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

Elihu. General laughter and enjoyment of the
same on both sides of the House.
Mr.. Washburne was understood to say that then
he would change his name.
Mr.. Donnely retorted-IfI thought the gentle
man would change it, it would be an inducement
to me to retain it. But what is the meaning Of
that attack? 1t means this: The gentleman has
cracked his whip over members of this House, and
has been the natural successor here of those old
slave lords who used to crack their whips here.
His vaultng ambition has o'erleaped ITSELF
Not satisfied to assa us here, to vituperate us
here, he is going to mould the next Congress, and
he is sailing into our districts to tell the people
whom they shall elect and whom they shall not
elect. My friend mr. PRICE, meets in the news
rapers of his district the assaults of the gentleman
He is ranging the whole vast amphitheatre. Why
does he do this? There is simple explanation
which is given out in my district, and which is one
of the great arguments why they should send the
distinguished gentleman brother to this house.
namely, that he owns General Grant and that he
carries u. S. Grant in bis breeches pocket Why.
sir he already feels on his shoulders the cares OF
empire. He is already forecasting cabinets, dis
posing of foreign missions, setting men up and put
ting them down. Has he not lived in the same
town with General Grant? Should he not there
fore, perforce be the Warwick, the king-maker,
the power behind the throne? [ never could &C
count for the singular fact that he lived in the same
town with General Grant except on that great prin-
cipal of compensation which runs through the Gre
many years endured the gentleman, God Almighty
felt that nothing less than Ulysses s. Grant could
balance the account. (Laughter.l ! Josh Billings,
talking Of compensation, says: 1T is question
whether the satisfaction of scratching will not pay
a man for the punishment of the itch" [ leave
the gentleman's constituents to apply the parable
I bow in profound admiration before the genius Of
Ulysses S. Grant recognize him as the greatest.
bravest, and wisest intellect of this generation.
cannot think that he will degenerate into becom-
ing puppet to be played by wires held in the
hands of the gentleman from Illinois, or that he
would degenerate into kind Of hand organ to
Illinois, while his whole family sit on the top of
the machine grinding and catching pennies like a
troupe of monkeys. General and continuous laugh
ter.) would say to Ulysses S. Grant, if it was in
my power to whisper anything in his ear, to take
counsel by that profound remark of Aminad dab
Sleek when he said, "You all expect to get into
heaven by holding on to my coat tail but I'll fool
you all, III wear monkey jacket" daughter }
General Grant has got to wear that political mon
key Jacket We had General Grant up in Mime
sofa, and of course the distinguished 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 hurrahed, the gentleman
from Illinois laid his hand upon his heart and
bowed his profound Acknowledgements The peo-
pie out there were in great doubt which was Grant
and which Washburne, and they came to the con-
clusion that the quiet little gentleman must be the
fourth class politician, and that the pretentious,
fussy individual was the conqueror of lee. Laugh
teri Old Jesse Grant, it is said, remarked on
that occasion: "'Pears to me that Washburne
thinks he owns 'Lysses, but he don't own me, not
by darned sight" (Laughter.) Shall the two
names go down into history together-Grant and
Washburne? Why, Mr.. Speaker, the intellect Of
Grant is like some of those ancient warehouses in
the great cities of the Old World, where floor rises
above floor and cellar descends below cellar, all
packed full to overhowing with the richest mer-
chandise The intellect of the gentleman from Il
lnois is like some of those establishments that we
see in Pennsylvania avenue, where the whole stock
in trade of the merchants is spread out in the front
window and over it label, Anything in this win
dow forone dollar" Laughter. He is the 'sCheap
john of legislation, and that he should attempt
to rule and sway General Grant is not consistent
with probabilities Lord Dundreary was once ask.
ed why it was that dog was his tail. why"
says his lordship 'the reason is because the dog is
greater than the tail. IF it were otherwise" says
that profound thinker ''the tail would wag the
dog" Uaughter.) Here was an instance, Mr..
Speaker, where the smallest kind of rat terrier
tail attempts to wag Newfoundland dog.