..."its shameful imbecility from Slavery" had sent to the Senate in his person a "Don Quixote who had chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who . . . though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight — I mean the harlot, Slavery."10 Sumner's...

...territory, compelling it to the hateful embrace of slavery." He portrayed Butler as a "Don Quixote" who "has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows,...in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight . . . the harlot slavery." See Rawley, Race and Politics, pp. 1 16-9; and James M. McPherson, Battle...

...Butler of South Carolina. Senator Butler, said Sumner, "has chosen a mistress [slavery] to whom he made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is...in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight." Senator Butler spoke with a slight speech defect; Sumner mocked this too. Brooks, who was a member...

...made him an enemy of the abolitionists. "The senator from South Carolina," Sumner said sarcastically, "has read many books of chivalry, and believes himself...course he has chosen a mistress to whom he has made vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the...

...then lowered his sights to a chamber colleague, an aging Andrew Pickens Buder of South Carolina. The senator from South Carolina has read many books of...course he has chosen a mistress to whom he has made vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the...

...particularly slanderous double entendre, Sumner called Butler the "Don Quixote of slavery . . . who has chose a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who,...in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight . . . the harlot, Slavery."18 This attack was a thinly veiled reference to hypocritical slaveholders...

...habit of expectorating when he spoke and said that although Butler considered himself a knight, he had "chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight — I mean the harlot...

...made him incapable of speaking truthfully or coherently. "He has chosen a mistress" — slavery — "to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others and polluted in the sight of the world, is always lovely to him." So much for the distinguished and...

...Butler "believes himself a chivalrous knight," he has chosen the "harlot Slavery" as his mistress, who "though ugly to others is always lovely to him;...in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight" (9). Senators who heard Sumner 's speech and many other people who read about it in newspapers were...

...his South Carolina home. "The Senator from South Carolina had read many books on chivalry," he said, "and believes himself a chivalrous knight, with sentiments of honor and courage." What Butler took "The Union, Without an If" rillas (as if to rebuke Sumner's cruel invective) raided...