The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-03-21
Ripples at the Capital.

"hSHhNVhONp AoVc.
JEFF. Dem I'VE arc in the Senate Gal
lery, on the left of the Vice President.
From hore We have Mr.. Hamln in pro-
flea grave, noble. placed face, with
fne head and dark eye--placid and
genial-as dark as Tom Corwin, and which
doubtless gave rise to the queer charge that
no has African blood Mr.. Hsmln, as Vice
President, occupies the one blank negative
place in our Government, with sound.
ing Damo, with littlo cmolument and no
patronage. He is a man of raro judgment,
approachablc and affable, and, as a polit;-
clan, is counted lucky. Tho Senate is prob.
ably one of the easiest bodies to preside
over in the world, and MIR. Hamlin dis.
charges tho duty with a familiar, dignified
affability. and With no great strain on his
mental qualities.
Let your oyo now follow the main aisle back
to the second desk from the outer row, on
the opposite side from US, where you will
recognize one of the youngest and most ac-
complished of the Senators--John Sher-
man, Of Ohio. Iwart to call your attcn-
tion to the figure next beyond him in the
samo circle. That dark. very dark, deeply
marked, thoughtful, sad face. cloan shaved,
with the square, .wrinkled. rather storm
brow, with the shortish, black hair care'essly
pushed from Il. The we'll. made head
droops forward little with fixed thought,
and the deep, burning eye looks steadily
out, as i'll
"Was with his heart, and that was far away.
You recognize him as the man whom you
have several times met on the Avenue, al.
ways alone, moving as if he had nothing in
common with the rushing herd on the side.
walk. with dropping head and compressed
lip, with settled purpose and fearful resolve
stamped and burnt into his iron face. He
is man to whom oil common men give
place instinetively q man whom even des.
peradocs would never attack, unless with
absolutely overwhelming numbers, although
his compact, hardy frame is only medium in
size and height. Many eyes are now turn.
ing to him as the next President of the
United Ststos-Andrew johnson. cf Tom.
Look we'll Mt him, for you could see bo.
fore named him, chat he was no ordinary
man. Ho is another instance where energy
will and force Of character have contributed
more for the formation of an extraordinary
man, than remarkable intellectual ondow.
menis. By nature beis of the John Quincy
Adams, B. F. Wade, Commodore Foote
and Jim Lane typo of men, intense and con.
centrated--a type that. at ono time and an.
othor, and 10 one way and another, furnish
the driving forces tba. propel revolutions
and reformations, lead armies and make
new precedents.
Since writing the above, Any johnson ha,
gone back. like Jep,hs, to bis people; but
unlike him, he will meet bis daughter with
no fatal vow. ....
"The war Is" not "over,"
Tho "winter 10 gone,
And the bride aud her lover
Have gone to their home"
The little mot" and "tho' " up there,
interpolate.
Itis the 9th of March, and high up, from
the chambers Of the southern sky, looks
warm and lovingly the spring sun. The all
is soft and delicious, and the southern
breeze goes whisperingIy through the browr
woods, over the graves of the dead flowers
calling them back to life and beauty
Soon tho sopuIchral sheet that winds ou
beautiful lake. will disappear, aud the Ice
bound ships will unfold their white wing
and fiy mysteriousIy away. Busy voices
and life, and hum, will swell through ou
winter.locked harbors, aud. oil through you
awakening regions. the busy sugar.maker
will 60 out on tho vanishing footsteps o
winter. into the maple woods and liyinl
green will steal over the bare, brown fields
and hope and joy should again come bacI
to tho hearts of people. And yet Marcel
lst found, as l told you IL would. the Granf