The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-02-11
Brown on the Beast"
A PORTRAIT TRUE TO THE LIFE.
The Radical hump in "A I:sg-.

PORTRAIT TRUE TO THE LIFE.
The Radical hump in I;sg-.
On Wednesday of last week, when
the Federal House Of Representative
had under consideration The Civil
Rights Bill, Hon. John Young Brown,
of Kentucky, paid his respects to tho
notorions Benjamin f. Butler, and
sent shot at him which penetrated
his pachydermatous mail. The tells
graph gives the following report of
what Brown said:
Mr.. Brown, of Kentucky, opposed
! the bill, although he acknowledged it
was q foregene conclusion that to-
days sun would set upon it as the law
of the land. Men on the Republican
side had been dragooned into its sup
port. Its success had been in meas
ure accomplished by daring and revo-
lutionary invasions on the. time-hon-
ored rules of the House. It had beeu
born in malignity, would be passed
in defiance and violation of the Cou-
stitution, and would be executed in
violence, and in bloodshed as he fear
ed. EF5.
Mr.. Hale, of New York, objected
to the last sentence as unperliameI-
tary, but it having been reduced to
writing and read from the Clerks
desk, the Speaker ruled that it did not
transcend the limits Of parliamentary
debate. .-r
MI Brown, continuing his remarks,
said that he regarded. the bill! as part
of the machinery to be SCI in motion
for the campaign Of 1876. He believ-
ed that deliberate conspiracy had
been formed for the overthrow of
Constitutional Liberty. "You men,"
| said he, "who propose to pass this
bill have been weighed in the balance
and have been found wanting"
! The Speaker informed Brown that
he must address the Chair.
! Mr.. Brown-Mr. Speaker, your con-
; duct in this and other matters laugh,
ter at the effect of Browns obedience
| to the Speaker reminds meo . pass-.
age in Junius, where he describes a
bad tenant, having received notice 10
quit, breaking the furniture, putting
the house in disorder, and doing all
that he could to veX the landlord. Mr..
Speaker, the South is broken. 1t lies
in hslplessness and dispair, with
homes dilapidated, villages wasted, its
people bankrupt. Is there nothing in
tina. situation 10 touch you with pity ?
If your magnanimity can not be reach
ed, will you not be moved BY some
sense Of Justice? By conspiracy be-
tween the Attorney General and Kel-
logg and drunken Federal Judge the
sovereignty of aState was overthrown
that usurpation has been perpetuated
since by bayonets. But recently one
of your Generals entered the Legisla-
tive halls, as Cromwell entered the
English Parliament with Coloneli
Pride and ruthlessly expelled the oc-
cupants. Onward and onward you
go in defiance OF the sentiment of the
country, without pity and withOutSl
seems, to drive the Southern peoploi
to destruction, TO give their roofs TO
the flames, and their flesh TO the eagles.
A Federal General steps Oh the scene !
and sends a dispatch to the world that |
the people of that State are banditti. !
We have heard it echoed else. !
where that they were thieves and I
murderers and niyht-rlders. The |
clergy of that State, jew and Gentle,
have denied it. The business men
and Northern residents have denied |
il. A Committee of your own
House, a majority being Republican. I
has given it its solemn and emphatic
contradiction and nailed the SANDER /
to the counter. Now what should be |
said if that accusation should come
from one-U speak not of men, but of
language, within the rules of this
House)-if that accusation against
that people should come from one
who is outlawed in his own home
from respectable society whose name
is Synonymous with falsehood; who
is the champion and has been such On
ell occasions, of fraud; who is the
apologist of thieves who is such
prodigy of vice and meanncss that tOf
describe him Imagination would sick i
Scotland, years ago, there was q man
whose trade was murder, and he earn
ed his livelihood by selling the bodies
his name to bis crime, and to-day,
throughout the world, it is known as
Burking. tIta-# t
The Speaker-Does the Chair un-
derstand the gentleman to be referring
in this language to a member of the
House? 40 1891 ''' ~,
Mr.. Brown-No. sir; l am describ-I
ing a character who is in my minds
eye. '
The Speaker-The Chair understood
the gentleman to refer to a member of
the House. '
Mr.. Brownie, sir;. Il call no
names. This mans name was linked
10 his crimes, and to-day throughout
the world it is known as "Rurking."
If l was to desire to express all that
was pusillanimous in war, inhunan in
peace, forbidding in morals, and in
famous in politics, should call it But
erizing. [Sensation.] +
The Speaker (inteirupting Brown)
The gentleman did not deal in good {
faith with the Chair. He did not I,
answer in good faith the question ad.
dressed to him. z
This threw the Radical Rump into
a terrible rage, The shaft had been
well aimed and took effect. The por-
trait was recognized as true to the
very life. and Butler and his friends ,
writhcd under the blow. Dawes in
troduced a resolution to expel Brown,
but it was finally modified to q reso-
luton of ceusure far the use of the
language and for prevarieating to the
Speaker, which was passed by a strict >
party vote, and Mr.. Brown, in the
of the Sergeant-at- arms, was
brought before Speaker Blaine, who
proceeded to pronounce censure upon i
him. The castigat;on which Brown
10 Rutler was not only D..
truthful in every sentence, but was .
richly merited. 1t was no more ofan
offence against propriety for him to
use the language he did than for But
Ter TO pronounce the people of the /
South "bandili, horse thieves and
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