The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-09-06
ausssll on the United states Senate.


Russell, the far-famed correspondent OF
the London 7Tmes, thus gives his impress
nioas OF the United States Senate
"An enthusiastic lady, who came over
With me in the Arabria, was very indignant
with AT a countryman OF hers, because he
affirmed that he had never seen q more
digniied assembly than the House OF
Lords. what 7 she said do you mean
for one moment 10 say that they are equal
in appearance 10 our Senators :" IN one
respect the Senators are certainly desti-
iute Of the Dir OF wisdom which is given by
white hairs and venerable aspect. Few Of
sbe Senators are men Of advanced years,
and Mr.. Crittenden is pointed out as a
kind Of obsolete, semi-fosslized politician,
rs much out of place as Nestor would be
In a reyel with Achilles and Patroclus.-
In another phase they are not so dignied.
They do not consider it unbecoming 10
write at their desks in the midst Of de-
bate. Writing is bare mechanical pro-
cess after all, and no man looks well whilc
engaged in it. Senators are like other
men. Perhaps they are little fonder Of
stationery. When the last Congress was
coming to q close, l saw large man, COW
cred with perspiraton, dragging huge
box after him into the railway station
He was followed by two other men with
similar boxes. This was a Senator who
was taking home by mail his supply oI
public stationary, contained in these boxes
Then it must be Conceded that dress has
something to do with the aspect Of delib
-eralive body, and that Jim Crow hats ant
linen blouses would detract from the ap
pearance of the most aristocratic mob il
she world. Pre!ermitting these things il
the United States Senate, there arc nobl
heads, commanding forms, and high in
teliigences, nearly equal to the greatest o
the issues before them. Business i
transacted colloquia!ly and easily, bu
there is, am told, practice of making
set orations which at one time threatened
the House Of Commons. The young gen
tlemen who act as pages, or messengers
would not violate republican simplicity by
its appropriate neatness Of attire, but they
as well as all the servants of the House
and the employees Of the public all over
the State, display a readiness TO oblige, 9
;Civility and courtesy which produce ,
pleasant surprise in the mind Of IN En-
glishman who remembers how the gentle
men at home, not liable to removal at tn
>end Of their four years, assist him in hi
inquiries at the CIrcumlocution- office
But as we remark such trifles, the Messag
Is going on. Mr.. Hamlin, ,Vice-P President
who is popularity believed in the South, I
be gentleman of color, sits in his chai
above the clerk, who reads it very muc
as Commissioner in Bankruptcy may b
seen in Basinghall street listening to lh
perusal Of document from an assigned
Tho Message is written on separat
sheets: it has been brought in by th
Presidents Secretaries, L believe, who ap
pear on the Aoor and simply announc
sheir object, and the Clerk then, by orde
of the Vice.President, reads it sheet b
sheet at the desk. outstanding. The Sen
ators sit and listen. Now and then on
hears whisper, it's too long, what
the use of going into that 2 THAT poir
is moi badly put The demand TO, me
and money produced no sensation. The
would have swallowed twice the tota
readily and silently. The general impres
sion seemed to be that the argumenta.v
and historical parts of the Message wer
unnecessary, but as a Senator observed
the people had right to know the fact
of the case as they appeared 10 the min
of the Executive in making such proposi
tions. and that nothing should be takel
for granted or be supposed to be know
to those who were SO materially intereste
in the result.