Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-05-14
CONGRESSIONAL AMENITIES.

Last week, in an outline of the proceedings Of
Congress, we gave a specimen Of the manner in
which Ignatius Donnelly, of Iowa, had made q
personal explanation" with reference to Elihu B.
Washburne of Illinois DonneIy's complaint
seems to be that Washburne has brother who
wants Donnely's seat and that to aid his brother
efforts, Washburne had written shocking and
offensive letter. We make some extracts from the
full report of DIS remarks published in the Wash
ington papers:
Referring to tbs charge made against him in Mr.
Washburne's letter Of his being an ''of6cial beg
gar" Mr.. Donnelly said "an official beggar!" and
that from gentleman bearing the name which h, he
Why Mr. Speaker, this gentleman's family are
chronic Office beggars. They are nothing if they
are not in office Out of Office, they are miserable,
wretched, Godforsaken-as uncomfortable as that
famous stump tailed bull in fly time. Laughter.
This whole trouble arises from the persistent de-
termination of one Of the gentemans family to sit
in this body. Every young male of the gentle;
mans family is born into the world with IN. c.
frauked on his broadest part. Laughter } The
ite wisdom, did not make any Of them broad e,
nough to make room for ~. S. s. Laughter.
There was room for "U. S." but the other S.
slipped over, and "U. s. & Co." is the firm.
(Laughter)
The Speaker interrupted Mr. Donnely and re-
minded him that hislanguage was beyond the usu-
al limit Of parliamentary propriety:
Mr.. Washburne expressed his desire that the
';party" should be permitted to 60 on.
stand here repeating the challenge that if any
where on Gods earth, down in the mire of filth
and all nastiness, the gentleman can pluck up any
thing which touches my honor let it come; shall
meet it on its merits l have gone through the
entire catalogue, and have auayzed the entire con-
tents of the gentleman's foul stomach. [ have
dipped my hands in its gall, and have examined
the halfdigested fragments which I find floating
in the gastric juice, but if it is possible for the
gentleman from Illinois, by his peristaltic action,
to bring up anything more loathsome, more dis
custing, than he has vomited over me in that let
ter, in Gods name let it come.
The Speaker again interrupted Mr. Donnely and
reminded him thar his language was out of order
Mr.. Washburne again repeated the hope that
the 'sparty" might be permitted to 60 on by unan-
imous consent.
There being no objection Mr.. Donnely said
thank the House and that other party for the
courtesy. General laughter.) l will not notice
all the charges which crawl over all the surface oi
the letter as vermin crawl over the body of a beg:
gar, but there is one other personal charge-that
have changed my name The intention Of the
gentleman is to give out not only that was tu'
eitiye from Justice, but that was travelling un'
der an alias. Mr. Speaker, | was within few
hours after my birth, baptized Ignatius Donnely
/ am Ignatius Donnely to-day, and, with Cod
help, | expect to remain so until the END OF my
career. If I should ever beinclined to change my
name it seems to me that l would take that Of