Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-08
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WASMBURNE, THE WARWICK.
How DOnneIly worried Him. and
What old Jesse Grant Thinks of

hoM IbHMeibN worried HIM. ana
What old Jesse Grant Thinks of
Him.
HeVer could account for the singular
fact that he lived in the same town with
Gen. Grant, except on that great principle
Of compensation which runs through the
created world. The town of Galena having
for so many years endured the gentleman,
God Almighty felt that nothing less than
Ulysses $. Grant could balance The account.
(Laughter.) josh Billings talking of com
pensation says: at is a question whether
the satisfaction of Ofscratching will not pay a
man for the punishment of the itch"
leave the gentleman's constituents to apply
the parable. l bow in profound admira-
tiOn 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
becoming puppet 10 be played by wires
held in the hands of the gentleman from
Illinois, or that he will degenerate into
kind Of a hand-organ 10 be toted around on
the back of the gentleman from Illinois,
while his whole family sit on the top Of the
machine grinding and catching pennies
like troupe Of monkeys. General and
continuous laughter.) / would say to
Ulysses s. Grant, if il was in my power to
whisper anything in his ear to take conn
sel by that profane remark Of Aminidab
Sleek, when he said, 'YOu all expect to get
into Heaven by holding on TO my coat-tail,
but III fool you all; I'll wear monkey
jacket" (Laughter.) Gen. Grant has got
10 wear that political monkey jacket. We
had Gen. Grant up in Minnesota, and of
course the distinguished gentleman from
Illinois was with him, and when
man from Illinois stuck his head
out Of the window and thanked the
crowd, and when they rode in an open bo-
rouche together, and the crowd hurrahed,
the gentlemen from Illinois laid his hand
upon his heart and bowed his profound
Acknowledgements The people out there
were in great doubt which was Grant and
which was Washburne, and they came to
the conclusion that the quiet little gentle
man must be the fourth-class politician, and
that the pretentious fussy individual was
the conqueror Of Lee. Laughter. 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 a darn 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
above floor, and cellar descends below
cellar-all packed full to overnowing with
the richest merchandise. The intellect of
the gentleman from Illinois is like some of
those establishments that we see in Penn
sylvania avenue, where the whole stock in
trade Of the merchant is spread out in the
front window, and over it a label, "Any-
thing in this window for one dollar"
Laughter lie is the "cheap John" of
legislation, and that he should attempt TO
rule and sway General Grant are not con-
sistent probabilities. Lord Dundreary was
once asked why it was that dog wags his
tail? "Why, says his Lordship, "lhe rea-
son is because the dog is greater than the
tail If il were Otherwise says the pro-
found thinker, "the tail would wag the
dog" Laughter Here was an instance,
Mr.. Speaker, where the smallest kind of
rat-terrier's tail attempts to wag a New
foundland dog.
Cromwell. charge thee fling away ambition
BY that sin fell the angels"
Now, then, can Washburne hope to
profit by it? The gentleman should take
counsel by that, proverb Of the Romans,
" gHoris ligno non ft Mercuius'-which
may be freely rendered, "You cannot make
statesman out of every demagogue" Mr..
Speaker, tremble for my country. Ia it
true that eighty years of republican gov
ernment have reduced us so low that there
is but one honest man in this House-but
one Lot in all this Sodom Laughter.
Does no voice but his ring ont amidst
cliqes and conspiracies and rings VIII 30
voice be heard in the f,Iture in this House
that its members are all pack of knaves
that the country is going to ruin and con-
cluding with that favorite quotation OF his
from the vast stores of his erudition:
shake not thy CORY locks at me.
. Thou eans't not say did it'll"
given with a roar like a wounded gorilla,
and rush to the cloak room, amid the
shouts and laughter of the House Mr..
Donnelly then went on to draw fancy
sketch of Mr.. Washbnrne AZ he might ap-
pear in the Congress Of the Heavens, adj
dressing the archangels and angels-how
he would sail into them-how he would
rout them, horse, foot and dragoon3-how
he WOulu allaCk the motives anu ulnS III
situations at them-how he would declare
for economy that the wheels of the universe
must be stopped for they consume too much
grease and, that all the expenditures should
be stopped, except that which would con-
struct for the gentleman an extra water
closet. One word in conclusion. The gen
tleman has assailed me and it is bat right
that / should put his character in the bal
ance What great measure in his sixteen
years of legislation has the gentleman ever
augmented, what liberal measure has ever
met with his support What original
sentiment has he ever uttered? What
thought of his has ever risen above the
dead level Of the dreariest platiLudes2 If
he lay dead to morrow in this chamber,
what heart in this body would experience
one sincere pang of sorrow? Who is there
in this House whom he has not assailed
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