Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-09-01
Retirement of Mr.. Giddings.

Mr.. WEED, the veteran editor of the
Albany EVeniRg Journal. in announcing
the nomination in the 91st Ohio District,
thus remarks of Mr.. GIDDINGs and refers
TO the past:
So ends the long service of the Faith
er of the House. Failing health com
pels his withdrawal from the scene ofhis
labors. The twenty years that have
passed over him there, have whitened
his head and bent his shoulders, but
they have never found his voice falter-
ing or his heart wavering in the strug-
gle for Freedom.
Every chair in the Old Hall of Repre-
sentatives must be fraught with memo
ries Of the past to the Senior Member
He has seer generations of short lived
politicians rise, fall, and become forgot
ten. He has seen faithful public servants
removed TO other trusts, and many to
another world. Round the entire circle
Of the Hall his eye fails TO find a single
member who sat there when he entered
it, and who has sat there with him since.
Adams has gone TO his reward. Ogden
Hoffman, Charles G.. Anterior, Leverett
Saltonstall, Edward Curtis, Barnwell
Rhett, Dixon H. Lewis, and many 9th
ers are also gone the way of all the earth.
Hunter and Bell are transferred to the
Senate, Wise TO the Gubernatorial chair.
Brown is dispensing the patronage of the
Post Office Department. Clifford wears
the silken judicial robe of the Supreme
Court. Stanly has gone to hat then
terra incognita California. Truman
Smith, Cooper, Weller and Williams, af-
ter exchanging representative for Sena-
torial honors, are departed from the Cap
itol. Corwin, after a brilliant career as
Governor, Senator and Secretary, is pro-
posing 10 return again to the field of his
early distinction. Pickens and Hopkins
have been trying the pleasures of For
eign Courts. Briggs and Lincoln are
Elk Governors. Granger and Cave John
s)n are Ex-Posimasters General, Strong
and Marvin are on the New York Bench.
Moses H. Grinnell, Christopher Morgan,
and Thomas Kempshall are still co la
borers in the good cause as of yore,
though no longer companions in Office.
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. Blu
chanan occupies the White House
Pierce has la'ely left it. VIM. L. King
became Vice President and died abroad.
The grave has closed over Silss Wright
and Honest John Davis. Walker has
had his ups and downs with every Turn
OF the wheel of Fortune and is now Elk
Governor of a place thai he then had
never heard of. The only Chair that re-
tains 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 fall IN; King
doms turned into Republics and Repub-
lies into Kingdoms; six new States have
entered the Union and three new Terri
tories have been brought under our flag.
Presidents have gone up like rockets and
down like sticks; Compromises
been made and broken; War has
followed Peace, and Peace again sue
ceeded War; Trade has expanded and
collapsed; Parties have rised, flourished
and ~decayed; Platforms have been built
and torn down again-since he took a
seat in the Hall of representatives. but
all these changes Joshua R Gid
dings has proved alike faithful TO friend
and fearless to foe. His successor can
have no higher ambition thar TO leave as
a record.