, 1870-06-27
WASH
Whittemore in Outer Darkness.
The Lesson
The Scallawagged States.
A. Statement of Their Present
Condition.

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eSpsi t man MI ioE me egmtntaAipn Of criminal Of,
taIe 11s seat One ,a1 We iii ~ cannt17 An ~
Look upon us as honest men for having expelled
~. mn11IemoIe, Wuie next gay We admit him TO
ted Il you admi H. mon sast hsre he t iii sao.s
Mat Wtt are sseak-tne<d, oosa.tIy act of men, j.
rote nnR h a nr a. II a s4s IT." a. oas, 1 m
"Gentlemen around me say they ore afraid they
n E 40 nIIe Krong tts man y not ADMITTED; @
rgpugnance. ''-'N' '~~'1 '''''
You hare no scrup1es about expeltng man
ha,onr suen W H. oacause ne aogs nos
about expellins 4 man who comes here covered
Win lnfalny and dlsgrace, aad Those presence
Viii not tso tSat ranar '1'c ~ con.c,ennns scr.
plesl' ~ "
This sort Of language ronsed up the weak
est, or drove them forth to avoid vote
When the time came, at last, and everybody
braced up to Say Aye" or NO." it was pit
iful to Zee Whittemore pulling his beard uer-
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thus, SO to speak, in the presence OF al his
countrymen, burnt to the core with tho plain
words directed at him, and at last in DESPAIR
OF the result.
His large, busly body was the focus OF all
eyes, the galleriee, the floors, the tloofkeepers.
the very littlest Of the pages. Perhaps in that
keen minute be suffered the poignant sgonies
lie had 30 long concealed by outward
listlessncsa or bravado. The voting members
ayerted their faces from him az they PRO-
nounced their syllable.
On the final vote there were seycnty-six ab-
sentces, very many of whom were believed. by
popular Judgment. to bavo STAYED away pur-
posely, unable to face q bold thing, or un-
willing 10 vote upon a question which some-
what touched some particular consc1ences in
the almonition of Scripture: .Let him that
is without offence cast the first s.oue!"
Amongst those voting in effect for White
more's retention yere: AneI,. Ban 1,ntIer.
John Cessna, Farnsworth, Kelley, MAYNARD,
and Sam Morrill,, who signod tie iiliotic manu-
factuterb' report against David A.. Wells.
When the Speaker pronounced the deci-
sion-'s Tho ayes arc ono hundred and thirty,
the noes are twenty-fotE! The resolution is
adopted" A1r. Whittemoro rose quietly, all
looking, and took his hat from the coat-room,
andssvalked, . solitary mani down the lobby and
into the open world, where he WAS compelled
to live. Nobody laughed. All felt that little
human t1emor Of feeling for the worst man at
bis worst time, that comes to us all, aud then
the great wheels Of Legislation began to roll
again.
Some said, apart, thht lie had been punished
as fool, and not because a criminal thal
there were worse men Than him behind that
otnes no" n0 "oolo sing song IN congress
a1'o let many spotseqrcats on OF Inc Dag. bnt
", ne was oel'ef man. going aloao tnoaSn NOR
'aeo' oo"n tn' sn1dy ascnes OF tne Capitol
slo'n''e' 1nan Wien ne pressed rome bar o.
congress- "1sh hls previous record stamped
upon LIE o1ow, and asked to mike 1aws.'
thoaen nc mad ses law aud honor at naught.
Inc alsposluon OF Mf. Whittemores case
gives us gooo opportunity TO LOOK at tho
stage OF polueal cis1ilzatlon which he repre-
sehts' "hae mas oeen accomplished IN the
ooosn III "o1e 'nan nsc years ot poaec'
;, SoR1H cAAoiaSA:
tno sca"a""s 11ne oi jos aolaen' De~ecao,
A'pott, 'enk'ns' anu " w. s"epSon nave III
e1easea INC oeot OIL Nos1n oafonna slnee the
peace sza''VV,uo. lne ponds OF the State