The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-12-19

Editorial Corr sponIence Of the \. Y Tribune
WAsHIH0roN, Dec. q. 1855.
. We all do fade as a leaf" That il the
ultimate mundane result prior and prefajo-
ry to which, We are Enthusiastically growing
Old. realize it nowhere more foreibly than
on returning after a prolonged absence, Is
the Senate chamber Of the United States.--
The first thought here il inevitably Of the
great departed-ol Clay ant y ebster, Cal
noun aud Forsyth, >ilas Wright and poin-
dexter, whom with Younger eyes and u fresh
or heart, more hopeful spirit, saw sitting
here on my first visit, nearly twenty years
ago They have passed away from earth.
with John DAVIS and Roger Huntington. !.
/. Mofehetd. Phelps, Prentiss, and manN
others who have since filled their seats while
Corwln and Ewing Of Ohio, TYLER aud Rives
" Virginia. Benton OF Missouri. Man
gum and Badger Of North Carolina, though
stall living, haze gone INTO retirement. and no
longer challenge the public regard. No. il is
not merely that look through DINNER eyes
and regard with calner interest, Il more
languld pulse know that the Senate az
1880, tested by the most answering stand
ards, was ADLER than that Of 1853.
Perhaps TINS Senate Is composed Of Young
er men than that Of twenty wears ago. but /
ioubi IT, For here sits Cen Cass. veteran
who has already passed the seventy wears
allotted to man, looking heavier and duller
than when | first saw him, but still un-
Nrinkied and healthy, striking example Of
he conservative power Of rigid temperance.
even though confronted by the distractions
aud anxlet4es Of political life. Here i Mr.
Crittenden, returned again. after many vicis
STUDIES, looking visbly older. and with u
seeming scar on the right side Of his fnce
winch mars his physognomy, but who seems
~ alert, rs sanguine, "a ready for parlia-
mentary tilt. as in his viyacious prime. AS
TO John NJ. Claytonwh am confident
vas sitting here twenty wears ago. know
| not how much longer --hc looks better. hearti.
e., brlsker. and positively younger TO-DAY
than he did when he left the Senate in 1919
/ ~ become ten. Taylor's Secretary Of State.
Ills circumference Is still generous. but he
looks asst there We're many years life and
work IN MIN. trust there NAV be.
John Il. iiale's rosS face lights In the Sen.
ate once more, ana his humorous comments
IN whatever is going forward serve greatly
10 relieve the solemn dizziness which habitu-
lily broods over this haunt Of Fogysm.-
halc used e threaten 10 resign when here
before; but he seems now quite resigned "a
49, .isP'hs1tl0ii witch scul nun BACK again
| think his resignation to this will preyen,
| as resignation out of it. His new colleapne
James Bell, pale, slim, elderly LAWYER
| Siil command the respect of the Senate bs
prohty and industry, without wasting muci
4 it's time in brilliantly useless speeches.
had not thought. few years since, eve,
| 10 see Pitt fcssendcn here as Il Senator from
Maine but the change from the line q,
| >hepleys, falrhclds ana Bradburys which ht
'ueceeds, i very welcome. Nor have | ye
got the hang OF seeing Henry Wilson. tht
'Natick Cobler," in the seat Of Daniel w el
,ter, As my eye lights on his round full
urncst face, ! am tempted to beckon hin
oQt and quietly inform him that the Senat,
rrg particular ia excluding outsider,
rom Is seats, and then Il flashes over M
,siai he u there the accredited representatIy
1t State street, Harvard University. and In
Dalfg ddtcrfiser; ~ / hold my breath IN,
MY wonder what VIII turn up next. An.
practically, Massachusetts, has not often IN,
more faithful and useful senator than Hem
: ~ wilson Mr.. Sumner has been lonrc
'efe, AMI wears his Senatorial honors ~
I natter Of course. Shali&e not soon w.
Pennsylvania and New JERSEY LIKEWISE ranra
'ented in the interest Of Universal Freedom
You have heard how the majority of ,h
senate have resolved NOT to recognize tb
Republicans az belonging to National party
or entitled TO consideration in the MAKING y,