Mr. WENTWORTH.Mr. Speaker, what I want to say is this: the chairman of the committee alluded to plantation manners. Now plantation manners are not generally located in the North. At least it is not so generally understood. GenlFry is a native of my State, and the gentleman who brought his letter before the I house knew what it contained, he knew it contained an attack upon one of his fellow members, and one of his coequals in the House; and in sending it to the Clerk’s desk to be read he did it for the express ur pvose of responding to the Gentfrom NewYork. And now my friend calls this plantation manners. Why, sir, these manners are u in the boreal regions the northern part of 9 and the northern art of Illinois. GenlFry was one of the rst graduates of West l Point from my congressional district. I take an interest in his character, and uiy whole State has an interest in it, not only personally, but on account of the services of his family. His father, when the war broke out, differing politically from the Administration, raised a regiment, and though he was between 60 and 70 years of age he went into the field and fought in some of the severest battles that took place during the war. His friends are numer ous in our State, and as one of the Representatives of the State I would not feel justified in allowing this thing to be done, which it seems to be the intention of the House to do, without saying this much. And yet I feel that I am under no obligation to defend GenlFry, although he was my own cadet, because he should have shown me that letter. I understand that be exhibited the letter to no member of the Illinois delegation. There is not a member from Illinois who would not have advised him to have kept it to himself. But, Mr. Speaker, to revert to the original point, it does not screen a man when he wants to attack some fellow member of the House to go to the dept, et a letter and send it to the Clerk s desk to e read. And here this report is brought in censuring him. As for the Gentfrom NewYork [Mr. CONK LING] I am free to say, as I presume every member of the House is, that there is nothing in his conduct that is not entirely to his credit, and he has won laurels by the investigation.