The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-02-11

success had been in Il measure accpIl-
nlished by daring and revolutionary IN
vasions on the time-honored rules OF the
Uonse. II had been born in maignity,
would be passed in defiance and VIOLA
tion of the Constitution, and would pe
executed in violence and in bloodshed,
Mr. Hale rep, N W objected to the
last sentence as unparliamentary, put y
having been reduced to writing and read
from the Clerks desk, the Speaker ruled
that il did not transcend the limits OF
parliamentary debate.
Mr.. speer Dem, Pa.)--That is an hon
est decision.
Mr.. Brown, continuing his remarks
said he regarded the bill as part oi the
machinery to be set in motion ior the
campaign of 1875. He believed that q
deliberate conspiracy had been formed
for the overthrow Of constitutional ho-
erty. You men, said he, who propose TO
pass this bill, have been weighed IN the
balance and found wanting.
The Speaker informed Mr.. Brown that
he must address the Chair.
Mr.. Brown-Mr. Speaker, your con-
duet in this and other matters laughter
at the effect of Mr.. Browns obedience
10 the Speaker reminds me of q pas
sage in "Junins" where he describes a
bad tenant having received notice to
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; it lies in helpless
ness and despair, with homes dilapidated,
villages wasted, its people bankrupt. Is
there nothing in that situation to touch
YOU with pity? If your magnanimity
cannot be reached, will you not be
moved by some sense of justice? In
1872, by a conspiracy between the At
torney General and Kellogg and drunk
en- Federal Judge, the sovereignty of a
State was overthrOwn. That usurpation
has been perpetuated since by bayonets.
but recently one of your Generals en-
tered the legislative halls. as Cromwell
entered the English Parliament with
Colonel Pride, and ruthlesslv expelled
the occupants. Onward and onward you
90, in defiance of the sentiment of the
country, without pity and without JUS
tice, remorselessly determined, it seems,
to drive the Southern people to destruc-
ton, to "give their roofs to the flames
and their flesh to the eagles" A Fed
eral General steps on the scene and sends
dispatch to the world that the people of
that State are banditti. We have heard
it elsewhere that they were thieves and
murderers and night-riders. The clergy
of the State, Jew and Gentle, have de-
MED it. The business men and the
Northern residents have denied it. A
committee of your own House, ma
iority being Republicans, has given it
its solemn and emphatic contradiction,
and nailed the SANDER to the counter.
Now, what should be said if that accusa-
tion should come from one Il 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 outawed in his own home from re-
spectacle society, whose name is synony-
nous with falsehood, who is the cham
pion, and has been such on all occasions,
of fraud; who is the apologist of thieves,
who is such prodigy of vice and mean
ness that to describe him Imagination
would sicken and invective would eX-
haust itself? In Scotland, years ago,
there was man whose trade was a muir
derer, 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
Burking."
The Speaker-Does the Chair under
stand the gentleman to be referring in
his language to a member of the House ?
Mr.. Brown-No, sir. lam describing
character who is in my minds eye.
The Speaker-The Chair understood
the gentleman to refer to member OF
the House. ''. I'll H "A '"'"'..
Mr. Brown--No, sir. ! call no names
This mans name was linked to his crimes
and to-day throughout the world 1t is
known as Burking." If were to de-
sire to express all that was pusia nimous
in war, inhuman in peace, forbidding in
morals and infamous in politics, i should
call it "Butlerizing.' Sensation
The Speaker tinterruping MIR. Brown
The gentleman did not deal in good
faith with the Chair Heidi not answer
in good faith the question addressed tc
him. .I '7l"a" 'a -H .'HH yiiaa'.
Mr.. Hale insisted that Mr.. Brown'slan-
guage be reduced to writing, and read
from the Clerks desk.
While the reporter was writing il
down the excitement in the House was
at red heat. E.''i"H
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 ad
dressed an inquiry to him which had
been answered denyingly or evasively the
Chair could not tell which. 1t, would
have been inexcusable in the Chair to
have permitted such language to have
been used, and his exculpation rested on
the evasive reply of the gentleman from
Kentucky. 'f NJ III s..l.
The report of Mr. Browns objectiona'
BILE remarks having been read from The
Clerks desk, Mr. Hale offered resolu.
! ton, that in that language, as well al
with the prevarication by which the gen
tleman was enabled to continue the ut
teranee of the languS ge. the gentleman
from Kentucky was guilty of a. violation
of the privileges of the House, and mer
tied the severest censure of the House
and that he be now brought to the ba
of he House in the custody Of the Ser!
geant-at-Arms, and there, be publicly
.censured by the Speaker in the name O
the House. ,.ig ,,.| .,... 1.y l6,u
Mr.. Dawes, Rep, Mass, offered tn,
following as a substitute for Mr. Hale
4 resolution I.l.4..,.r.aoi g,t
Ii "ReSoIred, That John Young Brown,
member of the House from the State o
Kentucky, be expelled from the Hons
for gross violation Of the rules. ant
privilege of the House in the use ION tn
floor Of the language just read by tn,
Clerk, and for falsely stating to tn
| Speaker of the House that he did not re
! fer to any member of the House,
| Mr., Hale declined to- yield for tn
Dawessubstitute, and moved the epreyiov
! question, %. ,j7o Lg4 :.
Mr.. Cox, Dem, n. Y, to Mr.. Hale
You cannot force this thing on the House