Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-04

iboeidtic Sue ot The chamb,r a strange king
ma" mean mat one with legs clossd and
~ '"'usl ou' III 'front.' Of his desk with hand, IN
n's oieeches Peckc's, ard with he huge ptooor-
iiohs Oh lhs upper part OF his person cased ~ IN
antique bf"ss bunonet blue coat SerI-I,e frr
10 tne man whose chin just now hangs Close ~
ms breast-fhe man with The bushy wbi.Le,s,nd
enormous crop oil disnntered brown hair AM
you perceive hun 7 Mark The lower features a
ms lace, Iiom the nose 10 The point of the chin
never saw or homan shoulders SO close a re-
,eno'ahce 10 lhal portion ol the physiUenomy al
"n,hl's'on. Whai strange forehead he car
hes, 100! IL seems TO have been rough chisseled
out "' rock. not born OF woman, 50 MASSIVE i'm.
ing, ana yt! regular are its proportions He
sets-ca'eluliy nolins What falls TN his ear
Ever and anon, as you perceive, he appears TO
tuTG aIS eye 10 upon ms Dan brain. Wach his
c"untenance as hr thus evidently cges;s and "a
ri .ly examines what his opponent NAV be ue.
Ins Mole The remarkable play Of The muscles q
his iace he while! lie removes his glasses; and
now rom he contraction Of The pupil ot his eye,
yoa perceive for The first lime that he is quite
near sighted Do you remark that Wien listen
ing I" hear rather than 10 think his mouth is &C.
morally hall open2
Al he conclusion Of The speech Of the fonor-
able gentleman from Massachusetts, he springs
To The floor with twenty others. II has fallen 10
his lot, and the Speaker announces "The gentle
mao from Virginia. Mr.. BaYLY !'-lhere hayinr
been two Or three Of his colleagues coniesiing o
be recognized by he Chair. The Ma.sachu-
sets member has just delivered very able
speech 10 prove the right of Congress, or e the
whole General Government, TO exercise some
power winch those who follow the readings Of
Jefferson and Niadison-thc doctrines Of the far
famed Virginia and KENTUCKY Resolutions of
1898 maintain rest, under the Constitution, in
/ The States or with the people thereof He has
made very pausib argument speech which
| novice would fancy 10 be unanswerable; aud
he also justified il with quotation after quota
| ton, TO prove that the power claimed has been
rereatediy exercised. Judge Ba,y, having
called for glass Of water, vets his lips, wipes
them, blows his nose, and steps out from his
seat into the next aisle 10 begin his speech. TIE
House is sliled, and the members, one and ALL
| have quietly come out from The lobbes and re.
cesses. to seat themselves within nearing d
! lance; and those who were rea'lng, writing, or
! Joking minute before have also picked their
ears. Hclls dull in going of, and 50 pro'x that
you wonder why II is that so attentive and go.
! neral a hearing is accorded him Perhapsit
may be on account of the strange appearance
Of the man. Why, he looks for all the world
like buffalo standing OF his hind legs, paving,
and throwing around his huge head breast and
shoulders But looking closer, the image of the
rearing bufa disappears from your imsglna-
lion, aud you see the most intellectual head yon
ever beheld buried IN mass oil apparently mat.
| ted hair and set upon frame, the upper part
OF which seems giganic yet you ook and listen
| for few minutes for something To ob ain Tor
nim hearing after the House shall have be
come accustomed 10 the sight Of his singular
| figure. An now il is coming!
The rea> on Uty his really tedious exordium
| was so atrnIvcly listene.i 10 is al length apra-
rent He is evidently man OF profound >tLdy
| and striking thought II MS commonplace com.
| mencemenl was more commonplace man you
expected 10 nave heard in that chamber, his safe
menl OF line point IN is. ue is remarkably coInpfe-
henslve. YOU perceive that he reasons syn,nrti-
caiiy -seomerIcay-no analy'ically or alse-
bfaicaly. He lays Gown his case OF doctrine 10
BE- proved as carefully and systematically as Eu.
cid laid down mis- problems And now he enters
upon the work OF demonstration after the very
fashion VI the ialner OF gromeTlciaDs. pTolix,
but clear 10 a comprehensive mind, he proves
from the book As he goes straight on 10 The inien-
ded point, al which when he gets there, here is
40 resisting conviction that his quad c,dt demon
arandum IS iGconrovernoe. lou wall obsrrvc
during his argument how freely and copously he
quotes, from memory, The writings OF Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, John Taylor 81 Caroline,
Vallel, and other writer's on International and
Roman law. How closely 100, he iorh,s his
pnsniuns by calling 10 his aid Blackstone Kent,
Story the constitution and the Legislation OF
| The Unied States! You have often heard the
Virginia resolutions OF uinely-egh" Iiicnl-
Ell as The distractions al tufmtr age; and
when in the beginning Of me speech he propo-
ed 10 lest The soubdness OF the positions OF Mr..
Hudson by them, you lnvulunarily smiled al the
seeming aosurdily Of making The doctrines pro-
nuleatrd halt century ago, by the legislatures
OF but two Sales Of this Union, he scale by
which To measufe The relative powers in the e.
vernmenf under the consii uioD. But now you
perceive tina, there is mucn ~ that declaia ION.
lie has proved conc .usively that o. accord Ia The
general eovernmen, the power cla ime:, IS fir~cl-
~ in the teeth 81 he.e celebrated resolutions; and
ne has also made ii plain 10 most per on> under
| The sound OF his voice, that the eailng therein
! land down is IN stfct cOnsonance with The views
OF all the great legal and puiucdl vfiters from
, whom he has qn"led as though reading liom
heir volumes lying open before him. HIS hour
1 IS out however, before his speech is hnshed-
trr so extensive was the field winch he has been
investigating, that he has had barely sufficient
tlme 10 Prove his points vi hou, the customary
summing up Tim, ne will print however: 80 hook
.uI i,r IT, as you will find lhr speech when written
Out u embrace mote srnng procf {" SUSAN his
positions Than any olher memb rni either House
2 ~ accustomed 10 crowd mic the same number OF
pages
Judge Bayly's efforts always read well, for
> they rarely fail 10 cover the whole ground in
!: controversy Those who think with MIN on
public affairs, lay by his speeches with great
, care for reference, as they usually embrace all
| that can be found in the books o make COOL hIs
points He IS hs constitutional lawyer of
. Congress admitted BY his fellow members to
? be first in mat branch of the science Of Ameri.
can states aanship | do not mean 10 compare
S him with lr. Webster for the depth and ofigi-
: nality Of his views upon the Constitution; but
: in knowledge Of, and Capacity TO apply, the
: views OF al. the great men who have written or
. spoken upon The Constitution, or any part OF IT,
Judge Bsyly IL far superior 10 the Massachu-
sets giant.
He looks to be full len or twelve years olter
than he really i, his age mol being more TIA q
tniry eight When just OF age, he was sent 10
the Virginia legislature by lhr people oil iaf-a-
med Accomac Judge B. was continued in the
House oil Delegates until some six or light years
ago when he was elected by his fellow members
Judge Of The Superior Cour Of The Stae-being
then younger than any man who had previously
been n. nored win seat on the Superior BEECH
of Virginia. When Henry A. Wise was sent
abroad. Judge Bayly succeeded him in the House
OF Representa- ives oil the Unlied Slaes and nav
ing continued 10 occupy The seat, hs day, ne
bids lair 10 represent ms Constituents Tor twenty
or tni'ry years Logger, under the system Of Keep
. ing competent men IN Cung ess until hey o.g'n
TO grow too OH 10 perform the ac'ive dInes re-
ouired Of them which has gwen Virginia ne IN
, Guence in the government, 30 unsp"nnsiy de-
: nounced in SECTIONS Of The cunieoefacy Wheie
!, IS customary never to keep even 'h''f ablest
pubic men in Congress sufficiently long 10
p sccu,re The knowledge Of legislative auofneyship
2 reuui.ile 10 cope win old stagers OF even mode
ra natural abiliirs.
Though unc"u'h in personal APPEARANCE, ard
|. n,el,ss 10 a faul, in his dress, Judge Baviy in
: society is gentleman OF polished manners and
heightened breeding. He inherited wealth, and
has 50 managed his estate that il has increased
largely upon his hands. He is laboTious and
pans-,aking in malers OF business and being very
AMBITIOUS, is regarded as The most promising