Answer:
Brooks beat US senator SEVERELY with his cain.
Explanation:
Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beat Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the Senate Chamber. Brooks’s violent act was due a speech in which Sumner attacked the institution of slavery and pro-slavery Senators such as Andrew Butler of South Carolina who was Brooks relative. Sumner was badly injured that he had to take leave for 3 years so as to recover from his injuries. After the incident, Brooks was fined for assault by a district court in baltimore. Also, the other senators called for a review of the incident and some house members demanded the removal of Brooks.
Although they could not gather the mandatory votes needed to remove him from the house.
