The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-03-12
BUTLER AND BROWN.

He Narrowly Escapes Expulsion for His
Hot Words.
During the last days debate in Con-
gress on the Civil Rights bin a scene of
tumuN and excitement occurred that Is
rarely witnessed in q legislative body.
John Young Brown, of Kentucky, got
the floor, and Mt once proceeded to make
fierce attack upon Butler, of Massa-
chusetts. Addressing himself to the
Republicans, he said
Onward and onward you go, In defiance of the
sentiment of the country, without pity and
without justice, reuaorselessly determined It
seems, to drive the Southern people to destruc-
ton to give their roofs to the flames and their
flesh to the eagles.r A Federal General steps
on the scene and sends dispatch to the world
that the people of that State are bandith. We
have heard It echoed elsewhere that they were
thieves and murderers. and night-riders. The
clergy of that Etate-Jew and Gentile-haye
denied it. The business men and Northern
residents have denied it. A committee of your
own House, majority being Republican, has
given it its solemn and emphatic contradiction,
| what should be said if that accusation should
| come from one-I speak not of men but Of lam
| guage within the rules Of this House,-if that
| 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 all occasions of fraud who is the
apologist of thieves who is such a prodigy of
| vice and neanness, that to describe him
/ imagination would sicken and invective would
! exhaust itself? In Scotland, years ago, there
| was man whose trade was murder, and he
earned his livelihood by selling the bodies of
his victims for gold. He linked his name to his
crime, and to-day throughout the world it is
| known as s'burking."
The Speaker-Does the Chair understand the
gentleman to be referring in this language to q
| member of the House
Mr.. Brown-No sir am describing char
acter who i8 in minds eye.
The 8peaker-The Chair understood the gem
tleman to refer to menlber of the House.
Mr.. Brown-No, sir call no names. This
| mans name was linked to his crimes, and to-day
throughout the world it is known as !" burk-
ing" If were to desire to express all that was
pnsillanimous in war, inhuman in peace, forbid
den in morals, infamous in politics, should
call it HButlerizing." GSensasion.]
The Speaker (interruptng Brown l--The Een-
tleman aid not deal in good faith with the Chair.
He did not answer in good faith the question ad-
dressed to him.
Mr. Hale IN W insisted that Browns Ian
guage be reduced to writing and read from the
Clerks desk.
While the reporter was writing it down the
excitement in the House was at red heat.
The Speaker took occasion to remark further,
that he had not been paying close attention to
what the gentleman from Kentucky had said,
and had addressed an inquiry to him, which bad
been answered either denyingly or evasiveg,
the Chair could not tell which. 1t would hsTe
been inexcusable in the Chair to have permitted
such language to be used, and his excuipatlon
rested on the evasive reply of the gentleman
from Kentucky. The report of Browns obJec-
tionabIe remarks having been read from the
Clerks desk, Mr.. Hale (of N. Y.) offered reso-
luton that, in that language as well as with the
prevarication by which the gentleman was en-
abled to continue the utterance of the language
the gentleman from Kentucky WAS guilty OF ,
: violation of the privileges of the House, ant
merited the severest censure of the House, anc
that he be now brought to the bar of the House
in custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and ther'
be publicly censured by the Speaker in th'
name of the House
Mr. Dawes offered the following a substi
tute for Mr. Hale's resolution:
Resolved That John Young Brown, member o
the House from the State of Kentucky, be txpenet
privileges of the House. in the use on the door Of tn
Language just read by the Gl.rk, and for faisel!
stating to the Speaker Of the House that he did no
/, , \ refer to any member of the House.
Mr. Hale declined to yield for Mr.. Dawes sub
stitute and moved the previous question.
MIR. Cox Ito HaleEYou cannot force thi
thing on the House. There has been provo
cation for what the gentleman from Kentuck.
said.
: The House refused to second the previon
! Mr. Dawes said he regretted the necessity o
: offering the resolution as his connections witt
. the gentleman from Kentucky had been alway
3 kind. He had been shocked and panied b
: what had occurred to-day, and nothing but tn
belief that it was imperatively necessay that tn
: House should yindicate itself and its rule
would have induced him to offer the resolution
After an exciting debate Mr.. Dawes aske
+. whether the gentleman from Kentucky desires
y Mr. Brown. rising and speaking with grea
deliberation, said that this WAS the first tim
that evasion or prevarication had ever been at
tributcd to him. He always spoke in plain terms
i susceptible of no misunderstanding, and b
s was willing to stand by the record
n Mr.. Dawee-I would inquire of the gentle
: : man from Kentucky whether he has any remar
. to make in regard to the character of tn
language which he used
: Mr.. BROWN stand by the record. [Sensa
q toni
Mr. E. r. Hoar said whether the common
= | wealth of Kentucky would feel indignant at
vote of censure upon one OF her Representative
+ he did not feel certain; but he knew the Ken
b lucky character for manlness and for truthful
. ness to be such that that commonwealth woul
: !, spurn q man from its borders who, for the SAX
Of getting successfully through personal attac
J, called upon by the Chair:
; Mr.. Lamar have only one reply to make
q the gentleman from Massachusetts, (Hoar), an
: / make it with great respect. tAfter pause.
On consideration viii not make it. Twill jus
J, say, however, that he has used, with referenc
IS to the gentleman now on trial, language which
n think, required neither courage nor oourtes
d for man to use. tSensation and increasin
. excitement.]
b Nj. Hoar asked Lamar whether he meant t
e impugn his courage or courtesy
Mr. Lamar did not; but Isay that the remar
which the gentleman used did not require th
exhibition OF either, and, in my opinion, does nj
oomport with the high character which ths
N gentleman bears.
. Mr.. Hoar-What remark do you allude to?
Mr.. Lamar-To the expression Of the wor
l. Mr.. Hoar-I said that the question before th
g. House YVES whether the gentleman from Kel
n lucky had faleiied. have made no statenel
! that he did
u Mr.. Lamar (courteously Then withdra
l, the remark and beg your pardon. fApplause
3. Mr. Dawes said he had not only desired
} see whether the members ON both sides woul
! not stand up for the decorum Of the House, bs
had also desired to give the gentleman fro
70 Kentucky Brown an opportunity to express r
4 gret That gentleman. he was sorry to say, hs
Ie not availed himself Of that opportunity. Ont
,e other hand IN the presence of the House /
- had reiterated and reaffirmed the positc
10 which he had taken. He found, however. tn
n his (DAweso resolution would gain suppo
10 from the Democratic side of the House. Ar
,e now said he, rather than have my resolutic
n fail for want of aid from that side of the Hous
= withdraw it, and call for the previous que
ton on the resolution offered by the gentlemf
AZ from New York (Hale3.
le The previous question was seconded.
le Mr.. Eldredge asked to have the word s. pr
a. vaEication struck out OF the resolution, MI
Z the word evasion - as used by the Speake
g substituted for it, but there were objection
y made to il by many Republican members.
Mr.. Cox moved to lay the resolution on Il
,e table. NegaHved-yeas, 81 nays, 1877.
= The resolution offered by Mr.. Hale was th,
= adopted-yeas, 161 nays, 79.
"a Mr.. Butler Mass. D who had sat quiet