it. Brooks was nothing more than a bullying coward who turned yellow when challenged to a fair fight. Facts are facts, no matter what Southern apologists say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-58322181636154595502014-09-02T08:50:55.741-04:002014-09-02T08:50:55.741-04:00As my great, great, Grandfather said: "Rifles...As my great, great, Grandfather said: "Rifles!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-72299077378876986872013-11-19T17:25:19.017-05:002013-11-19T17:25:19.017-05:00My take on it is this, Mr. Sumner tried the patien...My take on it is this, Mr. Sumner tried the patients of others with his abolitionist blather, and while running his yap, unwittingly overdid the thing, as yankee Abolitionists often did. The Honorable Mr. Brooks, forced to anger, was only trying to convey an important message to Mr. Sumner, and rather than waste precious time with honor laced explanations, he just tapped it out in Morse code on the side of Mr. Sumner's head... I wish we could send him back to Washington this day and time... his services are desperately needed and would be appreciated by most of the country. Folks, read The Rise and fall of the Confederate Government... It will answer your question Kevin, it will tell you exactly why the South was right and how the Yankee government forced the South to action and caused the war... you simply cant view those days through a modern mindset. Especially when you know absolutely nothing about American History. God Bless you all.. good web site and have a great Thanksgiving.Deo Vindicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-53778700622026436052013-11-03T16:02:22.094-05:002013-11-03T16:02:22.094-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18299851845241742070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-45257486025954565182013-11-03T15:57:28.456-05:002013-11-03T15:57:28.456-05:00Guy almost beats a man to death and weasels out on...Guy almost beats a man to death and weasels out on a duel challenge? Burlingame was right; Brooks was and always will be remembered as a hypocritical coward. Such can be expected from a man born into a region that defines its honor as protecting the holy institution of enslaving fellow human beings and treating them as lower than animals.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18299851845241742070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-44258781991575881302013-11-03T15:54:11.265-05:002013-11-03T15:54:11.265-05:00There was no honor in anything Brooks did; don'...There was no honor in anything Brooks did; don't give me that "defense of honor and chivalry" bullcrap. Contrary to what you said, I could claim that defense as Southern propaganda, as it is rightly so.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18299851845241742070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-88393836603395179442013-10-16T11:31:11.876-04:002013-10-16T11:31:11.876-04:00Preston Brooks was a coward, his later actions whe...Preston Brooks was a coward, his later actions when challenged to a duel proved that. His striking a seated man prove that. His having with him an armed companion when all else were unarmed prove that. You claim honor, but then state that a fair fight is poor tactics. Perhaps, but then forego the hogwash of reacting honorably and with honor. I am glad that Preston Brooks died a painful death. I wish he had left no heirs. It is shameful that there are places that still carry his name as a tribute.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16771212175257221835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-59510382753294625092013-06-02T14:51:30.195-04:002013-06-02T14:51:30.195-04:00how can i treat a fatty liver how can i treat a fa...how can i treat a fatty liver how can i treat a fatty liver how can i treat a fatty liver<br /><br />My web page; <a href="http://fattyliverhelp.com/" rel="nofollow">treatment regimens for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-76137825793842679402013-05-20T07:22:34.817-04:002013-05-20T07:22:34.817-04:00I would like to know the source in which you got t...I would like to know the source in which you got the comment from Abraham Lincoln writing to Senator Trumball.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17413292695627539582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-51743298360510013392013-03-09T16:18:20.376-05:002013-03-09T16:18:20.376-05:00Stuff and nonsense. Anson Burlingame was correct w...Stuff and nonsense. Anson Burlingame was correct when he called Preston Brooks "the vilest sort of coward." And Brooks proved it. Upon hearing the insult, Brooks challenged Burlingame to a duel. And Burlingame instantly accepted, and since he was challenged party, he chose rifles as the weapons and named the site to Canadian side of the Niagara in order to avoid violating U.S. law which prohibited dueling. He set out at once for the duel, but Brooks was a no-show, claiming it was too dangerous for him to cross into hostile Yankee territory.<br /><br />This is not what he said when he challenged Burlingame. In fact, he said he would face him in "any Yankee mudsill" of his choosing.<br /><br />But Brooks chickened out, terrified of Burlingame's instant acceptance of the duel and his reputation as a crack marksman. Brooks was a coward and will always be remembered as such.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-58228432404958786682012-04-02T21:18:09.560-04:002012-04-02T21:18:09.560-04:00Yes, I read this as well. There are many "sou...Yes, I read this as well. There are many "sources" from the time that this occurred that were pure partisan spin. My hope in writing this article was to explain that there is another side to the story spouted by Yankee court historians. <br /><br />This is to understand two things: <br />Historians have bias; there is no such thing as "objective" history.<br />Understanding the (Then)contemporary context of any historical event is more important than viewing the event through our modern lens, or through the lens of one set of historians. <br /><br />As to it being cowardly to strike a man when he is without a weapon, or trapped under a bolted chair--whatever. In grade school, certainly. The country was on the brink of a sectional rupture, and rhetoric was toxic. You reap what you sew.<br /> Also, it has been said that "if you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck..."HonourableMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17184364710831158238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-36378374152900341912012-03-31T20:47:19.779-04:002012-03-31T20:47:19.779-04:00Preston brooks was sitting trapped under a bolted ...Preston brooks was sitting trapped under a bolted down desk while sumer struck him, Sumner was unarmed, Brooks is a coward and he is a perfect representation of southern courage which means attacking someone who can't fight back then bragging about it.<br /><br />Preston was later challenged to a duel over his cowardice and then declined when he heard that his opponent was not a man trapped under a desk and would also be on equal ground. That man was a cowardly snake!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-78993555837207088502011-08-01T13:57:29.789-04:002011-08-01T13:57:29.789-04:00Striking a seated unarmed man with a cane is not a...Striking a seated unarmed man with a cane is not an honorable act. Never was, never will be. <br /><br />and<br /><br />When given a challenge by Anson Burlingame to an honorable duel, Preston Brooks, "neglected to show up".(Wikipedia).<br /><br />Thus there are 2 examples of dishonorable behavior by Preston Brooks.<br /><br />His anger is understandable, his cowardly responses are not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-69991478433005803632011-07-25T18:40:31.375-04:002011-07-25T18:40:31.375-04:00I totally agree.
I think it may come into vogue...I totally agree. <br /><br />I think it may come into vogue again in our lifetime, dont you?HonourableMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17184364710831158238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-19370336354967941852011-07-25T17:42:39.030-04:002011-07-25T17:42:39.030-04:00That drawing is supposed to elicit enrage and disg...That drawing is supposed to elicit enrage and disgust? It always made me grin widely...<br /><br />A shame dueling has fallen from favor. By the simple law of averages, the world would be populated by far fewer skunks were it still practiced.<br /><br /> - DutchyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925893288106075291.post-21778465848544801932011-07-24T01:18:06.231-04:002011-07-24T01:18:06.231-04:00Most excellent and posted.Most excellent and posted.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.com