The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-03-12
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Maras, No Kentucky dimocrat vop,d Dc.
fo-c n'sS~f' tnere-
resolved, That Hon. Garret Davis ,o 4,
sti ucted to resIne at wunst ~ III
The resolutions passed 10 wunst ,y,,,,..
dissentin voict, and were sent by ielec, -
to the Senators at Washington, after w6ic =
begged permission to remark. I said thai nc
course no kenlucsans Good be found 10 i,ka
them places made vacant by tie two eminent
men who WIZ about to !eve the SENT bnt
nevertheless Kentucky coodent afford TO 90
unrepreSentid Is there no noIthern man Nv
Kentucky principles who will rush 10 the
'front.' at this crisis?
Twenty gentlemen sprang to their feet.
The one who got the eye Of the chairman re-
marked that Kentucky should alus he repre-
sented by Kentuckians. Davis and McCreery
clearly ought not to stay. They should re-
sue 10 wunst ez a protest agiD this Outrage,
out " hentuckians Good be found who wood
accept their Ilaoej if they sh ol he
i3uhu. Iakn eA ez they wood ez a necessity
mere woodent be the stigma a'lached that
mere wood be TO the present incumbents 1t
be found.
Ihe chairman doubted whether there was
a kentuckiah who had SD little respect for
himself If a Kentuckian was selected 1t
should be from the IN ambership of the Legls-
lature. He Iet that it was the duty of some
two OF them to sacrifice themselves on The al
tar OF their State. 1t would be bitter deara-
dation for man filed with the menores of
the past, to choke down natural pride. and
take seat by a Niger, but some one
must do ii. He would su !gest that the mem-
bers proceed with system 10 this matter Let
us designate, by ballot, our wishes. Let US
xnf. for III. -
cant by q. Davis aud let the member upon
whom this duty devoves accept the sacrifice
ln the tru. Kentucky spirit. Gentlemen, pre-
pare yOur ballots for a successor to Davis. and
get ready t. shed friendly tear over ths
fate of the man upon the degradation fails.
This was agreed to, each member remark.
ing that no matter who was chosen there was
no law to compel him to be elected and set
beside Niger.
The members each voted; the votes were
counted out, and, horror! Each member had
precisely one vote, and the looseness OF the
bano- writing on the tickets made 1t painlu ly
certain that each member had voted tor him
self! As my hopes was busted l couldn't help
singing out that more self-sacl ificins body
of men never saw.
Then commenced the most fearful squabble
ever witnist. Genllemeu got by the ears
and pistols wuz drawed, but just ez they wsre
wuz received from Davis and McCreery, stat
in that while they a2presheated the Gegleda
shun NV their situashun, and felt krenly, uev-
err r'heless, ez Kentucky must be represented
III the Sennit tha ruher til IT tha wouldn't
resine at all! Ef they krowed their own
h'atts they thought they'd hid OH TO their
seats. They mite as well be sacrificed as auy
body.
The gentlemen mostly rem lrkt Hi" al
this epistle wuz read o them, and disprrst
without The formally Of an adjournment.
haven't as much faith in tue democi: :ry
ez yoosed to hev. Il sposed that when
that niyger was finally admitted every
Democrat in The Semi: would .esire; but
what 10 find? Not one hex dun it, aud toe
Whole Legslachers OF Democrats are willing
to take seats beside him.
Wat kin we expect when men are so recre-
ant to their manhood? Is IL any wonder tuat
/ am tiled OF lite. shall go to Moo York at
wonst.