The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-10

miuislration that have heard made /
for the last few years, and trust that
the gentlemen on the other side of the
House will forgive me for placing them
in the shade in comparison with that
grand eulogy which he mas been deltv-
ering upon Andrew johnson and his
doings and his Cabinet. (Laughter.)
understand the gentleman from Ohio to
be perfectly satisfied, not only with
what this exalted President of ours has
done, but he is particularly satisfied
with everything done by the Secretary
of the Treasury. 1 wonder whether the
Secretary has removed his collector
Mr.. Washburne-He has removed
miuel
Mr.Wentworth-And mineI [Laugh-
ter
Mr.. Stevens-I do not know whether
he has removed the gentleman's (Mr-
| Spalding's) collector; but if he has he
must have put him back again. A
| friend beside me says he turned out the
! collector at the request of the gentle
man from Ohio. Very well-served
him right 1 (Laughter.) At any rate,
| out or in, il is perfectly satisfactory to
the distinguished gentleman from Ohio;
| but my friends were slaughtered, and
was not satisfied. / did not feel CRATE
! full. did not feel towards the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, who, for no cause
on earth but the building up of party
and the formation of a new political or
ganiZation, turned out the best man IN
my district, just as the gentleman does,
and it only shows how much more a
Christian the gentleman is than am,
and / give him credit for it. (Laugh-
| teri The gentleman is afraid of radi-
calism. What does he mean by radi-
calisIn? He said he was radical him
self. Well, sir, radical means almost
anything. 1t means '.rOot," and some
tunes the root goes down about half an
inch and sometimes about foot. How
deep his root is do not know. (Roars
of laughter.) g.. ..-
Mr.. SpauIding--I desire to say to my
friend from Pennsylvania that the less
{ he and 1 say about roots the better.
Roars oflaughter, which the Speaker
vainly endeavored to repress.)
Mr.. Stevens-Tne gentleman means
: that we should say nothing about the
: little roots, tRoars of laughter, the
f Speaker hammering Justify with his
| gravel.) The gentleman is afraid that
I assaults will be rashly made upon the
[ President in this House, and that there
3 will be attempts at impeachment with
out examination, without deliberation,
: and indiscreetly; but the gentleman
had no right to make any remarks ol
: that kind in reference to me. l have
said or done nothing in this House thai
: looks to impeachment; and the only
: thing, perhaps, that can reproach my.
/ self with is, that the gentleman has helC
: has been done TO enable us TO admins
t ter the government properly. NeVe
: can it be administered SO as Il
}; protect the liberties of this nation un
!, til there is a diffeTent-I dare not say i
y exactly, it might be supposed i was il
b favor of impeachingi the President
y mean, sir, until the Presidential tern
/, is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES he thereby be
It comes removed; for he is an ObstruC
/, ton TO all loyal action, and he is n
8 eyesore to all loyal men, except tn
Q gentleman from Ohio. The gentleman
n will excuse me for Doticing his remark
3. in reference to the Administration bu
d wished in Il very faint way to fix tn
l. attention of the administration on tn
Of laudable efforts of the gentleman fror
-e the Cleveland district. / did not, how
i ever, rise to make "A speech in this COL
t. nection, or to say anything unkind {
d the gentleman, but simply to vindicat
v the editor and myself in defending hir
re from the proposition which the gentle
J. man made, and in which think tn
W editor was right. L have nothing NOR
1 to say
Or The House, at forty minutes past
ID O'Clock, adjourned till Monday morr
l ing next.