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"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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"I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps, the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury, by calling the offender in question to a personal account. It was a personal affair, and in taking redress into my own hands, I meant no disrespect to the Senate of the United States, or to this House. [...] And now, Mr. Speaker, I announce to you and to this House, that I am no longer a member of the Thirty-fourth Congress."

The arc's coda, disclosed exception (July 14): the expulsion vote (121-95) fell short of two-thirds; Brooks resigned in defiance instead — and South Carolina's Fourth District re-elected him within weeks. Fragments joined with [...].

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