Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-01-04

We publish to-day the remarks of Mr. Branch,
delivered in the House on the Oath December, in
which he fixes beyond all question the charge on
Mr.. Grow "a leading black Republican, of having
defeated the Postofice appropriation BILL No won
der this black Republican conspirator against the
Constitution WINGED under the excoration to which
MIR. Branch compelled him to submit That his
motive in defeating the bill was to embarrass the
President and render an extra session of Congress
necessary, there can be no doubt. Such men as
Grow would destroy the government itself in order
to carry out their selfish designs.
We have rumors of a hostile meeting between
Messrs. Branch and Grow, growing out of the re-
marks Of the former and the reply of the latter,
which was made on the Goth. We quote as follows
from Mr.. Grows remarks of the Goth:
:" Mr. Grow. And had the gentleman from North
Carolina Mr.. Branch been as familiar with consti-
tutional law and parliamentary precedents as his
long practice in legislation would have led us to
suppose, he could have found sufficient and abundant
reasons to- justify my conduct and that of majori-
ty of the House, without violating all parliamentary
and gentlemany corteSie> that recognized in all
dell6eralve bodies, by impugning the motives of his
peer, and charging sordid and selfish considerations
as the moving motive and cause of our action
Mr. Branch. | desire to ask the gentleman from
Pennsylvania whether | am to understand his Ian
guage as imputng to me any conduct that was I'M
gentlemanly?
Mr. Grow said that the gentleman violated all
parliamentary and gen,lemanly courtesies that are
recognized in all deliberatiye assemblies 1t needs
no reference to parliamentary law to know that
The first rule of parliamentary law is that no gen.
te,nan has the right to rmpugn the motives of ano-
Their.
Mr. Branch. I desire to ask the gentleman
whether he means, BY that language, to impute to
me any conduct that is ungcntlemanly?
Mr. Grow. ask the gentleman to refer to his
own language, and see what he thinks
Nj. Brarch | demand of the gentleman from
Pennsylvania TO know whether he means by that
language to lmpute to me any conduct that is I'M
gentlemanly unbecoming?
Mr.. Grow. The gentleman charged the other
day. that had defeated the Post Office appropria-
ton bill, in order to compel the President of the
United States to call an extra session of Congress.
| say that such an imputation my motives Was
not gentlemany under parliamentary law.
Mr.. Branch. l repeat the question which have
already asked the gentleman from nsylvania-
whether he designs, in those remarks to lmpute to
me any conduct unbecoming gentleman? \ fail
ure to respond | shall assume to be an affirmative
answer.
Mr.. Grow. Mr.. Clerk, take the language of the
gentleman. What | have said on it is nlan English
and there it stands. The gentleman the other day.
impugned my motives Of action on the Post Office
bill. The impugnment of motives in a legislative
body is everywhere regarded not only as unparlia-
mentary, bit as ungentlemanly, under parliamenta-
ry practice and law
Mr.. Branch. repeat that the gentleman has not
! responded to my inquiry, and that shall take his
failure to respond an affirmative answer
Mr.. Grow. The gentleman can take just what he
plcases.
Mr. Branch. I will do So'