The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-22

his father, brothers and family reside,
and there ] have known him almost
from boyhood. Knowing him as [ do,
knowing his sterling qualities as q
gentleman, his bravery as soldier, his
standing in the army, and his devotion
to his country, while I might owe an
apology to him for turning aside to
dignity with notice an assault SO unjust
and unealled for as this, Twill never
sit quietly in my seat here and fail to
characterize it as think it deserves.
What is the historical parallel which
the gentleman from New York has so
flippantly brought forward?
Who was Caesar Bergia, with whom
he 50 gaily compares the chief magis-
trate Of the United States? An Italian.
by birth, Of Spanish extraction, with
the hot blood of the one and the savage
cruelty of the other. He rayaged with
fire and slaughter the papal states,
beheaded petty Soyereigns, poisoned
pope and cardinals, and caused his
brother to be slain, whose body was
found in the Tiber with five stiletto
stabs in the breast. He besieged
I1ngagia with his Swiss mercenaries
and enacted such scenes of treachery
and inhuman cruelty as have no
parallel in pagan or christian history,
|if you except the horrible massacre.o of
Fort Pillow and the helIish murders of
Hamburg.
What, sir, has the president ofthe
United States done that he should be
compared to monster like this? And
what has General Ruger done that he
should be styled @ Ramrio, who was
selected by the tyTant for his baseness
and cruelty and was drawn and quart
cred in the market-place in the pres
ence of all the people? Why, sir, when
a laWless and angry mob had invaded
the State house in New Orleans, tramp
I led the statutes of the State under foot
ignored the clear right of the clerk of
I the house Of Representatives to call that
body to order, and in defiance of.al
law and all authority, was determined
to install itself as the legislature of the
State-it was then when human pas
sions were seethiDg like a caldron and
it was apparent that if no interference
was had, in all human probability
within the space of twenty minutes
tinae that State house would be drench-
ed in blood, and perhaps the Crescent
City itself given to the flames, that the
President of the United States, both
I in wisdom and in mercy, stretched
forth the hand Of power to save the
shedding of human blood
And for that act, sir. he is denounc-
ed on this floor as q Caesar Borgial
And when, in Columbia, South Carroll
ma, the members of the rifle clubs were
strainIng at the leasch and thirsting
for blood, when in five minutes more
time the steps Of that State house
would undoubtedly have been made
slippery with human gore, and General
Ruger in very mercy pat forth just
power enough to prevent it, he is
denominated by the gentleman from
New York Mr.. Willis as the Ramiro,
Caesar Borgia selected to secure his
hellish intents!
But, sir, L will not believe that the
gentleman from New York could have
intended his language in its full scope
and meaning. If I thought he did, if
[ thought any gentleman on this floor
was wild enough and reckless enough
TO use language Ike tnaJ doIlD0raC6ly,
I do not know how would characterize
it as it would deserve. Why, sir, to
compare General Thomas H. Ruger,
with his modest department, undaunt-
ed courage, and conscientious fidelity
to duty, with any man who could
deliberately utter language like that
would be like comparing heaven to a
brick-yard. [Laughter.f But I stand
here to defend the gentleman from
New Yerk from any such imputation.
He never could have used the Ian
guage naturally. He might have had
some pardonable vanity, begetting a
desire to give his speech touch and
tone by some quotation from the med |