The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-01-12
THE HARAxcuE OF w1cFALL.
Correspondence of the Lanisville Journal.
WASHINGTON. Friday Mornine. Dee. Il Ise


Correspondence of the LaEisvilIe Journal
WAsHISeroN. Friday Moraing. De. "a 1860.
Tlae sensation ID Congress Yesterday was
the completion Of speech which Wigfall,
of Texas. had begun giving 10 the Senate
by installments two days before; and more
atrocious harsngue, it is safe TO say, was
never inflicted on deliberalive assembly
before. That man Wigfal is a curse TO the
Senate-a curse to the country-a curse,
one would almost think, to his very self
Personally, he is of medium stature and
proportions. between fifty and sixty years
of age, with head and face buried in mass
es OF black hair. and with not one single
trait in expression or manner to redeem him
from the prejudice which his character and
conduct and words have arrayed against
him. His voice is harsh, and CRATES al
most as roughly on the ear as do the senti
ments it usually embodies CRATE on every
honorable mind. Strangely enough, be de-
ludes himself with the idea that he is a
statesman and an orator, and, under this
preposterous delusion, surpasses even Keitt.
of South Carolina, whom he very much re-
sembles-in his theatrical antics. In fact,
Wigfal is the Keitt of the Senate, and if
one could imagine keitt to have been Eli
jah, he must, of necessity, now that Keitt
has been translated to the ''cnurt of Charles
ton," REGARD Wigfali as EIisha--rejoicing
with exceeding great joy In the mantle of
that illuatrious seer. In person. in manner.
in character, in style of speaking and act
ing-in almost every particular which can
be named, one Of these men seems the ex-
act counterpart of the other; each is ever
on his feet and ever in motion, legs. arms,
tongue. fingers. hair. beard eyes and eye
brows. as if set on watch springs, each as
restless as the Wandering Jew or the first
murderer, while each seems, withaa, to be
always more than half crazed with some
thing, wrath, Joy, inspiration. genius, or
by bare possibility only with vulgar liquor.
But it would be rank injustice to Keitt's
character and disposition to compare him
with Wigfall. Keitt is better. or, rather,
not so bad a man. How State which
could make the venerable Houston its Gov
ernor could send at the same time Wigfall
to succeed him in the United States Senate
<urpasseth understanding. Old Iverson, of
Georgia, is pelulant, ignorant and arrogant.
and so is Ciingn an-who, by the way,
might with propriety be called like the Ger
man GoIhe, 1.-The many sided,'' for he has
been on every side of every political ques-
ton and party; but neither of these men is
WigfalI; whilst Brown and JEFF. Davis, of
Mississippi. though quite as ultra, differ
from all three of the others by a whole
heaven. in this-they are gentlemen. Well
Wigfall must needs make speech, which
should surpass and exceed and overtop all
that Davis or Brown or Ciingman or Iver-
son had made; he must out Herod even
Hrrod himself-in fact. out Wigfall Wig
faIl-and he has done it. He began Tues
day and ended Thursday. H. was honor
ed by swarming galleries and listening
Senate The venerable Crittenden sat
gazing upon the speaker in Arrangement and
with more of .orrow than of anger. The
Republicans. as usual, were cold and impass-
ibIe, although attentive. Conservat. We
| Democrats seemed stern and indignant,
while di-union Democrats appeared by no
means sati>fed with the antics and arroc-
ties of their colleague. Such arrogance.
such impudeDce, such downright insoIence,
such silly self-conceit. such ludicrous pre-
sumption, such abDminable treason NJ
stenographer could convey the impression
of that speech; nothing but the truculent
tones of Il fierce and dictatorial, vet often
comical gesriculatinn of the Senator from
Texas in person. The effect on the crowd
ed galleries and on some of the Senators
was constantly varying. Murmurs of in
dgnation would sometimes run through the
listening thousands. and the next moment
| burst of derisive laughter. Suppressed only
| by the PROPERTIES of the place would follow,
and to each. WigfaIl, like drunken gladia.
| tor or tipsy butfoon, would respond with
fierce looks and menacing gestures. When
The speaker announced in grandIloquent aud
| imperial tones, that in one week South Car
DINA would revoke her treaty with the fed
eral government. and would 'ssend her am
bassador to the court of Washington" and
fat old Preston King shook his jolly cheeks
and huge sides in iIrepressible merriment.
The great WIgfall TUNED upon the gross
| Senator. and with quivering of the voice
and shaking of the finger which a Clay
or Rand l phi might have envied but could
not have equaled. and in tones as supulchra
a. those of the elder Kean. exclaimed
Nero fddled whilst Rome was burning T.
l. To CLEAN PAINT THAT IS NOT VARSIsHED
Put upon plate some of the best viii
ting; have ready some clean warm water
and piece of flannel. which dip into ths
water and squeeze nearly dry; then take as
much whiting as will adhere 10 it, apply il
to the paint, when little rubbing will in.
siantIy remove any dirt or grease; wash vel
off with water and rub dry with soft cloth
Paint thus cleaned looks equal To new, and
without dong the least injury to the mos
delicate color. it viii preserve the paint
much longer than If cleaned with soap: and
IL does not require more than half the tins
usually occupied in cleaning.
-
| Mrs. Partington says. II havnt any de-
sire TO live longer than the breath remains
in my body. If IL isn't more than eight,
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