The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-19
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we had occasion recently to speak OF MI.
HIAIss,s style of speaking rs mere denla'
eos,,ery or stunp-speakine. de attempts
Inv the use Of epithets toarouset the passions
40 The northern masses. In the United states
senate ON wednesday Mr. VOORHEES, took
Vim 10 task. and drew q sort OF apology
Efrom him. We quote from the Recora;
I M. VOORHEES,: NOW. mr.. areeiaont.
r desire to saw a word ortwoto the senator
s.a,,. aI~:.,A Hn SAYS, $50 shlrked >-'s 10y
word."
Mr.. VOORHEES,: say to the Senator
| from Maine that ne has aset of pet phrases
| and among them are those words tnas ltn-
DIV cowardice and sense OF lleeinS away
from his presence or something that IS ter-
rible on that side of the chamber. Let MN
dismiss that now, once Tor all ana forever.
There Is nobody ON this side Of the cham
Tor who will shirk, any sooner than the
Senator from Maine will; and say that IN
| no spirit OF menace at all, but as trying 70
correct those 'tplaEtation manners mat
ob,aiu. Ip among the dark pines OF Maine:
Mr,,iBL. me: The plantations OF Maine !!
! MrLVOQRHEES: Yes; the plantations
~ Maine, where it seems it is allowable for
man TO use terms that Imply interiori'y:
want of courage, want Of manliness, aud
which imply a boaSifulness Of superiority
on the other side. I say to the senator
from Maine. With an abiding personal re-
gard for him of long years, that me sooner
he dismiss2s those phrases from bis Vocabu-
larry The sooner we shall set along IN quiet
and harmony in this body. r
- *.+ The Senator from Maine.
viii, tbat hipb. dashing spirit OF his, comes
in here with little knowledge on this point,
and arruyns this side Of tbe chamber be-
cause we are opposing what we think has
already been enacted by our votes. read
now what was adopted, and not merely
adopted, but accepted on this Size OF the
clamber-accepted by the Committee On
Privileges and EIections-ofered by the
Senator from Massachusetts. Let Us see
how broad or how narrow tits; let US see
whether it needs emendation and enlarge
mept. as the Senator from Maine insists;
let us see whether it does not demonstrate
that tie Senator from Maine did not know
what the Senate had already done when he
arrairned this side Of the chaInberas sliirk.
ing from an investigation OF All That belongs
to. this case. .@.aa .s.n, ~ n r. !.
Mr.. BLAINE: After the lecture which
nv friend from Indiana delivered 10 me
upoa my use Of words and upon the impet-
uous manner which Lsomrtimes have in
contrast with his mild and placid way OF
speech, he wound up by telling me that my
case was mere pcttiloSgin@. Now, doWnin
Maine, in tie way We speak the English
language, "shlrk" means TO depart from;
70 Quit: 10 shift of. "aiThat is what Noah
webster and Worcester sly it, is. l do not
know whether :. pettifogging" is consider
cd !. nude or showing your respect Tor a
man out in Indiana, the way the tongae'is
spoken there. -
Mr.. VOORHEES,: "Pettifosging''-and
only mean it in that sense, for am utterly
incapable of meaning personal offence 10
The Senator from Maine" pettilogglng >
mcaus taking up small point in case.
that does not govern the whole case, aud
Insisting that 1T has an importance which it
has not.
Mr. BLAINE: And .shirk" means to
avoid large point.
MIR. VOORHEES,: "Shrk." in the west
ern sense, means to run away, and skulk
and hide like coward.
Mr.. BLAINE: Oh, no. The Senator's
criticism, know, was in good part and |
take it so: but he has large vocabulary
and have q small one, and must be per-
mitted to use mine and select mine. l do
not know that any senator on this floor
speaks with less intention Of giving offence
than myself but at the same time refer
him to the solid meat of this question, and
T say that the real point OF the whole matter
is whether there. was Il lawful Legislature
lawfully constituted to elect Mr.. Spoflord.
You do not propose to investigate that at
all. You propose to 90 by that. How shall
I characterize that in such manner as shall
be agreeable to the ears Of my friend from
Indiana? @~t
Mr.. EDMUNDS: Call it "pettifogging."
Mr.. BLAINE: Will it be permissible to
say that it is perhaps pettifogging point?
Mr.. VOORHEES,: Say it in any way.