Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-08-16
HERBERT's sPEECH

The following remarks created a good deal of
amusement. 1t is a rich specimen of Congress
ional brass. 1t purports toibe a Uerbatim report,
and was furnished 20 the Neto York Tribune by its
correspondents. Herbert offered some resolutions
in reference to the Vigilance Committee of San
Francisco, and in support Of them, said:
GENTLEMEN My object in rising on this occa-
sion is to answer come of the charges which have
been made against me traducing my character as
a man. These charges have been made, and they
come from almost every section of the country,
!Brenton, And they will keep coming too from
the Pacific as we'll as the Atlantic coast. Now,
Sir, SO far as | am concerned, individually, l feel
a perfect Indifference to these charges sensation
but | feel it to be a duty that | owe to this body
that l should make this explanation. What are
these charges? Why, sir they bear upon their
face, every one of the1,, from highest to lowest,
the brand OF falsehood. Not one of them can be
sustained, | care not who has asserted ii or where
it comes from. Sir, claim that | have a character.
A MEMBER IN HIS SEAT. Yes, and a devilish bad
one. for which ! am under obligations to no man
living one that | have made for myself, and one
that | believe will compare favOrably with the
purest in the land. Shouts of ridicule, and Hear
him" "Aint that modest ?" "What parity I" &c.
Where do these charges come from? One of
them from the Grand Jury. They come from po-
litical enemies-men who arc arrayed in hostility
against me. | regret, as a matter of course, that
many of them have come from my own State but
tncy nave cOHe liOm " quarter MAJ maheS III ieei
that they are a compliment rather than q disgrace
upon me, because they come from my enemies.
Suppressed laughter. But when you 60 back to
the fountain head, to the origin Of the charges
made against me in my own State, you find them
emanating from one of the presses in the city Of
Washington. Now, Sir, ! will not so far forget
myself will not abuse the dignity of the House,
by entering into or giving a detailed character Of
the different men who have assailed my character,
but ] will say this; that there is no. one Of them
whose character will compare with mine in point
of purity, honor or integrity. Hearty laughter
from all parts Of the house. So far as this man
of the Star is concerned, he is a man who placed
before the country an ex parte statement of an I'M
fortunate transaction which / had in the city Of
Washington, and after | had been honorably ac-
quilted by a jury Of my countrymen (sensation,
and the remark from q member, "All but .he hon.
orable =" he had not the manliness and magnan.
unity to come cut and say that he was wrong. 1t
is this man and men like him who have set up
these charges against me. Another one of these
individuals is the correspondent of the New York
Times. a gentleman who was, a short time ago, as
sailed by this same man Of the Star as a scoun-
drel whose occupation il was to levy black mail
Similar charges have been made against the editor
Of the Star. / fee. it a compliment to me to be
abused by such men: but in the language Of an
other, there should lie