The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-29
afraid twill last until we are driven into
the hills and mountains,r


the hills and mountains"
The Fortieth Congress, which ha
adjourned in March, reassembled O
the sd of July. Sumner lost no tim
in calling up his universal suffrage bill
which he called the "short cut to uni
yeraal liberty" while MIR. Stevens urge,
his coniscation bill. But large mum
Der Of conservative Republicans, heade,
by Senator Fessenden and Representa-
tive Bingham, insisted that only re
construction bills should be discussed
| There was sharp debate the first da,
of the session on the admission of
delegation from Kentucky.
Edwin NJ. Stanton was really The
principal counsel for Sickles' defence
Severe and searching in every particu
lar, and insulting and domineerlng in
his disposition, he scarcely Saye wit
ness on Cross-eXamination time tO
think, and actually terrified them with
his coarse voice and manner. He was
we'll known to the Washington bar,
having had several cases at the natio-
nal capital, the first one having been in
1871. Then Caleb ]. McNulty, Clerk
of the House of Representatives, L. S,
having charges preferred against him
by the House, of loaning the public
funds in his hands as such officer to
certain parties for betting purposes, a
committee was appointed to investi-
gate the same, and they reported the
charges true, and the House sustained
the report, and by resolution declared
his office vacant, and also requested
the President of the United States to
have Caleb J. McNulty indicted. Ac-
cordingly he was indicted in the Crimi-
nal Court Of the District of Columbia.
Senator B. Tappan was one of Caleb
J. McNulty's bondsmen as clerk of the
House, and he sent for L. NJ. Stanton
to defend McNulty in the trial under
said indictment. He made a splendid
effort and gained great celebrity on ac-
count of the manner in which he man.
aged the case, up until almost con-
viction, when all was excitement, the
tears trickling down the cheeks of
many in the courtroom who sympa-
thized with his wife and child, who
were sitting by his side, and on whose
behalf Stanton appealed to the jury for
mercy when, all at once, he turned
to the court, and demanded the dis
charge Of Caleb ]. McNulty on the
grounds that he was not accountable to
the House as a disburser OF the funds
in his hards, but to the department
from which he had received the money,
and had accounted for the same. He
was discharged. And Stanton, with
the aid and cunning of Judge TaDpan)
received the first Introduction in his
practice in Washington City.
Joshua r. Giddings was one of the
pioneers of the Republican party in
the popular branch of the National
Legislature. He was a man endowed
with wonderful pertinacity and con-
stancy of purpose, and for twenty years
fought, single handed and almost alone,
an overwhelming majority in defence
of the cause that, during all that time
had no champions but him. He was
a very earnest talker. He threw al
the fire of his soul and all the fame o.
his energy into his utterance. Sc
powerfully would he become WORKED
up in argument that al its close he
would sink back, faint and exhausted
into his chair. Richard Townsend
who afterwards served as a Represen
tatve from Illinois, used to narrate ;
scene that happened when he was T.;
page in the House. Mr.. Giddings
who had been addressing the House
with great earnestness, tainted away OF
taking his seat, and young Townsend
who was standing by the desk of Mr.
Letcher, waiting for note, exclaimed
"Why, Mr.. Giddings is almost dead :
LetChcr, who was an extreme Southern
man in his views, and hot tempered
and passionate, said: "By God l wisl
he would die Giddings was heavy
strong man. His veins were full O
blood, and after intense labor he wa
subject to an attack of vertigo. 1t wa
an attack of this kind which strucl
him at that time.