The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-05-27

\ Ninthnmfer DhioStlien,ha,'r atcn
lln;nutcs' orttio,ht fuI 81 l.ish ,soNmi.
ing rLdtoric, In which ho. iaid Bare.
the whplc ahimus, declcp'ih s. that the;
faoetriltelpromulgntgd I'M thofEcnhcnsii
ieah Goa,scas Eat Rbmo fettered %the'
conscience Of mon, iettercd religious
Freedom, and fGttercd tho press. Mr..
Voorhees, was quick to get tho floor.
and replied with graceful but telling
effect on the rarity of Mr. Bingham's
Christian charity in intcrposing tho
tcncts of religions belief against
great government establishing d-
plomatic relation. ltwas of the same
kind Of prescription that had burned
Catholic converts and hung witches
in Massachusetts. At this the whole
Massachusetts delegation bristlcd up,
but bingham got tho floor with ar
other burst Of rhetoric in defence of
the libcrality of his Christian charity.
Covodc then had 4 squirt, and Dawes
made II few remarks, after which Mr..
Brooks again got the floor, and hurl-
cd back with great vchcmcnce the
Charge that ho had been y Know
Nothing. IT was so. old story, and
had been denied by himself so often.
that he declared that Dawes knew it
was an untruth, and knew that when
he repeated it he was uttcring an un-
truth. He was willing TO use Il stron-
ger word than that were it parlia-
mentary.
BY this time. the House was in an
urroar. Ingcrsoll, of Illinois, who
was i'll the chair, let the gavrl fall till
II rcsoundcd lili" i trip:hammcr Or
f.: dor was restored, and, after 4 few mo-
ments' calm, one of the delegation of
PuritaEs Gas Mr.. Cox calIcs Masscchu.
sachus:ctts mcmbcrs.) got up, in the
, rcrson.of lEoar, brother OF The At
torncy General, to defend his State
from the witch -hanging and convent
:. burning charges. TO do this, he
charged tlat the Democrats melted
he riots, hung negroes. and burned
:, colorrd orphan asylums in New York
No sooner had. he said this than the
ii whole House was OH its feet. From
the Democratic side there were doz
ell members addressing tho Chair
: while the whole Republican side was
9 yelling ;'ordcr! order!' The Demo
Gratis rc.ioincd by shouting across the
aislcs ">it down ~ 'sit down." asi,
down - down in front !" alct tho
: committee rise" &c. "rhc gentle
mans charge is false, and he knows i,
, to be false" thuntcrcd the voice Of
I Mr.. Voorhees,, high above the din
every word Of which assertion Chair
man lngcrsoll attempted to clip Will
terrific strokes Of the gavcl' Finally
: every member got into his scat.
Twenty members had insisted that
no debate should 60 on Until Mr.
Voorhees, words had been taken dow,
: under the rules and read at the clerk.
: desk. While this was going on, Mr.
Cox and Air. Jones madc points O
order Oh Mr.. IIoar's language. Th,
words Of both were written out b,
. tho shorthand writers and read Iii
< tho cliaiianan: Mr. Ingcrsoll, who /
J. quite II way, took the Slip contai,lin:.
Mr.. oorhee's words, and with al
T. lndescribabfc mock gravity said s:.trht
6 Chair is obliged to rule that this Ian
, Enago is very pungcnt, but not par
I iamcntary." There was n genera
: shout of laughter at this as we'll as a
: the warm condition Of the chairman
whose lat fuco was covered with pcr
aspiration from the hard work he hac
;. Just devoted to the gavcl. Mr.. IIoar'
words were declared to be in order
but poor Mr.. Kclscy, who had charge
y OF tho bill, at Inst got on his feet, anc
his, motion to have the ..co,rmittct
! rise was carried: Then, and not un
= tll then, was there peace: Itis prct
tty evident. that no Minister will 80 t.
/ Rome.