The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-22

! fist fight, which had nothing to do With N.
easy. Ths House should not have been
called upon to listen to things Of that sort.
His ffiendb laborsd under the impression
that the ge4t1emaa from Iowa would tender
him written apology, that caused the delay.
He waited from Monday till Thsrsdsy; and
then, no msmber having taken any steps to
assert the dignity Of the House. he thought
/ that he had but one remedy. He was smart
ing under q gnevous wound, and could not
get nd Of II without some action on the part
of himself Or somebody else. He thought he
had given the House evidence of his respect
| for it, and for the laws of the land, in sub.
| mittina to tks abuse which had been heaped
upon him. Words had been spoken Of him
here TO which he could reply in no other way
than he had done. He did not believe there
was member ON the door whs would have
| submitted I'd what he did. He did not think
that a member had a sacred constitutional
privilege to denounce, and defame, and Sian
der another member on the floor of the House,
In conclusion. he said he was willing to sub
init to the punishment which the House had
chosen to infict or him, but be was unwilling
that his constituents should see his person
humiliated ih that way. He had therefore
sent to the Governor of Kentucky his resie-
nation, copy OF which he sent to The clerks
desk and had read. )
Mr. ALLISON called for the execution of
the order of the House.
Mr.. Rousseau was called to the bar of
the House BY the SPEAKER.
Mr.. Rousseau took . position in the
open space il front Of the Speakers chair,
when he was addressed by the SPEAKER as
follows:
General Rousseau-The House Of Repre-.
ssntatives has declared you guilty of violation
OF It's rights and privileges, in premeditated
spoken in debsta. This condemnation they
have placed OBJ their journal, and have ordered
that you shall be publicly reprimanded by
the speaker at the bar Of the House. No
words Of mine can add 10 the forcs Of this
order, in obedience to which Inow pronounce
upon you its reprimand.
Mr.. ROUSSEAU bowed and retired.
Mr.. CONHLING then offered the follow
ing resolution A. : question Of privilege
hesotced, The Senate concurring, that the |
President Of the Senate and the Speaker Of
the House, on the day of -, at
u O'Clock, noon, adjourn their respective |
Houses, until Monday, the I'D day OF Octo- |
ber, 1866, and that on that day, unless il be |
then otherwise ordered by the two Houses,
they further adjourn their respective Houses, |
~NA-et
The House refused to lay the resolution on
the table, by 43 10 IS, and then the concur.
rent resolution was agreed 70 by So to 81.
Mr. SHkNCk. on leave, introduced bill |
to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish
70 discharged soldiers, 10 whom
ARTIFICIAL limbs are furnished by the Govern.
ment. Read three times and passed
Mr.. kETCHUM, on leave, introduced a
loint resolution instructing the Secretary of
War to transfer, from the War Department to
The Executive Of the several States, for safe
keeping, rebel flags captured by Volunteer
Regiment during the late war, sending 10
each State the colors captured by the Reei-
nents Of each State. Read three times and
passed.
Mr.. ROUSSEAU repeated his assurances
that he did not find fault with the decision Of
the House.
Mr. STEVENS, said there we're no mis-
'aking the whole course of the gentleman's
.rgument, he objected to it and insisted on
The House being repremanded, and heAsked
hat the respond lent be repremf ndsl accord
ng to the order of the House.
Mr.. ROUSSEAU, protested thas h. found
no fault with the decision the Heus., and
'aid he should submit like man as vel Al
he could, he asked whether hs would he al
owed to say THAI members Who we're 10 be
his judges had sbpeared before the Comm,..es
ma presented the case agains, him. The
speaker SAID he nid not think the gentleman
lad right to challenge the moves Of raem.
,ers.
Messrs BANKS and FAIRFIFI u dac,.r.
ID that they wefe utterly unconscious Of bay.
ng used any unfair argument for having been
by any unfair motives.
Mr.. ROUSSEAU went on 10 saw tha. he
,ad felt aggrieved by the abuse which h. had
'eceived, and that be had waited for the
douse to take action on the matter be had
,een informed the day after the occurrence
The House proceeded to business on the
Speakers table as follows:
lhe Senate amendment to the House bill
,ranting the right OF way to ditch and canal
,wners over the public lands in the States OIL
california, Oregon and Nevada Pending
Ictian The bill The Hcsuso a4i.a.=xai