The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-05-14
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teman states
THero the hammer fell.
The SPEAKER. The hour OF the
gentleman has expired. ).
Mr.. MILLER. I hope the time OF
the gentleman will be extended.
Mr.. WAsHBuRSE, Of Illinois. l
hope the party will DO permitted to go
On. m ~
The SPEAKER. The gentleman will
be permitted to proceed if there is no
objection.
No objection was made.
Mr., DoNNELLY. I thank this House
and tho other "party" for this courtesy
rLau ghter. 49,, ~,
It is scarcely worth while, Mr..
Speaker, to notice all the petty charges
which crawl over the surface of this
letter as vermin crawl upon the body OF
besgar. But in justice to myself, lest
there might be some improper meaning
attached to it, I will call attention to
it. will call attention to one other
personal charge, that have chansco
my name. The Intention Of the gen
tleman is to give out not only that was
fugitive from justice, but that l tavel-
ed under an alias. Mr.. Speaker, was
Icnatius Dounclly within a very few
hours after my birth; I am lguatius
Donuc!ly now; and with Gods help |
cxpect to rsmain Isnatius Donnclly to
the end Of my career. If l should
ever be inclined to change my name 1t
seems to me would take that OF E1'ha.
[Great laughter ~,
Mr.. WAsuBURNE, Of Illinois, Then
would change it.
Sir. DoNHELLY. IT I thought the
gentleman would abandon it, it would
be an inducement for me to retain 1t.
mat is the meaning Of this attack,
Mr.. Speaker? because there must be
some meaning to it. There was moth
ing in my letter to Mr.. Folsom to pro-
woke such terrible o-tpouring OF bile
What is the meaning of it? Why,
means it this. As you know, Mr..
Speaker, the gentleman has for long
time cracked his whip over the shout
ders of the members Of this House.
He has been the natural successor here
Of those old slave-lords who used t.
crack their whips here.
But his vaulting ambition has at
last overleapcd itself. Not satisfied to
assail US here, to vitupcrate us here, he
is going to mould the next Congress !;
and he is going out into our districts t.
tell the people of the United States
whom they shall select and whom they
SHALL DOT select. Why, my friend from
Iowa, [Mr. Prize, as be tells me, meets
in the newspapers from his district the
assaults Of the gentleman here.
He is ringing the whole vast amphi
theatre. Why docs he do this ? Why
does lie do 1t, Mr.. Speaker? There is
very simple explanation which has
como out in my district, and which is
one OF the great arguments why they
should send to this House the brother
of the distinguished gentleman. 1t is
that lie owns General Grant; that he
carries Ulysses Grant in his breaches
pocket.
Why, sir, the gentleman already feels
upon his shoulders the cares Of empire
He is already forecasting Cabinets,
dispensing foreign missions, setting
men up and pulling men down. We
can apply to him the language Of Cleo
patra used of Mark Antony:
As p ates dropp'd from his pocket"
Why, Mr.. Speaker, has he not lived
in the same town with General Grant ?
And should he not, therefore perforce,
be the Warwick, the' king maker,
the power behind the throne? I never
could account, Mr.. Speaker, for the
singular fact that the gentleman did
lire in the same town with Genera!
Grant except by reference to that great
doctrine Of compensation which runs
throug bout the created world. The
town Of Galena having for SC many
years endured the gentleman. God
Almighty felt that nothing less than
Ulysses s. Grant could balance the
account. Laughter Josh Billings
beautifully illustrates this doctrine Of
compensation when he says that it is
question whether the satisfaction Of
scratching will not pay man for hav-
ing the itch. Laughter. I leave the
gentleman's constituents to apply the
parable.
Mr. Speaker, 1 bow humbly before
the genius of Ulysses S. Grant, I recog-
nize him as the greatest, broadcast, wild
est intellect Of this generation. l can
not believe that he will degenerate into
a puppet to be pulled by wires held in
the hands of the gentleman from ILL
nois; that he will degenerate into a
kind of a hand-organ to be toted around
on the back Of the gentleman from ILL
nois while his whole family sit on the
top Of the machine grirning aud catch
ing pennies like troop Of monkeys -
Laughter. l may mention here, as
friend suggests to me, that 1 do pot
now alluoe 10 inc gentlemen OF TIT
same name who are fortunate enough
not to be related to the gentleman by
ties Of consapguinity. Laughter. But
if it were in my power to whisper any
thing in the way of advice into the ear
Of Ulysses :. Grant 1 would tell him
to take counsel from the profound re-
mark Of Aminidab Sleek when he said,
''1ou all expect to get into Heaven by
hanging on my coat tail but I will fool
you. l will wear a monkey jacket"
Why, sir, we had Gen. Grant up 10
Minnesota, and of course the distin-
guished 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 daughter j and
Chen they rode in an open barouchc
together, and the crowd hurrahed, the
gentleman from Illinois laid his hand
upon his heart and bowed profound &C.
acknowledgements. Renewed laughter
Why, Mr.. Speaker, my people up there
we're in great donbt which was Grant
AID Ri1ich waa Waahhrrro Tho- ~.