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...committed the unpardonable sin, in Sumner's eyes, of defending the pro-slavery government in Kansas. "The Senator from South Carolina has read many books of...chivalrous knight, with sentiments of honor and courage," Sumner intoned. "Of course he has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows and who, although...

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...rushed "forward in the very ecstasy of madness," having "chosen a mistress," that "harlot, slavery, ... to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him." This humiliating language aroused universal southern rage. Whether Southerners wished to perpetuate...

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...knight-errant Don Quixote. Like the deluded protagonist of the Cervantes novel, he observed, Butler had "read many books of chivalry, and believes himself...chivalrous knight, with sentiments of honor and courage." However, Butler had chosen an even more morally revolting mistress than Don Quixote: "The harlot Slavery...

...for insult and ridicule was Andrew P. Butler (D-SC). Sumner described Butler as "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." Congressman...