The tri-weekly news. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, January 18, 1866, Image 2
TOh , f t indf la IdAA Uiltid
Siates Senate-Clay, CarIhoun and -Web
ster.
A-correspondent of the 7Ymes and
Wit3s, of Chicago, who witnessed the
United States Senate "in the days of
the Giants," furnishes from Washing
t9n the following graphic picture of
"Auld lang Syne" in that city:
Gibbon relates the celebrated story of
the Seven Sleepers. During the perse
cution at Ephesus, siven noble yopths
- concealed themselves in a cave. They
Simmediately, so goes the legand, fell
into a deep sleep, which was niiracn
lously prolonged for one hundred and
pig),ty-seven years. On awaking they
entered the city, but found, everywhere.
Christians so degenerated. churches so
conformed to the world, all, in short, so
changed, that they* bitrst into tears and
elriestly priyed to God. that they
iihit .return to their , slumbers again.
Suph are my feelings.as I sit. here and
..-look upon this boav and listen to. their
41hbates, with the liglt of other days
around me. Only a few years ago 1
octnpied this very seat,- and heard with
pleasure, the great meni of the land
deliberating for th general weal of tlio
whole nation. Now, how many seats
are vacant.; and the- diseussions are
about the late war, the treatment of re
hellion, and the reconstruction of a shat.
tered Union; topics, the very sound of
which might cause the founders of this
gri-at ' Republic to trit in their coffins
Among many sad reiections, there is
one which especially , depresses my
leart, as I look down on this conclave
of grave, venerable, and patriotic Sun
ators. It is, that there surviveg not a
single one of these statesmen whose
voices used to be heard throughout th'e
entir4 countiy.' Once it was a great
privilege -to pass a morning ire. when
"there were giants in 'the -land." Yon
der reppsed, in silent graddeur, the mas
sy foim of Mr. Webster. To his right
iking sntiff and conve-sing pleasantly
witl his neighipr , was the light, grac&
ful person of Mr. Clay; while far to the
left, dark, sombre, with keen, flashing
eyes, was that incarnation of dignity
atnd severe logic, Mr. Calhoun, looking
like a cast-iron man. When eitiet of
these men was to speak, the chamber
was cro.wded early in the - day, and
verybody studied tLheirspeeches. And
in reason; for in genius and true pre
litninary eloquence, they were men ot
pre-enminent greatiess, differing intellec
tually and morally, very much as they
did in their personal appearance.
So remarkable were the head. and
figure of the Mas0achumsetud Senator
that, when he was in Londoi, thin po.
ters and dlv laborers in the street.isceil
to epase fro'm their work to guae at. hini;
fnd here eaich day, * as-1o entexed the
Senate, all eyes were converged-townrds
the mnatn," and Ohe whispor was heard
on all sides iii the galleries, "That 'is
he." Everything in his presence was
imperial... l'or. myself,'I never looked
upon that brow, that majestic- aspect,
those "Atlanitein sh->ulders, fit to, bear
the weight of mighty monarchies,".that
face, on which "deliberation sat, and
public cari," without a something, I
know not what, of awe and reverence
which I could not shake off, even in fa.
mliliar conversation with him. 'As a
writer, his style is thie 0ury best in our
*laniuago; tiot so elaborated . as Dr.
Channing's, but easier, more flowing and
transparent. Mrs. Fanny Kemble told
ime that her father, a mnan of exqnisite
tasto, used ofletn to say to horZ "Come
let uts read W'ebster ; his style does me
*good . i many -passages, especially in
his argmiaent on the trial of the Kna pps
and in his re.ply to Gen. 1Havne, . that
was tirne of hiim which was said ot Lu.i
t4her : '-His words' are half battles."
-But he was a tame, ponderous speaker.
7t: th peroration of his'speech on F~oot's
resolutions,<he glowed as with ethierial
fires, but-.genterally- he, was'dullh, heavy,
-phlegiiite;'iHe was a perfect master
of language. Most puiblio speakers
Would, find *ords. 4.'ceedingly nnman
agglthings. 'At .his command the
best, fltttest-pimses'carve and fell "into
~perfect lilalanx."- His .logic was per.
j.6 fectalao, .demolishing' everything like
error, '"hamimering .way,'" "smashing
".,everythmitg in hii path," .(to use the
phywords of our two great General.,)
buity s nt ogio ' firoe;" and his
<orations will a ways recejyb more ad
niiration ehe read tha'n they did when
delivered.. -Hia~,address at'the comple
.,ion of -Bumke.H ill Monument is itself
m~ronument of'clssicaul taste, of pro.
heught or elevated" Antosman
l ichiwi'l outlast the solid gran,.
it. et Mfr, Choato, who was on the
plat osm with him, i~ells us that he neus
er suffered sesmuch* in his life the deliy
bry was stichy Nliware
i thbu -leeni said as to tahe mioraij~'
tv of M . .iaste'r, but <#~ nortuis.nW
*isi Iionte'i one trait:ln'lhis'oharne
ta'r I can to ma4int~n-his grpat te.
verem:to fir ftible ' \ en ~IAm
4'4
~ .~ff~uidthat buyinig
lav 4d -sending them South
way r r. hisines. and I was so
lho'ksd tha T w'ent to Wishilgton to
mee if anything couild be donle to stop go
Iaarious a traffic. In conversing with
tim on the subjvct of slavery, I fomid
hat. he was most anxious that some
uieasure should he inatgrt.ed fur -its
tradual abolltjio. le confessed, how.
.ver, t hat. lie could not see tiny remedy,
tud thonluit it a vulnus nmedccabde.
B3ut whenever I (ioted a passage from
he Word of God. he always receivel
t as the truth t-rwhieh all should yiold
mtire obedience,.
In this reverenit submission to th san.
,red Oracles, I grieve. to say Mr, .Call
isoun was s iniferior to Mr. Webster as
ni was superior to hi:n in the iing
peachible p'uritv of hi4 moral character.
I knew him well, both in Washingtoi
11ndI at Foi t Hill, his residencp in Sont.h
Carolina, and I never knew a mAn inre
n pright, conscieitions anid virtuous. IlN
was. too, a soimiewhiat.regular Attendant
of the Episcopal Church in Pendleton,
tlhough' never a communicant in anyiV
chulirch. But his intellectual pride.and
independence made. iim intolerant of
anly authority higher than his own rea
son He plofessed to believe in the in.
spiration of the Scriptures, but forget.
ting that important'part of knowledge
which infornis us of the. limit ation of
the human understanding-jealois of
faith, lest it shouhi bq credlity-accus.
tomed to inquire as to every doctrine,
not wlethcr it was conformable to God's
will but to his own; loviug truth, yet
loving system more than that, truth;
satisfymng himself that he had establish.
ed his point if lie could show the . objec;
tions to any on(! position, without con
sidering those of all otlers, in short
never suspecting lis own judgmet, il.
ways confident. in 1isi own , decisions,
and therefore resolved that no argu
ment.could be adduced which might
change his opinions, he knew nothing
of that,I humble, teachal.l spirit which
in the great element in Christian faith.
le sincerely regaidd slavery as a di.
Viiic and ioneficent institition. "The
negro and the white man," he said to
me. "ar both elevated by it."
If-I quoted a text which expressed
his views lie woull give it, hearty assent
and d well upon its certainty. BUt if. it
condemned his clerished convictions lie
,aV promptly inestioned it. I wats with
him during his last illness, and upon
one Icca1si, when I cited .that com.
maned, "Honor ill men," lie turned
qiicklv t> ime and said, "What, hono'
all men ? Never, ihipossible. God nev
er said thirt. God haniot require nie
toh'onor the man in the White House,
not the unprincipled politicians, the se).
flish demagogues now in both Hrouses of
Congress. who are bringing ruin on thu
country."
Of his power of conversation a great
npuy have spoken ; but in fact he nover
eonvers'ed ; he harangued as earnestlv
when alone with Von as when in the%
legislative halls. He loved the seoci(ty
of young men, and woe Lheir hearts by
the courtesy and - con'o-seension with
which lie listened to thei. It was,
however, only that politeness which wps
a striking trait in his cheu.rac.er. If lie
paised to listen, it was hot the interval
etween the flashes of lightning, whicb
on.lazes out again, smiting and shiv
ering all opposition.
As an orator he was-a perfe'ct contrast
to Mr. Webster. It, ,is we-ll-knowi'i to
his -friends theit he proposer) Demosthwees
as his model, and studlie~d closely those
Grecian mlaster-pieces to which all whc
knew what elognence means, how it is
as high above,:nere rhetoric as the heav
ens are ah'ove the earsh, will ever look upS
in admiration and rapture. If, in his
well known remark 'about "Action" as
the essential ingredient , in speaking,
Demost henes mesat aeeftul gestienila.
lions, th'e Sonth Carolinian' was utterly
defective. Tplere wasn sompething stifl
eanguliar, awkward in his manner. .BIut
nobody, unless it be a teacher of rhetoric;
can~ ever thuss degrade those words o.
deep and noble wisdom. No, again, nb
It was not by the puerile tricks and
starts of an accomplished decclaime~r that
the Athenian.
"Wielded the fieree demnocracy;
Shook the arsenal, and fulmined ovei
Greece,
To Macedon and Arlaxerxes's throne."
By "Action" he meant Deli very, earn,
est, impassioned Delivery, in which the
whole soul is insed .into'every utterance
and which can no- nore Jive and glow
wigh anything artinieini than fire and
st~aw cams dwell together in a heated
oven, Who can listen to a more 'finish.
edithotorician thn-Mr. Everett ? His
face d4 personi were pleasing. Every
m ' luhiad. been practiged. it
bpatiuf~ qsila,d sthe mind with
saliatl But who oter
rqlL Id bear blE hi% ; who was
hver' conqcit4ssy L/'aomtinghta
speaksawho ever felt -himself transport
ed, tithe& to tears,' fired to enthusiasm,
whilA listening to his elaborate composi
tions ? 19 straiglitforward, close-linke1
nrgitntr,.in a noblo contempt for all
trappings and dpcorations, in cuid.'nsa
tion, inl IL vocabsbary terse and empitilie.
inl energy, vehemaeneLe, passtioni, Mr.
Calhoun closely, retnbled Iis illistrious
model ; while in all tho moral qualiflea
tions of a great orator' ho rose ininieas
nrably above him. For even his ene
n1ios coifessed that limpossessed it coir
age winch" no, Opposition could shake
Nd an *integrity that lno telptatioll
could corrupt.
In mental groatness, in learning, deep
thought, and all the attributes of the
higlIOst order of genius, Mr. Clay wits
interior to his two great conii!imporaries.
But- il tile physical combinationis, anti all
the natural fuitiriire' of a soul-stirrig
orator, lie far surpassed them both.
H1is motith, that most. expressive feat.,
nre, was inl organ ereated by God for
lie promnnciation of lhirge an(1 hioicil
tloughtts. Theni, What clear b'ie (- %y es,
now calin inl their azure depth, then
lainghlimg in genial nirth, and then,
wheni lie was thoroughly roused up.
sparkling. nhnost blazimng. -In his whol'i
coiiitenaiice what play of till getierouis
fee1lipg ; the soul of honor, friend-hip,
chivalry, breathing in his face. Above
alt, that magnificent voice, at one io
ment soft, and breieze, presently swelling
until it beat. the vaulted roorf, ;inl rever.
berating far beyond the walls of the
chaniher, away into the adjoininig rooms
nid recesses. Rutifuii Choate had no si.
perior at. home, bIt going to Washing.
1Lon as a United States Senator, hIt, on
one occasion drew upon himself a single
broadside from the. Kentucky orator,
and itso frightened him that he was af
terward .4niost silent, erest-fallen, and
(to emploty his own favorite phra-4.)
'utterly jlabbergasted." Every ho v re
members Mr. Ciat's duel with Mr. Ran.
dolph. On his list journey Norli, in an
almost. dying condition, the Virginian
was carried into tihe Senato Chaner.
Mr. Clay was speakiiig. "Stop," said
the sick man tb those who hors him.
"Stop, let ie hear dint voice. I catnte
here to hear that voice once more before
I die." The grace and beauty of Mr
Clay's elocntion were Coutininate ; his
whltt1t' being info-med ivith his sulject,
anld intictiiet with the love of trinth.
And his warm gushing sympathies sl
doni fadel to draw-you to hin, and hear
you along with himintcausing you to reel
lhat "oie tou(ich of' nantro nikes the
whole world kinl." Tie last. tint. I
heard him wais at a meeting of the -C'ht
nization Society. As lie reelined in the
ehair, he seecme'd to be an old man 'i"bro.
ken wil I t Ie,storms ofState." it when
Ie aros" antI spoke, there were no traces
years upwo him. All felt that.his soul was
still nrect and young.and that, as ani ora
tor, his eye was not dimined,nor the force
-n1d vehmnemce of his atrength abat ed.
I had intewde' to say something of
his deatl; hut his communication is al
Iady too extended. His father was a
Bapiist lmilnista.r, and the son never for.
got "the faitlifi.1 aaying" which he learn.
ed from that father. And though ihe
betrayed sadl infirmity an' to religion.
'saying D> r. Curtis, in Charleston, that
"a public mtan ought to. joln no church,
if he i hed io be popular" (a sentiment,
by the way, ont which thousands net
without, die candor to confess it,)ns'und af
ier heo had iden'tifiod himself' with a
chnrch. fre'jnenting the theatre ; et. he
litngeredl long unidar the salutary disci
plinte o~f a sick room, his last pillow was
we'tted wit h pentitential toars, and, of the
thiree grt'st compeer, hat ~ e depanrted
confe'ssin g himstelf' a sinnfeyind reposing
all his confidentce upon the blood and
righteousness of' the Redeemer.
I sit hecre and look at the places which
once knew these three men, bitt now
know them no umore, and I nay, O that
they wiere with us yet I Whatever
their, errors one', were .they- new
living. I believe thdt itn this' crisis of-nnr
cojitryr's his~tory, there;'onnsels iwould
beitliose of' motderat ion, .wisdoni and pat.
riotism, WVhatever' there diflerences in
Qthrn days had tey bdenpparod. I a~m
'ennfident that,s alter tb- terrible lessonts
9(the last fourt'years, they" would haye
~briel 'all.: attimoaitie~ and wihth one
heart arnd one ming ~sought to quell
~the pa-slions of the~ ,or, anid to lay
'bhondly and deepl$' hS jfoundstion of a
nitilds, harmony, Aiop, -prosperity,
wvhich nothing .dI~ '.egAin' dist urb.
Their abftence'at Ms~~,i~ this fills -ne
with r'egret' and' ,, But . "the
Lord reigpeltb." '1;to ear whuen
King-Uzzieh! died, 'a d ie iLord high
and lifted up? T~i'~Ietmoaned
for the lo*d ,Af. i',. able prince ;
but he fond ais~~~) riaiing hais
eyes to thal,: og aex'afted in thie
heavens, upon thoa of9t(e universe,
ordering al aents -h glory, and for
the acopihe 4 lein of un
erring w sdoir ao .hpjinging love.
WIN(SBORO.
Thursday 5lorning, Janudry 189 1866.
New Adertisementh
Dulose Eggleston and J. McElroy
have formed a Mercantile Copartnership.
Wo cordially commend them to the at.
ention of the District.
D1)nlop & McMaster. advertise Boot
and Shoe Shop. Read their notice.
Bacot & Rivers will sell at public
auctiom on Monsday next, a fino Car.
ringe. See their Card.
Set the notice of reuunpt.ion of tho'
Blytheword Fenalh- Academy.
Contracts.
Tl following resolitions% were adopt.
ed by a meeting of planiers at Kings
treeb, Iad we think embody munch sound
policy ind' a clear perception of the
case. Of all the perplexing and intri
cate problo nis that have ibeen evolved by
the radical an ftindaimetial changes in
the whole, sothern system and which are
t h ru.t uipon 11s for solInt.ion tihe labor
itest ion of the country is incomparably
the pr.e-emilent one.
As :iln agi'idt'rni people it involves
evervthing else and pervyades every.
thing It imbhraces in its endless retomi.
cation and extension every possible in.
terest or ieoiety, and is the smibstratum
and I'ce'ssary condition of all our wel.
fare past and inture. With a denoral.
ized anl itidolent, and unreliablo labor
system, we have an incubus upon us
that will press u.s lown to perdition as
iiievitabtly as cauises produce results; but
if we cin re-conmstrlet it, if we can stim-.
iflate and energise it hv suitablo en.
couragements and penalties, and render
it iusefud and trustworthy, with.' prolific
soil upon which to expend it and other
adlvantinges social a Ind climactic that
uaturo hai lavished upoii its so benifi.
cent ly, we can augur a inture of inmdei.
nite .niterial prosperity. It is the
quet ion t.hei of paramiount. importan'ce
Anid .shohmtl. reveivee the prinrtry conside-r
ation of 111.
As wom .sugesteed il nn 4ld issue. a
nei ing of onr planters in Fairmleld should
have heun hell to determine by 'a cont
bination of the experience and practical
seniso of the' coimmuit1ity, tipoasofre con
cert-d nimid foasible system of action, but
the .imoif for it is past noimw and t'he ques
tion niit be left to the discretini of in.
diviluali. These resolutions present
soe0 SAlient 1umnd useful ideas, and may
be of benefit to those who have n1ot
com pleted arrangenenta for the yeai.
JtsolIeul. Thlut it is the dnty of plait.
ers to ofTer their late slaves liberaF cahlt.
pensation for their labor, so us to . enable
them to live in c(imfort.
That the interest of the' comeunity
requires the immediate dinsidal of such
tegroes as refuse .to 'contract for ,th
pre-sent year.
Trhat it is the saemse of this .meetin~
that ay lanil-owner renting latit to tie.
groes to bo worked free fromt theo con.
trol of himself or somle' resptnisible agent,
is, in the preseent condition of the negroet
of thi.a Istnet, hpursuing a course ruinous
to them,,.and highly de'trimientael to the
peace of the comun ity and the jiteresi
of the white4.
'rThat we bind ourselves not to int'ringe
the letter and spirit of thease resolutionis,
and to. disconrare tihe infrinugemnent by
others'as' far. as ur mtflueence exteeeds.
'Thmnt the military authorities of this
District be earntestly reqtestcd to render
their assistanco ini carrying -ou'it thtese
resoluttionsa.
Thme following extract is' plade . from
an interostimg letter from the Washing
sn correspondence of the Phanix:
There seems to be nio doubt but tha~t
he President wants to pnt h hsadminig
ration on lo most conservative -b
tossib~le, and to do all be can for is
outhtl; but the obstacles ho ha.. O'n.
ounter in movin~g in thtis direct are
mmense to man, whether .yo l' him
Cing or Kaisoe. A Pr~sld t cannot
iintain -power witom ?r resentin
ublic opinion. .The Pre.' nt und
ands thes thoroughly, fo is a
conasumamate taut AnI Rgacity ; It
1 a the genius of corn sense.
The people of gh nilted tes
-rth. are more or I erazy te
s ject of the pegrol 11 pohiti ilrtn
o this centre)id *The .iett
.U ratanuds this1 e is get) to
tent-enngh r atleast, to c t 10mo 4
the ground from Rnader -th radical.
Tfie South Ahould hame confidence in the
President, as nni srmy'alhoi1d hh% i .14
it's geintital. The President is t a p"A
vition to surver the whole field, augh
knows wvhat Can1 be done. He d s44 ' .
(enr a breach with ihe rAeia 'un- ha
ennnot hurry it. because it, is lia inttest:'
to act Ull the defensive, .nd to tbw
upon hein the buarthon of hrenking ,up
the party. ' It i.s the PreAidaiit' inteist -
to bwild up a great conservative nlatio
al I ty, becnuse he would ethle r a &
ral .1.qd or this party' ; )uit it) thq
cal party'he is nti aocident And. ,h -
nQtinlgto xpect from thnf -
- Iam glad to ay thiit Gen. Gra
sitntiins' the ,Pr'esident'spolie; ha
tIe friend of. tho South. 119 rcet
report of affairs lit tho Sonth -a, m4'
hittered t'he radjals'-9ery tieuh ain a
him; hut he is too stronit a o :jrf
assan)ted.' He will g'et kidb.b 1w
enoug~h.
It is thought the-Tennesseo.. delegi
tion will be admitted to thueitseeats sdoi
except such as Cannot take -the oith,",
The President's son-h laW, Soii5to,
PNtte'sfon; is said' to be it'able to t.ike
tie oath--having held some oite ntider
the Confederate Govetnqja)nt);.goma -
think lue deleg.ttion from ArkansaNk pA
Lonisiana will likewisi be adra4temoo'
If this is done, the . Virginiv webw,
honl 1s come ii. .Tennesse .Ar A
kansas, Lonisianrt and Virginia (autY
were, at least in the thiory, organixel,
as States in the United 6Stei previotu
to the building up of the' CohfedeTicY*.
From all I can learp, I d?. not 'think.a
any sudden or viol'nt reinligs.will
applied to the Present r.edunancutr
cy. A gradual system, of hunding, Wjhf.
be adopted, so as to preent 'Viol1
contractibn.
A-% Er.oQUPlT EXTRAOCT.--Phe
lo)winug beaut iul ex tract; is fron i peeph."
delivered by the Hone Alex. Vhio, it
the- Ala. State. Coniventier)
* * * The Bonnie Bte Flag 11o
longer reflect-s the light of tho'morning
sunheam, or kisses vith it., ailkj .fpid*
the' geilial jreeze of oir'Souhenj elimes
The hands that w'nved it longtbflerv
ciest of a hundred hattlV1dan 1 d thit
heuarts that, for the lve they hor 1, so.
often deied d'anger .nnd denth, nq ]nit.
ger rally arouid it. Anotier. hanner
'AM9 in Itlipli' ~byor its -el.4d aunf
prot.rate- fols,. hut proud memories -and
glorious recollections chtqter amind' it.
Lir, I will refriiin. The Sonth' needs no
eulogy. The faithful record -of . her
DcheiAvenvjts will onieirelhs b1r, brolr
with glory bright nid Itndri h-A
dinde l crowute. the ni o
cloudl-ss s* .. "th' scenes
thOn arll P1%e have loer
the New WI (I without th6-b-'
res'ts whihh wel f N A
tho fields or fr drni ndeo - afv goi n
ies prostrate at h f of MO
Butidearer to e wl1ut An 4hn01i60)
of beyil)tnniliaition s wa5 a
day'and .'our'9f he i ) j o *
er. M eh blo A .8 eA, 0
track of, devas tions. * *mw
grave 'otfher son falA 9
Anch mut.ilated farm of te
soldier; htr wi ;w'' teaer -ots a
cry-are hot aoimany ,enTiI' r .. - -
me to her in thPmidst bf hear jde is~
and draiv my a -ohone clor 'aron~Ql
my strieken cni try-Whta rnib~I ~
voice er lift iy hind fait i~r,, m~e~.i -~~ ~
the thiundere. rip me fhe*:ai
Though I bp falsa in fi 'el: V ifl l~
triue t~o het. Thon all o~heits .inap;'
prove ?njthilese,,I wi .be' failjb(f) 5t"'
'.1 whie rr. mob* nce toa the
co-'nmgetid,. "Dnis to $fIst, m
sehall rbtuirh toc t aWirth fromn li ~
it spranga it sh sin6i.~e o'her. '
wltth the prei consacoisnsitt s
never {cnew o eat Jpot.-in nnflha t
the hottor,. th ntbrfets, the' gipy,6 m~yV
country'. ' * -
-, e'e
from Cha aton wI the depot
her-e this erne6'. ' a WWcnt t
the peop.fc h citien on the -w**
tion of naection, We hear ' this
peringe ent Peake 'wifl limsel ranA9
ryait( ough. .
(f W avat little doubt butha '
J'est tieni of direct commfuinati
'our eaport city' will'mty
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