Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-26
Two Famous Speeches.

JEFF. Davis, it will be remembered
was delivered near the close of an all
nj sht session. and the members were
tired and weary, many of them ASLEEP
in their seats. Among these was
Chandler, Of Michigan. Among the
listeners in the gallery was Hon. w.
&. Chandler. Overcome with indigna
ton at this fulsome eulogy of a traitor
W. E. Chandler wrote on a card
my God! Is il possible that there is
no Senator upon the floor Of the Senate
who can rebuke in fitting terms South
ern insolence and characterize treason
as it deserves?" This card he drop.
ped upon the floor of the Senate. |,
was picked up by some Senator who
calling page, directed him to take
the card to Zach Chandler, The page
aroused the sIumberlng lion, and hand
ed HIM the cald. The Senator read
the card, listened for a moment to
catch the dnitt of Lamars speech, and
wrote upon the opposite side Of the
card: 'Possess your soul in patience.
In less than ten minutes, If [ eau gain
the floor, treason shall be rebuked as
| it deserves" True to his promise,
and within ten minutes, Chandler got
the floor and poured out thar torrent
of eloquence and phiilipic which struck
dlsmay to the hearts of the Democratic
Senators, and thrilled with Joy the
hearts of loyal men throughout the
nation. AS an impromptu effort this
speech of Zach Chandler's deserves to
stand among the best efforts of the
kind OF ancient or modern times.
ANOTHER FAMOUS SPEECH.
In the Thirty ninth Congress .Sena-
tor Hendricks taunted Mr.. Chandler
with having written, in 1861, letter
in which he said: The Union is
hardly worth preserving without a
little blood-letting." Cd Zach re-
piled to Hendricks as following:
The Senator from India has arraien-
ed me upon an old indictment, for
having written certain letter in 1861.
1t is not the first time that [ have been
arraigned on that indictment of blood
letting" [ was first arraigned for it
on this floor by that traitor, John G.
Breckinridge, and [ answered the trail
tor, John c. Breckinridge; and after
| gave him that answer be went out
into the rebel ranks and fought against
our flag. | was arraigned by another
Senator from Kentucky, and by other
traitors, upon this floor. | expect to
be arraigned again. [ wrote that
letter, and I stand by the letter; and
what was it? What was the position
of the country when that letter was
written? The Democratic party, as an
organization, had arrayed itself against
the Government-a Democratic traitor
in the Presidential chair, and a Demo-
cratic traitor in every department Of
this Government; Democratic traitors
preaching treason Oh this floor, and
preaching treason in the hall of the
other house; Dem ocratic traitors in
your army and IN your navy; Demo-
cratic traitors in every depar ment of
this Government. Your flag was fired
upon, and no response The Demo-
cratic party bad ordained that this
Government should be overthrown,
and I, as a Senator from Michigan,
wrote to the Governor of that State:
"Unless you are prepare to shed blood
for the preservation of this great
Government, the Government is over
thrown" That is all there was of
that letter. That [ said, and / say it
again, and [ tell that Senator if he is
prepared to 60 down in history with
tie Democratic traitors who then c.
operated with him, | am prepared to
go down on that ''blood- letting" let
ter, and stand by the record as then
made.-Bloomington Leader.
The Belfordshire (Eng.) Mercury
reports conversation between one of
its representatives and "centenarian
peddler." named John Roseberry, now
over ITO years old. The story is sim
gularly interesting, and its salient
points are that Roseberry was bora in
Whitby in 1869, and married, when
he was only 20 years of age, girl 7
years his junior, aud the daughter of
the Vicar Of Steeple Clayton The
children Of the marriage, twenty-five
in number-seventcen boys and FIVE
girls--are all dead and are buried in
Peterborough churchyard. Roseberry
stated that there are three locks Of his
hair the British Museum, and five
years ago the Queen cut lock of his
hair off with her own hand, at the same
time decorating him with a collar which
gives him 'the mastership of every
magistrate in five counies-Northaml .
tonshire, Lincolnshire. Camblidgeshire,
Norfolk and Huntingdonshire.'
An old farmer living near Elliota