The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-02-07
LOCO FOCO RUFFIAYIsN me-,
TRATED.

last week barely adverted to an a,,,,l u
by enc Weller, loco member from, On ''-'e
on Mr.. Sewart, geutlemanly and yer, /.
ly respectable member from Peprsri.
which for ruffan-llke violence and J.,
guardism exceeds any thing that has ev..
CURED on the floor of congress. Their. h.. w.
been rowdie scenes in congress of rre,,
lence since their first advent in the rs;..
Gen. Jackson but never has meubos :, VI
fore to our recollection been guilty of%
vulSarity ofpassins the lie direct upop 10
floor and deliberately repeating it.
The debate was upon the subject Of
proving the western rivers, and sev...,
the loco party had made attacks unon =,
wings and their principles, the NOR. -
vOkins as the wings have uniformly aJra.
ted internal improvement, which bav. h.
as uniformly opposed by the Van Burar -.
ty. In the course Of the debate Mr. Ston...
attempted to show these western looo. :.
abominable inconsistency of sustaining ms.
who had ever displayed the most upmi,;o...l
hostility to these doctrines. His ,neecL
severe, but in no respect personal, and ~.
fectly parliamentary. Its truths We're -.
whitening to be submitted to in silence bp,.
they could not be answered by nrgumsD,,
and facts, the most low bred scurriitv ,,4
personal invective was resorted to bv tb;.
famous Weller. 1t was nothing but lie 70.
lie. "Lie No. 1. No. 81 viii brand tho r..
on your forehead sc. from beginning to end
Mr.. Winthrop who was at the time in III,
chair came in for Il full modicum of s5rs.
and Weller was not only permitted luts.-
couraged by a loco House TO pursue In
course, outrageous as it was to all dccs-,,
and decorum.
But as if this brutality and blackguardisu
towards Mr.. Stewart was not sufficient to il.
lustrate the ruflian-like spirit of this Wel.r
we find the creature the next day attacain.
ono of the reporters of the press in q non
assassin-like and cowardly manner.
The following notice of the affair al,hoi,dO.,
not develope half of the brutality, ard barba
rism of Weller we have selected for its brew
ty. Aided by Belser and Paine loco mem
bers he assailed Mr.. Shriver with insult and
abuse which no man could listen to un.soyed
He then knocked him down and proceeded o
beat him in the most dastardly manner.
A Fight IN The CaPitoL-The National To-
tclligeneer Of Friday thus commences lis re-
port Of the proceedings in the House on tn,
previous day.
"Shortly before prayers fight took place
in that part of the Hall which lies immediate
ly behind the Speakers table, between Mr.
Weller, member from Ohio, and MIR. Shrv-
err, correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot,
growing out of a certain publication made 10
| that journal. OF the merits Of the battle or
its results the Reporter knows nothing and
even of the fact itself he would have been IT,
norant, but for the smashing Of the Windows
behind him, and for the confusion and noiss
which usually attend these abrupt resorts 10
| first principles.
The correspondent of the Baltimore Amer
lean gives this account of the affair: "Mr.
Weller, of Ohio, this morning a few moments
before the hour of meeting, ~ O'Clock macs
an assault upon the floor Of the House Of
Representatives, upon Mr.. Shrlver the Re-
porter and Washington correspondent OF the
Baltimore Patriot. Mr.. Shriver was with
out friends when the attack was made. lie
received many blows, and was struck several
times when upon the floor, Mr.. Nelers
friends standing by and preventing any ID
| reference.
| NJ. Weller, during the morning, had been
bound over to keep the peace. MesSrs. Payne
and Belser of Ala. acting as his sureties.-
The assault upon MIR. ;. has excited great
feeling in the House and out of il, as vel
from the place where it was made, as for As
attack upon the Press"
We subjoin the following just rebuke up'a
Iocofocoism from the Boston Atlas Of .rsi
week.
1.-THE conduct Of this cowardly bully Wei
Ter, in his grossly vulgar and abusive attacs
upon the aimable member from PennsylTa-
MIA, Mr.. Stewart-and in his fierce assault
| aided by two of his brother bullies, upon NJ.
CIilhClf lOuuS anu lCCbiC hdu-Oh't''
other example to the people of this county,
of the principles which govern these Loo
Foco leaders, and of the manner in which
they carry those principles into practice
Where the Loco Foco party are in the M
nority, and have no power to exhibit Their
real characteristics in the Legislature al i1'
present time-they are as mild and Harmless
as doves. They keep themselves still and
within the bounds of decency. Let them hli
have the power which majority gives them
and they become the very despots-bragg''s
-bullies-and rufiians. which their vile p
litical doctrines necessarily lead them to Do
In their acts as individuals, they are ruds'
overbearing, and insulting. In their eaPaG'
ty Of legislators, they are wild, visionary,'a
fish and rapacious. They are restralnedP
no obligations of courtesy,by no forms oil par
liamentary proceedings-by no requremene
of law-and by no provisions, however Pll'
and palpable they may be shown to H,
which are written down in the Constitutes
which they are sworn to support. ltB'O'
every where, where they have the majority.
1t was so, in our last legislature. II IS so"
this moment, in the House of RepresentaHVe'
at Washington. The sway of that Part!
a damning disgrace, in every State in vhlen
thew contrive to get the command. 1t Is Ut
tor and deem disgrace TO the nation. both u