New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-24
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THURSDAY MORNING, sEPTEMBER II, 1857.
THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
NUNRHR XxII.s


NUNBER KILL
The present Secretary Of the Navy, Hon. Isaac
Toucey Of Connecticut, occupies the next seat-a
muscular man, Of about sixty, who looks as II be |
were always In an i'll humor about something. His |
party having been overthrown in Connecticut and
his term of Office having expired, he would have
quietly sunk to the bottom Of the sea OF political OBJ
yion, had not Mr. Buchanan come TO the rescue and
protracted his political existence few years longer
In fact if any Northern Democrat deserves anything
at the hands Of the administration, it was Toucey-
for he has been true to the partry through evil
and good report. From the days Of jackson to the
present time, the Democratic party has had no more
liege and loyal subject than Isaac Toucey. And
this, too when his interest pointed the
it s understood that he has made the greater part of
his colossal fortune in manufacturing pursuits in Con-
necticut, which, it is well known have received
any special favortsm at the hands Of the Democracy
Mr.. Toucey was Attorney General during portion
Of Tylerss administration and is better lawyer than
statesman. His legal lore is more valuable than his
political nevertheless, he held his own tolerably
well in the Senate acquitting himself in the debates
with reasonable degree Of credit. His principal
fault was his impatience of opposition In the COLI
sion Of debate he too apt to lose his temper, and
strike wildly at nothing. He is man Of cold and
haughty bearing, and not all popular personally. He
will perhaps make good Secretary, in gratitude to
Mr.. Buchanan for saving him from political wreck,
and then bis political career will be at an end. =
The Hon. William K. Sebastian, of Arkansas, oc-
cupies the adjoining seat on the left Mr. Sebastian
is an exceedingly pleasantlooking gentleman, of
small stature, who represents his State with fidelity,
and is withal valuable working member Of the
Senate As Chairman Of the Committee on Indian
Affairs, his services not only ylaborous but import
ant. Our Indian affairs, of late years, have become
very much complicated-the intimate connexion ex-
isting between them and the Federal Government
requiring great deal Of labor tact and caution. To
these duties, Mr. Sebastian applied himself with un-
weared assiduity. He found them entangled and
confused has reduced them, far possible, to
something like order and arrangement. He rarely
participated in the debates any other subject than
this-but, when he did, he expressed himself in easy
graceful and cogent language. His term expires
with the next Congress- and confess to surprise at
observing that attempt will be made to supersede
him. Other Senators may occupy more prominent
position in the eyes of the nation but few Of them
more effectively fulfill all the conditions Of Senator
than Mr.. Sebastian. =- 'a57
s His colleague, Mr.. johnson, is of different type
Bold and impulsive he slashes and cuts about al
everything that encounters his opposition. Perhaps
he is better exponent of the sentiment and charac
ter of Arkansas than Mr.. Sebastian. His position
that Of Chairman Of the Committee on Printing, on
would not suppose to be favorable to display of tn
weapons of debate. Nevertheless, it frequently bring
him into the arena where he handles the fos at
earessly and effectively Not so courteous and urban
as Mr.. Sebastian, he hews around him with energy
if not sometimes with cruelty. believer in callin
things by their right names he is equally emphati
and decided, whether bearing down on the raseatie
of freesoilism, or opposing some of the corrupt ot
bng schemes which Of late frequently ntrude int
, the halls of Congress.
Mr. johnson served several years in the lower Hous
before taking his seat in the Senate. Recently, b
has been elected to second term, and will, in a
probability, hold his present position as long
may deserve it.
The last seat on the tier is occupied by one who,
e e have heard, is invested with regal authority in t
State of Louisiana that he has long born
- the prefix of king" to his name. Mr.. Slidel
viewed from the gallery, to be of ripe old age
and of feeble constitution-but for all that, he az
pears elsewhere to be sound, physically and mental.
!. If, however, he be king" in Louisiana, canno
say as much for him in the Senate. Every quality
the statesman he may have, for aught know to th
+ contrary, but certainly his Senatorial exhibition
J. do not warrant such conclusion. In truth, he CAV
but few opportunities of judging in the geners
waste of words which occasionally flooded the Senat
chamber the senior Representative of Louisiana wa
s. almost uniform reticence and parsimony.
IT His friends, have heard, do not claim for him th
merit of oratory. "He is no orator as Brutus is ~
butt in all else that constitutes the politician he stand
s alone and unapproachable. The claim may be jus
one. l. for one, shall not dispute it. In the absenc
# of one important quality it would be pity indeed
there were not some compensating circumstance
If not leader of the Senate he said to be, no,t
allpowerful at certain building at the other end
i the Avenue. In view of this fact and the autoclac
which, by general report, he exercises in Louisiana
the measure of his ambition ought to be sufficient
II full ESSEX.