Dawson, of Louisiana, the same who had drawn the bowie-knife, placed his hand in his pocket and said, with an oath which I will not repeat, that he would shoot me, at the same time cocking the pistol, so that all around me could hear it click.
Sumner vividly describes a threatening encounter with a colleague who brandished a pistol, emphasizing the perilous atmosphere in Congress.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
Other voices in this conversation
