The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-23

render, be the consequences what they
may.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON; D. G. Jan. 10th 1868.
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My long silence must be pardoned eth
er on the ground of q great press of busi
ness or an excess of leisure, either is very
liable to prove the ruin of correspond
ent. The reassembling of Congress, has
filed the city with strangers, and the
Lobbys with ambitious politicians. Al
you will have observed both branche.
of Congress have been engaged in laying
out the business which they propose to
prosecute during the present session.
The reconstruction bill which occupied
some time in the House previous to ad
jonrnment came upfor rconsideration Fer
nando Wood of N. Y. took the floo,., ano
addressed the House in opposition 70 the
bill rsing the most vituprous language o.
which re vas master, he pronounced the
bill mocstrosity; a measure the most
infamous of the many infamous acts OF
this most infamous Congress. OF fcourse
this most insulting language, was not to
be tolerated, being ca lied to order by Mr..
Bingham and on the Speakers ruAng
that the expression excepted to was not
in order. Mr.. Bingham objected to
Woods proceeding unless he took back
those words, and offer an apology,
this Wood declined to do. Mr. EiG:iLge
called for the Yeas and NAYS, which re-
suited in 80 nays, and lOS yeas Mr..
DOVE then moved the following resolu
tion:
Rcsolred, That Fernando Wood, a
member of this House from the State of
New York, having this day used in debate
upon the floor of this House the follow
ing words-''a monstrosity, a measure
the most infamous of the many infamous
acts of this infamous Congress- deserves
therefore the censure of this House; and
the Speaker is hereby directed forthwith
to pronounce that ceusure at the bar Of
the House.
Mr.. Eldridge, moved to lay the resolu-
ton on the table. Negatived.
The previous question was seconded and
the House proceeded to vote by yeas and
nays on the adoption of the resolution
The vote resulted, yeas, III; nays, 3s;
a strict party vote. The resolution was
adopted and the Speaker. In
accordance with it, proceeded to
administer q censure to Mr.. Wood.
He said: Mr.. Fernando Wood,
Mays treatise on the laws, privileges, and
usagcs of parliament, from which we de-
rive the fundamental principles of our
parliamentary law, in speaking of occur
rences like that which has caused the
vote, the result of which has just been
announced, thus speaks:
SIT is obviously unbecoming to permit
offensive expressions against the charac-
ter and conduct of parliament to be used
without rebuke; for they are not only a
contempt of that high court, but are cal
culated to degrade the legislature in the
estimation Of the people. If directed
against the other house, and passed over
without censure, they would appear to
implicate one house in discourtesy to the
other; if against the words in which the
words are spoken, it would be impossible
to overlook the disrespect of one OF its
own members. Words of this objection
able character are never spoken but in
anger: and when called to order, the
member must see the error into which
he has been misled, and retract or ex-
plain his words and make a satisfactory
apology. Should he fail to satisfy the
House in this manner he will be punish
ed by reprimand or by commitment .
Having violated this universally recog-
nized rule of parliamentary law, the
House has ordered its censure to be pro-
nounced upon you by its presiding officer
This duty having been performed, you
will now resume your seat.
Mr.. Wood came before the bar with a
great degree of apparent Indifference to
receive the well merited censure of the
House, but it was evident to those famil
liar with him that he would much rather
have been called to bar of a different
kind even if it had been imbellished with
nothing better than New York contra
band whiskey! The Reconstruction bill
was most ably defended by the Hon. },
f. Farnsworth of Illinois, in the course OF
his remarks he handled the rebels with
ungloved hands, remarking that he con-
sidered q man no lees his enemy for being
q rebel!
Another great theme of speculation at
the present time is the re -enstatement,
of Stanton in the War Department.
1t seems from all thatcan be gathered, that
the ilust-ious A. j. had supposed
that Grant would give him notice when
he intended to resign, so that he could
appoint some plant tool to fill the very
important position, but Grant in his
quiet way continued to perform all the
duties incumbent on him as Secretary Of
of War until notified by the Senate OF
their ponconcurance of Mr.. A. Us.
removal of the Hon. E. NJ. Stanton;
from that moment he ceased to ofhciate
but the best part of the joke was thai
Stanton had been quietly filling the posi-
ton of Secretary of War several hours
before A. J. was aware of the fact not
being able to do justice to the subject in
words he was compelled to chew in silence
the bitter cud of disappointment.
WANDERER:
OUR CHICAGO LETTER
CHICAGO, Jan. 18th, 1868:
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