The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-14
WAsHINaToN, Feb. 2, 1868,

oeuRnty Ot0 AentucktauA0 ~" SPPSAS =.
Al few words will sum up his speech: 81 :,
ssThia ne prt, regiment business has been tried
by I man-Gen. Hunser-in South Carolina, at
an enormous expense. He had hardly armed
them till two hundred Of bis regiment deserted,
and stole the Government rifles nr. Butler, in
New Orleans, tried It, and this Congress 10 go.
ing 70 give him sword for il. lTwiggs, sword
has been disgraced., Il is right it should 60 to
Gen. Butler. A NJ. Thayer wants to colonise
Billy Bowleg1 land in Florida, and wants these
Col. Ssmbo's regiments - protect him and bic
StaLouic Germans thar. How are you going to
exchange these niggers when they are taken
prisoners Do you suppose you can exchange q
white Southern prisoner for one! No, yons
nitgers viii get shot down, snd you'll have no
redress" Il gef ss.as t7s.n 81 81, IS
All this with scornfal and disdainful air that
would be most provoking If it we're not most
ludicrous Put him on stump before crowd
Of the faithful, and il would have been capital
speech for stimulating their zeal against the
ton it is simply laugbabls. The old gentleman
testify refuses Ill efforts 70 ask questions OF
make explanations. ''You kept me up too late
last night to answer your questions this morn
ing." The Grabbed refusal 10 worth remember
ing IS We 60 along. - - ',''-S
Mr.. LovIJoY's RIJo1HDlR.
Like an ancient and venerable bull when red
rag 10 thrust before his eyes, Nj. Wickli6e al
ways commences paving and believing when
ever Mr.. Lovejoy comes in bis way. And to do
the latter gentleman full credit, he isn't very
far behind. Each serves as the red rag to stir
the other up. Lovejoy never says anything
Wicklife don't feel called upon to answer; Wick.
life never gets OF one of his offensive, arrogant
speeches, without being goaded TO madness as
be site down, to see the broad grin with which
Lovejoy invariably rises to poke fun land pins)
into him. Il
To-day, as always. NJ. Lovejoy is true to the
rule. He is on his legs and claiming tho floor,
almost before Mr.. Wickliffe's closing sentence
had been uttered. Everybody laughs and turns
to listen. nis
He begins, gradually, measuredly. in denounc.
ing the fsctiocs opposition to this bill. Pretty
soon Mr.. WickliHe gets . blow, the very first
one brings him to bis feet begging permission
to interrupt. The gentlemen from Kentucky
has been consistent de- we'll % persistent, for
from the irst outbreak of this rebellion every
note and speech of his has proclaimed that he
would rather see the Union perish than slavery
injured. sas
The first cut has brought blood. Mr.. Wick
life roars out something in response in accents
90 enraged as to show that the words reached the
quick. Lovejoy instantly retorts, ''Will the gen.
tleman Say now, if one must necessarily be lost
to save the other, which would he save, slavery
or the Union?" Wickliffe, instead of answering
tries to parry the thrust by asking question Of
his own, to which Lovejoy promptly hurls back
an answer and renews bis demand. Wicklife
makes no reply.
Soon Lovejoy touches on Wicklifes comtemp.
tuous way of speaking of Hunter and Butler, and
bis courteous allusion to the traitor Twiggs, and
coolly adds, ooh, sir, a fellow-feeling makes us
wondrous kind !" The house and galleries 10y
this time crowded) roar, and WickIiffe, spring.
ing to his feet with unusual vigor, exclaims 'tbe
gentleman will allow me- No, sir" says
Lovejoy, with emphasis, mot unless you'll an
swer the question asked you'll" swell, 60 along
The country knows you, and it knows me, tool"
eyes, that's true, thank God for it." returns
Loveioy, in bis blandest tones and with his most
provoking smile. 81,
In moment he has touched the raw again.
The gentleman has said that the command Of me-
groes has ds,noralized Butler. If 90 short con-
tact has had such serious effect, what must be
the result of q lifelong command Of plantation
of them? Another question. When Robert
Small took rebel vessel out of Charleston har>
Dor, would the gentleman have received that
"Southern property" from the hands of that
RUNAWAY negro!" "Just as soon az I would
receive anything from you," spits out the ancient
gentleman with his most offensive emphasis.
'There's another illustration" philosophically
remarks Lovejoy, turning to the House, as if he
we're lecturing on Natural History, and found
the gentleman from Kentucky an interesting
speciman, ''there'e another illustration Of the
degradation this thing works!" And the roars
vt.~. -, %hof,
easy seat Of the irate defender Of slavery.
'sBut," continues Lovejoy, sit would be re-
ally pleasant to have an answer. Would the
gentleman have sent back that runawy slave
to his master?"
"I'll answer no more of your questions"
roars Wickliffe, like q sulky oi-boy.
"The gentleman from Kentucky shows more
wisdom in refusing to answer my questions
than he has manifested on any occasion since
he has been q member of Congress-" And
again the laugh is against the testy Kentuck-
ian.
Pretty soon Lovejoy is at him again. ''The
gentleman sneers at the aid of these Ssmbos.
l would like to see some Of these Democrats
out in the stream, sinking for the third time,
and a black man on the shore throwing rope
to him would like to see the Democrat that
would pushit away!"i "And," he tartly adds,
as the cbuckling over the decided point sub
sides, .swhen Col. Ssmbo' drew him on shore
he wouldn MT be doing half as good service az if he
,rere shooting rebeks !''9t'l c!u $3.50 4cE
The pcnderous frame of the naughty old
gentleman from Kentucky quivers with rage.
and the Grabbed wrinkles of bis face work re.
sponsive. This is goading on to madness; but
he began the game himself, and he can't COM
plain il he 10 beaten in playing it. eQ5
The impsrtubabls radical" continues:
.sWould arm negroes! Ay, sir, not only
would / arm negroes, but ! would arm mules
and make them shooting machines to kill
rebel, i'll could" iot ,lg,g 81 b.atis j
y He ID here interrupted from another quarter.
portly Indianian, 10 the back part Of the hall,
Of commanding presence, and fine thinking
face to whom WickliHe had refused permission
to speak, swould' like TO mako . few remark,
night hsre.l "Certainly, the gsntlensn can
have ten minutes ny time" and with Z
courteous wave Of the hand, the radical Mr..
Lovejoy yields the floor " the conservative,
4 Mr.. Dunn. 1s.tt Sisfs s5sssa Yilnlsssa g2*as