The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-25
This high-handed usurpation of power
came near making another split between
myself and the Government; but SUBJ

ouer resolution recognizing his Majesty
King Tbeodorus as belligerent.
| said: "Your Highness, rise to 8
point of order. This old gentleman that
has just taken his seat " - f-s
Silence The Doorkeeper will resume
his station by the door"
- This from the man-and the only man
that / had passed in free! Ny heart was
too full for utterance. From this time for.
ward for three days could never get the
floor. was snubbed every time I at.
tempted to speak. Whenever q uiva uoct
vote was taken, my voice did not affect the
result; when there was division, was not
counted, either when I stood up or SAT
down; when there was call of the House
my name was studiously omitted by the
Secretary and his minions. I frequently
voted On both sides of the same question
purposely to catch the Secretary, and
succeeded. During all this time the gal.
leries were filled with people from all parts
OF the country, who were anxious to hear
me speak. No matter, their feelings were
not respected-the venomous persecution
went on.
On the fourth day, at o'clock, the ring
master announced the special order Of the
day-the Senate bill for the recognition OF
General Garibaldi as Roman General, an
Italian Deputy, and an American Citizen.
Here was my opportunity. I had been
waiting, just waiting to catch the House on
special order. arose and said
Your Imperial Highness, hold in my
hand an act entitled an act supplementary
to an act entitled an act amendatory of an
act to confer universal suffrage upon
women. Woman your Royal Highness-
Oh, woman in our hours of ease, uncer-
tain, coy, and hard to please" $
Silence !" It is not worth while to re-
peat more Of the TRADE uttered by the in
dividual whom the fortuitous accident of a
majority vote has elevated to the position
Of President Of the Senate. I was subju-
gated. That is sufficient.
waited one hour. A Senator from some
obscure Indian reservation was tiring
everybody to death with a stupid harangue
about Garibaldi and several other incen-
the crowd in the galleries was growing i'm
patient. [ arose and said:
"Your Royal Highness, woman! Oh,
woman in our hours of ease, uncertain-''
1t was as far as I could get. A storm OF
malignant outcries assailed me, and for a
time it seemed that was going to be sub
iected to personal violence. The Sergeant
alarms was ordered to put me in my seat
and keep me there. In this humiliating
position I remained for full two hours.
leave my countrymen to imagine what my
feelings were. A spectacle was here pre-
sented to the nation such as has no parallel
in history-the spectacle Of a Senate de-
grading and trampling upon one of it's own
members. ! could not long bear this.
Every fibre of my being, every emotion OF
my nature, revolted at it. In the midst OF
some solemn, sentimental boSh by the
Chair concerning one Of the new senator's
from Walrussia, who had lost his way in
the wids of his native land, and had
nothing to eat for eighteen days but an ice
berg, | emerged from the impressive 81
lence, and thundered forth:
"WOman Oh, woman in
The door was in the way, and that is
how it got broken down. The senatorial
mob did it. fell in the hall, and in sin
gle instant the aggregated wisdom of the
nation was piled above me. Let US drop
the curtain upon the disgraceful scene.
| approach the last chapter in the sad
record of my official career. Its events
transpired the next day. They culmi-
mated in report Of the judiciary Com
mittee-or, rather, two reports. Five men,
bers of it-a majority-brought in wild
document, which they styNd "Articles of
Impeachment against the Doorkeeper of
the United States Senate" The minority,
of four members, reported against i'm
peachment. The curious document first
mentioned set forth that had rendered
my impeachment just and righteous
measure for the following specific rea-
SOns-yiz.:
In that I had transcribed the powers
vested in me by the Constitution of the
United States by charging divers and sun
dry senators fifty cents admission to their
own department of the capitol.
In that I had voted, during regular
session of the United States Senate, by
word of mouth, and upon division, and
also upon the yeas and nays, in direct vio-
lation of clause of the Constitution of
the United States, which expressly forbids
the doorkeeper CT the Senate to vote upon
any question whatever which that body
may have under consideration.
In that l had frequently risen to points
of order, questions of privilege, etc., and
had at divers and sundry times interrupt
ed the Senate with attempts to deliver a
speech upon subject which was not be-
fore the House at the time, and always
commencing with the same tiresome for
mula of Woman oh, woman," ETC.
all of which was in direct violation of that
clause in the Constitution of the United
States which expressly DEGREES that the
Doorkeeper of the Senate shall at no time
take part in the deliberations of that body.
In that Thad attempted to introduce fe-
male suffrage at time when the hero OF
Italy was the special order of the day
which was in direct violation of that article
of the Constitution of the United States
which expressly stipulates that special or
ders of the day shall at all times take pre-
cedence of other matters. >.
In that, after disrupting and disoTgani-
zing the Senate time and again by repetl-
tions of the before e-mentioned speech, COM
mencing "Woman, oh, woman J" in
cited the said Senate to rebellion and
insurrection by still another attempt to
inAict that speech upon them, and thus
materially retarded the reconstruction of
the aforesaid Senate at the period OF Its
most promising progreSs-al of which,
when taken in connection with the atore-
mentioned charge of fifty cents admission
to the Senate, is in fragrant violation OF
that article of the Constitution Of the
United States which DEGREES that for the
Doorkeeper of the Senate to levy war OF
collect taxes on his individual RESPONSE
bility is high treason, and punishable with
death.
The infamy of the Senate is complete
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