Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-08
: washburne and DonneIly.s

n WaShburne and HR0nne4by. .iiSf!st
Bad .as things are, theilate ''display" in the
House lof, Representatives, has actually aston
shed the public Iniessential filth we canicon-
esiye OF nothing more exquisite than the re. !
marks Of the Radical Donnelly, and in round,
rolling Bilingsgato nothing more animated
than the replyaof 1.-THE Radical w Washburne. -
Mangportions Of the speechlof the former are
too intrinaoalfy vile to be reproduced, but
some .of tthe more decent We give, as ''speci-
mems" Of the debates ia the House Of Rep.
rcsentatiVes. sfInl speaking Of the greed for;
Office thlat marks the w ashburne family, he
indalgss the following opriety Of Speech
to trrepe the charge that he was an oficesseeker:
san Office beggarl'' and that from a gentle
man bearing name which he does, Et IT,
Brutei An Office beggar! 'tsWhy, Mr. Speak.
er.swhens entered the State of Minnesota, It
WasD DemocraticlI q When [ entered the county,
in which / live, it was two to one Democratic. [
asked No Office; i expected none. But the charge
comes from, such quarter thatI cannot fail to
notice it, The gentleman s family are chronic
Office beggars Nc They are nothing If not in. Of
ice.ofOut Of office they are miserable, wretch
ed God forsaken, as uncomfortable as that
famous stump, tail hull infy time. Laughter.j
This whole trouble arises from the persistent
determination Of one of the young male Of the
gentemanis family to sit In this body. Every
Young males eta the gentleman s'familyi is born
into the Worldwith I'm. G. ''frahked on his
broadcast part IEEaughter. The great calamity
seems ito he that God, in His infinite wisdom
did, NOT make any, of them broad enough to
make roonp Tor S u! SIS. Laughter.l There
was room enough for stU. s. p but the other
"Ss,ni slipped over, and t''U. S. '"sand company
is the firm. Laughter aatt q E{i!a&1 e ~
In allusiop to Grants being controlled and
governsd BY Washburne, }, the irate and vile
mopthed llycontinues this ''propriety of
speech ---;Gjs Isl q .ia;s5t2" sf,' =, t''s'5
Icannoe think he will degenerate into be-
coming puppet to be played by wires, held In
the hands of she gentleman from Illinois, or
that he will degenerate info o kind Of hand or
gan, to be toated around on the back of the,
gentleman from Illinois, while his whole family
sits,on the top ef1the machine, grinning and
catching pennies like q troop of monkeys ~
General aud continuous laughter. / / would
say to Ulysses s. Grant. If it was in my power,
to whisper any thing in his ear, to take counsel
by that profound remark OF ,Aminedab Sleek
when he said - ou all expect TO get to Heav-
en- BY holding on to my coat tail; but / will fool
you ALL II wear; a monkey jacket" Laugh,
ter. E0 General Grant has got to wear that por
jae,et 81 We had General Grant
up in Minnesota, and, ofscourse, the distin-
guished gentleman from Illinois was with him,
and when General Grant was serenaded the
gentleman from Illinois stuck his head out. of
the window and thanked the crowd, and when
they rode in an open barouche together and
the crowd hufFaBed, the. gentleman from
Iuinoisl laid sdhistthand upon his heart and
bowed his profound acknowledgements. The
people out there Werein great doubt which
was Grant and which was Washburne, aud
they came to the conclusion that the quiet lit
tie gentleman must1be the fourth class politi-
clan, and that the pretentious, fussy individual
must,be the deenqueror of Lee.i Laughter. T.
Old Jesse GRAM, k,2it lis said, remarked on that
OCCASION: Pears tome that Washburre thinks,
be owns Ulysses. but, be don't own me mot by
q darned sight ., 4 Laughter Shall the. two
names go down into history together Grant.
and Washburne Il Why, MIR. Speaker, the. in
tellect of Grant is like; some of those ancient
warehouses; In the great cities of the Older
World where floor rises above floor, and cellar
descends below cellar all packed full to over
Towing with the richest merchandise, The ln-,
teI!ect Of the gentleman from Illinois is like
some ot.8those establishments that We see on,
Pennsylvania avenue, where the whole stock 10
trade Of the merchant is spread out in the front
Window and oYerit q label 80 Anything In this
window for one dollar" daughter. He is the,
Cheap John ofilegislation and that he should
attempt to rule and sway Gen. Grant is not con.
sstent with probabilities Lord Dundreary
was once asked why it was that dog wags his
tail; Why" said his lordship, 'sthe reason
If because The DOG is greater ter than han the tail
thinker, 'the tail would wag the dog. -
Laughter Here is an instance, Mr. Speak
eer,where the smallest kind Of a rat terriers
Tall attempts to wag Newfoundland dog / 80 =.
:. Cromwell, Eeharge thee, fling away BIZ
aon; BY that sin fell the angels C 40
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