The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-04-21

CUcu Vo,Cc. Wcll what's your point
ofordcr LerO hear t." snaps IIhrris,
turning coulemluously upon him.
! "The Gentleman rises TO n point of
/, order. The Gentleman from Maryland
will suspend. Gentlemen in the aislos
f will take their seats. The chair will not
J recognize any one till order is restored. ]"
THUS the speaker, protein; and The onyel
thumps vigorously on the table; e;while the
{ crowd slowly Bcattcrs, and members re-
, luctantly 90 back 10 their seats Among
, them walking up the center aisle, is an
! old, rough looking Pennsylvania with
busby grizzled head, aud rugged features
aud face LARRY lifid with rage.
lie shouts again the moment be reach.
cs his seat, | rise to point Of order"
" The gentleman will state his point
of or rr."
My point Of order is this, Sir, what
: right, Sir, has he TO prny God Almighty
to dclcnt, Sir, To defeat the American
Hrmics!' The words come struggling
out disjontrd rnconnoctcd, hot with rage.
" What sort Of poiut Of order is Tint,
I'd like TO know" snccrs Mr. Harris.
&" want 10 know Order, order order,
and an unconscionuble din, whether a
'J,r orJ,r nrJnr eorJc. III, ,t,,so If,iisi y,
ur Tr,c,,s yaic,, ~, ,n,s ,,a,,in n,
best. rises with lbe din. ard The last
words are fairly screamed. while every.
IboJv starts IN lis foot and Tho ryci,c.
mcnt grows intense.
lathe midst oi tho bubbul, Wnshburnc
is seen pushing his way down, till he can
catch The eve of the sncnkcr. "A, IL nc.
Icustrmed tn briro hoard ,,bcn no spcaLs.
Ioud his buIl.dop wnv generally win, in a
con,es, of this kind. There's GOOD
deal of swapprr in il: bu, he never ali ,ws
himself 10 be cow,d.
demand Tint the lnnouaoe or tho
gentleman from MARYLAND br tnken down
at the Clerks dcsk. in nccordence with
the rule" Too lntc. order. ,n on. never
mind, 90 head" come up from the
Democratic side. but Washburnc holds
lthc floor, and the slout of ,hc wbolc reb-
lel army instepd of this little detaebm,,nt.
wouldn't make him ouit. lie sturdily
demands the rcndiup of the rulc. The
chair rules that the point is well taken;
the words Of the Maryhndcr are rcpor,-
ed from the clerks desk;
"rhe South asked ,ou 70 leave them
in peace, but no, YOU saw Won will bring
them into sulucction. INN, is not don,.
vet, aud God ALMIGHTY crnnt tint il
n, yer may be-. | homo Won will mover
subhpatc the Suuth.o
Harris meanwhile has bccn standing
with head thrown back ard arms akin.
DO the very picturc of n croNing opmc
cock, or of the traditional Iri.hmnnt any
us for somebody "to trid ON ,he lin of
my c,nt tail. .o"w,ll ~ linn, nIItn Uc
cries That's ri0bi I san maj oper ooain ,
what hny. yyu rot Ia saw n.,mt ,nl,, And
the Democrats. NOT ,ui,I snhrr vct Ia n
scncc of the siiuntiun. ngnin ronr Mt th,
cNuhcrant un of This beautiful sncctncIr.
The sprnkcr dccl rrs. the in,punor
out of the order, and announces ,bht thc
gentleman from MARYLAND. having Win.
lated the rule. can only nrocrcd uuIer il
by the unanimous cons,nt
" For one | protest noninst npv mnp
uttcrinp such lanoungc in This hall - snvs
Washburno, in his J1Vood wnv
avon mean yuu're 0frojd NJ ;,,v ~.
claims Harris, leaninn forward md NM.
tiug ON his most offensive snrcr5 Sbnn,s
of" order" from the AJminis,ra,;on ,;J,,
drown out bis ylicc ns hr il al.,,,, ,,,,r
coed, aud the speaker commands lin 10
take his seat. AS he does il. lnsin,, tho
so,r.con,rollcd sauciness he bns Lj,Lcr,o
displayed, and ouiycr,no will rn,,n bc
shakes is fist M Wnshburnc md 1;ssns
lyon Cd id villain y,n,, Thc
,ro,dirc md cont,sinn 49,,
vent Washburne and most or Tho Ifr.
ionisls from seeing or henrip~.
The Dcmocrrts look dsconcertcd
Their champion is so suddenly taken ofl'
his fc, I that they have nobody 10 pul nm
in his place, and, for moment, nnboJy
claims the floor. Finally The llurid. faced
silvcr.grcy gentlemen from Louisville.
rises in pompcus way, and begins, like
u heavy slip righlinr herself in the waves
to roll out his pondcruus sentences. lie
l. not small naturally, and now bc swcIls
like balloon, as with owl-like solrmni.
", he unnuunc,s 5 that this is n oruvc in
reference with constitutional PRIVILEGES.
Docs not the Constitution expressly mo.
vide that member shall not be held re-
spous.blc Tor words spoken in dubatel-
And he is lust getting under wciph. in
lis gran diusc fashion, for hurst of clio.
qucncc. when the old Whg wur.horsc of
the better days, "Boh Schenck,r as tbcv
still love to call him in the Miami Val
lcys, rises. lie has been in sick he'd
all week, and has LEFT il, on receiving a
message from one of his colleagues, that
his vote is needed on the cxpuision of n
traitor.
lie has but a single sentence to say
Why does not the gentleman ouo,c tbe
whole clause he is garhng! Is he afraid |
Of the final words, ''Shall not be held rc.
sponsiblc for words spoken in debate in
anV otier place !"
1t Is Gs ii full blown bladder were
suddenly pricked. Mr.. Mallory collnps-
es; and after a few wandrriug sontrn.
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