Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-02-25
and VlasibuFne. The real aggressor

is of course, entirely overlooked, and
not even mentioned. The whole az
ticle Is SO worded as to carry the.
impression, that Mi. Potter, in mere
wantonness and bullying had at
tackled an inofensiye and unoffending
gentlemen, without the slightest cause,
just to show his prowess. Itsays Jack,
(neaning Hon. John F. POTTERY went
to Congress impressed with the idea that
he must fight that he must whip some
body What ground has the Times for
such miserable SANDER None at. all.
No member of the. House has carried
himself with more uniform gentlemanly
courtesy, as far as we can learn, than
Mr., Potter, since he has become mem
Der. The height of his offense is that
he went to the aid of his friend when he
saw him attacked by = half-dozen or
more assailants.. Butthe Times is shock
| ed that such disgrace has been brought
| upon Congress and upon the Country!
Don't believe it. It has not said a word
of condemnation for Mr.. Keitt, the ruf.
lianly aggressor. 1t can only see SLACK
Potter, the two Washburns aud Grow, Il
Iwho are to blame! Strange what goggles
a paltry Post Office puts upon mans
eyes Strange how such paltry office
will make man crawl in the dust and
bemean himself l4 - .s94 n
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d NEW YORK TABLET-This is one of
the most influential Irish papers in this
country and the course it takes upon
political matters influences, more or less
large number of voters. lIis
Wecopy the following from its Wash
ington Correspondence aslindicating its
views upon the present absorbing ques-
| ton Of Kansas matters: 3as
81 " WASHINGTON, Feb, IS, 1858.
The small, dark spot which was seen
on the political horizon, portending the
looming storm in Congress, when last j
wrote you, burst forth in the House of
Representative on Saturday morning
last at twenty minutes to 2 o'clock. 1t
would be unnecessary for me. to go into
a detailed statement of every little cir
cumstance which led to the enaeatts, in
which not less than dozen members
SPARED off," on the floor, in front of the
Speakers chair, and then and there for
some minutes tried to bring the Kansas
question to 3 bleeding ISSUE" as they
do bull fights in Spain, by taking the
animals by the nose. ~ I5rs. -a
During the whole of the night, up to
that hour above stated,-for l was a
witness of the whole proceeding Euntil
the House adjourned at 6l-2 o'clock
next morning, and can therefore speak
from personal observation best
feeling were exhibited among members
on both sides Of the Hall. But; it was
evident to the close observer, that the
spark which lay dormant beneath the
smouldering mass which concealed its
glare, only required the slightest puff of
passion to set the whole.in a blaze
Happily, for all parties, no deadly wea-
pons were used, or attempted to be used,
in the melee, though momentarily ex-
pected to have seen them in the hands
of some of the hot bloods in the mob of
members directly under my eye, num-
bering not less, at least, than hundred
or more.
After several attempts to bring the
question to close by members of both
parties, Gen. Quitman at last prevailed
by'resolution, ably and promptly second
ed by Speaker Orr, postponing the furth-
er consideration of the subject, and
making it special order for Monday,
the 9th inst. The vote of that date on
the question resulted, as your readers
already know, in favor of the select
committee by ia ayes to III nays, thus
defeating the President second time
on two of his pet measures; the four reg
iment bill being the first of them. @
As | also limited in my last, Gov.
Wise has again appeared before the
public in a long letter to the meeting of
the Democratic anti-Lecomptonites of
Philadelphia, in which he takes issue
with the president on all his arguments
contained in his special message of the
9th, transmitting the Kansas constitu-
ton to Congress. 1t will require q
mind superior to the most rigid rules OF
logic, common sense and fair dealing, to
overthrow his positions on that epistle
and, no matter what may be the feelings
of party asperity. towards him at this
moment, for the independent and honest
stand that he has taken in defense Of the
rights of.the people, the South, nay, the
whole country, will come to his rescue
when this storm of passion and perfdy
shall have blown over, and shower upon
him the unbought praises of a free peo-
pie, whom his wisdom and manliness will
have rescued from the grossest fraud
ever attempted to be practised upon
their credulity. There IS honor enough
yet left IN the South to refuse the bone,
tainted sciM corruption, that is Mrov,'
to dogs By those acho acdnt 10 kenne, them,
and when the merits of the whole sub
Iiect come to be laid before both Houses
in proper form, the innate sense ofright,
4 if not the fear of shame, will deter many
: a member from plunging with it into an
ignoble political grave. "
LOST HIS WIFE.-A gentleman from
Cincinnati lost his wife at Toledo, Tues.
day afternoon. She got into Chicago
car, and he got into a Cleveland ear
she came to this city, and he went to
Cleveland. He didn't discover his loss
until he had almost arrived at Cleveland
He took the first train Chicagoward, and