The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-01-30
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TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 80, 1914.
Mr.. C. ]. INGERsDLL AND MR.. WISE.

/ Mr.. C. ]. INGERSDLL AND MR.. WISE.
| The attitude in which these two very distin
/ guished gentlemen placed themselves before the
world on Friday last, by their movements in the
House of Representatives, is one Of which they
must.f feel greatly proud. How lofty and eminen
the position they now occupy in the sight of the
word How enviable the fame they have ac
| quired! What magnanimity they manifested
/ What generous and noble sentiments they ex
pressed! What halo Of glory encrcled theil
brows when they had, as they thought, utterly de-
molished and annihilated OLIVER OLDscHooI,' .
in the person of NATHAN SARGENT! The dread
full onset of Don Quixote upon the defenceless
Benedictne Monks was child's play to the furious
charge made by Mr.. c. |. Ingersoll upon Mr.. Sar-
gent, as unarmed, and as defenceless as the said
Benedictines. In this case, however, Mr.. Inger-
soils Sancho Panza, instead of cautoning his
master, as did honest Sancho has master, the
Knight of the Rueful Countenance, not only ad-
vised the attack, but came to his aid when hard
pushed, and thrusted with all his might and main
at the defenceless individual.
But, badinage aside, what was the ground Of
Mr.. IngersolPs complaint! That Mr.. Sargent,
as Oliver Oldschool, had msrepresented what
took place upon the floor of the House, in which
MIR. Adams and Mr.. | were the principal actors
Did Mr.. s. misrepresent the occurrence? Mr..
Adams declared in his place that he did mol; and
that he, Mr. A., endorsed all he had said, both as
to fact and inference. What more did Mr. In
gersoll want !--what more had he to do with Mr.
s.! Surely nothing, unless his object was to
make personal matter of it with Mr.. S.-to as
sail him personally, instead of defending and es-
tablshing the truth. The truth, it was proven
had been told; then what complaint had Mr. l.
to make! Why prosecute the subject further!
What purpose had he to gain The sequel
showed: lie had been put up to this movement
by one who sought an opportunity to crafty
malevolent feeling towards Mr.. S. long harbor-
ed-long burning and seethng in his bosom, and
who was DESTROYS to make a clear breast of
its rancorous contents. 1t must be pushed
on until this could be done. An opportu
nifty was sezed--this very candid member be-
came voluntary witness-he put himself upon
the stand-hc announced with an air of impor
tahcG, ana magniloquent voice, that he was big
with something, which, if permitted to deliver
himself, the House should see Plying his
condition, the mountain was permitted to labor,
and 10! a mouse was born!
And what was the testimony of "the member
from Accomac % He asserted that he know Mr.
Nathan Sargent, and stated upon his own per-
sonal knowledge that he was not person of
truth, for he had made statement in one Of his
letters which was proved to be untrue in court
OF JUSTICE And what were the circumstances
OF the case to which he alluded, They have
been related by Mr.. Sargent over his own sig
nature, and it turns out that Mr.. S. had been on
certain occasion loo accurate in his relation If
an afray in which Mr. Wise most clearly came
off second best" That Mr. w. on this account