The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-17

on don't give Us any Of your rhetoric now daughter
Ar BisanA.--NsVs mind. II you wan. an answer
Mr ELDaDos-I do not want any Of your rhelOric do
! Y: .- S.ss...TS:s is iss. sis You may cay
rhetoric but Il IL afact.
Mr.. ElpRiDoI-wsi, then, lot Us have ~ x..
!ence)-They battered down their governments BY
Nj: ELpslDoz without allowing the sentence to DO
The gentleman will no. answer my question.
NJ BsaaAn-I am going 70 answsril
lion 6s shall have tho n, 9u sn;
rhetoric We have had emo sh - 49, DIV w Ass "sS'
Mr. BINGHAM lsomeSaat fuf n sIa1 IL no, TIA.
Mr. ElnaDaE-l. is = fact ,ha. the gentleman deals
" Mr. n s,ScH.s sI \, iu ,s rhetoric susher -,
treason nAsterel down the government OF South
Mr. E'.onIpas-well. supposing II iss
ar. gisaaAM-Havng thus battered down
~, RLDRIDGE (nearly out OF palience)well none OF
Mr. BMaHanMi DO answer 4 AIR. and answer in
the words Of James Madison the maker OF your const
Mr.. ELDRlDos with patience entirely .exhausted,-I
resume tho floor daughter, The gentleman cannot
| answer my question; he dare not answer 1t.
Mr. BNaHAx-I dare do II, air II you lot me.
Mr. ELpRlpcE-I will give the gentleman an opportu.
| nifty 10 answer 1t now in one minute.
Mr.. BIyaHAx-One minute is rather short
Mr.. ElpRIDGE-I Is rather Short but want to get
| rid Of the rhetoric. (LAughter.)
| Dir. BISGHAN-Shakspearo gave fellow forty minutes
TO girde the earth. (Laughterl
| Mr.. ELDRrDGE-Yes, but don't want you to go all
| round the world in giving an answer. CLaughter.l
Mr.. BIScHAM-The man who was called the father OF
eman's question. He knew mucn "a both Of u.s. and
he declared touching that very clause OF tho consttu
ton, that when tho majority OF State batter down s
government by treason II the right and duty Of the
federal government 10 enable the minority to rebuild II
That Is my answer; Applause In the galleries, which
was promptly checked by the Speaker.l
MI. ELDRIDGE-That is not fact. Mr.. Madison never
| uttered such sentiment
| Mr. BiNGHAM-l beg leave TO say that he did, ana
Mr. ELDRIDGE lsneeringly) -To-morrow
Mr. BINGHAM firing up)-Yes, sir, tomorrow. And
| challenge the gentieman--
Mr.. ELDRIDGE-Oh, care nothing about the gertle-
mans challenge; but will he answer met
! Mr.. BNGHAM-I know all that the gentleman knows
| on that question, and what know myself besides.
| General laughter
to put before Congress and the country what he knew
aud great many things, ! think, that be does not
| know. (Lauahter.)
This was the last hostile shot, and the belligerents
directly against the bill and Mr. Bingham changing his
position to another part OF the hall.
Mr.. HGBY, rep) Of CAL, took tho floor and defended
the constitutionay OF tho BILL and the propriey Of all
argument consido ably cut up by Interruptions and
interpretations by Messrs Eldrdge, Bingham, Marshall
| and others.
Mr.. NlBLAcK, (dem.) of Ind then proceeded TO mako
occupied a dialogue with Mr.. Bingham 10 the legal
and constitutional statue Of the States lately in rebel.
lion: bu. though the dialogue was partly abtruse
and partly amusing the result did not tend very much
to unmuddle that question.
The House then at ton minutes pas. ten O'Clock
| adjourned.