mr. clinton. we will skip him. but this is charles sumner, who for his troubles, got himself on this banknote. you might be interested to know what happened to mr. brooks. mr. brooks resigned from congress before they could expel him. he was actually tried in washington, d.c. court. he was fined $300. not sent to jail. he returned to his home state where he was a national hero. shamelessly. he was reelected in a special election to his congressional seat. at the end of 1865, same year that he brutally beat this gentleman. preston brooks does not get into any banknotes, but he did get into a lot of cartoons of the day. that's mr. brooks beating sumner on the floor of the senate. so if you hear charles owne -- sumner, this is what people are referring to when name comes up. let's back up a second. i skipped it would clinton -- dewitt clinton. he's known for one thing and one thing only and that is clinton's ditch, the erie canal. he actually proposed this canal and saw its construction as governor of new york. it's known as clinton's ditch. but that is probably what he is most famous for. many ne

charles sumner said this speech augers trouble. mr. matthews: at appomattox courthouse, someone is operating under someone's instructions. grant said you go home with your horse, keep your sidearms. go home. you are free. mr. wilson: he got those instructions from lincoln. let them up easy. mr. matthews: well, let's move on to dr. carson. the late dr. coretta scott king picked you to edit and publish the letters of dr. king. tell us about what we heard tonight. dr. carson: in some ways, it is a parallel trade lincoln believed the inaugural was a better speech than the other speech. arguably, i think the speech he gave in memphis was a better speech. it was a fuller speech. it was a more coherent speech. i think what he was trying to do was sum up the meaning of his life. he had reached the point where he was ready for death, but he had always been ready for that. but i think what he was coming to decide was that he was not going to accomplish his great goals in life. some people, most of you perhaps, think of him as a civil rights lead