The New York herald., 1868-05-05

lengthy speech. The Speaker would bear him wit
ness that, although impusive he was not In the
with any man, and he endeavored so far as his tenn
perament permitted not to violate the rules Of the
rules should Be- observed NOT ony to the
Sers because il they confnsa i''tae themselves
and perhaps bring reproach upon themselves. He
had never on any occasion transgressed without
ssens pardon Of the House. T. then he m ms
not as ne was not called to order, he should ask as
1t was his duty as representative .and as man TO
had nothing further to say than that he was glad that
what has occurred here was to become a matter
OF severe judicial investigation. II the gentleman
tleman from Massachusetts,, who did not speak Tor
him, he would give way for him. He was proud 10
number the gentleman from Massachusetts among
his dearest friends-a man who had served with MIN
longer than any other man here, and who had been
associated with him In great deal Of legislative
business, and for whom he cherished the strlcteSt
Mr.. ROBINSON, (dem.) of N. Y. asked leave to offer
the following which request was refused :, ,sr
mng the most oppro6rous epthets towards the
party effort impeachment, OF the of which
is poprety of speech and the progress Of which
thets against each other language which
this House permitted without objection Saturday. there
Resolved House confessing sins herein hereby
lays the whole subject on the table.
Under the operation of the previous question Mr..
Windom's resolution for committee OF invesuga-
tiOn was agreed to-
suppression OF Saturdays debate from the Congress
SiOndl GLOBE
The SPEAKER ruled 1t to be question of privilege.
question was raised as TO whether the House
had the right to suppress any OF II proceedings. ana
after conversation this subject the Speaker
ruled that the House may judge what are and what
Mr. DAWES said it was due to the House, and he
would ask the gentleman from Minnesota to have
mad from npnJ lInho
the speech which reads as fOllOws:-"What If God,
in a moment Of enthusiasm at one of the geneman's
this wretched nation staggering on In darkness and
to ruin" ! do not understand that tne
gentleman's family manifest such an intense 1se
desire to get into Congress. I fancy the
gentleman haranguing the assembled hosts OF
heaven, the Cherupim and the Seraphm, the angels
and the archangels; how he would sail into them;
how he would r0ut them, horse. foot and dragoons;
how he would attack their motives and fling lnsinu-
ations at their honesty; and how he would declare
for economy and urge that the wheels OF the universe
must be stopped because they consumed TOO much
grease. [I.aughter.]
Mr. srALpINd asked whether It would be necessary
from the report of the gentleman's (Mr Dawes'(
speech9 [Langhterl
charge Of crime, nothing affecting the personal char
acter of the gentleman from Illinois. In the flight
of my amagination transported the gentleman TO
But not only that; gave him prominent and CON
spicuous place in that abode q.aughterl.
i CdUHOb See WHdJ Lnere lS III tNut para
graph to offend the taste of the gentle
man from Massachusetts. can search pages OF ora
tory and find abundant instances of the same kind.
l did the gentleman infinite honor in Transporting
him to Heaven. Laughter)
Mr.. DAWES called the attention OF Mr.. DOnnelly to
what he said, '1f he (sr. Washburne) lay dead to-
morrow In this chamber what heart in this body
would experience one sincere pang Of sorr0wP'
A point OF order was in order as to the power
When the Speaker SAID the rn pending resolution did
not propose to strike out anything, but that what
was said on Saturday should not be incorporated in
the Congressional GlO6ethat portion of his speech
which read as follows:-"And If there be in our
midst one low, sOrdid, vulgar Saul or Barron
mediocre intelligence, one heart callOus to every
kindly sentiment and every generous impulse one
tongue lcprous with SANDER one mouth which Is
like unto a den OF foul beast giving forth deadly
Odors, II there be here one character which, while
bOtched and spotted all over, yet raves and rants
and blacSguards like prostitute, 1t is the gentleman
from IllinOS.n
Mr. DONNELLY said that was the concluding para
graph Of his remarks. For this he was called to
order by the Speaker and he thought property lie
Immediately at that time apOogiZed TO the House
for IL and he would, at the request OF the gentleman
from Massachusetts,, suppress that paragraph from
the Congressional Globe He was never aware that in
that paragraph he had transcribed the limits of par
liamentary decOrum; and he would further say that
If he should publish that speech in pamphlet form he
would therein also suppress that paragraph. This he
was willing to do In obedience to the offended good
taste OF the House.
Mr.. ELDRIDGE asked whether this was not on all
fOurs with the eleventh article OF Impeachment.
(Laughter.)
Mr.. DAWES said the gentleman from Minnesota had
done what he thought he ought to have done, and he
thanked him. He would ask the gentleman to go a
little further, and would call his attention TO another
Mr.. WINDOW inqnired IL Mr. Donnelly should strike
those paragraphs out Of his speech whether MI.
Dawes would kee them in his remarksS
Mr. DAWES replied "NO."
Mr. PIKE, (rep) OF Me-, then proposed that Messrs.
DOnnelly and Dawes have private talk over modi-
flying the speech. g.aughter)
Here several points Of order were raised amid
Mr., DAWES said he did not desire to read any
more. He asked the House TO strike out from his
remarks the extracts he had made.
Mr. ELDRiDGR objected.
Mr. SCHENCK, (rep.) OF Ohio, wished to call the at.
tenton OF the House to tile state of the case for fear
members would involve themselves In some great
absurdity. Sometimes 1t was better to have the
official record OF what they do preserved than leave
to history misrepresen'ed accounts count when @ were
thing more i'm this case. They had Just passed
resolution. In which they cited from the debate, as
marks made by the gentleman from Illinois, and II
was now proposed to suppress the records and take
nSn tne evidence He on v@ W6cn not The &c &
respectful but would say that the House was
putting Itself in position 10 induce outsiders
to say that 1t was acting absurdly aud covering ny
Its tracks As these things would be said, and they
are IL better for the country that the records
proceedings either for instruction or warning, foi
praise rcproof, should be preserved, rather than
keep out Of the history Of the country and allow
that they should be engaged IN the idle attempt to
garpleu accounts 10 take tnclf place.
Mr.. DONNEIIY said;--I have beeu mcmber or tlii'
House five years, and during that time have never
had until this occasion the slightest collision VIII
any member. I have never before assaed any on,
with abuse can say, Ia the language Of that goot
man. Abraham Lincoln. al never Willingly planted
thorn in the breast OF any human being" II
have snned in this instance IL was because
| have suffered | have the highest respcc
for this House, and for none greater than for th'
distinguished member from Massachusetts (Mr
Dawes); and although do not think my hjght o
imagination last saturday, In which transported
tie gentleman from Illinois TO the realms of eterna
bliss, was "A violation OF Parliamentary propticty, ye
that there may be more offence t0 The taste Of tn
House | viii agree TO suppress IN The fORg3pss'oI0
Globe even that paragraph IN Difference 10 the re
spect OF the gentleman from Massachusetts,.
Mr. Ross Ciem.) Of I'LL rise to y question OF or
der II the gentleman rom Minnesota has trans
ported my colleague tMr Washburne) TO the region
OF eternal bliss object to his taxing him down
(Laughter
Mr.. DAWES said the statement OF the pentiemal
from Minnesota had fully answered Ills purpose an'
he would now himself vote against the resolution.
Mr.. WAsHBuRNE-As the gentleman Irou Mime