Mr. GRINNJZLL. Mr. Speaker, I resume to say that the charge thatI have insulted Kentucky, which is made the ground of a flin at me, 15altogether a mistake. I never insu ted Kentucky. I did say that when the member from Kentucky said that he would shoot an Is this sort of officer in the discharge of his duty, he made a remark unworthy, as thought, ofhis State and of a U.S. odicer. That I fastened upon the member, and that I regard as the oc casion of his assault today. proved, too, what I 'said on that subject. Now, sir, I wish to deny an unfriendliness toward the memberor toward taState of Kentucky, and that I ever made any remark which could be construed toJnean anything unfriendly in that respect. So far from that beiu the case, I have held Kentucky in high regar, her early history and statesmen. Now, sir, why should I speak of this matter? Certainly not because I believe that my constituency would doubt my word, but allusion has been made to the soldiers of the different States. I am proud to say that I represent a district that sent 13,000 men into the Army. Can the gentleman say so much for his district of which he boasts? I did speak something about the men from Kentucky ghting on both sides; but the record of Iowa soldiers is unquestioned, and it was not made under the leadership of any Kentucky Generalon this floor. It was made under the eader ship of their own colonels and generals, and under GenlGrant and GenlSherman , Sheridan, and others. Mr. Speaker, this is a painful exposition. But I am not responsible for it. When I make an assault, I expect to receive an assault in return. I have never assaulted my equals and associates, and therefore I am not in the habit of receiving assaults in return. I have never risen here to question the integrity or doubt the veracity of any gentleman on this floor; and but for the fact that my personal integrity was assailed and that my words were Inisquoted, I would not have risen here today. I have alluded to what was said in regard to me. The gentleman remarked that he did not care a fig about what I said; but when he goes and proclaims the matter in a great city in the presence of 1000s of people, I conclude that he does not rest altogether well satisfied under the well proven charge of having do clnred that he would shoot an officer of the U.S. on duty under certain circumstances. And then the member whines off with a woman's plea, taking refuge under fem inine skirts, as a certain other gentleman iu rebeldom went off in disguise.