Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-10
AT1Lr AT SENATOR spRAGUE.

~tercourse having been pleasant, there
fore what he would say would be IN
love, not in anger, and in this he should
study brevity. The Senator from RHODE
Island had, in his speech, given to MN
the cognomen Of /" charla,an ofthe SEN
ate" Not willing to trust himself GU a
definition, he consulted a New England
authority, known as Webster's Die,
tiouary," to find out what the word
meant. He would now read the dehni-
ton, namely -" One who prates much
in his W favor, and makes great pre-
tensions to skill 4; a quack an empire ;
a mountebauk." He appealed to SEN
ators to say whether he ever talked
much of himself. He never boosted Of
running more spindles than any other
person, and of having made n fortune
out of others misfortunes. He thought
the term "charlatan :" was applicable
to the Senator more than to any one
else, for he had boosted that no man
was more skillful than himself, and that
he had done great things. Not content
with that speech the Senator made q
speech on another occasion, prepared, 1t
appeared, with great care and caution,
and in which the Senator INDUCED in
personal inyective against Senators,
naming in the connection "the harle-
quiu Of the Senate" He (Mr. Nye)
Judged that the Senator meant him, as
the papers stated the Senator paid his
respects to him in less complimentary
terms than he did to Mr.. Anthony, the
Chairman. He had also consulted Web
ster as to the meaning Of the word char
leouiu." The definition was, "to play
the droll, to make sport by playing ludi-
crous tricks" He (Mr. Nye) never held
up q piece Of sheet iron, and the untn-
ished hub of u wheel to illustrate his
position, to prove himself either =
| churlatan or II harlequin. He was
unwilling to be held up in such
characters in a body which he
houored aud revered. His manners
might not be as cultivated, rs him who
had always sat at the feet of Gamelial,
but he brought here with himself an
honest purpose to do what seemed right,
and to do it firmly, and he was not,
therefore, willing under any circum-
stances to be denounced by his friend
from Rhode Island, and characterized as
a harlequin playing tricks before this
BODY. He had been here for nearly hVe
wears, and he asked Senators whether,
during that time, he had ever played
the harlequin on this floor. But the
Senator from Rhode Island, in his re-
marks on a former occasion, had rs.
sailed q profession which he (Mr. Nye)
honorsd aud revered. Ii was evident
the Senator had never looked into the
foundation of the law. Law was not
born of man, but Of Omniscencs itself.
When the first law was proclaimed, one
of the two persons was visible, and the
other invisible. because the effulgense
was so bright that his face could not be
seen.
II was this heayen-born code, pro-
claimed on the mountain top, that lay
at the foundation Of all human enact
meuts. It was in view Of what the
Senator then said, that be (Mr. Nye),
not to belittle, but to magnify him, APP
piled the term "Bonarges," the Son OF
Thunder. As "uo man Of woman
born" would thus assail the legal pro-
~fession, if be (Mr. Nye) had done as the
Senator did, namely, address the gal
lery instead Of the Chair, be would have
been called to order for breaking one OF
the Grst and fundamental rules OF the
Senate. He had not addressed the gal
Ieries. Although blessed with a voice
of large scope, the galleries could clearly
hear him while he addressed tho Sem
ate. He had no occasion to make ap-
peals 10 them. The addressing Of the
galleries by the Senator was a fantastic
trick.
He (Mr. Nye) came from the frontier,
and therefore it might be he had not
the refined taste Of that Senator, but he
knew better than TO accuse his listeners
that their garments did not cover more
virtue than existed in others. Mono but
a Bonarges could do that. The Senator
from Rhode Island, in language not to
be misunderstood, said that this Senate
is corrupt. That was II bold charge,
and he prefaced the remurk BY saying
that it required u bold man like himself
to make il. Yes, it did require = bold
man to make it, for he must have for
gotten where he stood, surrounded BY
his peers. The Senator did not know
that the law is the natural enemy Of
tyranny that breaks the scepter of des-
potism everywhere.
lie had never said q word against the
Senator's financial project, for he frankly
confessed he did not understand 1t. II
he found i, to be right, he would sup
port il. He was inclined to think that
the Senator had eaten something that
had disturbed his rest. He struck back
for eight years and assailed the men,
DRY of the living and the dead.
Mr.. Nye then spoke Of General Burn
side AS being as courageous as he WAS
+ noble and patriotic His friend from
Rhode Island had not conplimcntsd
that officers conduct at the battle OF
Bull Run. Il wal not ordained by the
Almighty that our arms should then be
successful. The blood Of patriots shed
but sprinklcd the altar of freedom it.
self. 1t was tore-ordained by God that
!, there should be II defeat instead OF n
victory, TO arouse the nation TO the
point of ultimate and final salvation
. which gave freedom to four millions OF
| people. GcneraI DurnSiue Ees'ues III
Rhode Island, and wears the Guberua-
,orial crown, if crown it be, thrice con
ferred by the generous and magnani.
nous people Of the State represented
by the Senator from Rhode Island.
Mr.. Nyc then sen; to the Clerks desk
a letter from Governor Sprague, dated
Executive Office, August 81, 1861. II
was addressed to General Burnside,
| aud inclosed the resolution Of thanks
to General Burnside, which had been
unanimously passed by the Legislature
of Rhode Island. Governor Sprague
said that 1t gave him much pleasure to
convey to him (Bu-nside) this mark Of
5 appreciation of his State, and that the
, people of Rhode Island would long re-
. member the services rendered by him to
them and to the country, adding, INC
man is more firmly 0ntwined around the
hearts of the people than yourself.
: tender you my thanks most cordially,
and wish you every success"
The battle Of Bull Run, Mr.. Nye said,
was fought on the 2lst Of July, and this
letter Of Governor Sprague was written
on the 2lst day of August-just ont