Mr. GRINNELL. Mr. Speaker.it is with the great estreluctancethat I riseto sayanythingwhichmight seem personal. I have beena member of this House for 3 sessions, and in all that timcI have bad no personal controvcrsy suvewiththememberfromKen tacky and no unkind fooling toward any person in the House. I claim to bea man of peace and to demcunmyselfas becomes a gentleman. But, sir, when any man. I care not whether he stands 6 feet high, whetherhe wearsbull"and assumesthe air of a certain bird that hasa more than usual extremity of tail wanting in the other extremity.says that he would not believe what I utter, I will say that I wasnever called to stand underan imputation of that characte"r in the company of qentlemcp. The irentle mnnbeginscourting sympathyby sustaining the POTUS preparatory to his assaultupon me. Now. sir, if he is a defonder of the POTUS, all I have to sayis, God save the President from such an incoherent.brainlessdefender, equalin valor in civif and in military life! His military recordl Who has read it? In what volumeof history is it found? “Some time ago the gentleman asked some of us. What did youCOin the rebellion but inake speeches And ho told us that hewasin the field and’got some little reputation with half way secession Kentucky. But where was he in any great fight? Ask GenlGrant or any of the leadingofficers. Where was he in the great tights? Ask General Grunt if you want his private opinion about him. Go to the general officers; and since he has alluded to Iowa, I will givethe opinion of a loadingofficerfrom that State.for not 2 weeks ugo he told methnt when there was a noise in camp the men said it was either a rabbit or General Rorssean. 110the defender of the soldiers of Iowal Sir, they want no such defender: they want none of his defense. He has not led them in the battle and it is all pretense it is the merestmockery: it is the met est trickery the merest blowing of his own norn, for him to sayt at he led our soldiers. Where was the deadly hail when they were under his command? But he comeshere to traduce a humble person like myself. In the 1st glacc, he charged me with say in: what I never did say. When l0 went down to makea speechto the Fonians in NewYork he is re iorted to havesaid this: ‘As I said on the floor of congress on one occasion.as a fling was made at in native Stateby a pitiable politician from Iowa. isses.] You will excuse me for givmg his name. a"tHt believeit wasoneGrinncll.’ was ‘onc Grinnelf that he alluded to. But I never madeany film: tit Kentucky. That is my name. I am socalledand so known where I liye. But that is not all. He was not content with usmirmyname, but he refersto the honorable Gentfrom Pennsylvania [Mr. Srltvmtsl in these terms: ‘I say that man is n miscreant, and I cannot find words to express my disgust and contempt for him.’ To whom does that relate? [To a member of this Housel And here he stands up. 6 feet and over, calling himself a buttoned up general officer.