Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-05-19
Waahburne and DonnellE.

Bad as things are, the late "display" in
the House of Representatives, has actually
astonished the public. In essential filth we
can conceive of nothing more exquisite than
the remarks of the Radical Donnelly, and in
round, rolling Billingsgate nothing more ami
mated than the reply Of the Radical Wash
burne. Many portions of the speech Of the
former are too intrinsieally vile to bo repro
duced, but some of the more decent we give,
as "specimens" of the s'debates' in the House
of Representatives. In speaking of the greed
of Office that marks the Washburne family,
he INDUCES the following "propriety Of
Speech" to repel the charge that he was an
office-seeker
"An Office beggarl and that from gentle
man bearing the name which he does, Et tW
Brute can Office beggar! !" Why, Mr..
Speaker, when [ entered the State of Mime
sofa, it was Democratic. When [ entered
the county, in which live, it wagt'Fo to one
Democratic. l asked no Office | expected
none. But the charge comes from such a
quarter that cannot fail to notice it. The
gentleman's family are chronic Office beggars.
They are nothing if not in Office, Out of
Office they are miserable wretches, God for
suken as uncomfortable as that famous stump
tail bull in fly time. Laughter. This whole
trouble arises from the persistent determina-
tion of one of the young males OF the gentle
mans family to sit in this body. Every
young male of the gentlemau's family is born
into the world with m. c." franked on his
broadest part. Laughter The great calami-
ty seems to be that God, in his infinite wis
dom did not make any of them broad enough
to make room for III. S. s." Laughter.
There was room enough for ~. S." but the
other "S." slipped over, and 40. s." and
company is the firm. Laughter.
In allusion to Grants being controlled by
Washburne, the irate and vile mouthed Dom
nelly continues this "propriety of speech
cannot think he will degenerate into be-
coming puppet to be played by wires. held
in the hand of the gentleman from Illinois,
or that he will degenerate into a kind of hand
organ, TO be toated around on the back of the
gentleman from Illinois, while his whole
ming and catching pennies like a troop of
ter would say to Ulysses S. Grant, if it
was in my power to whisper anything in his
car, to take counsel by that profound remark
of Aminedab Sleek when he said: eYou all
expect to get to heaven by holding on to my
coat tail; but will fool you all-I'll wear a
monkey jacket" [Laughter.l General Grant
has got to wear that political monkey jacket.
We had General Grant up in Minnesota, and
of course, the distinguished gentleman from
Illinois was with him, and when General
Grant was serenaded the gentleman from Hi
nois stuck his head out of the window and
thanked the crowd. and when they rode in
an open barouche together and The crowd
hurrahed, the gentleman from Illinois laid
his hand upon his heart and bowed his pro-
found 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 forrth class politician, and
athat the prctentious, fussy individual must
he the conqueror of Lee. ELaughter.E Old
Jesse Grdnt, it is said, remarked on that oc>
casicn: 'Pcars to me that Washbmne.th thinks,