Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-02-07

modern 3times, we venture to affirm, ever
produced any thing like him. i
II your first glance at him, when seated
ut his desk, should happen to hit about the
eyes, the grave and wise manner in which
he peers through his spectacles would con-
vince you that he was professor. If you
looked above at that smooth, blank looking
forehead, and at the curly hair, oiled and
dressed to perfection, and noted the fair,
pink and white, effeminate face, you would
be irresistibly reminded of those wax heads,
with marvellous complexion and luxurious
hair, which sometimes adorn the windows
of hair dresser'sshops. When he rises you
would discover In his person the very beau
ideal of a tailor's pattern card, When he
walks,--his body rolling and pitching from
side to side like a little boat In q hedry saeeU
You would imagine that o sailor, "abont
half seas over" come ashore and strayed
Into the Legislative Chamber. 1t would
be difficult 10 Judge Of young Stantons
antecedents. His delicate appearance
would indicate hot-house training, while
his carriage Is much more suggestive of
pot-house residence. He has, how
ever, considerable pride and self-esteem,
from which would infer that he is at least
distinctly connected with people who know
something. His mental developments are
equally novel and startling, and 1t was un-
questionably with view to the perpetra-
tion of good joke that the humorous
Speaker made him one Of the Committee ON
Privileges and Elections. Ye Gods! what
memorable hour was that when the youth
full member from Hamilton county made his
report on the Ashland contested case, and
arose to address the House on that subject
All, "with eye and ear attentive bent" watt
ed for his views on the nice constitutional
question, relating to the soldiers vote, in
volyed in the case. Doubtless many remem-
bered how much wisdom had been promised
in Holy Writ to come ''out of the mouths of
babes and sucklings." Disdaining to skir-
mish with the unimportant outposts of con-
stitutional dialectics, the able and eloquent
member from Hamilton charged home at
once upon the very heart and center Of the
question. With lofty enthusiasm that
scorned to be controlled by the paper fetters
of Constitution, he demanded "are not the
people sovereign and are zoe not as their rep
resentdtives also sovereign? Has any thing
a right to control the sovereign? Certainly
not. Has the Constitution any business to
interfere in this matter then? Most emphat-
ically notn This was brief .pungent, radi-
cal, all-embracing. 1t covered the whole
ground, and left the Democrats not plank
to stand upon. This "pint" made by Che
distinguished members from Hamilton bore
the patent stamp of his own gunius, and no.
body ventured to infringe the patent. Even
Columbus Delano, ''the gentleman from
Knox" who usually stands godfather to
Stanton's notions could not reach the hight
of this great argument. "The Secretary
stood alone" He stood as Phillips describes
Napoleon. wrapped in the solitude of his
own originality"
Considering his constitutional position
or to speak more properly his anti-consti-
f,,t ol ya n0
the industrious and promising member from
Hamilton county should introduce a resolu-
tion to expunge protest from the journal,
notwithstanding the Constitution says: 'any
member of either House shall have the right
to protest against any act or resolution
thereof; and such protest, and the reasons
therefor, shall, without alteration, commit
ment, or delay, be entered upon the jour
nal" But the talented member from Ham
ilton county had by no means exhausted his
|. stock of originality. He refrained from re-
peating himself. This time he argued that
protest must contain nothing but truth;
and if the question of fact was spung, the.
majority protested against have the right to
decide that question for the minority pro-
testing. AS there happened to be some of
the majority weaker brethren, who could
not feed on Stanton's ''str0ng meat" and
who had such things as grave constitution
al objections" the well-know member from
Hamilton county withdrew his resolution,
and in consideration for their foolish scru-
Piles introduced another, simply denying
the statements of the protest.
1t is certainlya matter of regret that such
"a love of man. as the noted member from
Hamilton county should waste his sweet
ness on the dry halls of legislation, instead
of parading his good clothes and curly hair
on Fourth street. 1t is depriving the young
misses who frequent that prominade of their
rights, and they should Immediately petit
tion to have him sent home.