Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-02-13
No.. I
From tie Lanca.,eJ jo~,eii,,,c.,

" SonfeAfty nom three sides of the cham
"s. presenting a very bold and navel appearance
i to the spectator. You enter The door Of The GAL
I iefy above the chalnaer--fnr 20 citizens' f,ol nm
less De hi a high Judicial eseeutise. OF i,,ps,e.
tatlse d~igaissIy, dsHtss tAas s ss;o,. is ,,efa,;ti.5
= to coate within It's ba;ss-anl are a, an . st,es,
edfps NE PRESIDENT Of he Senate. the veteran
'"Aaspn' and the alraE quiet which peryad.s
aeei1. hyou have just left thai representative
e nahei' fac nouse. with the hold v,,lce NJ the
b siefs yet ringing 10 var ears. aud lis two hun
dr~d sad forty odd tongues all in m ,tiop. The !
5 lence and dignity of the Senate chamber s,,ko
!, You With wondetfuf force. Over the Vice ,rcsi.
{ dents seat, Is an eagle crowuing a BEAUTIFUL de-
vice. and the starry dag Of our conptry pro,uj.
ing on either side. After YEA have satisfied your.
SET ~ Mis- view, you step round the gallery and
eitaf taas directly over the Speakers head, Inv
Waifh you have q view OF the Senators in their
seats, facing The whole bois.
10 The hl, in front of you, aud On the lasi
TANGO of seats, is a gray-headsd geu,lemdn of ma
Jast'c Turn, with a remarkably fee forehead,
dressed in 9 full suit Of blat k. aud a white crayar.
ioa viii perceive that he is about replying to 4
Senator 10 that next row, and he rises? who
Is that! rups amongst the spectators on all sides
Of you. That is James Buchanan, .f,iiasyivo.
MAS fasorite son. Without an effor, YOU hear
every word he says, though he speaks in low
tones. There il dignity and grace in his fine,
tall, majestic foTn: his right arm nails down his
plain arguments, and his face Pushes With the ex-
ci.em"nt of debate. This is the first time he has
SPOKEN during the present %ses.ion, and the whole
Senate ID still with attention. He takes bs sea,
| calmly, after a speech Of twenty minutes. which
has done moro to ~cn!iehten The subject than ali
The four haur harangues which have vet bern de-
ll9srsd-a speech that every man and woman in
the chamber c,mpreheuds. To your extreme
right, and on the front row Of Seats, il n gentle
man tha. you will know at once. His face il
thin. and his hair straight as an arrow. He Is
now sitting with crossed legs, listening, with
sparkling eyes, to the reading Of a bill. There is
an an about him Of repose and carelessness, but
" hcn he ia aroused, he is a very linn, and his
husky tones come rolling forth IEe nm uuloosed
torrents pefsct fond of angry loquenco,spariug +.
neither friend nor foe. That lis the great southern &
John G Calh6un-the mai WHO led off the Nul.s 81
LITIGATION war. sH fs s@3E .gsass "a Is aa,,f
Direei'y In tho rear of Mr. G. is a well formed
gentleman, with grey hair, fne Expressive cout- s
tanance. o little furid and care-wora. He in VI
writing you will observe very busiIy and seems
much ~engrossed with his subject; though his ear
Is quick and nothing escapes his unslecping eye re
his Is Thomas II. Benton. the distinguished O.
Ailssourian. #y s 8ffas
To his left, Is a young booking Senator, in
conversation with one ofthe members of The House IL
Marx bis tall form, energetic unconventional FASH I'd
inn Acre. That <, Ganr,o~ tt r N.
youngest member of the Senate, and one of The
most rarely eloquent of this body. He has en-
deaFed himself to the people by bis effective la-
bars in THAR behalf.
Tbs red haired gentleman. who Is leaning g.
gainst tho CLERKS desk. with bath hands Id his
and a queer lazy vacant look on hrs
face,i is Senator Preston The great would be. ins,Iuc.
ted Of South Carolina. He is q very eloquent 2
and finished speaker, and always altracts the
attention of the ladies'. &3
On The las, back seat bu. one, TO the extreme
Is a Senator. with bis hair conbed back, until 2
bis head looks qpile bald. He has spoken on the &
bill now under debate, and seems TO be at perfect
He has risen from bis seat aud walks
pnds. The gallery behind the speakers chair where ss.
10 goes TO tel o joke to thoss sonatnrs warming
at the FIRE. That is Henry CLAY,
Le Kentucky Lion; the heir apparent and now
counceilof IF the new administration He
9 more an eloquent than an able man; and his
,onrse this winter shows lha. he ia fading away.
Immediately in, front Of MIR Clay, on tho
Toni sea. is a heavy, dulI-lookiag, black haired
gentleman. That is Daniel Webster, the abig Beg
gar Man." as The New York merchants call him
ind The Secretary Of State, that is 10 be, Of Har-
isen's administration. He has said muei, ila,
will live after him, both for coed and for evil, and
5 certainly a scholar ana an orator. though | am
sorry to say be employs his talents in a ba5 csuss.
Do the same side. though nearer the middle Of The
is Senator Wright, of New York the
lear. headed statesman, aud sloquea, end foTcib,e
3
On the back seat, mex the rassaee is a tall. ro-
rust gentleman. with heavy eye. brows and thick
lair. That is the 6nm and uufinchiEg Dr. Sur
the colleague of Mfr Bochanau. 3
But theTe is one that we rans. not forget. iWm Il
King, of Alabama, tho eloquent speaker, accom-
statesman. and firm repubiican-popular
be is known. You see him in his
eat 10 the right, ready for battle, at any time, for
be coed cause.
The A fnefican who visits our National Lesir-
a'ure, and is not struck with It's appearance, and
The contrast il affords will the deIibef-
tive assemblies of every nation en- earth. must
ave a cold heart indeed. He sees no roy al throne
ree!ed in the midst ofshe council hall to overawe
nd keep down the free spirit. There is no ctia,>
on wool-ssck, for a silk -eowneI Lord Chancellor
mo asscmhlage cfheredi.nry peers full Of ignor.
nee and titIes-uo princes Ret al lnnny,ng abo,.
he Senate, and tainting the free air with their
Terminate h1ufeus. NO., thank Gsdi there is not
citizen who has ever locked upon the Ameriesn
ienate, who has no. as good a chance to become
member eftha. creates. eat.hiy convention as
hose who now adorn il. James Buchanan used
run about the streets Of Mereersturg. the son
{ a poor Irish farmer, clad in green iined pam
lloons and q whoi bat. Felix Grundy. recensi7
eceased, was the son of a very humble man;
William Allen, fifteen years ago. was not worth s,a.
copper, and had not 0 friend ia the world; Henry NJ
lag rose from the mos. obscure and hGmbfs
INK; RichaYd NJ. Johnson was bern in those
ying days Of the past. and fought his way 10 dis
Judge Tarpan wasa poor man add enc
abe original settlers Of Ohic-and so we doubt
d. il ssas with oil. Here the boon of freedom rs
its blessings on ali, aud is we do nor i'm 20
the glorious opportunity The fault is ourown
Pafssfine-Sofne of the leading British ionra-
$, now propose that The Jews should b. allowed
purchase The land Of Palestine. As Turkey ia
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