Weekly standard., 1859-01-19

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"A message was subsequently received from the
House refusing to go into the election on Tuesday
ana proposing to go forthwith into said election
Laid on the table.
The SCENE IN THE SENATE ONCE MORE!
Inc regular business Of the session was interim.
ted by Mr.. Leach on a question of spersonal nr;1;
lege" He complained in harsh terms of statement
made by Raleigh correspondent of the Wilmington
journal to the effect that he had been spromnteT
oy Gthers IN MS course in the Senate on Saturday
week. No one he said had prompted him and 10y
statement that any one had was false.
Mr. Cowper also denied that he had been nromr
ted He was impelled by sense of duty to his con.
stituents and the country. ~'"'
Mr. Turner said the statement that he had nm
pared two pages Of notes. stated by the same cor
respondent was false. He had four PAGES or fonr
lines, the Reporter did not understand which. Mr.
Turner next took up the Standard editorial on hin.
of Saturday. He denied that he had exhibited G %i,
factious spirit" or that he had shown any disre'
spect to the Speaker as had been reported by yon
der foreigner" pointing to the Reporter. "Tba
Standard had told a lie and the Reporter had told
tie" He denied there was any disorder in tbe
Senate or that any one had interrupted him and he
called on the Speaker to pronounce it lie" mr.
Turner had gone over much ground by this time
the old ground and the old complaints-and was ex.
cited. He got the Report and the Editorial m;yad
do
nouncing AS he said himself in reference to ono
charge against him it was Sin the report or the ed
torial l don't know which, He said he had been
reported as refecting on the House." and he do
nounced it as "a lie by Holden He denied admit
ting he had been governed to some extent bv no-
litcal feeling and political consideration" He had
stated to the contrary. The charge in the ed;tora
relative to Bingsgate and bad temper he denounced
as Re. He again went over the long list of chor
ges-used the lie freely (and with much pronrstv
Of course and in presence of half dozen ladies IN
the galery( He looked fercely at the Renortor ,nd
pointed his finger at him. He called on the Sno,Lor
and on Senators to say if these things were not lies
and seeing neither the Speaker nor single Senator
acouM say So he said he would construe their silence
into assent and publish it SUCH He then return.
ed to the editorial and said Holden could not oct ont
Of the matter by saying he did not endorse the
munication referred to in the editorial "He makes
himself Infamous" in trying to do So land he is not
| as good as the man who sent the communication
| he would say that every man in Orange county
is as good as well raised and as little lkey to bar
ter his franchise for barbecue and whiskey as B;lv
Holden. He was charged with impeachinc the
journal, he said; and then he declared that the
journal spoke nearly wholly untrue" "There
was too much whiskey in the Clerks desk p and so
long as that was the case he said there never would
be a proper journal He did not mean to impeach
the clerk sorry to have to allude to this mat
ter, but it was forced upon him.
Mr.. Miller denied as false that he had been "back
ed by any man." He was doing what he considered
his duty, "and 0hea found they soere going into
a ron, I nored to adjourn"
Mr.. Bledsoe said his silence was not to be n,isun.
derstood or misconstrued into endorsement of Mr.
Turner's statements He had nothing to do as be-
tween Mr.. 7. and the Reporter
Mr.. Turner asked Mr.. Bledsoe if he CT.) had re-
f1ected on him, or the Senate or the House, as
stated by the RepOrters Mr. T. here got the edi-
torial and the report again mixed
Mr.. Bledsoe merely desired to make that simple
statement He presumed the Reporter was able
and willing to take care of himself
Mr.. Turner charged Mr.. B. with stepping for
ward as the champion of the Reporter He allud-
ed to the charge of reflection on the Senate and
said he was going to publish it that the Senate
had given the charge the lie. Ladies still in
the gallery.] "You," said he, addressing Mr..
Bledsoe, "know that it is false charge, that I
reflected on the House. 1t is an infamous fasehood,
published by puppy of Reporter" rhe Re-
porter never published one word of the kind; but
he was in the Senate, was compelled to listen to
ths-so, too, were the ladies in the gallery He
(Mr T.) did 'not use any other unbecoming term
than perjurers, forgers, and rogues, and these to
persons out of the House." He called upon any
Senator to say if II applied" harsh epithe to any
Senator, or reflection on the Senate or House Of
Commons and if they would get up and say no
did, he would ask them to name the word.
Mr.. Bledsoe was sorry to be drawn into this mat
ter He did not stand there as the champion of the
Reporter. He had not had any communication
with him. directly or indirectly, this subject He
had simply arose to say that he would not allow Mr.
I. to say he had called him up and because he de-
clined to answer was to be set down as giving his
assent But as he had got into the matter, he was
prepared to reiterate what he had before said and
he would stand by it and take nothing back by any
intimidation or threats Of publication. He knew
his rights on that floor, and would not give way,
but maintain them He, Mr.. B., had stated, and
would now reiterate, that Mr.. Turner's cousse init
mated that the House and the Senate were going to
appoint perjurers, and forgers. and other corrupt
men, and that was a reflection on the judge who ap
pointed Simpson, the people who had elected him,
4 the Commoner who had recommended him, the
House and the Senate In reference to the Journals
he told Mr. Turner he had more to fear from justice
than from anything else. He told him that il the
Journal was wrong 1t soas in his .tacor His Chr.
Turner's) course had been dsapproved Of by his own
party friends on that floor, and win call the
names if the Senator thinks it necessary" But
it is not necessary" continued Mr.. Bledsoe. "The
Journals show it, and they speaE the truth when
they do shou It." He discaimed any desire or nten-
ton to do any mar wrong but that was his position
| and he would stand by it -
Mr.. Turner commenced again with crack at the
puppy of Reporter" The ladies still in the
gallery He asked why should Mr. Bledsoe under
take to defend this puppy Of Reporter" or Hol-
den?, Mr. ,Bledsoe repeated that he had nothing
to do with the reporter or Mr.. Holden he had not
spoken q word to either of them on this subject.
He did not stand there as their champion; he pre-
surned they were able and willing to look after
themselves "Then wherefore his remarks r ex-
claimed Mr.. T. He then went on to reply to Mr.
Bledsoe. He had spoken of Simpson as gentleman
on Saturday night after it had been proved by the
Senator from Union that he had been tried for per
Jury, and asked what his (Mr. B.'s) ideas Of gen.
tlenan werei He, Mr. T. was man Of peace
he had not attempted to intimidate any one. He
merely stated what he intended to do in his publ
cation; that he had called upon the Speaker and
the Senate to say if these things were not tes and
he would publish their silence giving their assent
He returned to the word gentleman" He sup
posed Mr. Bledsoe would call the "fellow" that
that Senator Mr Battle) proved as being guilty Of
trading with negroes. swapping whisky for stolen