The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-09
Our Washington Correspondence.
The Rio; in e House Of Of The
Kansas Question

WASHINGTON, feb. 7, lh5s
The Riot in te House Of of the
Kansas QueaioE.
The engrossng subject of conversation here yesterday
was the stcun in the House CT Representatives In
the early hours Of the morning The importance and in
teres OF the main question which gave rise the
was nearly l. atcgether lost sight of in the
shadowirg interest which this Occurrence has excited
Tho assault Mr.. Sumner in the Senate eighteen
months since, did not awaken tenth OF the feeling
that this thing has caufcd; and Of that feeling
not confined 10 Washington but has extended and will
tend wherever the dsgraceul has become
will become known. The newsboys on the avenue yester
day evening did brisk trade, their business cry being,
''Great riot in Congress this morning How the Of
the mbers of that august body ought have tnged
with shame when they heard such sriptve term ap-
piled and just y their proceedings. H,s conempt
bic they must have appeared in their own eyes as they
appear doubt not In the eyes Of all men who have aDy
regard for deoency and decorun and who have always
been the habit OF Assocang ho~e qualities with their
ideal Of solemn legislative sembes. But fear me We
fast losing people that high regard for the aneni
tics and rTopretics Of hic which usually found with
hgh Of hooor aud integrity When the substance
departs 'hc shadow no longer remains.
woud not ai this time trouble you with descriptive
cunt of the 'rot In Congress-, but that deem not
AL unlikely that sided versions OF the ARRAY may
have been imposed upoo you, they have been imposed
upon or got up oy the evening newspapers in this city
ferivc my Information from an unprcudecd and close
witness Of II.
Ihe version that a the origin
is, that Mr. Grow, Of Pennsylvania, the Acknowledged
leader of the republican party in the House objected W
proposition that was beng made by Mr. Qutmsn, OF Mis-
s;sippi. while he Grow the democratic side OF
nousc and that Mr. kc having suggested that eros
ihou,e eo over 70 his side OF the House TO object,
rejobed " the efffct that he be ordered
by any slave driver ard that thereupon the chv srous
south Caronian. feeling himself nsultci, coared the
black republican Nov, there is lust etough Of trui,
up with the suppression Of arre, IN ths account
$50 make rass current NJ fair and IN partial history
thereof bot by tho suppression Of little m.er, appa
ren,y of not rnuh consequence the blame thrown Off
shoulders OF the Palmetto chevaier those of the
Keystone knight. The expression Of the former
by any void of offence this would sbo~ u to
have been II then the natural vordic; OF an
prejudced person would be that the pnsylvs gave
Douss are responsible or the Disgrace that has been
/ brought upon y.
The fchnrs cf Reiu, which provoked the rotor, Of
GROW was not framed in such polite and parliamentary
style tho accounts tha; have referred n woulf nd
cate would hardly he ruled considered in any deli
bersiye coiy In er, according 10 parliamentary
rules for one hluorab,c msrbc 70 address another
honorable member ibus-tGo over your own side of
tic IIoure, you damned black republican puopy" And
| yet bo<e are the presse words ehich The bonors-
| Bile member from south Carolina addressed to
the honorable member for rebnsyivspia The
By the ash OF a slave driver was natural rc,ort and
entirely justisblc under the circumstances was one
that oouc hardly be ruled out OF order in debate
This you may rest sssured II the true version Of the
| gin of the scene which then ranspired
In an instant the Southern chevalier had jumped up
from The semi rccumbent attitude which he had been
cupyng with his heels hh desk grasped North
ern chevaer by the throat They both young men,
strong ard athletic, and the blood OF tho Northern
less ery than ths OF the Southern Grow sozed Kett,
and there was ncnentary struggle between them Mr.
Davh, Of Mss, toll, powerful man with morscl
OF love for those aoolonss who don't believe in the lie
compton Convention, promptly interered and oo,ed the
comba ants from each other Then Ktiu struck Grow,
Grow struck back and Kett down The hackers OF
The southern champion say that he stumbled those of the
Northern champion he fell under the pros Of their
was such an instantaneous thing that fear the
Question must ever remain disputed On the mo
ment the forces OF the republicans headed by Potter Of
Wise Insin and supported by the Horst washburnes,
rushed down the several geugvays Of Their ic 70
their chief out OF the enemy hands and country. Down
the gangways OF the opposite eide rushed the ecompton
The forces met Ia the space IN front of the
speakers chair tie where the House divides by tell
The conflict s described terrible Potter is
compshed professor o the noble art OF self and
pitched N right and left with riN that upset t13 en-