Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-25

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Thew had refused Republicans a right tn sneal,
and he concluded with the declaration tina, while
he remained in the Senate no minority should no
paaped. throttled or insulted lie imnuted had
faith 10 the majority in their eourse tbronghout
the day, and said the time has come when the
majority dare not adjourn and leave the oovern.
ment to starye and the army to laneuisb. The
devil was subtle but he wove n coarse web. The
web in this so-caled army bill was very coarse
IL was A trick and A iupqle. This was tho oman
ing of the most extraordinary and disoracefuI
scene that has occurred in the Senate cbamber
since the old slavery days.
Mr.. Conkling having charged the other side
with bad faith, In not allowing the time taken M
by the Mississippi river commission hill Tn he
allowed in the debate on the army bill. Mr.. Lamar
rose at the conclusion of Mr.. Conkling's speech
and said that IA far a. any ntimation of had faith
was concerned, he had lived in vain IL he was
not superior to such charge from such a source
1t was not his purpose to indulge in personalities
but he would say to the Senator that IL he in.
tended to intimate that anything he had done
was not in good faith, he pronounced the state
ment falsehood which he repealed with all the
unmitigated contempt that he felt for the author
OF it, Mr.. Conklng who had been walking
slowly back and forth behind the benches ad.
vanced TO his seat, bristling with anger and with
scorn and hatred plainly marked upon his count
enance With the utmost elaboration, but with
cutting irony, he replied Whether he was will
ing to respond to the member from Mississippi
depended entirely upon what that member in
tended to say, and what he did say, and for the
time being he did not choose to hold any COM
municaton with him. I" understood the Senator
to state" continued Conkling, becoming fiercer
in tone, and more and more offensive in manner
sin plain, supplementary language, that the
statement of mine to which he refers was a false
hood II caught his words Alright, have only
to say, this not being the place to measure with
any the capacity to violate decency, to violate
the rules of the Senate, or to commit any of the
the Senator-the member-from Mississippi did
impute or intended to impute to me falsehood
nothing except the fact that this is the Senate
would prevent my denouncing him as BLACKBOARD
and a coward Let me be more specific Mr.
President, should the member from Mississippi
except in the presence of the Senate charge me.
by intimaton or otherwise, with falsehood, /
would denounce him as
A BLAcKGuARp, A COWARD AND A LIAR.
The rules and the prophecies OF the Senate are
the only restraint upon me-" This language
quite naturally caused sensation. Applause
and Kisses were mingled in the galleries. Mr..
Lamar sprang to his feet and said al have only
to say that the Senator from New York understood
me correctly. did mean to say Just precisely
the words and all they imported | beg the par
don of the Senate for the supplementary Ian
guage. 1t was very harsh, it was severe, it was
what no good man would deserve and no brave
man would wear" This was met with renewed
demonstrations in the galleries, which were
quickly suppressed. Mr.. Conkling then. in his
most nonchalant style, arose and asked the chair
what was the business before the Senate. That
ended 1t, but the excitement over it has not
ended vet
Rumors have been rife OF a duel between the
two gentlemen, but the affair will end like all
other encounters which Mr.. Conkling has had in
Congress-in smoke His personal attack upon
Blaine, and the sharp war of words which re.
suited from it, are still fresh IN the minds of the
public here. and caused complete enlargement
between the two men. which neither time nor marty
contact has vet healed. His later pitched battle
with General Gordon i'm the Senate. and a similar
encounter with General Burnside in executive ses.
sion were both considered rs serous Mt the time
but have blown over and left nothing Int a rankle
in the breast Lamar has gone To Mi,sisslppi.
after waiting IL is said. two DAYS with the ex.
mediation Of a cballenpe from Conklinp
After this occurrence between Conklipg and
Lamar the nerformances in tho aII.night farce
were generaI,v mood .hpmored Egorts ~ roach
nm rrdars,a,din, ,,,han n ,,o,o sh.,r,a ho ,oi,o,
were made nv the democrats and reiected nv tho
Renpblicans who demanded the right IN deha,a