The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-05-18
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In the editorial correspondence OF iiar'
pcr's Weekly, paper with decided SLACK
Republican proclvities. appears the Tot
lowing description Of Senator Wigfah's
stylc of or.tory, in the Senate chamber
at Washington. The writer 10 contrast
ing the Texss Senator with Chandler OF
Michigan. and Wilkinson Of Minnesota
He says.
senator wigfall, Of Texas, IL the exact
oppositc Of these speakers, He is Tin
ishcd orator-prohably the most charm
ing in the Senate. His voice II clear,
melodious, and sufficiently powerful to be
heard everywhere. He speaks gramat''
cally, elegantly and without effort nc
never hawls. He never screams. His
delivery is perfect, and his action suita-
Bile When to these merits ! add that he
is witty and smart, have said every
thing tina, can be said in his favor. For
he has She misfortune OF being almost
always illogical. incorrect, and often ao-
surd He Is ducllist, and carries his
/ life in his hand When he was young
man he went 20 practice law in Ashmore S
| district in his native State--Sonth CARO-
/ lima. He wrote articles for the county
papcr. and made enemies. One OF them
challenged him They fought, and Wig
fall winged his man. Another took up
| the cuagels. and was winged likewise.
The leading men OF the county notified
I the Young stranger that he did not suit
their temper, and must go. Wig'all re,
piled that he preferred to stay. 81 will
shoot regiment Of YOU he said, but
| won't go" He shot eight altogether, !
believe. including the brother OF the late
Preston :. Brooks, who shot hun too ;
the two belligcrcnts lay seven or eight
weeks side by side ON their beds, IN a
tavern on an island in the Savannah Riv-
er. The end Of the war was that Brooks
died, and Wigfall, Notwithstanding his
bravado, left the State and cmlgrated to
Texas
His reply to Wilkinson and Chandler
was extremely smart. Mr. Chandler had
abused Governor Floyd "a common
thief and scoundrcl Wigiall twittcd
him with Offering insults for which he
would not respond in the field IL will
make bargain with the Senator he
said "lf he will write letter to Gov
ernor Floyd, saying, Governor Floyd,
YOU are a scoundrcl and am gentle
man. Uezekiah-no ! mean jeremiah
no, beg pardon, Zcchariah Chandler.
/ | will covenant that Governor Floyd's
friends shall pay the whole amount which
he is accused of stealing from the United
States Treasury" The Northern trains
had Just arrived, and the gallery wa,
full OF Northern spectators. Waving his
hand gracefully to them, Wigfal contin
ued THE difficulty between you anc
us, gentlemen, is, that you will not scnt
the right sort of people here. Why vii
you not send either Christians or gen
tlcmen? Either people who will not in
suit us with gross words, or people wnC
will admit their personal responsibility
for their language 2 Chandler had sal,
that he wanted to see whether we had {
goverEmcnt that If we had none h,
would leave the country he would &
to some country where they had one h'
would go and live among the Conan
chos Wigfall replied "Thc Senator
says that under certain conditions he
l WIZ 20 anu NV among thc N"hialNhtS
God forbid The Comanches have al
ready sulierod much too mael feo"
contact with the white man " His wi
and lepartce overwhelmed his Northern
opponents, even IN the opinion Of North
ern hearers though, on the main qucs
tons at issue between them, he was oh
viouSly wrong and they were right 5,
much for a good delivery and well chose,
language.