Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-02-16
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Ihe following humorous description Of one OF
the champions of the administration in congress is
by a Washington correspondent ofthe N. Y. En-
quirer
WASHINGTON, Jan %. 1928
Mr.. Wright, Of Ohio is a leader IN partiblts of
the administration. He is one OF those men who
are gifted with horrible fuency of well-condi-
| toned phrases and ill-sayoured common places
lie delights in retort, and wantons in repartee-
He Is ever the watch to crmnate or TO recrini-
nate, TO detect the fallacy of an irrelevant argu-
men, and to substitute in its stead some magnifi.
cent truisn oil his own. For these reasons the rank
and lille OF the administration rate him high and lis
ten with attention when he rises, eager TO admire
ms secondhand satire, or his weghty wit. HI is
indeed, great man, for he is unembarrassed with
the slightest obstruction of modesty never fearful
Oh ullnS the house, because ne is always sure of
pleasing HIMSELF never rising above the pitch of
very mean understandings, and quite inSensibe to
the rebuke of higher ones; Ie is, therefore, alike
proof to the argurnentariye vehemence of Dufie
the biting sarcasm of Randolph, or the restless i'm
patience OF whole wearied house. In one word
Mr. wright has a toughness Of intellectual hide
unknown since the days of.old Dennis, who, in his
own conceit, surpassed Addison in criticism, and
rope IN poetry. This modern hadow of Pope's he
TO IS as interchangeable in speaking as his precursor
was IN writing; on he goes, forever creaItine and
croaklng like an ungreaSed cart wheel. The house
began, at length, to be really in awe of his iutermi-
nable gathering, and there had been a crecpinr
twitching Of the finer nerves, whenever he lately
rose, as painful as the tic douiomeUr and almost
as hopeless. But "the dread of all knayes and the
terror of quacks' was fated to DOOM this son of
Lethe, for to die.
On Saturday last upon the debate on the resolu-
ton OF Mr.. Chiffon, TO reform abuses and retrench
expenditures, Mr.. Wright was uncoslmonlv ar
gressiye and argumentative, oquacous and long
winded, daring and discussve, positive and prag-
NAUTICAL, solemn and sOrnnolens, tormentnr and to-
dious tie reasoned tariff up ne reasoned the
tariff down; be made a furious onset against Floyd
aud Carson; he made a regular onslaught upon Mr.
randolph; he made an irregular apology for Mr.
John a. King he was pleased with himself; his
admirers were eated; the Administration began 10
look up; the majority tQlOok sleepy. When a.
mOngst the subjects Of the WantOn revels of his e.
loquence, lac touched the klbes Of our old friend
George KTcmer, BY observing, as q concluding re-
mark, that nc always listened with attention 10 the
gentleman from Pennsylvania, ii not il cxpecta-
ton OF information, at least, with certainty Of A.
musement, which the gentleman seldom failed to
afford to him and to the House; whersat our friend
Krcmer, in his best manner Of dramatic excel
lence, spriDging mp with brandished arm. and
yisage beaming with the fresh conceptions Of
vigorous joke, observed in reply that he was
sorry he could not reciprOcatc the commitment
Of the gentleman from Ohio. who so FAR from
amusing Che regretted to say it) never either
amused or instructed the house. That the
gentleman never arose. without reminding him
of an old hen, Of his acquaintance. thaf was al.
!" ways cackiing, cachiing, cackiing, but never
laid an egg" Mr.. KTcmcr then resumed his
seat, whilst house and gallery broke out in one in
voluntary roar, an outrageous and inextinauisable
peal Of contagious laughter The speaker, polite
as he always is, struggled ia vain for gravity. but
va fain 10 join the universal chorus. Even Eve
ret was eyi emily thrown from his propricty into
a reluctant smile, while the president Of the u. S.
bank, hearty admiFer g, genuine hUmour. bat as