In the 1850s, as disunion loomed and tempers frayed, so many members of Congress carried weapons into the legislature that a senator said, "The only persons who don't have a revolver and a knife are ...

In the 1850s, as disunion loomed and tempers frayed, so many members of Congress carried weapons into the legislature that a senator said, “The only persons who don’t have a ...

(From Robert W. Merry’s “Decade of Disunion.”) Today’s congressional hostilities are less potentially lethal, perhaps because the stakes in Congress are low: Much of the disputing is ...

(From Robert W. Merry’s “Decade of Disunion.”) Today’s congressional hostilities are less potentially lethal, perhaps because the stakes in Congress are low: Much of the disputing is ...

(From Robert W. Merry’s “Decade of Disunion.”) Today’s congressional hostilities are less potentially lethal, perhaps because the stakes in Congress are low: Much of the disputing is ...

In the 1850s, as disunion loomed and tempers frayed, so many members of Congress carried weapons into the legislature that a senator said, “The only persons who don’t have a ...