White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-12-09
An tnteresting Rsmlriscence.

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The Albany Evening Journal. in no
ticing the retirement of j. R. Gliding
from public life, thus recalls some of tn,
events and promincM men that havI
marked that long career. Il is interest
ing = ~; r.s
So ends the long service of the "Fathsl
of the House, EaiIing health compe;.
his withdrawal from the scene Of his la.
bors. The twenty years that have passed
over him there, have whitened his head
and bent his shoulders, but they have
never found his VOICE faltering or hi.
heart wavering in the struggle for Free
dom. v
Every chair in the Old Hall of Rep.
resentatives must be fraughL with memo.
ries Of the past to the "Senior Member
He has seen generations Of short lived
politicians rise, fall, and become forgotten
He has seen faithful public servants re-
moved to other trusts, and many to an
other world. Round the entire circle OIL
the Hall his eye fails to find single mem.
Der who sat there when he entered it, and
who has set there with him since. Ad-
ans has gone to his reward. Ogden
Hoffman, Charles G.. Anterior, Leverett
Saltonstall. Edward Curtis, Barnwell
Rhett, Dixon Fl. Lewis, and many Others
are also gone the way of all the earth.
Hunter and Bell transferred to the Senate.
Wise to the Gubernatorial chair. Brown
is disr ensing the patronage of the Post
Office Department. Clifford wears the
silken judicial robe Of the Supreme Court
Stanley has gone to that then terra Incog-
nita. California. Truman Smith, Cooper,
Weller and Williams, after exchanging
Representative for Senatorial honors, are
departed from the Capitol. Corwin, after
brilliant career as Governor. Senator
and Secretary, proposing to return again
to the field of his early distinction.
Pickens and Hopkins have been trying
the pleasures of Foreign Courts. Briggs
and Lincoln are ex-Governors. Granger
and Cave johnson are ex- Postmasters
General Strong and Marvin are on the
New York Bench. Moses II. GrinneIl,
Christopher Morgan. and Thomas Kemp
shall are still co-laborers in the good
cause Of yore, though no longer compan-
ions in Office. p
Like changes have altered the aspect Of
the Senate Chamber. Clay, Webster,
Benton and Calhoun, then in the zenith
of fame, now live only in history. Bucb-
anan now occupies the White House
Pierce has lately left it. VIM. R. King
became Vice President and died abroad.
The grave has closed over Silas Wright,
and "Honest John" Davis. Walker has
had his ups and downs with every turn Of
the wheel Of Fortune, and is now ex-Gov-
ernor of a place that he had then never
heard of. Thsaonly chair that retains its
old occupant is that filed by John J,
Crittenden. the veteran of the Senate, as
Giddings is Of the House:
Empires have risen and fallen King
doms turned int Republics, and Repub-
lies into Kingdoms six pew States have
entered the Union, and three new Terri
tories have been brought under our flag ;
Presidents have gone up like rockets, and
come down like sticks; Compromises
have been made and broken; War has
followed Peace, and Peace again succeed
ed War; Trade has expanded and col
lapsed {; Parties have risen. hourished and
decayed Platforms have been built and
torn down againNsince he took seat in
the Hall Of Representatives. during all
the changes Joshua R. Giddings has
proved alike faithful to friend and fear
less to foe. His successor can have no
higher ambition than to leave as unblem-
ished record.