Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-20

would have approved it.
Had the venerable judge lived ffty wears
longer he would have found himself divested
OF all judicial responsibilities; the jury would
have commanded his silence while they. fresh
from the people, define the law according 10
pot-house Interpretation.
John Randolph, as chairman Of the Com
mittee of Ways aud Means, signally failed.
Perhaps the financial genius Of Hamilton.
Dallas, and Galatin had penetrated the Ar.
cana and exhausted the sources of revenue
lie never did originate any measure AL.
ways content by withering sarcasm and caus-
tic Wltticisms to assail every administration,
to wound the feelings of his friends without
regret, repentance, or remorse.
Selfish, cold cod -blooded, he arose
from his bed, took his breakfast, his morning
ride, his dinner, his siesta, and about six
O'Clock, whom we were worn out by continu-
| Gus session of eight hours, meeting in commit.
tee at ten, jockey cap on his head, booted and
spurred, whip in hand, he would carclessly
| stroll into the House
"Pray, Mr.. Speaker, what might be the
question now under consideration ?' L.
formed, he would rise up, make a premedi.
tatcd, Pre- arranged speech of four hours.
conned by rOte, describe the purlieus Of Lon
don and Paris, where he had never been, with
truthful accuracy
Wearied out exhausted, rose and pre
pared to take my departure.
"I hope the member from Maryland will
consent to listen to me little longer; will
| condense, and not detain him.
L sat down. He expanded on a wider ocean
| I rose again.
| 81 am nearly DONE" said he. tartIy said
81 have been humbugged long enough He
was nettled. We did not speak during that
| session
The next winter, seeing me engaged in the
| toldlDg. room, directing the division of public
documents into their appropriate weight Of
two pounds-the members privilege-he cour-
teously said Why do you not lay them on
| the Speakers table," ''Sir, we allow him
eight dollars extra a day to do our bidding;
ne Is our servant; his privilege extends to four
| pounds. Lay your documents on his desk; he
dare not refuse to afix his Signature,-try
him 1 did SO. Ny heavy documents never
| troubled NE more
lie bullied tho timid; quailed before the
| resolute
My colleague was Col Peter Little, a faith
full representative of Baltimore county for
ment during tho war Of 1872 with valor and
| discretion.
In early life he had been a matchmaker.
| This was seized Oh by the malignant as afford
| ing an opportunity to wound his feelings
As chairman Of tho Committee on the Mill
| tia he made an able report. Randolph con-
| plinented it; ho had been agreeably sur
| prised.
| He had thought the gentleman better yersed
| in ticktacs than tactics.
He never spared friend or foe He was a
regular set Of castors-pepper. mustard, vine.
| gar, cayenne. No oil in his composition Tar
| taric acid.
| He wantonly reproached his gifted colleague.
| Mr Shefey, of Virginia, with having been
born a shoemaker. 1T is true, =" he modestIy
replied, the paTtiality OF my constituents
have placed me on an equality with the mem
| Der from Roanoke. Had he been born a shoe
maker, in all probability he would have been
| q shoemaker still.
| Ned Wier-and who does not know honest
Ned-had been an officer in the Navy; re
signed, figuring on q large scale in Russia.
| and like all his brothers, sons of the Ocean,
| made, lost and squandered fortunes
During Mr.. Adams administration, he con-
| descended TO become bearer of dispatches, his
per diem compensation, yet he would travel
| on the wings of the wind with the celerity of
sunbeam to accomplish his mission
lie would lay out all his surplus in presents
to his friends; hamper of English porter, an
old Stilton cheese, choice claret, champagne,
| hook: and Seltzer water. lie never wanted
| customers His stock and his funds were
| always soon exhausted, and poor Ned wanted
a new mission.
On warm, sultry day, he saw his constant
visitor, the gaunt Randolph, of Roanoke, T.
few PAGES ahead of him. Ned made pro-
digious effort, for he was short and pussy,
| overlook him. Good morning, Mr. Ran,
dOlph." GOOD morning." grufly said he
| L have had considerable difficulty in overtak-
| ing you" will increase that difficulty" "
Stretching out his seveE-lsagued boots,'
| said Ned, = he left me putting and blowing;
ne knew the hook and Settler water had given
| out "
member Of the Senate, entitled to every
| consideration, styled him " his friend from
Virginia - az wish the Senator to distinctly
| understand that L never had but one friend
| In my life-my man Juba l logged Juba
| yesterday not that he deserved il, for he is
| most faithful servant-but in these abolition
times it requires occasionally to remind the
| slave OF the relative position between hum
| and his master, ,premonish the Senator, that if
| he shall again presume to call me his friend
! shall castigRte him more severely with cause
than did my man Juba without cause"
| On one occasion, wearied and exhausted with
his always beginning, never ending, world
| without end, no amen, haraUgues, Mr. Clay, as
speaker called him to order; he was compelled 10
take his seat. To regain the floor he appealed
from the decision Of the Chair to the House on
| point of order State your proposition, -
| says the Speaker. - State your point Cf or
DER" says the Speaker.
CT will suppose, sir, a vagabond son Of Viz
gina, reckless, unprincipled boy, pest to
the neighbOrhood, driven by the froWns of an
| indignant community, without the pale of de-
cent society, wanders to the far West, grown
to mans estate. By assurance, by impudence
| and bold daring, he worms himself into the
confidence Of a benighted District, and sue.
caeds in obtaining position as a member OF
this honorable body I will descend a scale
lower in the depth of Bsthos by an extraordi-
nary combination of circumstances, geo.
graphical position and high party excitement,
| be succeeds in being most uDworthily elevated
| to the position you now occupy.
| How CALLING must it be to q high born, high
bred son of Virginia to be called to order by
such thing" i
"The member from Virginia is entirely out
of order, he must take his seat Pray, sir,
| in what may now be out of order ?" "In
| your allusions to the Chair" sternly said Mr.
Clay. Coolly pointing his long and bony finger
at him, he calmly said 1.-THE Chair has
| named itself, not the Chair %
i Enllnwinn IN Tho Sar. ~ olI LII