#176 - Is the Two-Party System Good for Democracy?
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The Threat of Violence in the House of Representatives
The most famous incident is the caning of abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the Senate. The threat of violence had a lot to do with the lack of progress on it, he says. There are instances in which Northerners and Southerners engaged in a huge brawl that ended when one Congressman's toupee came off. "It's a free house and I'm not going to listen to any damn slaveholder"
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