Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-08-09
HAYNE AND WEBSTER.

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tio"ai Nas iz,av. ia The course Ut sketch
oi "CIngress as il SITS rnenbPrs aud their
manners travels out of the record to give the
following very tcllciteus sketch Of the great
notification debat". which took place in the
Senate Chamber in 1888. Tive nulliication
fever had at his lime risen most frenzy high.
and members OF ala paths had deserted the
lower house to witness the spliniering OF
lances between Robert Y. Hayne, 81 S.uih
Carolina, and him who has lnnnrta'ized hun
sell ~ our American annals. as the expouu Ter
o! he ConstIIulion-Dtniri Webster. we
were ~ the gallery" saws the writer
when We entered Gens Hayn' was speak
ing he was man Of griicfal youthful ap-
T pearancc, with his shirt turned over his ra'al.
and his hair smoothly brushed across his ore-
head. lie vds Of the middle stature, and well
made Tie was speaking -uergeticaiiy; his
/ eyes were peculiarly brliiiJnt, aud MS lace
was extremely pale;-he moved up ana
I down the ais,es formed between The desks,
with rapid and agitaied step; his gestures
were vehement, end heappelred to b. under
a high state OF excitement. We were pecul
larly struck with his whole appearance. AMI
the tore OF feeling evident in the chamber.
| Mr.. Calhoun, then Vice President, was IN thr
chair. With his large steady, and vigilant
eyes witnessed the first great battle OF hiS
, doctrine, he seemed the very spirit OF en-
bodied interest; not word, not gesture of
J Gen. Hayne escaped his lion look. The
Senate was deeply interested, as matter OF
course. The language of Gen. Hayne was
rich and vigorous; aud his powerful sketch OF
the effect OF the impost law on the South-the
description he gave OF her people-his own
bold and hazardous elocution and inpetuous
h,snr fu u- .tr
I preston on the body From time TO time,
attention would be directed from him to the
, gentleman who was expected to answer him.
1 and whom General Hayne addressed under
cover OF a terrible and Calling fire
! Cold, serene, dark and melancholy, tina
man. thus assaied, ga, part. bleak and
| irowniug as inouetsiu rock; he evidently
!elt the gigantic lntisencrs that were at work
around him, but his profound mind was
Strengthening itself for the contest. Ans
a., now desply solemn was the hour. that mo-
mtnt! how grand NE scepe!and what were tn
meditation and sPrit raIIyings OF that dark
mn. his countenance wavered mol during tn
whole OF the Tremendous speech; assault alter
assault was made upon him; but yet he Meth
er turned 10 the right nor lett, but calmly, and
calamity. like soldier hitting the signal h.
3ded his hour. The time OF retaliation came
swiiI as the thought : OF Vengeance. to DAME
Webster. Who viii forget the exordiun
that renarkableef ri, the lashiiig sarcasm
he .wi,nering TONES OF that voice, aud III
terpper Of his fs,suagr2 Grll. Hsyne I've re
member distinctly Shauged foior, and ap
pear5d much discotlt< f<eil< But who tina
heard him will permit.the pesoration to b
torgottene--tho closing passages oigrandeur
mai majestic ellusion to the flag oil ireedoi.
aud his country. Looking, with his park an
lstrous eye, through the glass dome OF tn
hamber, over which lie could see that ban
,tr flowing, he delivered an aposroph
Which has never been surpassed, and s-.do
eqnaied. 1t composed figure OF the mos
,Ariliiag inerest-a burst OF solemn and pa
thetis feeling; and coming from such a source
"a man g nefally esteemed phlegmatic,) i
DIS electric. Ii was like The beam ol sunse
r ike the CLEAN of summer lightning. radi
ling the brow Of the cliff 20 which we hav'
above alluded
But these scenes are passed, and the coun
trg has tue bent fl OF ihosr speeches; but li'
memory of them, a, I'd the incidents that at
end them, are lorclbiy impressed upon ou'
mind.
We capnot roc;,, tha, snclinat;op tn ~; a,