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The RDusseaWGrinncl Affair.

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The ROusseau.Grinnell Affair.
From the Louisville Courier.l 4 10 si4I
a The affair at Washington the. other
day, in which the Reverend Abolition
i,t Grinnell was so Justly punished by
Hon. l.. II. Rousseau, the Representa-
tive from this District, has excited gen
eral remark throughout the country.
In order that our readers may chow
it is regarded by the various newspa-
pers, we copy some OF the notices we
hovn soen.ff sLfJ .hlj-pldJi
From the Chicago Times ,I, ~ -DWI--
The Gaming of Grinnell, ofIowa, by
Gen. Rousseau, Of Kentucky, will X
cite Il variety of emotions and conclu-
sions. Some people will regret that
the cane Of the latter gave out so early
in the operation. There are others
who will be sorry that he did not use
tne toe Of his bootto supply the place
o, the broken cane Thete will posi-
bly, be q very few who will regret that
the ailray has had an. eXistanee. Is
In hotels, on the streets, in offices,
parlors, thcaters, in fact everywhere
save a single exception, q man WHO
makes II dirty blacilguaru of himself
and insults decent people, is liable tp
corporal punishment, and everybody
indnrses him wlo administers it. 1T is
only in Congress that man may, in
consonance with a certain opinion,
make ~ blackguard Of himself with i'm
p%unity. If Grinncll had said one-tifth
as much to Rousseau in any other place,
the ~bystanders would have considered
him the most cowaraly Of men had he
failed to resent it by prompt chastise-
mcnt. r.
1t is to be regretted that such q dis,
graceful scenes occur in our Natio nal
Capitol; bnt there scarcely seems any
other remedy than canes and horse
whips for certain alb ;ses, When an.
ab%oiitionlst takes advantage OF his po-
sition as a Congressman to hurl insult
after Insult upon IN opponent, there
seems no other method OF meeting the
case than by the application of a rattan
or c Wilde. We think if respectable
people are sorry for anything, it will
be that Rousseau was,ob!iged to doit.
Irsomebody had done the same thing
to Ingersoll not long ago, the verdict
would have been then asi is now, in
the case Of Glimcll, " served him
right
SPEAKER CoLFAx AND THE DIGNITY. or
CONGRESS. ....rI
From the New York Ilcrald.]
General Rousseau, Of Kentucky, APP
pears to be the only friend OF the Presi-
dent disposed to fight his battles in
Congress, and has so frequently been
called upon to resent. Radical abuse
Of Mr.. Johnson that hchas been forced
into several porsonl racontres and is
fast getting the same reputation for
beIligercncy in Congress which he en-
joyed in the army. 1t is becoming the
fashion among certain Radicals to at
tempt to throw ridicuie upon our sol
aiers now in political life, and one or
two attempts have been made to dam
age General Rousscau's reputation He
can well afford to laugh ut all such dis
graceful efforts as that of Mr.. Grinnell.
General Rousseau, in opposition to
the wishes Of all his political friends,
went into the United States army when
his State claimed to be neutral, and by
his boldncss and independence saved
her from rebel occupation. He fought
to the sntitfaclien of Sherman and
Buell. at Shiloh saved McCook's corps
from humiliation ut frrryville by his
personal direction Ofhis troops; com
manded in person the reserves which
beat back the rebel assault OF the right
wing Of Rosccrans' army at Stone
River: covered the retreat of the same
army from Chickamanga to C%hattanoo'
ga; twice defeated the raids Of Vince.
Ter in tennessee; successfully raided
through the heart Of Alabama to the
rear OF Hoods army and extrlcated
himself from q position in which Gen
.eral Sherman declared he would be cap
tured held Fortress Rosecrans against
rcpcatcd attacks, while Thomas fought
the great battle at Nashville; and il
brief, distinguished himself in every
conflict i m which he was engaged. This
is the general assailed by Mr.. Grinncll
who appears only to have Warrcd upol
the returned soldiers ofthe Union.
These personal rccontresin Congress;
are becoming too numerous to be pleas,
ant, are characterized by language dis
graceful to the House and undig1ifiet
in the highest degree. Speakcs Gotta,
seems to be totally unaware how ridicu
lous he appears in permitting members
to denounce the President as "adcm
aeogue,' a Southern traitor anc
"miscrcant," and his supporters a:
"lickspittlcs " and ''sycophants anC
"apostatcs.' He does not appear t.
understand his duty as the presidin:
officer OF the House, orifte does un
derstand it he is unablet to perform it
He does not maintain order, he doe:
not protect members ofthe House from
personal insults, he only intcrferes tc
enforce the rules when they have beef
repeatedly violated, and is in almos
every way incompetent for the place h
holds. Such conduct as that of Mr.
Grinnell is disrepntable; it Disgrace
the whole country, and we must hol'
Speaker Colfax responsible for the sup
preston of such scene in the lIous
over which he presides. JI,rE LIN,