The New York herald., 1870-02-23
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON. Feb. %, 1870.

| WASHINGTON. Feb. % 1870.
CHARGES AGAINST JUDGE BUSTED DISMISSED.
| Mr.. BINGHAM. lrcp) OF ohio, from the Committee
on the judiciary to which had been referred the
charges against Richard Busted, United states
District Judge for Alabama, reported that there was
not sufficient evidence tn support OF the charges and
! specifications on which 10 impeach him, and asked
that the committee be discharged from further con-
slderaton OF the matter, and that II be laid on the
table. II was so ordered.
Mr.. ELpEiDGE dem.) or Wis, asked leave to sub
mt minority report on behalf OF himself ana Mr..
| Kerr, but Mr. Butler, or Mass, objected.
| THE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS.
| The SPEAKER announced the appointment OF the
following additional members OF the Committee on
| Elections so as TO make the whole number fteen:--
Messrs. Bcaman Kerr, McCrary and Potter.
MI; JULIAN. !rep.l Of Ind from tue COMMITTEE on
| OF the homestead law 70 the children OF deceased
| soldiers. Passed.
| PRINTING UNpELIvERED SPEECHES IN TIE GLOBE
Mr.. DAWES, uep.j OF Mass rising TO question OF
| privilege, referred 10 speech OF Mr. Mungen pub
Ished Ia The Gtobe or last SUNDAY, purp0rlng to have
been made in the House, but not actually delivered.
| and which reflected on Senaor Sumner, and he
| offered the following resolnllon:-
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seed and ad therefore anse speech 70 be SO printed in
under It's rules alleged to be character
.oass ~ s hs pysge 70 Obtained and violation Of the
Resolved That Tie Committee Rules be instructed
the said speech to be printed aforesaid has abused
s s M @ as he rass IL Ss e
| speech be excluded IRON the Congressional Globe.
| ar. DAWES remarked that this system OF printing
| speeches not delivered nad grown under the pres
| sure Of business ana deoatc. and had It's con-
| yenienccs, IN some respects at trst. Members IN
asxiDg leave very frequently had prefaced their re-
uuest VITA 4 statement That 1t was either some
abstract subject had snot personal reference
Whether PUBLICLY stated or not each member asked
such PERMISSION under the implied assurance thal
whatever he might have printed woulu not be ln
violation OF the rules OF The House, much less In vo
lation OF common decency. The speech referred To
he regarded as not only III violation OF the rules Dy
| rejecting on member OF the Senatc but In VIOLA
ti0n ol common decency. III IL were allowed to
pass unn0Sced ~ would be disgrace TO the House
and surrender OF the CtObe 10 be channel OF per-
sonal abuse ior the conveyance OF mater which he
would be indictable or at common law for M
decency.
| House. before beng called upon the reso-
luton, Should have the mater which Is objected TO
placed before II.
amblc and resolution 50 as 10 avoid Incorporating IN
IL the language which ne himself alleged To oe
indecent to go into the Globe
Mr.. Cox, dem OF n. y, thought the gentleman
from massachusetts was entitled TO the thanss oi
tue House for brngng before 10 the ABUSE Of print
the House. 1t ought to be reformed tnat the de-
bates III the House should become real debates and
not mere written essays,
Mr.. DAWES remarked, further. tina. to let the mat
ter remain unnotlccd would nave been To say 10
country there nothing too indecent improper
for the House to indulge In. lie thought IL due to
the speaker who was held responsible lor Inc MAIN
tenance OF propriety III debate, TO snow that that
spcecn which was gong into the stere0typed pages
OF the GiObe was not delivered ia the House and
that soon as the attention OF the House drawn
10 its character the House had instructed the Com
mitee on Rules to inquire whether IL was not III vio
lati0n OF the rules
he was considerably Obliged TO The honorable gen.
tleman from Massachusetts for giving nlnl litLie
nOtOrleLy which he would not perhaps otherwise
have. He dlsciaimed any Intention 10 violate tue
rules OF the HOuse or to be dIsrespecIul to the
speaker. and he deded the gentleman from Massa
cnusetts to point out any objectionable passage III
his speech. He had read sentence from the speech
declaring That anything he should say had no refer
to any act word OIL Mr Sumner Ia the Senate,
but TO his public lectures ana speeches. He stood
here the representative Of his constituents, anu
lie demanded the right OF free speech under the con-
stitulion. He would not permit any one 10 attempt
TO deprive him OF the right 10 discuss public ques
tions. There was no ioui or vulgar language III
thai speech. Was violation OF the rules OF the
House to quote from the classics or from GiDbon
lf the gentleman from MASSACHUSETTS, MS 1riend
the senator chose to make an application OF his re-
marks he (Mr. Mungen) not to De held responsible
Tor that II the remarks fitted the Senator lei nim
MISUNDERSTANDING hmself). But he would not
say wnat he was about 10 say; he might be called to
order II ne aid. AS to disgracefui scenes IN the
House, dld The gentleman from Massachusetts forget
the in tue last Congress at the counting of the
Presidential voter Did the gentleman rom Ma5sa
chusetts recoect nothing about the casligati,n
winch Tristram Burgess gave TO John Ranuolpli, oI
KOanOKe2 That was New England authority, and he
took 1t as an example for ANYTHING he might nave
doctrines or an impertincnt lecturer VINO was craul-
ming his theories and MS Illogical damnaDie doc
trnes on the people OF the Northg Had he not the
right to discuss them and To show their ausurdty
That presumptu0us lecturer ana rheorcian put hiln
sell up as the God and morality champion of tne
God and morality party OF loyaty In his lecture
'Caste he referred to the nobility OF ancient PO
land as an example OF what ne denominated ''caste'
~ Russia OF the present day as an example OF pro.
gress ana civilization. lie hr. Mungen) had spoken
OF that IN his speech. What was that Russian clv-
zaton win which The lecturer was so much IN loye
who were nerded together by thousands with wnom
marriage was unKuowH, ana among whom there
was nothing Dut degradation and Desality.. That
champion or high moral ideas was the man VINO
Mas III love with chat monstrous communism; and
because he mr. Mungenl had alluded to Eusebius
and 10 men who had lived under lie governments OF
Constanttus, anu Honorlus and Arcaiins duilng the
decline OF the Roman Empire and during the drty
and Indecent Byzantine empircs, he was charged
violating the rules OK the House When had the wnt
gentleman from Massachusetts become SO iastldous?
Way had he not called his colleagues To order when
tney were ABUSING President Johnson2 He (,lr.
Mungen) had spoken OF our present gifted President,
and lie reiterated the assertion, that he was gifted
President; but IL he had violated the rules by saying
so he would take IL back. lie assured the House that
he had been respectful to 1t IN tnat speech but he
would not allow some new rue OF etiquette TO forbid
him critlcisng the sayings oi man who Was eter.
naly thrusns himself III the lace OF everybody with
MIR. DAWES called Mr.. Mungen to order lie did
not thlnk 1t proper TO speak OF the impudence OF
Senators.
Mr.. MuNGEN-I speak OF him not as Senator but
as public lecturer | take issue with the gentle
man on tnat point, and leave it 10 the House.
Tne SPEAKER-rhe Chair rules that the language
| Is unparllamcntary and out OF order.
Mr. MUNGEN-Nery well tnen; Will say that 1t Is
| not impudent, II inaL will be more acceptable.
| Laughter.) Mr.. Mungen went on TO argue tnat he
mad not guilty oil violation OF the rucs or the
| House, aud he scorned the llnputation OF being
guilty OF any indeccncy. He was perfectly willing
TO have the matter referred 70 the Cominittee on
Rules.
Mr.. SCHENoK, (rep.) OF ohio, drew sketch OF the
| style OF debate that las grown UP III the House.
representing air Jones' OF one state, sitting down
in his room nbDllng his pen, scratching his head
| and writing an essay, while Mr.. Smith, of another
| State ls sitting In his room IN another hotel or
boarding house. cudgelling his brains to get out an
| essay on another SUBJECT and these were brought
! TO the House ana read, or were printed without
| being read and passed IN the country for debate.
| He doubled whether speeches. published IN that way
| came properly wtnn the scope OF thar clause OF the
| constitution when provides that no senator or
| member shall be called 10 account elsewhere Tor
| words spoken in ucbate.
This discussion was further participated IN Dy
Messr5. Garfield, Jones oil Kentucky, NoOrhees,
! Farnsworth and Dawes. ana then the resolution was