The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-20
FROMWAsHINGTOH.
A Passage I'm the senate between Sen.
RtOrs TrumbuII ana Davis.

RGoE8 GEun bull ana Davis.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is.
The only thing interesting in the Sem
ate proceedings to-day was a slight
passage between Mr.. Trumbuu and
Garrett Davis. Mr.. Trumbuu had in
troduced petition for a radical re-or-
ganization of the State Government of
Louisiana, and in presenting it had,
contrary to the custom of the Senate,
made long speech in favor of the rad
ical theory on this subject. What took
place there, is best explained in the fol-
lowing report of the remarks which Mr..
TrumbulPs speech drew from Garrett
Davis, and the rejoinder of Mr.. Trum-
bull.
SARCASTIC SPEECH.
Mr.. Davis-''I have but one word to
say TO the Senator from Illinois. He
certainly has taken very eItraordi-
nary occasion TO deliver his speech in
exposition of the merits Of petition. /
presume the Honorable Senator intends
It to reach the Legislature of Illinois, to
influence a certain election there i'm
pending and shortly to come of, and 1
hope the Honorable Senator will sue
coed; / have read the names of the COM
peIitOrs Of the Honorable Senator from
mis- own party for his succession and /
justly believe he is much the ablest and
any of the others, or all Of
them together, if they could all
be made up into one mass.
l therefore hope that the honora BILE
Senator, when that election comes OF,
will be reelected. / am satisfied he
will bring more ability 10 The seat which
he is TO vacate on the third of March,
Nt.r.S l. 4
/ am equally satisfied that although the
modicum OF disinterested and unselfsh
patriotism he will bring will not be very
large, it still Will be Immensely larger
than any other can bring. l, therefore,
trust the object for which he makes
this speech will be successful, and that
he will be reelected" daughter on
the floor and in the galIerles-
An ANGRY REPLY.
Mr.. Trumbull, who had listened ner-
vOusly 10 the above, jumped up when
Mr.. Davis WAS seated, and replied an
grily:
Mr.. President-I regret that the Sena-
tor from Kentucky cannot rise above
personal considerations in the discus
sion Of questions in this body. thank
him for his personal kindness to me-
and hope to be upon terms of personal
friendship with him while we are mem
Oe1S OECupylL SedLS mere Dull never
myself have been guilty of indulging
in reflection upon the motives of Sem
ators in their discharge Of public duty
here, and am sorry that the SEN
ator from Kentucky is cast in that
mould that he supposes when a
brother Senator takes par
ucular course here, it is done in refer
ence TO his future political prospects. /
think, sir, If l know myself, 1 have
been governed in my action in this
body by a sense OF public duty, and
that there is nothing in my course to
warrant the Senator from Kentucky in
casting any such impuLHtions upon me
as making speeches for the purpose of
securing reelection TO the Senate.
Sir, he may be cast in a mould that
would do that, am not, and If my
public course here, sir, is not such as to
meet the appreciation of my constitu-
ents, Will take the consequence of it.
have not shaped il, sir, in reference to
securing the personal appreciation of
my constituents, further than the dis
charge OF my public duty may give it,
and the iInPutation of the Senator from
Kentucky is wholly uncalled for.'
AN EXPLANATION.
Mr.. Trumbull took his seat in a very
idgety way. Nj. Davis got up and
said: 81 would just say a word in ex-
PLANTATION to the Senator from Illinois,
with the indulgence of the Senate. The
Honorable Senator best knows, and he
is the best judge, whether if he be ami
mated by any desire to secure his re-
election, he is animated by dishouor-
able motive. l leave the decision of
the question with him. have nothing
more to say"