The Hickman courier., 1872-02-24
he had been listening very attentively,
and the gentleman from Kentucky had
not violated any parliamentary rule.

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not violated any parliamentary rule.
BECK NOT A LIVERY KEEPER.
MIR. Beck resumed The people Of
Lexington had sent him to Cougress
three times the last time against his
protest and after his constant declination.
They had met him with ovations when
he went home II e was willing to stand
on their kuowledge Of him and bis char
aeter. He never was in any mans live
ry stable, and had never whipped any
mans slave nor his own slaves, though
il might have been better for them and
himself if be had done so sometimes.
BECK NOT 4 SLAVE DRIVER.
The charge that he had been a slave
driver was lie, and he hurled il back
on all those men with the scorn it De
served. He felt Inundated at having to
tell all this, and he would not have done
so had the attempt merely been to iniure
him personally; but the object was to
destroy the power and effect Of what he
said and Of what he would continue to
say against the carpet bag governments
~ the South, and all theirs fres,sls, All
their corruption, all their rascafties. Vie
knew what it was all done for. He knew
that feeble old man had been selected to
attack him by others more deeply impli-
Gated than he.
WHO SENATOR BROwNLOw IS.
In order to expose Browulows con
sistency in attacking any man as a slave
driver, he read extracts from the debate
between Brownlow and Pruyn. twelve or
fifteen years ago, in which Brownlow
took the position that American slavery
ought to be perpetuated that slavery was
the inevitable condition Of society, and
God always intended the relations of
master and slave to exist He (Beck)
commended these extracts to the other
side Of the house. Laughter. lie
then asked them to read Brownlow's
speeches made IN 1860, in which he de-
uounced the abolitionists and spoke of
Vice President Hamlin as a free negro.
As to Brownlow' laying the lash on his
{ Beck's) back, if he were stronger than
he was, he said no man ever laid lash
on his back or struck him a blow and no
man ever should and live. Brownlow
could not say so much for himself, as
Fayette McMullen knew.
Mr.. BECK 5 DISTRICT.
He (Beck) was no braggarG and no
Any fish woman could beat
him at abuse, but he repelled with honest
Indignation the charge made against him
that be had ever been guilty of anything
either Of himself, his family,
or his people. If be had been, he would
not be here. He represented the proud
est district in America. a district that had
more capacity to produce all that was
requisite for human life than many of
the States.
Mr. Beck said that he meant DO dis
respect 70 the Senate in any allusion he
had made to it. But when be saw vul-
lures setting in the nest Of the eagle and
baboons taking the place of lions he pro
tested against the outrage. He wanted
to keep the Senate pure and high mind
ed. He wanted to see the States rep
resented by honorable men; not by men
point of the bayonet, or By fraud, cor
ruption. chicanery, or ostracism. That
was the way he looked at IT, That was
the way he fele Ike speaking about it,
In conclusion. he thanked the House
for the courtesy it had extended him.
CONGRATULATIONS.
Mr Beck was listened 70 with the
greatest interest and attention by the
members of the House and by crowded
galleries. lie spoke with great rapidity
and force aud was warmly congratulated
by his political friends when he con
cuded