The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-29
"What though the spicy hrCCzCS
How son DER Cuba'H Isle; .
Though every prospect pleasCS,
And only man IL vile y

J uD GEIluIc WOllINI hIS WIN SUGCIOI
dc non dpldTeR tiOuS 81 non ertStEnti6ltSr
eatlem eA ratio, and they would remember
with reference to the rcvolutionists Of
Cuba tho great saying Of Lord Bacon,
"Put a, bCggar on horseback, and he will
70 to the Senate from Massachusetts"
Whatever the issue Of tho Cuban contest
might be, he could lay his hand upon his
hcilrt, and say with tho B[antuan bard
"IEOmO sum-" or, in the Language OF our
own Shakespeare, that which we call q
rose BY any other name would smell rs
sweet. These were NIL the sentiments
he cnltd find inhis library which boro d.
reCtly upon tllissubjGct. 7Hl :,
Senator Sumner then introduced bill
10 prOvile for the resumption Of Specie
payments. The hill selS forth that iLshall
hereafter 10 n felony for my person Ia
make tender Of anything other Than gold
and silver to tuly pcrSgn OF African dc
scent, IN any Of tie States latcly IN rebel,
lion. III moving the bill, the Senator said
that It's passage was imperativGly demand.
ell BY several negroes whom he knew, and
TINT hG would not consent TO deliver these
helpless persons into tho hands of their
late nuslCrs without some such guarantee
MS this bill furnished. lilo quoted from
Aristotle, Locke, and Burke 10 prove that
Glasses liable To oppression were apt to be
oppressed
Senator I'rumbnll wished 10 know whit
that lad u dO with the resumption nl
specie payments. w1'
Senator Summer considered the inquiry
impCrtincnt. The great principles Of jus
tiCC wGrG always in order.
Senator Garnet Davis tOOk the floor, anil
ma,lU u neat speech Of three days AMI Il
half in opposition tn tho bill. lie Slid he
was Democrat, and he always had been
u Democrat, The founders Of the rcpul'-
lie would wccp.i If they could sex what the
government had come To. What would
CLAY and Calhoun have slil Ia seeing
s,ci, mrn as his honorable friend from
Nevada tNTr. NyC) and himself in the
Senate? II he might hc permitted 10 in.
fringe uIWn tho domain Of tho Senator
from Massachusetts, he would quote
Shakespeare, "Nlmt should s,lclI fellows
IN tn, crawling between heaven and
rnrlhy tIOnd applaIsc.l At the close
Of Mr.. DaviS's speech Ills friends came IN
lrOm WClrkcr'S, and congratulated him
nn having got through. Exhausted mn
turc made The Senate adjourn.
HOUSE.
Allcr sNnlc general slmrring, Of which a
sCl.tO between Mr.. Garfield and Alr.
IIaight iDrmcd the most conspicuous frA'
turC, the Ca,lctSl,ip question came up Mr..
VO0rlICes explained that he never had
sold any CadrtShipS Mr.. Logan wished
10 know who said he had. Mr.. voorhees,
remarked that Mr.. Logan was another.
Mr.. Voorhees, explained That llC had mp,
painted the son Of u constituent, and that
subsequently Ia tho appointment hO Ind
taken drink nj the expense and request
of the constituent lie always took Ills
straight, and the cost to his constituent
was 0nly fifteen cents. Which one Of his
colleagues would have acted otherwise !
Voices, "NOt one.
Mr.. Butler denounced the course Of Mr..
Voorhees, For his part, he saw no imprO'
pr;v,y IN selling cadctships or any thing
csc. What 10 gentlemen suppose that
cadc,shirs exist tor, il It is not for the
cmnlun,cnt Of congressman lie consider,
cd Ills patronage us u part Of his pcrqul'
sites. This had been tho guiding princi'
pie Of his life, alike In lis military anti his
political career. lie considered the action
Of Mr.. Voorhees, to be MI act Of deliberate
trcaChery To this House. 1.-The accepted Il
pitiGul drink in return for his Official inIlu'
cncc, he was guilty al u gross offence in