Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-01-28

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| lsI2-I5. 70 prove Harrison's incapacity for
commsnd. Corw;n responded in his happicsi
vein. Addressing himself 10 "the two hun.
dred colonels. majors, and captains, more or
less. on this floor" Corwin proceeded 10 de-
scribe muster of Michigan militia, with
Brigadier Crary in command. The various
evo 'utious ard contortions of the line, Sc
that the soldiers might enjoy ''the pmbrage.
Gus shadows of the shady trees,;; the omin.
Gus gathering in The heavens about noon
the willing shower, the scattering OF the
troops. their voracious charge near nightfall
the thirsty Crary leading the hungry column
upon the adjacent whisky shops, water
melon booths, and gingerbread stands-the
intermirgled illusions of Sieuben's work on
military tactics, Vauban's on engineering,
to Aless snd66.sz.s1 ihe great Frederick-were
all given in language and tones so exquisite
" l,iditf5uz, :fhat fer an hour and half the
House screamed with laughter, while poor
Crary escaped to one of the adjoining COM
mittee rooms. The next day, Mr.. Adams
brought down the House, by speaking of
Gen. Crary as 1.-THE late member from Michi-
gan"
The country members, and the historian
will record, the famous financial battles
which have been fought in the Old Hall
The sub b-treasury-the exciting scenes of
the extra session under the Tyler dynasty
the imperious bearing OF Clay-the votes Of
Of the incensed Vlrginian--the sturdy de-
fence of the Presiden. BY ''the Cuari,'' so
called, 10 the House, which consisted of
Wise and Cushing, and half dozen lesser
men, all of whom secured fat Offices for
themselves aud lean places for their follow
ers--the protective tariff OF lS42--the
bankrupt act, BY which debtors paid off their
obligations in paper currency most un-
satisfactory to their creditors-lhe free-trade
tariff of 1876. aud cognste questions, afford
ed COR many years an ample field for great
displays OF politico- economical eloquence.
Members of the House will recolleet how
often, during the long sessioi ::of lS46. the
dapper Secretary Of the Treasury was seen
in consultation with the rugged old Chair
man of the Committee of Ways and Means,
Mr. Mckay, of North Carolina, whose
sturdy sense and sk;lful leadership carried
through the tariff, bill of that year.
Despite these financial measures, these
crises, The eternal conflict between
Freedom and Slavery still went on. The
of Texas, the consequent war
with Mexico, the acquisition of new Ter
and the contests Of lS4S and 1850,
in regard to the nature of the civil and social
which should be established IN
the Territories in this rambling sketch down
to the eve Of that greatest OF all events in
this PR tracted struggle, the overthrow Of
the Missouri Compromise. We will pause
here moment, to refresh cur own recolIec-
tior of the rich scene in the House, in the
winter of 1913, when Wiimot gave Father
Richie, then editor of the Uaion, terrible
flaying for attempting 10 read him out of the
Dene3rasss party; niOHinz, eJ an amend
ment TO money bill his PToviso of immort-
al memory. As the ruddy, robust repre-
sentative Of the free hills of old Bradford
was making the Hail ring with he blows
he was dwelling al the sallow, aHk Virgini
an, the latter was fitting around the loboy.
dodging behind this column, ,peering nervous
" through that Granny in the screen, and
locking for all the world like lost spirit,
struggling to escape from purgatory.
But enough, aye, too much. Of this. At
some future time, should opportunity occur
we may sketch the incidents in that recent
contest alluded to, still fresh in the recoilec-
tion-yes, and still going on, though its din
will no more disturb the solemn ropose Of
the Old Hall which witnessed its opening
scenes. Those yet unparalleled Cangres-
sional contesls--that Of 1890, which result
ed in adopting the Missour: Compromise,
and that of 1851, which ended in lis repeal,
both transpiring within this celebrate Cham
ber-would afford rare subjects for the pencil
of the painter, the iyre OF the poet, ard the
oen of the historian. So, too, would many
incidents in that ever-changing drama,
which opeaed with the de fence Of the Rights
of the Union by John Quincy Adams in
1885, and which, twenty years thereafter.
saw the closing scene of its first act in the
glory of elevaiing Nathaniel T.
Banks to the Speakers chair.
Thirty eight years ago, the Representa-
tires of eighteen s.ates, by Henry Clay, of
fame, took their seats in this
historic Hal. During that period, what
changes has it S. en- at home and abroad.-
Thirty-one States sitting around the Ma
ton1l Council Board, while others, lying at
the bnse of the Rocky Mountains, and stand
ing beyond the crests of the Sierra Nevada,
demanded admissions to the Union: A Re-
publican Empire founded on the Pacific,
larger than that which Washington won,
richer than any which Caesar ever conquer
ed: Every throne in Europe twice shaken
10 their foundations: Two revolutions in
France: The death Of Napoleon; tho re-
stor alton OF his line; the final extinction OF
the Bourbons: England Destroying her rot
ten boroughs, reforming her Parliamentary
repeating her test acts, E.
her slaves, abolishing her corn
laws, The genius of Fulton stemming the
currents of all rivers, and plOugh!ng the
bosom OF the ocear as il it were prdries:
The railway a common mode Of convey
ance in d Il civilized States: The telegraph
carrying messages OF love and literature, of
finance and war, OF lighening wings over
land and sea, to the uttermust parts OF the
earth: And the old Hall see tie same eternal
conflict befueea Freedom Gnl SiGr:ry sill g5-
ing on!
TEARs.-There is sarredness in tears. .
They are not the mark of weakness. bat OF
power. They speak more eloquence than
ten thousand :ongues. They are The mes
sagcs of overwhelming grief, Of deep con-
triton, of uuspeakable love. If there was |