The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1837-01-16

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or the possibility Of egress is, assure ysu no joke
The pleasure is not proper equivalent for the pain,
and vet every man seems to wish to be there Where
on earth - many idle men and wemen can come
polls seems Dolly TO be dssmbogued into the capitol;
and one would suppose from the crowds which as
sembe there that the people of this city had nothing
else to do than to attend the debates of Congress
must do the citizens the justice TO say, however,
that they do not often appear and that almost all the
masses that pour into the galleries of the two Houses,
are not residents of Washington. ...
Be this, however as i may, the crowd that assem-
bled in the gallery OF the Senate Yesterday was as
dense mass as could well be conceived, much worse
than on the preceding day. when Mr.. Rves addressed
this body on his amendment to Mr.. Ewlngs resolu-
ton respecting the Treasury order. But MI. Clay
was the magnet of attraction, and every body wishes
to hear MI. Clao, especially on subject on winch
his powerful mind can display its full range.
Mr. Riyes was easy, graceful and fluent. He never
deals in or lnvectye ana always treats ms
opponent with the courtesy of a gentleman. lie Is,
therefore, esteemed by both parties and deserves their
esteem from his indifference and urbanlty His speech
was characterised by its usual ease and fluency; and
the business Of his views and the force OF his reason
ing were admitted by all. Mr.. Rives is not much
liked however, by the uluas of his party, and If II can
DO accomplished they will yet contrive TO lay him
aside. He is now spoken of of the next cabi-
net. $50
Mr.. Cay's eloquence has been SO often described
that shall say nothing of it. He always appears
like Jupiter Tonans, and the most preudlcal cannot
but be delighted by the fearless independence OF his
mnd-his bold and just conceptions, and the fine IN
donations of his voica He was in favor OF Mr..
Rivcs's amendment with solae exceptions, and COM
pmented him upon the just views he seemed to en-
tertain the subject OF the currency. He SAID ne
was and always had been of opinion that bank notes,
representing specie capital better for the pur-
poses Of trade and convenience than the same amount
of specie, and that the notion OF metallic currency
utterly Utopan and visionary and would not II
Experience has never been found benefit either ma
tons or men very essentially. "To most men, says
Coleridge at is like the stern lights Of ship, which
illumine only the way II has passed.. The wisdom
should beget is often lost even on the individual
who has suffered in its attainment. Currency IS
thing which should be handled with great delcacy,
and not made the sport of every political tyro IN the
country, who knows perhaps, no more OF Its opera
ton than of that of the magnet.
The whole subject was finally referred to the Com
mittee on the Public Lands.
During this debate yesterday i found myself by
singular fatality placed between two distinguish
ed Htcrati--one Miss Lucy Kennedy on my right
who annoyed me exceedingly by euogles on her last
poem which she had come to this city TO dispose OF
and copy of which she begged me to buy. She had
sold last session, she said, three editions other
pamphlet in prose on Gen. Jackson, Mr. Van Buren,,
the city of Washington, &c. and she thought she
ought 10 be fortunate with her poem TO which, in
COMPARISON Homer's lllad was but trash. The wo-
man was amazingly loquacious and voubIe and /
could only get clear of her by fcignng deafness. On
my left nice little petit n,aitre, with delicatey
formed curs flowing down on either side OF face
not remark for great beauty, dressed in the pink
of European dandylsm, and having very marked To-
reign air about him. This was of the travelling
editors of the Mirror" whom the author of the Des-
ennuyte calls an "American fsp, whe spouts Shak-
speare and talks fashion," He is here in quest, no
doubt Of an attacheeship under the next administra
ion. His coadjator having been successful in OBJ.
tanning secretaryshp abroad, he thinks ne IS entitled
10 be equally fortunate, and rs his propensltes are
aristocratic he would prefer fiourshing among the
nobility in Europe, toherdng among the canndue at
home.
was thus placed between Scylla and Charybdes-
and you may well suppose greatly reoiced, when
had an opportunity to escape. g
My friend Wallace informed me that he had never
witnessed such crowd in Thar gallery before, except
the trial Of Judge Peck some six or seven years ago
when IN incident occurred which occasioned good
deal Of amusement. A little chunck ola man had got
wedged into one corner OF the eastern gallery, and
seriously apprehending that he would DO OVERLAND and
thus snothered to DEATH he made aprodgous effort
to get out. Finding, however, that he made no pro-
gress he cried aloud:
"L.et me outlet me out"
"Order," cried the marshal.
The voice Of authority had effect upon the burly
little pri-oner-who still tried to make his way to the
door, repeating the cry
"Let me outlet me out"
Order in The gallery" again shouted the marshal.
ID it." exclaimed the little man " that's Just
what wantet me out, or turn me out dent care
which provided get Out"
The whole gallery and chamber were IN roar, and
the little man was finally fortunate as to effect his
object
Congressional eloquence is sometimes great treat
and sometimes rs great bore. Mr. Hamer OF Ohio,
for instance, occupied two days with long and cab-
crate eulogy on Gen. Jackson, which would have done
very well II had not been repeated for the last eight
years. There is a possibility OF carrying even good
thing adj nausiam. This gentleman Is q remarkable
epfica ion Of the excellence of our peculiar form
Of government. He is evidently self made, and has
emerged from the condition Of a bod carrier to the
dignity of a talented and respectable member of the
House of Representatives.
In the Senate another distinguished member was,
during certain portion of his life, common laborer
at the forge newer Of wood and drawer of water
and new ranks high among the magnates OF the land
This man is Senator Ewing. OF the d legation from
Ohio however in the House decidedly the most gifted
is a Mr. Corwin, who astonishcd the House today by
most eloquent speech against the ki reoucing the
tariff reported by the Committee OF Ways and
Means.
This tariff bill seems to produce almost as much ex-
element as the abolition question. IL was battled
with great warmth and though an administration
measure, Muhlenburgh, of Pennsylvania, moved to
Law IL on the ,able-which would Indicate that his
state will 90 against II. Thefather OF the gag fdc on
the tariff the personlicatIon OF the previous ques-
tion" made desperate effort to spin out few sem
fences in IFS iavorand was 80 much astonlshcd ats
length that he fastened to his lodgings to make his
constituents acquainted with thefact should Judge,
from Appearances that the bill will receive It's quetus
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