Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-12-29
[c"Frsspondence Of the \. y. Times :
lsen-tictures.of CoRgrcssmen.
DAVIDSON, or LOUISIANA.

TOOK the floor, and clfmed credit for
tAe llttle time he had CONSUMED d}irin,r n, .
I past TOUR years addressing tho lT6uso
leaning on his crutch, Which lie Ii,i1s
WIN ms lett hand, and with his rie,IIt I;o,,J
warml lyandscctlrcly lodged iii his brooches
pocket tic venerable and wlitc-haircd oI,l
gentleman gives us an easy and rood-n,-
euTea u.TeI tax on matters and things in general
@i1.crtY @..i1o OF -misconceptions aud
"llii4t ill. mistakes of the Republican Party
..l.yti 1'l. tne duty of the Democrats 10 adhcre
strictly strictly 10 men OF national and conscrya-
Nv. ivy IPt.l4iclPtes: I.l!i lie grew little warm in
Proclalmlng that, "whencvtr any Great
interest of the Republic was d Lc co,so. ~
Eed. he never had falterctl--neycr h,l f,iio,I
TO como to the rescue with lll'),is nno,r;,,,
ana all Ills strengthw This Was a ulmckv
an" 1', VlVncious statement, showing that rod
olood stlll runs in the old mans veins
anu as such it was hailed With nnnln,,Ss
ny al sides softhe House. 4 man n! f!tnoI,.,,
moderation ;lndpIain statement hecnForrcJ
on the attention of his sfcllOw-mcmbers tLot
II II. was no longer the Southern leaders stri.
wing to excite the masses of thcir con-
s StituencicS for selfish purposes: on The con
ttary' Tor theffirst time in our history We
now see the Southern masses urrin.. for-
",'tu to extreme measures of those leaders
" VINO heretofore were far ahead of tlcm il;
ane assertion of Southern rights. It was
':.i cu:,ous 70 see the trembling cagcrncss
M!'il. MN. Mllich our ancient friend adjusted
us .,'s sllEer spectacles, when about 10 make
those unhappy quotations from Scnafnr
,ScwardEs speech at Rochester. nol;t;csi.
seemcb 70 nave Ga'woke tls5,SaSSF5hhtS1g aS5hS 10 ma
y lS that things are not now as
rlcy were III TIE days when Thomas JEFF
ets"h .s., was PRESIDENT. As the heat of the
,uDJect got INTO his old bones, the spca-
MI. MI "tceTance became fast and very diff
III, ~, 70 loilow. His right hand was pres
wards the close he wavci.'it nrornd S;s
icad-shook it against the Rcnul,Iir.ns
h9ngl never Climbing it: and finally bon3'
'ed round the aisle on his one sound f,ot
~ .na GfNtch, with all the activity of q robin
.iIo ', H1u ltlst discovered Il more than com
Monty lat carth-worm i'll the clod Inst |
urned up by the farmers spade, X
MF. davidson is heard rcsuming his re-
aIi9Grks-dcnouncing the tadpolc as tho |
lllest of all living things, and the FROG ms
Sly less vile than the tadpole. The nm |
s"tion OF this becomes clear, when he
es mat treesoilers Hrc the tadpolcs of
.tE Eflcs and Abolitiouists the fully dcycI-
mt frogs! 10 be sure this is not quite
ces r. III pToFoKeS laugh; the laugh
fa! as tfIe House into better humor, and
M tt9nc nne old Southern gentleman
sp- @ bl4und to his own side Of nc assem-
7 of I'D pitches into Ohio r. Singleton
xn. .GcdPippi, Martin j. Crawford nf
whoSnd all the secession juveniles
son dSen ventilating their crude trca-
rcligi9tke past ten days. at is nv
! Uhion9 said, ito be Il lover Of tho the
S9 from cd State is conservative both
nc it rel iRn and interest; and through
only awa@ South Carolina. Hoying
"a. tencc of his morning 10 The cxis7
md back to wfown, Mr.. Davidson went
ais asleep, and Ae world was when he fell
y mcnt with d FED the British Govern
~ rcvolntionorEeshncss and activity of
he still tbinI2t-it being clear that
q the road betWfSes six weeks to travel
8 Brotherly Loveprgia and the CITY of