The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-02-11
which nearly all the younger nasnhtr
have turned up on an old one.
s'An0ther's sv ford has lain him low,
Another's nd anothef,s:
Every hand th at dealt the blow,
All me WA. n brofborss -

"Another's sv lord has lain him low,
/ Every hand th at dealt the blow,
All me, was q brother's.''
The great effort Of those who attack Mr.
Sumner appears to be to show b ow incon
sistent he has been whilst he il. charpin,
bad faith, desertion from party, and incon
sistency in others; and every day we hav.
an overhanling of his votes, speeches, ani
record in the Senate, either drawn out b,
himself OF handled by those who assail thai
| record.
Mr.. Sumner devoted yer an hour this
afternoon in reciting passages from his
speeches and letters publ ished in various
pamphlets to prove what n one doubted
namely, that he has been Increasingly
urging equality before the law for the CO.
lored people.
Mr.. Sumner had claimed to be the author
of the section in the reconst, 'uction acts
providing for this equality. Mr.. Stewart
proved by the record, and by Senator Will
sons history of reconstruction, that Mr..
Bingham was the author Of it, and he
wanted to know if, in making up his re-
cord, Mr.. Sumner desired to rob Bingham
of his laurels.
Stewart used some plain language, and
labored to show that Sum ner only amused
the unlearned by his Ia bored nothings,
which made the learned smile. He told
Mr.. Sumner that he (Sum, ,er) was huge
theorist, but not o practica BILE man. He
was great ON the abstract ide;. of equality,
but he was never willing to support prac-
ticable measure.
This plain talk caused good deal of mer-
riment, which was put to m abrupt end by
Mr.. Drake very solemnly remarkipg that
this day would be recollected only as day
of the degradation of the Senate.
Mr.. Sumner approached Drake, an ami
mated whispering and gesticulatior. ensued,
and Mr.. Drake being called to the floor by
Sumner, said he didn't mean any particu-
lar senator had degraded himself, but
meant that the thing was degrading; and
so the matter ended for the present.
In the House, upon the discussion about
mileage and pay of members, there was a
lively time. Dawes gave Butler lunge
for desiring to dispense with the capitol
police last year and substitute therefor the
standing army. Cox, of New York, rushed
in, and ironically defended Butler, for
which he got wipe from Butler that COM
pletely floored the New York member, but
he recovered, got out of temper, and
pegged away fercely in earnest ut
Butler, calling him naughty names
and asserting that the Mass achusetts
member was bad man, and was ostracised
socially and otherwise. Butler brought the
House down in tremendous roar of laugh
ter when he rose and quietly remarked that
he would not attempt to answer the diminu-
tive member from New York. He would
refer him to the boys on the streets and the
organ-grinders who were singing and play
ing
"thoo ny, don't bodder me-"
This was accompanied by o comical man.
ner and q sweep of the arm that proved tc
be too much for the risibles of the auditors
Cox said Butler had a tough skin, and
| could not be impressed with any attack
upon his character.
Here the Speaker interviewed, and the
amusemcnts ended. WALLACE.