The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-05-01
Senatorial Sketches. ..NO. VII.

From the State Registerl
Occupying the third and fourth seats
to the ri ght as you enter the Senate
Chamber are two men apparently passed
the meridian Of life and on the inclined
plane towards death or immortality, ,as the
matter may be viewed by this or that
man. The one nearest to You is large
man with sandy hair and whiskers and a
like complexion with full blue eye A
few white hairs are scattered about his
head as if a struggle were going on be-
tween strong vitality which nature gave
him and that horrid old man with a
scythe whom we all love and hate so
much. That man is A. NJ. pattison, of
Marshall county; man fifty four years
of age, a native Of Pennsylvania and nine
years a resident of this State farmer
in business and in religion a Presbyte
rian. Mr.. Pattison was with our army
in Mexico throughout the war, believe,
and has the reputation of having been a
good officer; and even now, with an ar.
dor that should bring the blush to some
of our younger faces, the old man talks
of mingling in the strife of to-day, if
they will take him in
The other Senator am talking to you
about, you will see is smaller man, not
quite average size; and when you look
at the hoary hair and whiskers you will
very likely think that he is an old man
But if he should rise from his seat you
would observe the straight form, hight
step and sparkling black eye, and say
that the white hairs did not tell truth
full tale. This latter gentleman is James
NJ. Kent, of Cedar county; man forty,
seven years of age, farmer, christian
of the Wesleyan Methodist School, ma
tive of Virginia and ten years resident
Of this State. lie, too, talks of going
into the army. don't know how any
one could write ";Senatorial Sketch Of
one of these gentlemen without writing
of both-their faces and persons are so
associated together in ones mind. When
you look at one during the session, you
see the other--for both of them are al
ways in their seats and never dodge a
vote or ask to be excused because they
don't know what is before the Senate
And then the interests of their consti
tuents are so much the same and their
views so well harmonic that their voices
most usually answer alike to the roll call
They are both working members of the
Committee on Agriculture Of which com
mittee Mr.. Pattlson is chairman. The
/ latter is also a member of the Committee
on Military Affairs. Mr.. Kent is chair
man Of the Committee on engrosscd bills
position where a member has a grca.
deal of labor and little glory; and both
are found on several other important
committees 1t has been thought BY
scme that an intelligent and honest far
mcr was a model man ia his place, (and
every body asserts to that part of the
prcposition) but that he was not in his
place in public life as he is usually not
versed in the cute ways of politicians
and must therefore, with all his general
intelligence and good intentions, become
the prey and tool of party tricksters.-
This deduction to some extent may or
may not be true; but ONE thing all men
may be assured of: that of all one horse
humbugs attempted to be, or that were,
sprung upon the nth General Assem-
bly,, not one Of them found the gentleman
from Cedar and Marshall mapping and no
plausible nonsense was ever so nicely
seasoned as to induce them to tako it
down their throats. They are both "old
Senator's this being 'he last regular
session Of their term of office Mayhap
they'll never come here again; but il
they do, many warm greetings will well
come them, for none know them here but
to respect and love them. Wherever
they 80 or come, or wherever they stay,
God bless the good, and in that blessing g
will share my friends Pattison and Kent.
TRAVELLER,