Mr. President, I'm not a greeny in legislator
matters. I have been here before, sir; and didn't I move its adoption
yesterday, sir? and wasn't I laughed out of the house, sir? and I
expect if I was to make the same motion, I should be laughed out of
the house again, sir. Some men are such d----d fools that they will
laugh at anything."
"The chair must admonish the senator that oaths are not in order."
"Well, by G--, sir, is my motion in order to-day? I want to know; I
want you to tell me that."
"Order, Mr. Senator!"
"Yes, sir, 'order!' Mr. President, that's the word. Order, sir; is my
motion in order, sir?"
"The chair calls the senator to order."
"Ah! that is it, is it? Well, sir, what order shall I take? I ask a
question, and the chair calls me to order. Well, sir, I'm in only
tolerable order, but I want my question answered--I want to know if
I'm to be threatened with 'sassination by the hell-fired gamblers, and
then laughed at by senators for bringing it before the Senate, and
insulted by you, sir, by calling me to order for demanding my rights,
and the rights of my constituents, here, from this Senate? This, sir,
is a d----d pretty situation of affairs.
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