Litchfield enquirer., 1852-02-26
From the Providence Journal.
Henry Clay.

Henry Clay.
II is now something more than forty
FIVE years since Henry Clay first appear,
ed in the United States Senate as mems.
her of that body. lie took his seat on
Monday. the 29lh day of Dec. 1906.
having been elected BY the Legislature
E Kentucky, to serve out the unex pi, cd
tenn "f Gen. John Adair. ending the 81
Of March. 1907. OF the 81 memb .rs
then somp"< ng the Senate, aud repre-
srnting seventeen States. it is believed
that M. Clay is the only one now living
Among the cOmpesrs of the then youth
ful stat. sman. were some whose names
have come down 10 IN from tha. d. y
and generation and whose public live.
occupy important places in our legisla.
tive history. Not the least in pom, OF
ialrn'. pstri"li-m and public worth. ol
the Senators of the session "f lsO6-7,
were John Adams. Timothy Pickering,
James HiIll,"use. Samuel Smith, James
A. Bayard. and John Gaillard.
Tim thy Pickering closed long and
illus,rious Liza in ego. In unyirl,ling
Integrity "s n public officer. b",h in the
C .bi's. and in the SIN ne. snd in rigid
simplicity 81 p.iyale HE. he has n". been
Su' passed BY any man. dead or living
Tie hhnged. IN every sense. To the iron
men nf the revolution. James Hillho,iss
"as IN "ngrsss. as Senator and Il Pc
sentative. far twenty Years. tie WAS ~
member If tina, celebrated b.My.--"f
which so much is generally sal bv those
who ku"w the least about 1.-THE tlar-
f".d Convention. lie died at New Ha.
vcn ~ 1888; aud C"nn,.c.icuL has no,
had >0 able II SENATOR since his time. llI>
colleague OF the session "f 1906 7. Urml'
Tracy. sleeps in one c"r"e' os the Com
grrss'"nal Cemetery. having been "n IN
nabi,ant of he .'clry "l tl.., silemt" for
more than forty wears Il Fcde,ali>t "i
good abilities. he won the esteem If lis
"pmnrnts. Samuel Smith was in Con
S,s, n. Sunuor aud Il preventative. for
,hnI, >nnc years. He belonged t" thar
school o. the R'pa,lc"n party. so few Of
whom We see al the present day. in which
z tward Livingston and Nathaniel NJ.
con were dI,rin ;uisheL IL .d-rS. He rr-
ured from public lie in 1893. being the
last Demnc,atIc United States Senator
trop the State OF Maryland.
james n. Blya'd WAS man Of vas
mental strength. and certainly one OF the
,b / constitutional lawyers our country
has produced. When. in Dec.mbe,,
1903. am attempt was made in the Sen
uc 10 try William Blounr, on articles OF
found against him by the
il"u>e Of Representa- ives. M. BAyard,
IN behalf vi The committee Of managers,
m 'dc AN argument Of SURPRISING power
N advocacy of the right of that body to
Try the respondent. Blouns. One who
knew him long and well. has said Of him,
that he WAS descendant of the Chev
aIier Bayard. no died in 1924; and
who is familia'ly known as the man with.
"ut fear and without ieproacb. He WAS
IN both branches of Congress. and was
second to no one in either House. He
If liyht com,l.x,m. h,nI.nms fa.e in.
tell;gent and manly expression, and Of
courteous and digni6ed manners. His
rI"quencc was lofty and commanding"
Mr.. Bayard was in the House Of Repre-
ientatives when the Alien and SeditiOn
laws were enacted. Juns and July. 1881
and in company with the leading FEEDER.
alis,s of that time. Robert G..dIo. Har-
per. Rover G.iswold H.rr;.oc G,.v OILS
and L,hn ,x.,i..a,,..Ir vo,sI in G:vor ~
+, hs;. ,,a...r. H" 80. s.:I....s o -.
!. 's w oos'0s es'ue"'e S""
os auoucec 90 support :" tne sPo'iesS