Mr. Marshall. “Well, I must say that the gentleman puts his remarks in a very blunt form.”
Mr. Kelly. “I say that the statement is not true.”
Mr. Marshall. “Why surely one branch of the Church holds that doctrine.”
Mr. Kelly. “I say there is no branch in this country that holds that doctrine; and the gentleman has never seen one that advocates that doctrine.”[42]
Mr. Marshall reiterated the statement, and Mr. Kelly in still more positive language denounced it as untrue, and challenged the Kentuckian to produce any evidence to sustain his allegation. The scene was becoming very animated, and as the two herculean Representatives glared at each other with angry mien and menacing front, Mr. Wright was reminded, as he afterwards said, of Milton’s picture:—
“Such a frown
Each cast at the other, as when two black clouds
With heaven’s artillery fraught, come rattling on
Over the Caspian, then stand front to front
Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow