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behlnd no bush. What dor hr iuean!-
Does hp mean that the Senate Nill do in
i not, was bis r, mat K Of thatjunOceut yort
OF rhetoric which hss no tGeeninE in it,
The gentleman IS calling upon us ior una
nImily; he IL beseeChing as here 10 10
unanlmous. Why, sir, was the Ike ever
heard! A gentleman, m smull minority
OF this body, calling upon Us continually
ior unanlmity! He very modestly requires
that all the other members Of this tOdy
stall al once bBndon their sWn opinions,
/ end GO orer to the very small minority to
which he belongs. Sir, could ,hp gentle
mans comprehensive ingenuity point out
! no other mode Of arriving az Hnaniuity!--
I Suppose the gentleman himself should pack
Up, with all his dignities Of chsirman OF the
Committee on Foreign Relations. and GO
over TO the majority, would not that he some
approach to uRaninigy! No, sir. that will
not do. We are all. | suppose, 70 consent
/ that our views shall be unheeded. aud we
are all 20 couie ever 10 hiH as the great
/ standard-bearer, beneath whose banner
alone all national unanimity- all patriotic
unSnimty, all unSnimity becoming an A.
mencan, is TO be found Yes, sir. There
Is to bc no conttaband there, The flag is
to cover everything, and to te witness Of
: the nationality Of all over which ii Is spread,
1nd OF the gentleman, asonp OF those ua-
der H. Really, sir, have supposed il to Le
u possible case that Il man May have a.
much patriotism and as HRich bravery, in
the ordinary scenes Of human life, as even
the Senator himself and yel lot rally un-
der that standard. The gentleman seems
to think he has an undnswerahle claim to
invoke our unanimily, because he tells us
that Tor many long year he himself, on a
great public meesUre sluod SOLITARY and
alone" He was .hPn, imagine. not quite
50 ardent IN favor OF unSnlmity.
/ had thought, according 10 the arrange
inent proposed. that we were today TO do
little else than vote. We all know that
that Senator, 10th here in his place and in
his pe souRl intercourse with us. has ex-
pressed the greatest possible desire and So
lciIude that We would fix upon day when
W. -hould arrive at a result in this matteri
aud y,t now, when that day is come, when
the genlipman's own appointed time has
arrived, the course Of the Senate which lie
so earnestly invoked, and which was tC
lriRg our deliberations TO a close, has only
! gUlckened him to renewed efforts in pro
longing this contest, He now tells us tina
h W..i vote against all resolutions; rs w
have not adopted his amendment. he goes
against the whole. Well, sir, be it 50; tie
gen'Icman's course may 10 doubt he q
. cause OF graa, regret, and he may consul
10 a Ia, all n
, other five years and waiting in solitary
grandeur ill all the Senate and all Congress
shall flock and congregale a out him, A.
chlles in his tent Yes, sir, Achilles in his
tent ! would slili recommend the lessor
TO which | have once referred know thy
seIi' 1t Is the wisest lesson that any maj
can learn.
, Mr. President, have no pleasure in thit
sort of aninodversion 1t gives me no sat
isaclion whatever; but cannot and vii
not sit here and allow such Language anC
| see such airs Of superiority and supercil
. ous arrogance without a reply. We hav,
/ had quite enough Of it and TO spare, anC
from the same quarter, The gentleman
\ seeks by vehpmence of gPsucuIation anC
volume Of sound to give effect TO what h,
. is pleased to say; and really, sir, in some o
his gestures the gentleman is rot only of
: iensive but really alarming. Notwithslan
, ding some reasonable measure of natura
q courage, gentlemen not accustomed toarnr
1 and whose training has only hePn in ho
. dies OF political character, might suffp
8 some personal apprehension. Sir, the gen
, tleman may get panic here, and ther
HI is no telling what may he the effect of
, panic. have heard OF panics in armies
. producing effects the most terrible: | have
. heard OF stamped es and manylother thing
c equally terrible; but here, sir, we have beel
, told that the resolution we have adopte,
, is n miserable pallry thing; that the Senat
is paltering in double sense; that it s hi
, ding behind the bush; that it is skulk'ni
from responsibility and presuming 10 diffe
+ from the House of Rep esentalives. Ant
, all this is brandshed over us with a mag
f niHcence Of style and manner that really
sir, scarce know where the Senate stand
r and what has become of il.
2 When Mr.. CrittendPn took his seat AL
t len, writhng under the excoriation, at
tempted a retort, but it turned out to be
, very poor specimen Of very low blackguar
dism. Mr. Cnttenden again rose, and con
. tinued in this strains
trust there is at least one member o
? this body iol whom have right 10 speak
: and he happens to he one who is assalec
by the Senator from Ohio. Sir, am CON
: tent to learn from nybody. would ever
, learn from a blackguard how to improve
my manners, or from him who has the
slightest, fmsest claim TO be called a gen
tleman.
If | have acted part, it is part | in
. tended, and doubt whether the language
| employed was considered farcical by an,
: other than the gentleman from Ohio.
f presume TO be among the humhlest Of my
: friends; but, whatever may he the def
. cheney of my capacity, hold in dPtesta
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