The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-12-04

The following article from tho New York
Express, although somewhat tinged with politi
cal HAS, will bc found interesting a
The Senate Of thu United States. Of which
we have seen moN or lcss sinee lS32-a3. In III
then palmiest days. laundering against Gonera
rather erratic light in John NJ. Clayton. Mr.
Clayton iirst sigualxel hirnscli In the hot and
very cou.rs, made against the generally umrp
,ng and dcnunciatory spirit oi tho jackson Ad
mnistratou aud Into this contest he rushed
with oil the arisr Of middle agc. The aroused
and indignant Clay led oil Ia his tempest ol
inpassionci eloqucnce iiercc aud sarcastic
roindcster tolow~i the polished but effective
spNguc. the witty AMI cutting Holmes, both
OF Maine and the great, grand, and magniih
cent Webster, with others, brought up rmr
Of M powerful Parliamentary dclatcrs ~ the
world over saw. 0ttcn llaync and Calhoun,
of South Carolina. worked with them aldo by
side while Felix Grundy, Of Tcnncsscc, and
John Forsyth, OF GcorgiA--both Administra.
tiou sworismcn, parriel their thrus,s to tho
bwt oi their ability. All Of them arr now
gone with Berricn and Dawson. Of Georgia,
leigh, Of Virginia. and Porter Of l.ouisiAnla---
all gone 10 that bourne whence no traveller ~
turns Sprague, oi Maine. who IL now
United Stats~ District Judge, In Massachu.
se,ts, in the full maturity Of high judicial power
John AZ. Claytes MA so. great mai,, but
u Wry remarkable man. Without high or.
der Of cloqucncc; he was yot eloquent. With.
out much learning. b. was ever learned enough
fw oil the places ho WAN called 10. Not great
lawyer. yet he had tho reputation Of being onc.
lilo knew little of almost everything. without
knowing anything especially well. lie attract
nj Senate, and bewiichcd mob. Tho most
social man almost In the world, no mover yet
was In society 10 any extent lilo loved man
and avoided woman--and he would talk all day
and all night with bis own sox, but always
dodge the other, " no could, With ostruorii.
nary habits. no shortened lifc created 10 bc
long. Nature gave him powerful php,qas,
which he crippled, and deprived oi muscle, by
never developing Il. or cxercisng any part Of
his frame n be could help II. Ills day began
about ~. w., and ended al . or o. Az. lie
would atay In the Senate assidusus all day, and
read nearly all night. Inspiring everybody
with profound imprcsAion Of hls sincerity. 4
Ia very doubtful II, asa politician, he was uincerc
at ALL Nevertheless everybody liked him,
whether they accepted oil ho aid or not With
out order In his habits. he, nevertheless, cosld
achieve great amount oi work. When ha
hal thing 10 do he wont into Il with his
whole heart and soul. and would outsit, or out.
talk, or ou,-stand any body and every body
connected with him in Ills work. Fieklr.
IN his mind. he often was---and not with dim
Guilty misled from his purpose. Sir Henry
bulw~ scduccd him oil 10 the Central Ameri.
can Treaty from the true aud straightforward
track
During the Taylor administration he halted,
IA a member Of the Cabinet. all tho while he.
tween wind anJ water. On tho subject Of the
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise against
which bia Judgment waa clear, ncvcrthcloss hn
position. or hm ambition, lcd him of. hcrc, therc
and everywhere, ~ that nobody can now with.
out references 10 the documents, tell Just exact.
ly where be was. But when In tho Senate be
srvcd under Henry Clay. ~ n sort oi Lieut..
o'encral~~ibspirod by the icarlesrncs Of the
great kentuckian--- he never wavcred nor ini.
tered DcnouDcing the Nullificrs In 1882 ~.
and upholding tho Fcrcc liill. he went for the
Tariff Compromi@ Of 1882, 10 save John q.
Calhoun from Gen. Jackson's moose. 1lc bri-
vcd Gen. Jackson and all his myramidom with
n courage Of the very highest order. lilo broke
down Postmaster General BArry--when mem
bcr Of the Senate post Office committee lin
spite Of all the administration protection. II
WAS only in his latter day. that the unhappy
faculty developed itself which male him often
som indrm ol purpose.
Bat, peace 10 his romaips No wiie mourns
him No family poars lament over his death
bed lie was u man ~ love and never IN hntr
- Joyial companioo-a most agreeable talk.
cr---thc delight Of the social circle In which hs
happened to bc--proud Of Delaware, his little
native State. and even its protector AMI defend.
er. II@ speeches. ut times, have excrted large
influence over the public mind, and his memory
will BE- freah for years and years among sll
political men. Icaco 10 bis names.