Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-05-31

reading speech deASeIeA IL III
Representatives, by that honest heaFteu
ol5 Dutehnan, John SwartE, member o.
con1ress from the Beeks district in Penn
srIysn;a--tbe district not long ago mis-
-sn-s5ented. by CLANCY Jones It diners
fr5m any other speech We have read this
.s..ioa of Congress, in that it is SO mild
-.tzsr, nlaia spoken, and withai so run
In OVER With an unaffected and unso-
4bisucated goodness Of heart. Perhaps
We take more pleasure in reading the hon
est old mans honest words, and attach
more weight TO them, because ne kno"
so,,e little about him We used TO take
look or two at him every day last winter,
from our seat in the Reporters Gallery OF
the House-our attention being always IN
the first place attracted by the loud clear
brave hearted manner in which ne pro-
nounced the name of John Sherman, Tor
sneaker. Nobody else ever pronounced
The name of John Sherman ike Jonn
svartz did, and as often as he
didLso. through all the wearisome
and monotonous ballots, he never failed
N concentrate on himself all eyes-not
only those of spectators in the galleries.
buts of members in their seats. Ihere
wss an assurance of manhood in the
.onn5 of the old mans voice that electri-
fed attention every time it was beard
We are sure we have looked up from our
+ally of votes hundred times TO see
1xbetber he looked just the same to-day rs
edid Yesterday. He always locke" pre-
c;ssIr as we had last seen him. His face
wasa as even more bloodless that tine PAL
lid bust of Pallas'' and had the deepest
tinge of saffron of amy countenance we
ever saw It scontrasted strangely, yer
NOT uunaturally, with the mass of white
dead hair that was methodically matted
on the ton of his head. The old man new
er had health and yet he never was aDseh
from his seat Never once. His face new
or was in repose. a half smile played OF
II all the time. For a long time he voted
for John Hickman and then for John has
kin. once or twice for john Gilmore an
finally for John Sherman. His pronunci
alton was singularly distinct and deli0er
ate. He said John, and then stopped
secoud, and it was matter OF great IN
terest to every body; especially to the lie
nublicans, during the first days OF tn
session. to know what surname was going
follow that very common praenomen-Joh
among the candidates, for twas perfect
we'll understood that the old man consld
cred himself free to cast his vote for an
rood Opposition man, such as all II
J3tR79aI1T y ssFssFls. 3 fhaqs
serves and has, we suppose often receive
much greater compliments than we hay
paid him. Speaking of the course of NJ
Buchanan, whom he had known we'll and il
timately for thirty-six years, towards thos
old and tried political friends who had al
ways stood by him, and against whom Ii
had now set his face because they wouI
not "change their course" as he offere
Forney $4,000 to d. Mr.. Swartz said:
Now, Nr. Chairman, let me say anothe
word about myself. The organ of til,
President, the Constitution, has even de
scended to low and coarse illusions t,
my years, and the venerable presiding
officer of this House, Mr.. Pennington, hal
been similarly assailed. Thank Cod ir
my long life have never disgraced myself
by dishOnorable act; never deserted my
friends; never betrayed my principles, and
never lost the respect of my neighhnrs
among whom have lived since boyhood
Mr. Buchanan is an old man himself
probably ten years my senior. He has a
great name, and, being President, ought TO
have q great intellect. have known
him for thirty-six years, and he has
known me. Protesting no distinguished
talents, myself, l will not run COMPARE
sons with SO distinguished character:
butt would rather be plain John Schwartz
with the good opinion of my feIlow-citi-
zens, than Prestdentwho has lost the con-
fidence of his oldest and truest friends.
and who trembles at the idea of meeting
the men face to face that he has deserted and
then attempted to betray. have never set
up, sir, any claims to Mr.. Buchanan's favor;
meyer asked him for any Office; and vet
nearly twenty years ago, my friend For
ney, the present clerk of this House.
whom had the pleasure to nominate for
that position-and never gave a more
hearty vote in my life-Colonel Forncy
and myself assisted to save Mr. Buchanan
from disgraceful defeat when he sought
to be reelected to the Senate of the United
States Governor Porter, now a great
friend of the President, and then his worst
enemy. sought to use the great Henry A.
Muhlenberg, OF 8erks County, as a candi-
date for the Senate, in order to divide the
Democratic party so as to prevent the cleo
ton of Mr.. Buchanan. The friends of Mr..
Buchanan had to meet in State Conven-
ton to prevent Governor Porter from de-
featlng him; and Colonel Forney and my
self together with many other good men,
some OF them dead, and a number of them |
still living, prevailed upon Mr.. Muhleu- |
berg to refuse the use of his name for this
purpose. Not being much of politician |
myself can refer to this circumstance TO |
show that, if Mr.. Buchanan can forget, 1 !