The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-29
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Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Gasetss.J
| WAsHINGroN, Dec. Is.
Twenty nine years ago, slmost 70 I day
Andrew Jackson sent TO tbea Senate ID,
name Of Roger b Taney. as successor /,
the Chief Justiceship of the Suprem,
Court to the venerable John Marshall
who. full Of years and honors, had sil
months before breathed ont Lia last. Tn,
Nomination was raised Ia the Senate id
many bitter debates. Fer twe menthi
sud half the confirmation was delayed
and at last in the heyday Of Jackson.
poser, passed BY . majority of fuurtess
votes--ths names Of Daniel Webster,
Henry Clay. John j. Cfittendon, Thoma,
Ewing, John G.. Calhoun, and Willie r
Mangam sanding foremost 10 the list oI
noes. The Chief Justice thus cor 6rmed
was quietly sworn into Office in Baltimore,
where he took his seat in Circuit Court,
Not till year later did he reach Wash
iugton and sit with his Associates on the
Supreme Bench.
1t vas fitting that this days contrast
sh Juld be sharply marked.
The very room that rang with Henry
Clay's denunciation Of fancy. Witnessed
TO- day the installation OF Taney's success
sor. Historic memories cluster about the
old Hall. Here sat the worthless Of our
better times. Here Webster defended
the Constitution: here C4lhoun assaiied
it. Here Hayne pronounced his splendid
eulogy CD South Carolina; Here Benton
thuDdered against the Wings; here gath
cred Adams, Mason, Gus, Flnckney, Cor
win and the rest; here at last John Z.
Brecknridgs, Vice Presiden, then, iusur-
gent Gsneral nov, gave the fareweils oil
The Senate to the chamber ia words thai
yes haunt its columns as the ech3 les IF a
lost spirits wall. "And nov, Senator's.
we leave this memorable Chamber. bear
log with US, unimpaired. the Constitution
We received from our forefathers. Let Us
devoutly trust that another Senate, In sn-
other age, shall bear to a new and larger
chamber, this Constitution. vigorous and
invioiase; aud that the isst generation OF
posteriiy stall witness the deliberations
of the Representative Of American
States, still uu,led. prosperous aud iFee..'
Aye. Brcekinridsel God helping Us, il
shall be so.
Very little change has been made in
the Interior arrangements. The room i.
simple semi- circle If seats and tables,
facing row Of splendid Tennessee marble
columns, beneath which. on an elevated
platform, ars ranged the chairs of the Jus.
tices The walls are absolutely bare, save
that from their lofty inches, iu scalptured
calm, looked down In the features Of it.
four dead Chief Justices. jay, Rutledge,
issor.h, Marshall Into this yer;
chamber. thirty yeats ago, the last Of thes,
great mep, nov eisning in marble re-
pose, totiered TO make his last pubic ap
pearsnce. The Sensfors rose 10 d. hin
| honor, and Daaiei Webster paused. ia
bis speech on the Freeh Spoiislion bill
I'LL the venerable and illustrious Chie
Justice should be seated among them
Soon after, the land was clothed in mourn
ipg for bis death. t. day the chambe
is clothed in mourning for bis successor
death.
Al an early hour an nnwensed thron,
/ bag4n 10 disturb The placid calm of th
j solemn room. Outside the bsr gathsse.
y intimate and earnest friends Of the nsl
who was about to sit in Tanes's place -
Senators, Representatives, business me
who having long booked upon Nj
Chase as the great, successful embod
meDt Of freedom 10 American politics
had comc to zee him make this Freedom
Court; men of the old regfpte, suileul
looking in to sec the new monaso
crowned; unknown friends and admirers
and throng If mere curious siahtseer,
Inside the bar was grouping ths, a
artist would have seized upon ior his ear
vass. Almost in the centre cat the tw
daughters of the new Chief Justice; pea
them one observed the '>iight figure
his son in law, Senator Sprague, aud ii
:. sllvery head Of Representative Hooper.
Boston, to the lett OF Mrs. Sprsgue, an
!, lin earnest conversation with her, wss oil
= of the foremost lawyers of the countr
Attorney Geocral Reyerdy Johpsio
: to the right. and sitting little apart, I
:. gArdcd by by bsr aud spectators With Il
y atfectioDate reverence that btfts i
We 49, and msskiva abilities tha monk
!, Roman Of them all. Ex- Secretary and E
), Senator Thomas Ewing. Around thss
on either hand, we're grouped the wor
ipg members of the bar OF the Suprer
Court, and brilliant collection OF en-
:, nent lawyers from the East and Wsst;
! ,erminglsd with ladies f~remcst ios vii
= beauty or position in the Capital.
, As the hands of the clock posted TO Y
.. the gentle murmur of msDy whispt
Of hushed, and all eyes turned to the dt
!. by which the members Of the court we
o. 10 enier. A step was heard +; the strain
in eIesfell, not upon the Chief Justice !
"a an associate but upon the man wht
be life had been, perhaps, more in,im 81,
of connected than that d any other Amt
cy can statesman with the struggles Of VII
b this day marks the greatest, trlam
!. Charles Summer He moved up 10