Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-01-26
swAGGERING POLITICIANs.

visi,er the Senate Chamber for the first lime IN his
life. but be imqTss-ed with OF the udcrous
IT he should happen hesr Senator ALLEN launching forth
subject "bg with the fate" Of Democracy. The
inflated Manner the deep information OF voice, The mighty
gescuatOn-all remind the auditor Of the saying the
Indian Chief-"Bg man the, Captain JOhn-bg man me :"
IL requires but ilS while prove however that all
she Senator's thunder srtfcis and that his roaring
but "SoanO and fury, signiiyng nothing"
One " the correspondents OF the New York Herald who
witnessed late ia the Senate, thus sketches of
dor the rebder-
cit would have alarmed iimid have seen the
fiery eye O Calhoun wheu the Secretary read Aliens
buttons O warning aud instruction the powers of Eurue
that hery eve CLEANED like meteor the Senate
taking fash the full Of the body upon tie ncom
pstable protocol Of the tall Senator from Ono. The pom
pOus msosty Of this dec1raory poper-the re-
questions u would demand-tbe ridiculous folly of such
magnificent assumption VI continental protection as pro-
posed-the effect upon the pOwsrs Of Europe IN exciting
their combined DnimUsily all compressed into that
ksen inquisitve glance Of Cahouns fiery eye. lie
NJ once that the Senate thar" and before he uttered
word, there something o a smile Of ,tiny
triumph upon his hps-something Of ndIgnaton.-som.
Thing of Notwithstanding Of something Of
conscious triumph aud great deal Of modification and
pIy; but the determination was stronger Than all. H..
az If he were compelled to struggle, like the
Jew and Arab, told Of by Captain Riley, for the mar
pass The edge Of the preep cea pass lust suf.
Gent for one man lie the eGgency at glance and
the temerty his adversary and casting him heading
re
sacrifice And there he stood, that noble Statesman OF the
South, who knows the ground upon which he stands with
head ereotand that fiery eye dated with he glow u reo
IuOn aud the muscles Of las frame sut up az ready
for scOn, the whole Senate combined against him
Even Webster, with his brow Of iron and his eve i'll. Ere
bus' looked upon Calhoun with something OF curiosity a. If
even Old Dan himself astOnished al the keen and
sostehing glance VI the flashing eye Of the great Caopsp
We'll might Mr. Allen say after the non reception of his
DoHuHe'aHsHf0 TO his cOmpeors Of the Vest
"Oh what fall was there my counrymen
When you, and ], and oil OF us fell down"
Scarcely had this tragedy concluded IN the Senate when
the grand farce Of the doy, upon the same subsc
f"rmed by Mr. Chapman, IN the House tp the infinite diver
siUn Of that honorable body und the people p the gas
lie talked 0f"he middle extreme ." end ,f e-rauipg syI
isbub TO be swsmped CauybObus' VI JeHstsots yur
bOais:- $50
"lIefe IL gun boat number one
Wiggls- wagglo went her taH
And pop went hergun,"
and positively shned that he would rather BE- blown mn
BY the Brush Ia the Capitol than surrender the first .,
- 90 washed by tho atudon VI the Of the Psci
nc into The rounded form Of a semi circular uisnRle And
De then told " the Old fable ~ the hedge hog and the
snakes; and said that this old British hedge hog would find
the American snake regular b1a constructor that would
Rulp him down mouthful-hair, brisilrs q1ils and
claws And then he told the event Ut var mat Mi
chigsn would take Cansda % days-aad n that did NOT
'u thst they would give up sud Do over sgain In 80
without ssknR days grace according toiw Bot 10 be
serious, MI Chapman spoke like patriot he was strong
De was grand, be- enthusiastically dipping AZ an
aeue single, Into the ddcuous Bot be funny and be
souad w the proceedings u the dsy hearty round Of
laughter.
Thrice renewed. and thrice again.
And We move him vote u tbnnks."