“Now, sir, Mr. President, here is another of these d——­d letters, and this time I am told if this bill passes, I am to die.  Maybe you’ll say this ain’t before the Senate.”

“The chair would remind the senator that the simple reading of a private letter to the Senate raises no question.  There must be a motion in relation to what disposition shall be made of the paper.”

“I know that, sir.  Mr. President, I’m not a greeny in legislator matters.  I have been here before, sir; and didn’t I move its adoption yesterday, sir? and wasn’t I laughed out of the house, sir? and I expect if I was to make the same motion, I should be laughed out of the house again, sir.  Some men are such d——­d fools that they will laugh at anything.”

“The chair must admonish the senator that oaths are not in order.”

“Well, by G—­, sir, is my motion in order to-day?  I want to know; I want you to tell me that.”

“Order, Mr. Senator!”

“Yes, sir, ‘order!’ Mr. President, that’s the word.  Order, sir; is my motion in order, sir?”

“The chair calls the senator to order.”

“Ah! that is it, is it?  Well, sir, what order shall I take?  I ask a question, and the chair calls me to order.  Well, sir, I’m in only tolerable order, but I want my question answered—­I want to know if I’m to be threatened with ’sassination by the hell-fired gamblers, and then laughed at by senators for bringing it before the Senate, and insulted by you, sir, by calling me to order for demanding my rights, and the rights of my constituents, here, from this Senate?  This, sir, is a d——­d pretty situation of affairs.  If General Jackson was in your place, I’d have my rights, and these d——­d gamblers would get theirs, sir:  he would hang them under the second section, and no mistake.”

The laugh was renewed, and the President asked Larry if he had any motion to make.

“Yes, sir,” said Larry, now thoroughly aroused.  “I move this Senate adjourn and go home, and thar stay until they larn to behave like gentlemen, by G—!” and away he went in angry fury.

For four consecutive days, this scene was enacted in the Senate.  Each succeeding day saw Moore more and more excited, and the Senate began to entertain the opinion that there was an intention to intimidate the Legislature, and thus prevent the passage of the bill.  These daily missives grew more and more threatening, and terror began to usurp the place of rage with Moore.  He would not leave the Senate chamber or his quarters without being accompanied by friends.  In the mean time the bill came up, and Moore had made a characteristic speech, and the morning following there were half a dozen letters placed upon his table from the post-office.  Their threats and warnings increased his alarm.  Some of these purported to come from friends, detailing conversations of diabolical character which had been overheard—­others told him only an opportunity was wanting to execute the threats previously made.