The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-17
Reeks Personal Explanation.

Representative Becks personal ex-
ylana,iou to Gav in reply to B-ownlow :
attack yesterday, Was complete vindi-
,a.:on When be asked leave TO make
HI. expana;ior Blair, OF Michigan, and
ora.fe'd and Stevenson, OF Ohio, Oh
;-c,st. The two focmer subsequently,
w.:1irew their objections, bu. Steven
900. VINO ! chronic scoli, and whose
-a1::o- -av.ng Radicalism blinds him
:, aa7,hi0y but the negro in the South,
2e-s.ced 10 his objection until he was
PERFECTLY stormei into withdrawing it
:. even went - far a. . eDdeavor to
make VI. PEEK D'ei:e himself in
!vance tha: .r . . .. n ~: - in
personalities. Mes-rs Dave. aud
Backs both denounced this exactioD,
4ai Insisted that no pledge could be
-xacted. NJ. Beck himself d.sc'aimed
aa7 intention OF 20 tar forgetting him
.e,t a. to tcy to compete with h's assail-
ant Brownlow) in personalities and
bi!l.ugs.ate AL ne wanted TO do
was ID set himself right. He
had been accused Of falsIfyiug the
record when be stated that during
E-1wa'1w administration g. Governor
o. Tennessee be male pandimonium
u: that State He vas willing 10 stand
by that charge and IN proof Of 1t he pro
ceeGei 70 quote from official records 70
-a0v the condition Of Tennessee aud
other Southern States. His exposures
we're 30 lel.in. that botG Garfield sni
Stevenson feared danger to their party
ant tried 10 stop him by points OF order
wa.ch the Speaker ove-ru.ed one after
me other. Still the objections were
mlie. and especially Stevenson !, who
seemed istermiuei upon sCourse which
would ambarrass and annoy. NJ. Hale.
5' Maine, took part IN the objections
All wanted to dictate to Beck how he
.a9u,i proceed. After fully vladicstiny
Tie truth o. MS charge that a hell had
been created in the Southern States by
~ carpet-bag government, he spoke Of
What was more directly the per-onal
matter. ami 10 parliamentary way de-
nOuuCei his asssIlant as 8 malicious
ar. NJ. Stevenson was watchful to
catch any word that would make a
point OF order effective, bat ne failed to
lad one Mr.. Beck was guarded in MS
language. and never once referred to
the Senate. which would have been a
breach OF the rules, but always spoke
OF ne asa. laHt. Every body, Of Course,
knew that Brownlow was referred to
H4 asserted, too. that BrownIow wa
on,v a tool Of others, who had urged
this attack TOR the purpose of trying 10
degrade M-. Beck IN the eyes Of the
public. and thus to break the force o.
the C-port he would shortly submi:
ID Congress. showing the ter
rib.e condition Of tue Southern
States under Radical rule, and referring
20 what Browulov had intimatei, that
Il he Was not an invalid ant a cripple,
Beck would not have dared to attack
him. The latter said that such an aI.u-
son nal no effect upon him. He had
denounced all the carpet bar Governors,
and they we're not all imbeciles and
cripUies. When be spoke the other
lay Davis, OF Texas, was on the door OF
the House. On another occasion, when
he denounced Bullock, of Georgia, the
latter was standing within ten feet OF
him. These men, said Beck, were
neither cripples nor imbeciles. He was
no braygart, but he would never hesitate
10 ienounce these carpet baggers, and if
any OF them felt angrieved and wanted
an explanation he was prepared to
glve Il.
In conclusion NJ Beck referred to
the history Of his life and 10 the conf
dence reposei in him by the peo-
PIE OF the district be represented
That people knew him and the tact
that be had been three times elected TO
Congress from the Ashland district. was
the best refutauon ofthe slanie-s Of his
assailant. Mr.. Beck was varmlv con-
g-atulated at the close of his speech.
The Land Grant Business.
The United States Senate, under
Radical auspices, is an eccentric body.
II refuses to act upon the revenue re-
form measures and liberal amnesty
bills of the House, but it rushes
through land grants with astonishing
rapdity. The virtuous Pomeroy re-
ported q scheme to-day to revise the
St. CroiI and Bayfield, railroad land
grant. which involves million of acres
oftimber lands in the State of Wiscon-
sin. 4 number OF delegations OF citi-
Eens have been here for two weeks
talking to the Senators against the
passage OF this bill, but without avail
To-day only seven votes were tailed
against it. II NAV be stated in this
connection that there are now sixtysix
land grants pending in Congress, in
voiving the giving away of hundreds OF
millions OF acres of public land.
French Investigating Resolution.
The Senate spent still another day in
discussing the French investigating
resolution. Morton made . reguls,