New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-10-23
THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
sEi NUMBER XVI.


The Hon. William Wright, OF New Jersey. ex.
Governor of the State, next claims our attention.
Gov Wright ia a small. nild-rnanuered placidlook
inp gentleman of about ffty years OF age In ear,v
life have understood he purs,ed the occunation NJ
a saddler in Charleston. 8. C. Returning tn New
Jersey and throwing himself into the current Of po
;tics he anon acou;red a ho,d unon the affections of
the Democracy which led to his successive elevation
to the House OF Representatives. the Gubernatoria
Chair. and the Senate of the United States. @ a
IT, however there be in him auythne of the states
manship that is ordinarily presumed to qualify man
for the United States Senate he certainly gave no
evidence of it in the last Congress- True the Gift of
the CAB does not necessarily imply abity-but then
on the other hand chronic taciturnity is regarded
generally, as suspicious circumstance. In body
like the Senate where mighty questions of State are
of daily discussion, it certainly appears somewhat
strange that nothing could move Senator to verbal
expression of his thoughts Perhaps, however as on
the stage, utility members and walking gentlemen
fulfill also an appropriate mission in the Senate Gov
Wright s in all probability secure in his seat AZ long
as he may wish to hold it. The antagonism of the
numerous aspirants, if nothing else will be likely to
keep him there
Next comes the Youngest member of the Senate.
with the exception, of Clay, of Alabama-and at the
same time one of the ablest--Mr Puph, of Ohio /
have no sympathy with Mr. puph's noIitical views
in any respect whatever-but consider him. unde.
niably one of the first men of the country So con-
spicuous was his ability in the Ohio Legislature that
he was elected at once to the Senate without passing
through the usual intermediate grade Of the House
of Representatives And when he took his seat in
the Senate, he was Immediately placed on the Judi
ciary Committee-a rare and unusual compliment
have reason to believe that the laented Butler
the Chairman of that ommittee-regarded him as
valuable auxiliary in the consideration and disposal
of the legal and constitutional points which that
Committee was called upon to decide.
Mr.. Pugh gained his reputation in Ohio in the ca
pacity of lawyer-not politician His mind has
been exercised almost exclusively in legal studies
In consequence like Geyer of Missouri his speeches
partake somewhat of the dry and ddactc character
of legal argument But they consist nevertheless,
of strong chain of logical deductions which lead
the hearer almost rresistbly to the conclusion he
seeks to establish Admit his premises, and you had
as well admit his conclusions at once. Trained in the
severe discipline Of the law he gives no play to fancy
and finishes off his speeches with no ornate periods,
but steadily pursues the single object of convincing
the Judgment
His speech on the Kansas imbroglio, during the
first session of the last Congress, was peculiarly
strong and powerful. It carried CONSERVATION into
| the Black Republican ranks, and threw Wilson and
Wade completely on their beam.ends. His scathing
analysis of the whole question, and the dvestng it
of all mmaterial points, reminded one forcbly ol
some of the best efforts of Mr.. Calhoun. His speech
too, on the celebrated Thompson claim, in which he
and Bright had animated contest for several days
developed the extraordinary powers of his mind.
Perhaps he is as fair to the South any Of the So
called " National /" Democrats of the North; but, fol
all that it will be bad day for the South when she
accepts the tenets of his political creed. Unlike Big
Ter, he is, without doubt, honest iu his sentiments
but the effect is the same, whether the doctrines bt
promulged by the one or the other.
In all likelihood, however, he will have but littl
opportunity of longer doing us either harm or good
For, Black Republicanism is rampant in Ohio ant
fitting associate of Wade will soon dispossess Pugl
of his seat.
The Senator from North Carolina, Mr. Biggs, oc
cupies the next seat He served several years in the
House, but his career there was as little distinguished
as has been his Senatorial service Contrasted with
his colleague, perhaps Mr.. Biegs would show to the
better advantage. His aims and intentions are all
good have no doubt and if he lack the ability tc
impress them upon the heart of the country VIC
should not perhaps set it down too severely to his
discredit. .. .
There is one service which he rendered at the last
session. for which the people of the Soutb shouli
hold him in grateful remembrance. at least aludt
to the vigorous opposition he made to the odious fea
ture of alien suffrage in the Minnesota hill IT, wos
on his motion that this nrovsion of tba hill, was
stmck ont. The Honse r4;nserted II and when Il
came hack Dono,as with tha aid of b;s d,;u cor
peants MANAGED to nass II bv a s,in, majority
Apainst tbis abominab,e LEGISLATION - record the
fact with pleasnre-eyerv Southern Senator voted
with the excention of the immaculate Toombs
Mr., Biggs also made yerv elaborate speecl
AGAINST the famous Naval JnouisitoraI hill. There
are no prominent statesmen of his marty in North
Carolina. and he will. without doubt. retain bs sea,
as long as he pleases unless there should he reor
eanization and n reconstruction of norties
come now-with feeling of sadness to the last
Senator on the list, and the conclusion of NV tasks
feeling heightened bv the fact that his seat too like
those of Butler and Rusk and Bell and CLAYTON. has
been made vacant by the hand of death. Stepher
Adams, of Mississippi, was man whom eyerybod,
loved and respected who knew him. He was not {
brilliant man intellectually. nor vet was be distin
guished for comprehensive views as statesman. bu
more honest man and purer patriot never crossed
the Threshold of the Senate. A warm Union man