White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-02-23
John W. NOEL and Roger A. Pryor.

| WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan. ~, 1851.
The House having just opened, John
W. Noell, of Missouri, obtains the floor.
and proceeds to deliver a written speech.
containing long series of dry resolutions
and propositions in reference to the Fed
eral Union. He is a tall man, of good
muscular development, having a large bald
forehead surmounting commonplace fea-
lures of the Roman sort, which are roun-
ded of with a sandy beard. His voice
is monotonous and of rather beefy fibre,
seldom raised beyond a level pitch. and
with no attempt in its tones to sympa-
thize with the different branches of his
subject. He might be the President of 3
railroad company reading an honest state
ment of its affairs to a couple Of hundred
stockholders. In figure and face he a
good deal resembles tanned and modified
VIM. E. Sims of Kentucky, previously
described-but without any Of that wild
energy. fancy or eccentric force to be
found in that great painter Of purgatory.
For the most part he stands on one foot
in the Democratic aisle, leaning his right
knee and hand on one corner Of his sofa,
and holding several pages Of his speech
at arms length before him, now and then.
bat very seldom, using his right digit to
emphasize some real or fancied point
His speech is historical, philosophic and
a sound rebuke to the extreme Southern
school He denies the right Of peaceful
secession, and contends that slavery must
be content to hold its own under the de
cisiOns Of the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States. In support of this view he
makes large appeals to the sentiments Of
Madison and jackson, quoting largely
from the FedersliSt, arguing vigorously
for the Union. and evidently alarmed for
tbs safety Of slave property in Missouri
a border State-should the bond Of Con-
fsdsracy be dissolved. Very likely this
speech will make one of the most in
structivs campaign documents Of the ses-
sion-his point. that secession can only
be accomplished BY q bloody revolution,
being the first solid and lasting CLEAN Of
light that we have seen upon the southern
side for many days. tits also important,
from the fact that Mr.. NOEL is understood
to represent large section of Democrats
in Missouri who are in favor of Daniel
S. Dickinson. of New York, for the
Presidency. The gentleman concluded
by declaring that $50 long as q plank Of
the brave old ship Union was left. he
would cling to it, and never part there
from exeept in death"
ROGER A. PRYoR. of Virginia, rose
with copy Of the New York Herald in
his hand; at once there was movement
from both sides Of the House to get near
err to the speaker. Mr.. Pryor is a very
peculiar type of man, and to bring him
fairly and fully before your readers would
reunire a more extended sketch than is
possible in the hurry of these letters.
Briefly, however. the fighting editor, crit
ic, and politician Of the South, may be
sketched as follows: Pryor stands about
six feet high, sparely and actively built,
with a large head of the EmersOnian
type, in which the head shows externally |
the two lobes into which the brain is d.
vided. He wears = mass Of long brown |
hair, very soft and silky, eombed back
behind the ears, and reaching to the coat
collar; Just abovethe eyes. which are dark
blue, large, and rather prominent, ne has
two bullying compartments, wherein the
perceptive faculties may Be supposed to
be coiled for billigersnt and analytical
purposes. His nose is thin. decisive
Grecian, with contracting and dilating
nostrils his mouth is we'll arched, and
sinewy furnished with two fine. firm rows
of teeth-the upper row not lying quite
close together. and. q little inclined to
protrnde, His chin is square, bnt re-
treating. with a pleasant dimPle In Its
heart and his complexion is as fair.
clear. beardIess, delicate and sensitive as
that of any literary young lady OF stuii- |
ous habits, and a romantic turn of mind.
Add to the foregoing scrupulous neat |
ness and nicely of person. encssed in a
fall dress suit Of black, and with an album
dance of spotless linen around the throat,
breast and wrists-and you will have the
external man of this elitor- Congressman,
as nearly as your correspondent can give
it. As q speaker. Mr.. Pryor has tenor
voice, a little why, and not yet quite