Why Was Preston Brooks Regarded as a Hero Throughout the South

Why was Preston Brooks regarded as a hero throughout the South?

A) He convinced many northerners to reject the Republican party.
B) He violently attacked Charles Sumner, who had just given an anti-slavery speech in Congress.
C) He demonstrated in a powerful speech that both the North and South rejected political extremists.
D) He helped preserve slavery by spreading and emulating a message of pacifism at all costs.
E) He led the Pottawatomie Creek massacre and killed several abolitionists.