Ah, the famous "white people do it too" defense.
Example is from 1858, lol.
ah, you didn’t read the wiki link. And it was you who made it seem like “hey black people can’t control themselves”. The fact is, with this incident—-ego, emotions, and political station in life play more into this than race. An observant and intelligent person can see that.
This is one of the most famous political brawls of our nation. At a time, when the nation was on a brink of civil war, and people, especially politicians were supposed to be more composed and professional.