The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-15
,,sius Debate in CONGRESSMAN
An ,.,,,ran makes II Speech.

,s;ns pcbatc in CONGRESSMAN
An .,.,,,,an makes n Speech.
~ uousc, Friday, Mr.. Eldridge sug-
IN u. .,'at Mr.. Wood should offer an
ccSieg, 'ort aholishing the Constitution of
amengo1";:,.a"I States and the laws Of the
, ,.o;,el states, the constitution OF each OF
.,n southern States, and the laws Oh cach
Q. mem; Wood was afraid that his friend
u" wisconsin was an old fogy, or he
iron, N"rc Known that the Constitution
Tca az. T 1:: States had long become OBJ
so;GIe' p,,iason spoke against the princi-
N.Y. ~" .Sc Hill. and declared that, bad as
l rS was. and great as we're their appre-
!'e'a emu the wrongs and suiterlngs in
S H..S on the people of the South were
,s0fold worse. .o t,o rort,o-
'3 W~ Kelley begged 20 say to the gentle
49,. ~, from ireland that he haa YESTERDAY
! m ,.....,4rrcd on the floor of the House an
IVA. IVAN from North Carolina, who APP
i' >,'3 - members OF the House to wipe
|S"'[ o,cry ycs.ire OF civil government in
ca Snn;h and nine out of every ten
IN S-;,,,>,cn in the South were Of the same
opinion. nr,tod that tho Irish
:, n,rs,ion was degenerate one. lie
. ;.l,.,. t,owbut thatthc learned gentleman
G w., PENNSYLVANIA mr.. Kelley was more
1 ...1 than he was himscit-a degene-
.,. lri,hman, like his North Catoiha
nd Uc1houCht il would DC fonno mat
Ia. reulicman's name was y hclley.
40. 7rfrTcnco 10 Mr.. Kcllcy'S position at
49,, Noh;Ie riot led TO an interruption from
.r,, Gentleman, who said that the riot was
~.,or,,ncncca by the gentlcman's (Mr. Robin
,gag friends. -,
w. Robinson said he threw back with
or,;rp scoru the gcntlcmaM'S assertion. 1t
: Tss his Mr.. Kelley friends who COM
mcuccd it.
an alusion to the religious riots in
piiIaJclphia again brought to his feet Mr..
Kelley, who said that in those riots he had
l,.a bc>pattcrcd with the blood OF po-
.tcemcn. by whose SIDE lie stood III at
,rmp,iug 10 qucll those riots.
VIZ Robinson animated that at one time
Kelley belonged to the Democratic party.
n. had turned 10 the wrong side since,
willie he ntobinsOn) had also turned, but
20 the right side. In the course OF his
>raech he advcrtcd TO the New Orleans
riot. which. he said, was got up by the Re
rvhEcars. But, including all those rights,
there were more damnabie, lnnumeraolc
crimes committed since the war IN Mas
.achusetrs or any northern island than
TAD i,,
lima or South Carolina.
Mr.. Robinson concluded by saying that
n,. intended 10 offer an amendment apply
i4g the provisions Of the bill to Pennsyl-
ranil, Massachusetts, and New Uamp-
>rc: in which latter State no Catholic
wa allowed to hold Office.
Mr. O'Nicll said that in the gentleman,s
Nr. ROBINSON long, rambling speech he
Lad omitted all reference 10 the draft riots
III New York, where men were murdered,
stoned, and hanged, and an orphan asylum
turned by the rioters.
Mr.. Robinson said lie had intended to
come to that, and show that an IriShman
lied there in the attempt to defend the
lag OF the country. Coming back to the
matter before the House, he criticised the
deterioration Of Congress since the period
when he himself was expelled from the
r,or as Il newspaper correspondent, and
when sauSagcS ruled supreme. Laushtcr.J
AGyrrting TO the impeachment ques-
tion, he declared that, after Washington,
jefferson. and Jackson, Andrew johnson
world stand as the uurest and Attest OF
american Presidents. The impeachment
committee had pricd into the secrets OF
the Presidents family circle, and had
even examined the scullion Of the White
House.
Mr.. Bromall (Pa.) rose to a question of
order. The weather w@S too bad to have
10 listen to such rambling speech.
The Speaker reminded Mr.. Robinson
that the "scullion of the White House,
had nothing to do with the bill under dis
cuS,on.
Mr.. Robinson abandoned that subject
and referred to the next presidential cleo.
ton, asserting that the Republicans wouiC
have 10 adopt the Democratic candidate
Ulysses S. Grant. ILaughtcr.l He alSt
referred to Henry Ward Beecher's letter
written at Peekskill, which he charac
tcrizcd as message from Heaven
which deserved to be written on tablets OF
stone.
Mr.. Wilson Iowa) made another point
Of order on the irrelevancy of the speech.
Mr. Robinson inquired whether a mes
sage from Heaven was not in order in this
House.
The Speaker could not see what this
bill had 10 DO with an inscription Oh tablets
Of stone. laughter
Mr.. Robinson closed his remarks with an
appeal in favor Of humanity, kindness, and
charity to the people OF the South.
Mr.. Logan got the floor, and began to
criiicisc severely the Democratic members
who plead 50 earnestly for their southern
brethren.
Mr.. EdriJge inquired whether Mr.. Lo-
gan would yield now to his amendment
aoy.!s4iug the Constitution.