Year: 1871

Mr.. Butlei-Oh, no. 1 had no con-
troversy with him.


Mr.. Deck.-The Senator denounced
the Member on the floor of the SEN
ate as damned scoundrel, and would
characterize that as q controversy


Laughter They had a quarrel on
the floor of the Senate. 1t ought to
have ended there, and would have
ended there, but for the fact that the
Member from Massachusetts saw fit
to come on the floor OF. the House and
use language grossly offensive to. the
Senator from kentucky and it was
after that that the Senator had
pronounced the speech which
had been quoted by the member
The member from Massachusetts, if
he had a personal explanation to mako
should have it at once, but he had
waited until last Thursday, the day
that Congress was to adjourn, and
then asked leave to make it, having
sent printed slips of it in advance to
Boston and to the New York Herald,
knowing that the Senator would have
left the city before he conld have
seen it in print, thereupon Iobjected
because / did not want to give the
gentleman chance for replication.

son given by the gentleman was that
he would not let me speak so long as
the indictment against his State was
continued.


Mr.. Beck-If had an opportunity
to reply to that. indictment, l would
have done it in a way which, L hope,
would have been worthy of the State.
When the gentleman was trying to
get leave, to-day, asked him whether
he would assail the Senator from Ken
lucky, and he replied that he would
not, and, OH that statement, members
on the Democratic side voted to give
him the privilege. did not believe
what he said, and therefore voted
against it. Laughter. When the
member rises and announces that the
Senator from Kentucky has been
guilty of falsehood, deny it. / hurl
it back and say that the character of
that Senator is as good as that of any
man upon earth. He never did will
fully tell lie, and no man before ever
accused him of it. When the member
said that the Senator was shielded by
his age, and that he did not seek prop
er redress, 1 have only to say that
while my Senator is neither bully
nor a blackguard, the member can get
any redress from him that he seeks
outside of this hall or anywhere else.
Laughter. do not believe that it
lies in the mouth of the member from
Massachusetts, to talk about any SEN
ator heing shielded by his age or not
seeking proper redress. / have wit
messed scenes with that member which
satisfied me that he would not seek
the redress to which he alludes.-


Laughter He does not forget that
have in the presence of fifteen men,
bers of the house, seen the member
from Illinois, (Mr. Farnsworth), put
his fist in the face of the member from
Massachusetts,, denounce him in every
way that one man can denounce an
other, until had to say to other mem
bers of committee standing by that
did not think any white man would
take it without fight, and that decent
negroes of New Y ork State would
fight over it. (Uproarious laughter)
Mr.. Farnsw orth = Derisively) 1t
was on account of his extreme age,
perhaps! (Shouts of laughter.)


Mr.. Butler-Pointing to Mr.. Farms
worth)-He is not white man.


Mr.. Eldridge-Now is the proper
time to call in the Chaplain. (Contin-
uous laughter.)


Mr.. Cox.-The Coroner should be
also sent for.


This having concluded the fun the
House adjourned.