The Hillsborough recorder., 1853-04-27
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UNITED STATES SENATE,
TIE personal and poliiirai notices q
Nc Gated States Senators, noW n -
sion st NasAsagton, Nill d0sbtleSs az
tract mneh attention. The FIRST poInt
VI observation in regard 10 this body Is.
the zz-nunt Of talent existing. among
the saembers. compared with the Sea
are pf other days- Ifmay be safely as
serted. We think. that the character of
the Senate il not deteriorafing. III
there are nQnc 20 be ioand in the pre-
sent Senate 10 supply the places a
Webster. Clay. Calhoun and Bent5h. Il
will be found that the average amount
Of talent Is kept up IN the whole num-
shrr. and that the proportion of really
inferior men.is small among the sena-
trs. 0n running over the personal
,tices which we have given. II is Gus
rious 10 observe the course Of political
training most o. the Senators have un-
dergone in their respective States BY
public services of various kinds, before
they have been considered qualified for
election 10 the Senate. These seryi-
ces have been executive. Legislative. js-
dieisl or military, according 10 circum.
Stances.
The leading men As debateFs IN the
Senate, as al present organized, leav-
Ing the free soiIers out ef the question,
viii doubtless be Cass, Hunter. Ma
son, Soule, Atherton, Butler. Douglas.
Rask, and Houston on the Democratic
side-with Clayton. Everett, Pearce,
Dixon, Jones, Badger. Truman Smith
and Geyer, on that Of the Wings.
Gen. Cass and Gen. Dodge, are the two
oldest men in the Senate, being over
seventy years Of age. Most of the
others have been born during the pre-
sent century, aud the average ages of
the forty FIVE Senators whose ages are
known i zl,eut ''1t5.
Wild regard to nativity, the old
sxstes eth preserve tlse ptrvenderance
ID farns<hing national legislators, no
less than thirty nine out OF forty nine
Senators whose birthpIaces are known
having been born in the old thirteen
States: viz:-ln the New England
States IA, in New York 4. Pennsylya-
MIA 9, Maryland 4, Delaware 2, Vir-
ginia 5, North Carolina 2, South Caro-
Ina 4, and Georgia ?. OF the Others
there were born in Tennessee 2. Indi.
ana Q, Ohm I, Missouri |, ireland l.
France 1, West Indies 9. Ethnologi
eally considered, the fifty six Sena'
tors, There being six yacancies,) may
be elassed as follows: OF Anglo Sax
on origin SO. Scotch S, Welch 1. Irish
I. French 8, Spanish |. German O.
Total Sc.
One Of the most striking points in
the list of senators. is the vast prepon-
derance Of gentlemen in the legal pro.
fession. A foreigner, in looking at the
occupations in private life Of the exc.
= crtive and legislative branches Of our
eevernn,ent, might wsil suppose that
tie cenststetien provided that Law, ers
should slways ha>e tbs preference, on
the same principle that tte charter q
the Mechanics Bank Of this city pro.
vides that majority Of the Board Of
Directors shall be mechanics. No less
than forty one OF the United States
Senators are, or have been, lawyers
leaving fifteen for al ather occupations
Of these last the medical profession
have q; the mechanics, 2; the military,
the planters, and retired gentlemen the
remalnder-=the merchants not having
one Of their number to represent them.
Truly the legal profession IS the favor
ed class with the people of this coun-
try. n. Y Herald.