The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-07-22

OrpEeus G. Kerr, name which we I'M
derstand to mean Office seeker, Our Cores
pondent of the New York Mercury, gets off
the following clever burlesque on a style of
debate too common in Congress-:
Speaking of Congress, attended one
Of its sittiDgs the other day, my boy, and
was deeply edited to observe its manner of
legislating for our happy but distracted
country.
Mr. Staggers withdrew his previous re-
mark. We were fighting this war to secure
the Constitution and the pursuit of happ'-
ness to the misguided South, and he sccep'-
ed his friends apology.
Mr. Higgins democrat, New Jersey,)
said that he could not but notice that every
thing all she honorable gentleman had said
during this sessiO was fatal heresy, de-
structive of all government, degrading to
the species, and insult to the common
sense of his (Figgins) constituents His
constituents demanded that Congress should
set the country right before Europe. 1t
would appear that at the least imperious
sgnor word from Europe, the American
Mr.. Juggles (con., Border State) desired
to inquire of the House whether the great
struggle 10 which we are now engaged is
for the benefit of the Caucasian race, or the
debased African His friend, the pulling
idiot from New Jersey, had seen fit to re-
mark that the American negroes
The " Honorable Speaker (ne Crow
occupied the chair.
MT. Podgers Republican, Mass.) desired
to know if the tax upon Young Tyson is
not to be moderated ? Speaking for his
constituents he would say, that the present
rate was entirely too high to suit any gro
Ger
NJ Stscrars (consarvet;va Rordar Statel
wished to know whether this body intend
ed to legislate for white men or niggers 2
H friend, the pusillanimous scoundrel
from Massachusetts, chose to oppose the tax
on Young Tyson because-tO use his own
words-it would not " suit negro, sir
Mr. Podgers, though his friends from the
Border State was too hasty. The phrase he
used was " any grocer"
Mr.. Higgins denied that be had spoken at
all of negroes. He was about to say, that
at toe slightest behest of Europe, g the
American knee grows flexible to bend"
Mr.. Struggles wished it to be understood
that he was satisfied with his honorable
friends explanation. He would take some
thing with the honorable gentleman imme-
diately after adjournment.
Mr. Chunkey (rep., New Hampshire) was
anxious to inquire whether it was true, as
stated in the daily papers, that General Nc
Dowell had been ordered to imprison all
the Union men within his lines, on suspi-
cion of their being Union men If so, he
would warn the Administra ton that it was
cherishing viper that would sting it:
t'The rose you deftly culIed, man,
May wound you with its thorn,
And"
Mr. Waddles union, Border State,) pro-
tested against the decency of constitution
al body like Congress being insulted with
the infamous and seditious abolition dog
gerel Just quoted by bis friend, the despica-
bic incendiary from New Hampshire. We
were waging this war solely to put down
treason, ard not to hear rose, the fairest
of flowers, mentioned in the the same
breath with the filthy colored man
Dir. Chunky was sorry to observe that his
honorable friend had misunderstood his
language. The line he had used was simply
this:
''The rose you deftly cull-ed man,,
Mr. Wadde was glad that his valued
friend from New Hampshire had spologized.
He had only taken exception to what he
considered fatal heresy.
That was enough for me, my boy, and
left the hall of legislation ] sometimes
become a little wesred when l hear too
much of one thing, my boy.