The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-03
From he Connecticut Herald. il GLANCE AT THE U. s. SENATE.

MT. EDIToR:-As every one wishes 10 know something of the Lions at Washing ton, shall attempt to give you some out line of them. Fortunately, I am in the Reporters box of the Senate, and the sub jects are ali placed in the most favorable light.
 First of all, is old Harry Clay-old in reputation. though not so in age. There he sits, afar eff to the right, behind Danl. Webster, whose noble forehead reminds one of an old Roman castle, armed with veteran troops, and impregnable to all the assaults of tbe enemy-there he IS, tall and majestic--perhaps, however, should not have said majestic, since his feet are carelessly resting upon his desk. Vari- ous printed reports are under them; no great sign, fancy, of the value he puts up- on them. What lofty forehead he hasl with the eye, the nose, the cheek bones of an Indian Prophet. His hands are clasped-his brow fixed, and with his chin resting on his breast, he is ruminating some great national question. like his mouth 1 prodigiously--in fact 1t is prodigious mouth-as wide and as smooth as a Con- necticut clamshell and then 1t contains within 1t words as smooth and as slippery as clamshell's meat. An! something has brought him to his feet. "Mr. Pres-e- dent!" What soft, silvery, simple utter ance he gives the word. What fine six foot figured fellow! His gestures too, so natural-uow lifting them with all easy mo- ton to his head, now they meet like his conclusion, in one eoncentred point. But he Is only suggesting to the Senate-the question before 1t is not one of great mo- ment-else Harry would do the business in quite different style. If the honor, the reputation, the interest of the country were at stake, he would make you feel eve- ry sort of way-from the maddened indig- nation of the soul, down to the calm sun- shine of the heart. To use one of his own images, he would cease to crawl along with the snal-like progress of the sluggish Mississippi craftsman, waiting on tide and wind-.but, superior to both, like the noble steamboat. dashing from is prov every im- nediment. he would beardownall opposition Harry Clay Is truly great man, and if We speak of him as an orator, he certainly stands at the head of the American cata- logue. When I say this, 1 lose none of my deep yeneration for Patrick Henry. That raaIas.I crra arats .ssnake with a voice sSaeeter thaa niuS4e- sH .ses1s as tfs.e as i4s t3..st- tor, 7 but they were fhe words of liberty l--and no lips warmed with coals from her alter could fail to have uttered them. Ii was easy then to be a patriot, and still ea- sier to proclaim patriotic sendmeuts-but III this day-no, ] will not express myself enough is It, that we have such men as Henry Clay--and the Republic is always safe. Those men who suppose him a great politician have widely mistaken him -I mean politician as 1t IS now taken with all its trckery and time-serving. He IS too frank for such. He attempted to act the part once, but came near being hissed from the stage. If Henry Clay lives at all with posterity (and l do not make this possibility it must be as the first of our tatesmen--orators-- the man, who was idolized by his friends, and honored by those who, differing from him, have been improperly called his ene- mics.
 Just before Harry,GI have placed the Hon. Daniel Webster. can't nickname him. Even his name IS too cold and terrl- ble to sport with. There IS nothing per suasion or gentleness in his countenance if you love 1t at all, 'tis only that love which superior abilities inspire. have said that his head reminds one of an old Roman castle. If you could point from them two spears dipped in poison, with the black flags of death placed above, they would somewhat resemble his darkened brows and furious eyes when provoked to combat. Then too, is that unearthly smile of his-always attending his sarcasms, which, as an orator of the other house has well said, are like the emanations of the spirit of the icy ocean--they are frozen mercury becoming as caushc as red hot iron. if the Massachusetts Senator never warns you with his fancy. he never fails to delight. His mind Is book of well se- llected problems. which he demonstrates and arranges in a structure as beautiful as the very capitol in which he thunders. I Nature has cut him out, body and soul, for the forum, and if this government ever pla- ces hm in his proper sphere, 1t will be at the head of our judiciary, Illuminating It by his various accomplishments and profound legal attainments.
 Immediately before Webster, on the op- posite side of the Senate, sits Calhoun. If you notice that peculiar forehead of his, with the stiff, grizzly hair which stands up above it, you will never after miss hIs ilke- ness. Heis the greatest man in conversa-