Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-31
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shall next introduce to your notice the portrs
al. the honorable and reverend member from Geo
ri. above named. lie is one OF two clerical ger
tlemen elected TO represent, in part. that nesenn
State; the Rev. MIR Colquit being the other.
Mr. Cooper is a tall, erect, rather stately lookiu
AMI moving person, with a dark complexion,
bright eye, complacent smirkns kind Of smil
ever playing around his lips. and q voice not verJ
mpsically attuned, although hardly eversilent. Hi
rides to the House Of Representatives very Low
horse, and makes up Tor IL by riding the tai
horse when he gets there, upon every suitable and
unsuitable occasion.
The politics OF Mr. Cooper are out-and out Loco
Foco. He fancics himself able 10 cope, in debate,
with all comers having among his other prominent
charaeiersic the largest possible quantity of self.
appre citation and esteem. No observer can cast q
glance at him without detecting this trsit and no
listener can hear him say three words Without being
sure Of its existence rs the leading point Of his cha
Taeter.
obviously "thinks no small beer Of himself.'
As legislator, MIR c. is not the most happy or
taetful OF all his compeers upon the floor OF tho
House to which, by the grace Of the people ef Geor.
eia, he belongs He has dsting ushcd himself in
this capacity, chiefly as very successful dsturber
Of the regular order Of business, when II is not going
on exactly to suit himself This renders him, OF
course, very popular and highly respectable
member OF the House
One Of these occasions may be taken as speci'
men Of the rest, and the manner in which the elo-
quent Mark Antony deported himself upon the oc-
cssion is very faithful picture Of his usual demon
strations, in this kind.
IL was on Friday, and the orders OF the day, the
private calendar, were under consideration. The
Chairman Of the Committee Of the Wnoe had just
taken his seat. large pile OF private bills, refer.
red TO the Committee by the House, wero lying on
the Clerks table; those which had been longest
thero being on the top, and the moro recently re-
ferred being, Of course, nearer the bottom. Among
these last, and rather far down the list, pet
hill Of Mr. Coopct's, touching some dead horses, OF
militia volunteers or Cherokee squatters, IN which
Georgia had deep and vital interest.
Now il is the usual custom 10 pass such bills oil
this kind as shall give rise discussion, those
which are to be debated being formally COLLECTED
to-" ms il is called, and then laid aside Till tho
Objectionable ones shall have been passed
But Mr. Cooper must have up his Georgia bill,
and he moved 10 supersede all the others for that
purpose, and 10 this selfish course objection was
made, in several quarters.
MIR Cooper, theroupon, raising his nose and his
voice 10 his usual superciious STYLE remarked tina,
he should object TO every bill that should be called
until no came TO that he desired 10 have taken up
And so he did: and so great head Of indignant
steam did he get on in the operation, that he could
not "bring up" even when he got to his own bill
which he actually collected to- as he had done to
the restl
Imagine, il you can, reader, the ouibursls OF
laughter which, Tin addition to the honor and credit
Of having spoiled entire days work, 10 humor
his own whiml was the only trophy Of this valiant
display of the Hon. and Rev. Mark Antony
Bot this is not the only case, by great many in
which he has rendered himself laughing stock to
oil auditors and readers.
I shall not here recapituate the circumstances sc
mnuteiy detailed 10 you, the other day, connected
with his heing called upon by the Governor Of
Georgia 10 60 TO the Executive, and demand the
payment of that States distributivc share OF the
Land Fund. which he himself, Mr. Cooper,) had SC
often snid his State would disdan receive, bride
twas, from the hands Of the General Government
will content myself with giving you, 10y way offs con
Guiding dash of the brush, exunct from one Of
his speeches on the tariff question few weeks ago
IL will let you into the mans character much
surely and satisfactorily than any Ella boIate descrp-
ton from my pen could possibly do.
MIR Cooper was discussing the policy of general
relrenchment Of oil expenditures by the Govern.
ment, as tending TO lessen the necessity for the
enactment OF high tariff. In the OF his re-
marks lac came 10 tie army, and said he, Il clip the
passage from the copy printed under the authors
own eye that you may have it in your power &c
assure your readers that 1t is no invention OF mine
"Yout army, too, why not reduce il, and insis
on your policy7 You will reduce here, expecting
the Senate to reverse what you do. Then, at the,
instnnce you will recede. In this way you are re.
iieved OF responsibility. IL so happened that, on
the day You agreed to reduce your army, called 10
see Lord Ashburton. After conversing on various
topics-tarfs, English and European; Virginia and
Georgia lands, &c.-he asked me whether the House
had adjourned, and what we had done that day.
told him we had reduced the army greatly. fright
sr-you are right; see no need you have for an
army; we are as much afraid Of you without an
army as with one; we know your strength" This
was his reply. In it, he exhibited the fankness
and urbanily Of the English gentleman, describ-
ed TO me-"
who ever thought my grave Lord AshbuIton was
such quiz How completely his waggish lordship
had detected his man in five minutes talk with him !
The badest possible quizzery swallowed at a gulo
MS exhibition OF "the frankness ard urbanity Of
the English gentleman
But leaving this truthful sketch, as it has no, ia.
ken the Inner long to make IT, and be has some
space yet left his canvas let him give Won
charcoal sketch of the
ALMON II. READ.
Almon II. Read.-ThisIs member of the House,
elected 10 fll the vacancy in this Congress occasion.
Ell by the death Of Mr. Dimo:k, Of SuSquehanna Co.
Pa. lie is a stout man, middle aged of STOPPING
frame, AMI downcast look, with a saow COM
plexiOn and particularly discontinued expression.
lie has never risen to address the chair since he took
his seat, and seems 10 take interest in any thing
al legislative character whatever; always taking
care, however, TO vote with his party every dvi>
zion.
Notwithstanding this palpable indifference to
everything going on around him, have ever motto.
ed his punetualiiy TO the House hours, and his en-
lire absorption, day in and day out IN writing at hii
desk. Ii puzzled me q little when thought Of il,
and I was yesterday eased of my doubts and specu.
latons Wy mere accident which discovered to me
the fact that MIR Almon III Read is here, at Wash
ington, in a duplicate capaciiy-as a Representa-
tive OF LOcofoeo district in Pennsylvinia-and the
regular correspondent OF a small paper in that dis
trct, called the MoDtrose Volunteer and Star. This
satisfactorily accounted TO my mind for the homo
rable members extreme industry, and led me- more
over, 10 seek OF the productions of bis PEN
by way Of seeing TO what ends such unusually in,
tense daily application was resulting.
shall say no more Of the result Of my research.
Of the Congressional labors OF MIR Almon III. Read
OF Pennsylvona. Read IT,, and say if il is not
enough TO fll the measure Of any mans aspirations
fJr political distinction, TO be sent 10 Congress 10 do
such exalted and ennoblng work as this
i might have copied from the same vouminous
correspondence many other simillr and equally
truthful passages-such as descriptions Of Mr. Web
ner's "prncely parties" Mr. Wsbster's "debts," MIR
WcbseT's "sffiirs Of business" etc. all Of them put
forth with a semblance Of actual knowledge of their
truth on the part Of the wriler-but shall content
myself wi,h single selection from letter written
by Mr. READ FOR publication, under date OF April
%, 1892, by way Of q sample Of oil the rest:
Speaking OF CLAY, puts me ia mind Of the CLAY
ball on the 18th inst. IL a failure, and 80 con
Uder0d by CLAY and his friends; only about 200 were
present, where from 1900 10 1900 were oxpected.--
Only two LocOs we're present q, the bail. But the
modification Of Mr. CLAY, Of tho failure of the ball