Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-23
HOUSE
Adjourned

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judiciary, reported they had not sufficient
Judge Busted on which to impeach him,
and asked TO be discharged from further
consideration of the matter, and that it be
laid on the table. So ordered.
Mr.. Eldridge asked leave to submit a
minority report on behalf of himself and
Mr.. Kerr, but Mr. Butler of Mass, OBJ
jected.
The Speaker announced the appoint
ment Of the following additional members
on the Committee of Elections, SO as to
make the whole number fifteen: BeaGman,
Kerr, McCreery and Patters.
Mr. Julian, from the Committee on Pdb-
lie lands, reported bill extending the
benefit of the Homestead Law to children
of deceased soldiers. Passed.
Mr.. Dawes rising to question of priv
lege referred TO the speech of Mr.. Mum
gems in the publication of the Globe of last
Sunday, purporting to have been made in
the House, but not actually delivered, and
which reflected on Senotor Sumner, and he
offered resolution that the Committee On
Rules be instructed to inquire and report
whether said Mungen has not abused the
privilege thus obtained, and violated the
rules OF the l1OuSC anu uG5tI 6O lJo CtLl-
sure, and that in the meantime said speech
shall be excluded from the Congressional
GE0be. The speech referred to be regarded
as in violation of both.
Mr.. Cox expressed desire for the abOli-
ton of the privilege of printing unde-
livered spseches in the Globe.
Mr.. Dawes said that permission to print
the speeches involved an implied assurance
that whatever printed was ~ to be in
violation of the rules of the House, much
less in violation of common decency.
MIR. Mungen disclaimed any intention to
violate the rules of the House, and defed
the gentleman from Massachusetts to point
out any objectional passage in the speech
he had read. A sentence from speech
declaring anything he should say had no
reference to any act or wordot Mr.. Sumner
in the Senate but to his public lectures and
speeches.
He stood here as the representative of
his constituents, and demanded the right of
free speech under the Constitution. He
would not permit any one to attempt to de-
priveprive him of the right to discuss pub
lie questions. There was no foul or vulgar
language in that speech. Was 1t viola
ton of the rules of the House to quote
from the classics or from Gibbon. If the
gentleman from Massachusetts, or his
friend, the Senator, chooses to make an
application of his remarks, he was not held
responsible for that; if the remarks fitted
the Senator let him wear them.
Could this House gag in discussing the doc
| trines of an impairment lecturer who was
examining his theories and his illogical and
damnable doctrines on the people of the
North? Had he not a right to discuss
| them and to show their absurdity? He as
sured the House that, when respectful to it
| in that speech, he would not allow some
new rule of etiquette to forbid him CRITICS.
ing the sayings of man who was eternally
thTusting himself in the face of everybody
with his impudence.
Mr.. Dawes called Munger to order. He
did not think it proper to speak Of the i'm
pudence of Senators.
Mr.. Munger speak of him not as a
Senator but as public lecturer, and take
issue with the gentleman on that point and
L leave it to the House.
Mr.. Speaker-The Chair rules the Ian
guage unparlimentary and ont of order.
| Mr.. Munger went on to argue that he
/ had not been guilty of violation OF rules
| of the House and he scornedthe imputation
| of being guilty OF any lndecency. He was
willing to have the matter referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
This discussion was further participated
in by Schenck, Garfield, Jones, of Ken
lucky, Voorhees,, Farnsworth and, Dawes,
and then the resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Myers, from theConference Committee
on Naval Appropriations, reported that the
Committee had agreed to fix the appropria-
alton at 100000. Report adopted.
Mr. Voorhees, rising to personal expla-
nation, referred to an insinuation in Ben
tons speech Of Saturday, coupling him
with the Knights ofthe Golden Circle, and
Indignantly denying all connection with
secret political organizations
Mr.. Sargent asked leave to offer a reso-
luton instructing the Committee of Ways
and Means to inquire into the expediency
of providing separate legislation for taxa
ton on fruit distillation, and especially
whether the latter interest cannot be prop