The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-02-26
Senator Thomusou,s Sueech,

luChyy delivered III sOonSrtSS d lew udy5
ssince, is pronounced on all sides to have
been one of the most humorous ndinterest-
ing ever delivered in the Senate. Although
very discursive, it presented, in forcible
light, some of the strongest arguments
against the thirty million bill; and he Incl
dentally made some laughable hits on the
political topics of the day. For instance,
in taking the position that the Cuba scheme
was perhaps designed to increase the chances
of Mr.. Buchanan for a denomination for the
Presidency, he says:
If his Cuba horse, his Cuba hobby, can
tickle the South. and upon the iron question
he can hang the old Keystone State to him
by bars of iron and hooks of STEEL he will
be very apt to stand in a pretty good posi-
ton for demanding nomination. posi-
ton where he can say Gentlemen, just
step upon the platform here is your candi-
date you must take him you cannot do
without him 1t looks to me nightly that
way.
| 81 know, Mr. President, that it has been
mentioned often, laughingly, that there has
| been belief that if nothing else, your luck
| would kill him that you got anything you
ever went for, all you wanted and that if
| there was nothing else in his way. he would
never survive your luck. Laughter. Well,
sir, have taken good look at him. He
| looks firm, pretty substantial and strong.
| and tell you the white of your eye is too
white, and all the conjuration and witch
craft, and incantations of which you may
be master, cannot avail. l give it as my
opinion - / amss somewhat of ga doctor,
acquainted with hygiene-I give it as
my decided opinion that he is good for ten
years, and l profoundly ask your pardon
for saying so. Laughter. | know he
has said that he only wanted to run for one
term, but Jackson talked that way, and |
suppose jackson was nearly as firm man,
and probably as pure a man as Mr.. Bu-
chanan. OF Mr.. Buchanan personally,
desire to say nothing. Although General
Jackson only wanted one term, he was will
ling to serve another. Caesar thrice put
away the crown, and yet he took it. But
beyond all history or example, | never
knew a Scotchman, when he had got a grip
upon anything and had it in his grasp, who
would ever let GO, if it was good thing
until death. He will hold on, unless you
wrench it from him and then, if you were
in his power, he would send it to some Ii.
neal, favorite son of his-in politics. mem
for none he has otherwise" Laughter.
Again, in abiding to his political isola
ton as an old line Wing and the strict dis
cipline in the Democratic party, he made thu
following remarks:
b when | was in politics, andssl may say
when l was alive, [laughterl, and old mar
Clay battled against the Democratic party
iron-hearted as he was, like Richard Ceul
de Lion himself, when he went into th,
Holy Land to rescue it from the custody 0
the Infdels, Mr.. Clay, with a lions heart
and his battle-axe uplifted, fought to rescu,
what he believed TO be the Constitution anC
, the rights of the country from the Demo
cratic party, that he thought was disloya
and untrue to them; then, sir, | fought ant
fell like feld-marshal. go
Well, sir as to the Democratic party, d,
/ not know that l could very well join then
unless | see little further into them.
could not be a Locofoco anyway and | I'M
derstand that the discipline is extremely rig
: id. GLaughterl Theysmuster their mel
r with great severity, according TO regula
drill, and if a man does not chalk up to tn
mark, overheard he goes; and the rule is
that il is better TO have an enemy out of tn
camp than friend in the camp cutting ca
pers and cutting shines. John Randolph
I of Virginia, said of the Democratic party
s but will not say it of them-that all the,
wanted was men of sense enough to lead
and fools enough TO follow laughter :; ant
: if any man could not subscribe to thes
principles, and went into the party as
: leader, who had not sense enough to lead
: he oughtto be turned out. | believe you di
= cashier one or two. | do not know wh,
; the severity of the discipline is. If ca
: get private conversation with my frien
s from Illinois Mr.. Douglasl before leav
e here, | should like to know if he has nc
> learned something on that subject. Laugh
, ter. | wish, just privately and confdeu
TALLY, to know from him if the discipline
0 not excessively tight. III was to 60 in,
Y do not know upon what sort of probation e
e trial should be put. | suppose it woul
Il be long enough to make them certain the
u they had got all the old genuine, gentleman
: " Wing principles and feelings out of mi
II and that / really had the true religion, an
was converted. Then they might put me
the kitchen of the household of the LocofC
cos until they believed | was really Chri
tian, and showed it evidently. ] do M
know how | should be treated. | think
J. shall look little further before | go in
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