Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-02-14
A Memorable Day in the Senate.
MIR. Clay.


n,ight be seen this forenoon vending their way
I'D the hill leading to the Capitol. What was
the peculiar attraction OF The day? Mr.. Clay
vas expected to speak on the great question OF
an adjustment OF the difficulties winch had arisen
out OF The acquire meat OF an extensive territory
from Mexico; and the young and the old, the
crlndsre of three score and ten, the youth Of
eiah,een, the Ll1omiug maiden, AMI the sIaid
/ ann serene matrgn, fe,t alike anxious TO see aud
t. hear Il man whose name and actions more
Ian those OF any other Amei lean now living.are
lin,pcrishab.y portrayed ami recorded Ia tie his
tory al his country
Such bfllllant constellation OF wisdom and
worth. are and excellence, youth and ioveliness,
Us were crowded INTO the superb semlcrcuar
chamber occupied by the least numerous branch
of Congress. Will rarely be seen anywhere.-
There the Seniors sal, body Of really fine
looking men, very gracefully resting IA their
curule chars, courteous, grave, thoughtful, and
attentive. Immediately behind the Senators who
occupied rear seats, stool a congregation OF
richly a'tired -,lies, w1yifg their ians swoety
smiling now and 5giin, sliording foIci0le Illus
traliun Of those celestial creatures spoken Of in
the Koran, who are sent 10 paradise TO bless the
ialihi1l IN ,hs world TO come. They literally
formed bright halo OF glory round each Senl-
tors head.
! Mr.. Clay, uEbeni with ace or care, and proba-
bly, the taiitSi IN the Senate, stood upon the
f1or finn aud erect, calm and serene, The dignl-
" OF lis manner happily conforming 10 the
power OF his reasoning. | could hardly believe
ina. 73, whiie line iadies were clustering around
lin, adminng his eioquencc, and booking at hun
with such wis,lul and earnest gaze, as if
champoa Of 10 ordinary p5owcss, or of more
Than mortal mould, had suddenly appeared a
euda' court OF justice The defender OF Inno.
cence, truth, and beauty, and they his low
ing clients.
-, =, -Ssc5oary B.ehanan oscupied chair next
chattcd oLetEcr some tImc quite pleasantly out
when the Speaker rot To the marrow Of his ar
gumeni, they gave hia their undivided attention.
| | could not Mr.. FOole at first; but when
the hand OF the clock WAS approaching 3, and
after Mr.. Clay had spoken about two hou and
i quarter, lie rnse AMI suggested an al urn.
inenl Nh Clay expressed 4 wish 10 70 on
! IlIle longer. ami he did 50. What a hale and
vigorous cud-tiUtoH he must have inher.tedl
Bonn wl'hin months of lie Declaration Of
depeudcncc-an cary orphan - nunured In
The school OF Adversely educated IN a log cabin
= the champion OF his counlrys rights IN lSUS
again presiding IN Congress IN tie memorable
Ici2 -resuiHt'ng. VIA other leading spirits the
terms on which a lOng-agItated word mint en-
Joy The blessings of peace IN l6il-occuuying
The highest post IN the Unlon 5 I'VE that of Pres
idett, IN Establishing Nulh6caiinn OF
sting ~ le:52-3-he stlnGs up, IN 1850. when
approaching the last seven Yeas That lead to
ouTscore, vigorous and clear headed as ever.
pow erluI IN argument, still able to argue a case
Of greet nicely WITH unIiyalled ability, SKILL and
e!oqnence.
1t is one ofthe good effects Of popular in s,itu-
tions that they buDg together on gieat public
occasofs or questions such brilliant ASSEM-
t'ase as Il was my goot fortune to behold to-
day. W Ill rot the young and aspiring. while |
listening to The peIsgasIve accents OF their Conn /
'rA's ATTEST Champion, learn 10 dwell upon his /
history with delight anc learn TO emulate his viz
tuPs: al have ever found hun" said the seer
ct Quincy to his (Alr Gays constituents Of .
Covington, NY. mot only one OF the ab,est men
with whom eyer co-operated, but also one OF
he most amiable and worthy Take Claw MI
IN all,' exclaimel Richard ". Johnson. he has
not his eqlll IN the Union"
was thankful to be permitted 10 stand for
more t!ian two hours and listen. Even members
OF Congress by the hundred, their House hayinr
been Adjourned after a session of mol MANY min.
utcs, and they having The privilege of the floor OF
the Senate, were glad to stand close and crowd
ed together, listening What a soueezel-
Benches. cornices, desks, avenues doors. win.
dows, passages, galleries, evsry spot, into upon.
under. beneath or before, where man or woman
oorid sec or hear the hon of The day. were filed.
looked about for Mr. Calhoun his chair had
another occupant; all are glad, however. that be
VIII soon be able 10 resume 1t. He is one of The !
master spirits oil the age; one OF those re,parka
ole men whose names are Immortal. Mr. Wen | l.
stcr, loo, was absent; Abncr Smith sat in b,s ,
chair Governor Seward, whose place is GU Mr. :
Ciays right hand, sat beside him, still s,Iepr =
md observant! General Cass listened al first !,
quietly aud rather drowsly, but the orator wakeJ
nttht ttr,r
e>had oronched recently relative To the want of
,ower IN the Government TO act for the Terr,,o-
les
!. >. In a letter relative t. r. M. Wctpore }
said that there were five quarters aIuoun,s in
rresr. The letter itself shows that returns .
we're made 10 the 3lst December, IS4S, but none a
hereafter =
In Geographic despatch of Monday, it was a,
.atcd that the delegation from New York :.
i'ought Mr.. Roots resolution was premature. :
hould have said New York city.
The correspondent OF the Journal of Com
nerce, writing Oh the 9th. after givin. an ab.
tract Of MIR Gays remarks, on the second d.v h;
{ his speech, says: CT
I" Should Mr Clay be able to satisfy the South a
nth these views, shall consider that the terr- 81
oral question, is already, in effect, settled Sc
Mr. Clay made an eloquent appeal in bchalfof Dc
he Union, and declared his determination TO pr
attic for The Union, and within the Union-no, in
ut of it-and no power should drive him out ev
{ it SO
Herein believe that the South now comedies
nth Mr. Clay. You will hear very little, in any
vent, Of secession from the Union. Dissolu- in
on, it is well understood, is civil war. The as
Vest will not permit the Union to be dissolved. a
he South will not Withdraw from the Union, T,
} has been talked Of, no matter what may fol- &C
W.. If she has to fight for her Constitutional no
ehts she can do ii better within the Union than N,
nj Of il on