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Robert Stiles, Four years under Marse Robert, Chapter 2: Introductory Sketches. (search)
t wilder, as the Republicans-even John Sherman's most devoted friends as their names were called-one after another fell into line and voted, full-voiced, for Pennington. That is; all the Democrats went wild except Vallandigham, of Ohio. He sat coolly in his seat, while Barksdale, Keitt, Houston, Logan, and the rest surged around him. When they appealed to him, with excited gesticulations, he simply brushed them aside and kept his eyes fixed on a particular spot on the Republican side. As Hickman's name was called and he rose and voted for Pennington, Vallandigham sprang to his feet and, stretching out his right arm toward the Clerk's desk, in a long, resonant drawl that would not be drowned, he shouted: Mr. Clerk, I move that this House do now adjourn! Cries from the Republican side: Sit down! Sit down! Order! Order! You can't interrupt the ballot! Sit down! But Vallandigham went right on. He would not sit down, and he would interrupt the ballot-and he did. Mr. Clerk,