SUMNER AND BROOKS, 1856. /n'Arguments of the Chivalry.' Preston S. Brooks attacking Charles Sumner with a cane on the Senate floor, 22 May 1856. At left is Lawrence M. Keitt, Stephen A. Douglas and Robert Toombs. At top is a quote by Henry Ward Beecher, 'The Symbol of the North is the Pen; The Symbol of the South is the Bludgeon.' Cartoon, American, 1856.