The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-19
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON LETTER..
Pinchback's Casc--.PersOncl of Sem
atOrs.--The Adjournment of Com
gress
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1873
THE PINCHBACK DISCUSSION.

THE PINCHBACK DISCUSSION.
Another dull story Of dull proceedings.
Congress going on one foot after spending
a winter first in dawdling and finally in
rushing madly upon two feet, is tedious
ly limping process, and consequently the
senate has become tired and drowsy
place. The honorable members appear as
"sleepy as laudanum." Even those of the
recent importation of honorable gentlemen
begin to look weary, and as though there
were no pleasure for them in any of these
things. 1t cannot be wondered at, for
there really is nothing very enlivening in a
succession of toots upon an old worn out
horn, as the speeches upon the unseated
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback have
become, Every one gives out the same
sound who attempts blast upon that horn.
Mr.. Morton blew first. His speech con-
tanned the same opinion that he had re-
peated!y expressed before. Boiled down,
it simply amounted to Pinchback and
prima .facie evidence forever, and
blast every body else who does
not think SO. He speaks with the
] greatest force of gesticulation that is pos
sble to one who declaims in sitting pos
ture, as he is obliged to do on account of
his infrmities of body. He was followed
by Mr.. Merrimon of North Carolina who,
with feet in motion as in treadmill, and
arms flying hither and thther most excited
ly, attempted to overhaul the points OF
Mr. Morton's speech, and with voice like
high wind. In due course of time he
finished, and passed the pinch along which
was taken up by Mr.. McCreery of Ken
lucky, and over which he spent the greater
part of two afternoons. AT its conclusion,
Mr., Morton, who had been listening with
excited mien, and noting the points made,
answered them, and characterized the
whole argument offered as nothing but an
attempt at fantastic humor, and claimed
that no answer bad been made to the legal
points that he (Mr. Norton presented.
This is the opinion Mr.. Morton entertains
of all the opposition speeches, and Mr..
Thurman told him he never would consid.
er that he had been sufficiently answered.
He reminded him of Mr.. Christi.
ancy's speech, which was quite gen.
orally regarded as complete answer,
but said 1t did not enter Mr.. Mortons head
that 1t was, and it never would. He then
proceeded to congratulate Mr. Morton on
the possession of that very desirable quail
ity for gentleman to have, which 10 tina,
of being able to live always on good terms
with himself, and feicitated him on having
this in greater abundance than all his nu-
merous other good qualities combined. Mr..
Morton made reJoinder that Mr.. Thurman
was greatly admired, universally admired
but the admiration of all combined would
not equal that which the gentlemen had fol
himself. This bandying of words and
hurting of taunts gives little spice to the
struggling debate, though it has little meri,
and small bearing upon the question under
debate. Besides these threats from Mr.
Thurman, he has offered a speech on the
Pinchback matter, of course, for he was
never known to fail in taking an opportu
nifty for both speechifying and talking on
any subject that might come up. Mr.
Salisbury has ventilated his opinions, too
for the second time. He elicits SINAI