The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-04-18
JOSHUA r. GIDDlNGS.

he Free SOerS OF the House present as ulVeIsl-
he'd counenaaees and appearance as any other eight
men ever saw collected together. MIR. Giddings
Is man of herculean frame, emphatic and sonte-
what awkward manner, coarse features and spark
ling gray eyes. His gray hair, which Is bushy,
usually sticks out in all directions his face Is some
what wrnkled and bears cheek red mark
larger than dollar. lie shows his huge teeth very
much and has a stoop in his shoulders. Though
from this literal picture your readers may Judge (cor
recty) that he is no beauty, he is Of course strlk
| ing man first sight. When speaking (always
against the, in his estimation, damnabe sn) he seems
to feel an innate superiority to his opponens-as
though aware that before the srugg Is over, he will
surely come off first best There is an indscrbabe
something in his address that otherwise in
dictate. His intercourse with every from North
to South, is frank and manly for he is by nature in
capable of bearing two faces. Every Southern mem
Der gives him credit for this, and they all feel per-
sonally much more kindly towards him than to such
members as, though condemning the temper of his
assaults on slavery and what the South contend for
as their rights, to be found voting with Mr..
g. on all questions in which the slavery issue NAV
be directly or indirectly involved He is perhaps
live years of age, and is in the enjoyment of all
OF the great physical strength with which he was en-
dOwed at thirty five.
He reminds me of what, in my imagination,
the pilgrim fathers of New England were after they
had found occasion to vary their preaching and pray
ing with almost as much fghing and ''dcksring''
with the Pequots-when they returned on this con-
tnent, TO the half soldier, half saint character in
which they had previously figured at home, under
Cromwell. lie goes by the not very dignifed SOU
| briquet of sod Gid, in the House, where per-
sonally, he is favorite he deserves to be- for no
man Is more scrupulousy correct in lis personal in
tercourse with his fellow members. It seems to be
pretty well understood that he is able to g handle -
almost any other member of the House on the negro
| All render him strict aft han nd
dressing the chair, as he is proverbial for saying
something; never opening his lips without making
point. MIR. G.'s oratory is animated, fluent, and
very forcible, and for filling the Hail. he has perhaps
the best voice in the House. He throws his limbs
about at great rate when speaking, ard never fails
to yield the floor to interruption for an expana-
ton. 1t Is rare, therefore, to find Southern MEM
Der refuse him like act of courtesy, as it seems to
be an under standing among those who are not con-
scous of their inability to reply adroitly and success
fully to the examination of parliamentary in
terrupton, to yield the floor always to those who are
themselves in the habit of yielding it to Others I'm
less member is practised debator, this is a dan
gerous privilege to accord shrewd opponent, as il
not unirequenty happens that well poised question
, will upset the point OH which member has based
. his whole previously prepared speech.-N: Y. Sun.
> MEN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NEVER. The
:, correspondent the New York Evening Post writes
:, under date of WASHINGTON, April IL.
Mr. Webster has consummated his niquity TODAY
by voting substantially against the admission of Cali
l. tornla. The division Foote'S motion to raise a
committee of thirteen to cook up some sort OF hash
lie upon the questions now pending in which slavery j:
$, considered TO be involyed-was ayes &c, noes %
# Foote thereby carrying his project by two majority
Webster, Bright, Cass, Dickinson, and Whitcomb
D voting with that worthy person for the committee
Had either Webster, Whtcomb, or protested free
soil men, voted against this scheme, the decision
would have been tie; the Vice President would
:. have decided it by negative vote.
At Soon after the vote came on the motion of Mr.. Bald
"a win to except California from the subjects to be re-
erred TO said committee, and again the division stood
a 25tos28, Webster, Whitcomb, Cass, Dickinson, and
Bright voting with the propagandists, as before
Here again. therefore, each of these recusants was
responsible for the miserable result And this result
> would have been worse had the Senate been
Ne FULL for the five absentees all butone Cooper ofPen
nsylvanla, would have voted with the slaveholdine
= majority. These absentees were Cooper and Sur-
! seon, OF Pennsylvania, (paired off, Berrien and
u Dawson, of Georgia, and Houston Both the Della
Is ware senators voted on the side of freedom
l. WAsHINGToNN, April Is, 1850.
: Where Mr. Webster Is going to, question
/ able as on the day when he pathetcay made the
same inquiry IN ms own proper person, in Faneui
Hall, seven or eight years ago After facing every
point of the compass at the bidding of his new SOUTH
ern patronsafer being for and against Foote'S COM
promise committee, and for and against the separate
consideration of California three four several and
distinct tmes-after voting for the committee and the
reference othe California question to late on Thurs
day afternoon last, yesterday he came out with an
humble prayer and confessoin addressed to his new
It keepers, and gave them to understand that if thew
pleased he would
''-proceed no further in this business"
1t was at once amusing and lamentable TO witness
the discipline to which this distinguished and able
pupil of the propaganda subjected on Thursday.
e After he had given his first vote against laying the
omnibus committee project the table, he gave I'M
mlstakabe signs oftrepdatlon, and OF reluctance to
90 on-so when the question came on referring Cali
fornia to this packed jury, Mr.. Webster sat mute and
moonless as Niobe, with her slain progeny around
her. His name had been called twice. still no voice
The crisis imminent. Mr. Badger sat ON one
side, Mangum the other, Morton before, and Foote
. behind.
The quartette precipitaed themselves upon the
painting and noble quarry; Badger put his hands up
on his coat collar and bent towards him Mangum
drew himself up and looked very rediin the face !:
Foote approached from the rear, and inlpored him.
in the style ofSir Lucius O'1rgger not to let his
courage out at the palms of his hands; Morton
whispered, after the manner of Macbeth's wife
I care you man !" Thus badgered and baited, Mr..
4 Webster, the Jupiter Ammon, some think, or saw.
of the Senate gave the required monosyable "no,'