The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-18
robson AND HEWITT i i I
ENTERTAIN THE HOUSE YESTERDAY
ny Exchanging Coaplmsats-!IsuIttG Goes RehI, d
the "lsteord" and Want, Certain Sentence,
E,punsed-R0besOa n.fu,.s TO Comply
With the Request and The Fun CoatIau,s. p

with the Request and IL. Fun coatIlut,.
WASHINGTON, d. c. July il7.-In IL /,
House this morning Mr.. Hewitt rose to a /
question OF personal und parliamentary
privilege, and called attention 10 tho sci 5
tence printed in the Record rs purportil 2
10 have been spoken by I Robcson, bt Il
which that gentleman had never uttered on
the floor, 10 tho effect that tho presentation
OF the subject lin regard to the navy BY (
the gentleman tlIewilO was specious al
though 1t pretended 10 be candid, was
extravagant although It assumed 10 be 1
careful, and was false although 1t CLAIMED
to be frank. Although It had evidently &
been founded on information gathered. from
the nalevolence and Misrepresentation
OF others, that gentleman (lIewitt) had !
given 1t the stamp Of his approval with all \
the reckless confidence which seemed toI Z
be his nature when called upon to endorse
anything that impugued tho conduct or
misrcpresented the motives OF others.n' Ile 4
(llcwitt went on TO say that he had listen. /;
cd attcntively to tho gcntleman's (Robe-
son's) remarks, and knew no such language
had been used BY him on the floor The
official stenosrapller had also informed him
that no portion OF that sentence was to be I,
found in his notes. 5,,,s3s =, 5 - - 8
The attack was q personal one, as Il I
charged him (llewitD with having made
not IN erroneous but a false statement
The place to impugn his motives was on !:
the floor oil the House, where he stood face
TO face with that gentleman, and not in the
Record, and not where there was no chance
to make q reply. He now thought he had Z
n right to request : that the sentence be 4
struck out of the accord He asked the (
Speaker 10 have that done, and q ii tho 4
Speaker declined, he would ask the. House 4
to order il done. q (. 80
The personal controversy which followed
between Hewitt and Robson was yery Z
bitter. Robson Withdrew the word nfai.s.
lacious," which he had proposed 10 sub
stitute for the word "falsc, y upbraided$ /
Hewitt for his connection with the AIorey&
letter aud ridiculed him for his pretentions
to be greater man than his iather.in.law,1l
Peter Cooper. Il z {. /, 3 & t.. =
Hewitt retaliated by saying that man ]
who would submit to be characterized by i
u fellow mem Der as n lar, perjurer, and /
thef. was so low that anything he might Z
say was OF no consequence 2, 91iS
The Speaker declined to order the oflen.S 3
sive sentence TO be struck from the Record.
Mr.: Robson replied to Mr.. Hewitt, and Z
stated that the gentleman had himself had z
4 speech inserted in the Record, not one
half OF which had been delivered, and lin u
which he had used this language: II do L
net undertake it to say whether they IRE z
ferring to the iron-clad contracts) were the
result OF lawful commerce, which do not
believe, or OF criminal intercourse, which
do believe, He would now repeat !:
that the gentleman's representation was Z
specions, was y. not S candid; md (ifs
he objectedto the wori,T T"false," which,
he did not intend to have n personal ap-s
plication) was fallacions. : He (Robeson)
would have less confidence in his own !
character and less self.respect ii he were J
always willing to impute false motives and !
base purposes to other persons. He also
found in thntgentlemen's( (IIewitt's) speech
q sentence 10 the effect "it WIS n strain on i
the charitable side Of his nature to imag-; /;
inc that there was no criminality in the 4
person who advised or directed these con-
tracts. " To whom was that directed II
That was said not in the heat {
OF debate, not in N the turmoil
OF controversy, but was deliberately pre- !
pared and printed. He (Robeson) might I
go through the gcntleman's whole speech
and strip of the cover Of the specious pre- II
text OF reason and moderation, but he liad.as
not the time to do so. There was an elab-s,
crate attenpt through il all to attack: himas
(Robeson) over the shoulders of Isaiahsi
lIanscom, who had gone to his grave, hon-S3
ored and beloved, leaving behind him the Z
proudest record Of bis genius,sh which::
he had built for the navy. He did not ad 4
mire the courage, nor desire to initiate tho 4
conduct of TINT animal which shrinks from =,
the face OF living man and prowls. about y
the graves Of the dead. He was unable 10 &
say how much Of his (Robeson's) speech I!
had been delivered. lie intended to ;de. /
liver it all, and now accepted the 2respon. Z
sibility OF it. r RI, 81 q