A member of this House stole into the Senate — that place which had hitherto been held sacred against violence — and smote him as Cain smote his brother. Call you that chivalry? In what code of honor did you get your authority for that?
Original passage & context
"the Senator from Massachusetts sat in the silence of the Senate Chamber, engaged in the employments appertaining to his office, when a member from this House, who had taken an oath to sustain the Constitution, stole into the Senate, that place which had hitherto been held sacred against violence, and smote him as Cain smote his brother. [...] Call you that chivalry? In what code of honor did you get your authority for that?"
Eleven days outside the core May 19-Jun 10 window, disclosed per the arc rule — the closing beat begins here: Keitt shouted 'That is false' from his seat; Brooks answered with a duel challenge; Burlingame accepted and named rifles on the Canadian side of Niagara; Brooks declined to travel north — a refusal that wrecked his cane-won standing. Fragments joined with [...].
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