Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-11-20

The House OF Representatives wasearlv .
deserted. An adjourhment would bar3iy
have made it emptier. The Speaker. II Is
true, retained bis chair, but no business oil
moment was, or could be-, attended to. -
Members all rushed in 10 hear Mr.. Web.
ster, and no call of the House, or other par
liamentary proceedings, could compel them
back. The floor of the Scnate was so
densely crowded that persons once in could
not get out, nor change their position, In
the rear Of the Vice. Presidential chair the
crowd was particularly dense. Dixon II.
Lewis, then Representative from Ala
bama, wedged in here. From his enor-
nous size il was impossible for him TO move
without displacing a vast portion of the
Multitude. Unfortunately, too, for him he
was lammed in directly behind the chair of
| The Vice President, where he coulA not
see, and hardly hear the speaker. By slow
and lalogi3us labor, paasipg occasionally TO
breathe, he gained one Of the windows
which, cons'ructedof Of painted glass, flank
the chair oi the Vice President on either
SIDE. Her' he paused, unable 10 make
more heaaway; but, drterm;god 10 s,e hir.
Webster as he spoke, with his knife be
naIr q l.r-, bal. in ono ,f ,h, ,,,,as oC
Ilho glass. yli-b i. ain ,;.I..i, o.. ha r,o4.,
liz. Many wer, so placed ss ngt 10 br olI.
10 see the speaker al all.
The courtesy OF SENATORS accoras1 - ,bo
| iaircr sex room on the g,or-iha mo-, raj
LIANT Of them. their own Saots Tbs T,,oy
bonnets and brilliant dresses threw a varied
and pictnrtsanr beauty over ,hc scpne s,r,-
eninr and eu1belli.hi,,r i. s..
Seldom, if ever. has en,.r,r !, mi, or
any other country had more powerlel in
cvntivrs To cxcrii5n :. \ spai.,ct the ds,ar.
miuation OF which inyoi,SJstba most Inn
porlant interests. and even lnr,t;,n ofiha
republics: councillors. upropal,rd in renn-
ta,ion. abili.y. Gr.ro.j,;,o.. = nso,n 70 ro5la
still more glorious. or lose i.3r over. an an
dicnce Comprising not on,y pars5ns Of ttfs
country most eminent in iniallpc,paI oreat-
ness, tut representatives of other nations
where the art of rlocnenre had forr;.hed
for age. All the soldier seeks in onnor.
tunity was here. -.... ....
Mr.. Webster perceived. and Csl, equal TO
the des,nies of the monrnt. The very
greatness OF The hazard rxhilirotod him
His spirits rose with the occasion. IT,
awaited The timp OF the opse, Win sfrrn
and impatient i0y. Uer.n Ike ne vai.
horse Of the ScrIonrts- .snawpth in
the valley, and r, ,ioice,h in his s,ren,th :.
WHO goeth on 10 meet the armed men
who saycth among The trumnets. IIa ha !!
and who smrilcih the battle alar of, the
thunder ol the captains and the shouting. :"
a confidence in his own rtsourcrs,
sPringing from no vain estimate Of bis pow
cr, but the legitimate offspring OF previous
severe mental discipline, sus' aimed and ey-
| cited him. lie had cu9rrd his onoonpnts
his sui iaci. and ZinyIE
He was too at this r,,io.l. in tie very
prime Of manhood. lie had reached nfi-
die age-an era in the I;ia Of man. vbcn
the faculties. physical or Intellectual. NAV
be supposed 10 attain their fnllest ornaniza-
lion, and most nsrfscl, ,dev,lonmpr, what.
ever there was in him OF intellectual ener-
gy and Vitality. tbe occ,sino. his fan III.
and hizh ambition. mjgb; we'll bring forth.
He never rose on an crlinorv occasion
to address an ordinary audience, more gely-
possessed. There wa, no trpm1,ousbess in
| lis voice or manner. rotAinr hnIried
nothing simulated. Tie cal,E0tss Of suns
sior strength was visibI, eyrtywhrrs; IN
countenancp, voice and boaiinG. A de,1,-
seated conviction of the extraordinary
character of the emergency, and of his
ability TO control if. seemed to pos,ess him
wholly. Ifan observer. more than ordina-
riIy ktcn-si5htec,, detected at times some
thing Ike rXuIta,iun in lis eye, be prcsn-
med it sprang FROM the e2c,iemepl Of The
moment, and the anticipation of victory.
The auyicty 10 hear The speech was 50
intense, irr'pr.ssi5!ea and universal, that TO
sooner had the Vice President assumed ih"
chair, than motion was made, and uuani-
mously carried, to postpone the ordinary
preliminaries OF Senatorial action, aud take
up, immediately, the consideration Of the
resolution. ... ..
Alr Webster rose and addressed the SEN
ate. His exold,um is known by heart
everywhere: "Alr. President, when the
mariner has been tossed for many days in
thick weather and on an unknown sea, he
naturally ayails bimsrlCor the first pause in
the storm. The earliest Glance Of the sua, tc
take his latitude. aud ascertain how far III,
elements have driven him from his trur
course. L.at.us initiate This prudence; anC
b4G,re we float further an the waves of .hi