Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-15


which ornaments panel on the great stair
way leading to the lower house. Works
such as these are, appropriate and sub
stantial. and do much to relieve ones mind
of the impression of tinsel show which
unfortunately, it is too difficult to avoid
when viewing the interior hn1sh OF the
Capitol. Ones eye Wearles OF the exhaust
less gilt. stucco, and paper n'0che' ana
could wish that a style of chaste republic
an plainness could have been more strict
ly adhered to. Again drifting with the
tide we are carr led along the splendid cor
ridor leading to the Representative cham
Der. The grit bronze doors designed
bv Rogers. and cast at Munich, receive
a passing gla nee as we move along, and at
any other time would charm US into
half hours lingering at this magnificent
portal. The galleries of the chamber are
crowded but-there Is still standing room
and one mind becomes forgetful of per-
sonal discomfort in observing the scene
before him Below are the assembled
representatives of the United States, the
popular, and perhaps, most important
branch of the Thirty Ninth Congress. Ad-
iourned amid national darkness and gloom,
they have, now that the
And the battles lost and won,'
met again beneath the bright sun and a.
mid the holy calm of peace. The vacant
desks on the left hand side of the hall
are suggestive of the fearful rent that war
has made in the fair fabric of the govern
ment; and to these men below us is entrust-
ed the great work of healing up this wound
and of Orgnizing the new era that has
dawned upon this great people. The
thunders of artillery are now silenced,
and the tongue of eloquenee the voice of
statesmenship is again about to sway the
councils of the nation and direct the doc
trines of the republic. Are these men
worthy of, and equal to the occasion?
nous verrons. The clerk is calling the roll
of the House and assigning the members
to their seats. It is a slow. tedious pro-
cess, and one S mind seeks occpation In re-
curing to the stormy times of the past,
the clustering gales which preceded the
great Whirl-Wind of revolution. To the
mental vision, shadowy forms appear in
the seats below, the mnemonical embodi-
ment of men who once prominently figured
on that floor but who have now passed
away. On the one hand appears the burly
form of oshua r. Giddings, Ohio 8 early
champion of free soil and free speech,
the hated advocate of ideas which though
bitterly opposed, have been proved by the
sequel to be but scarcely half decade in
advance of his time. On the other hand
stands the defiant form of Brooks, the
fiery South Carolinian, the taunting rep
resentatiye of Southern aristocracy and
slave propagandism. With naughty airs
and incorporate speech his voice rings
out in denunciation of honest toll, In JUS
tifcation of dishonest oppression, and In
doughty personal inveotive; with bitter
sneer and provoking gesture he stands
forth the exponent of barbarous princi-
pie, the insane inciter to bloody violence,
the coWardly appellant to the british or
deal of force. Again, close by the clerks
desk we behold the tall outline of the
Prairie States great Sgitator, Owen Love-
joy, kindling to frenzy by his fearless
and resistless argument, the storm of
Southern hate. The minions of slavery
and incipient treason writhe and howl be-
meath the sledge hammer blows of the
tall westerner until finally, wrought to an
uncomfortable pitch of passion. the y
unite in a grand tragi-comic representa-
ton of modern chivalry, and Owen Love
joy is the only man unmoved amid the
melee. But we are awakened from this
reverie by the sharp ring of the speakers
hammer to observe the living actors in
the scene below. Many of the members
are new, and there's are but few who are
yet really known to fame. Indeed, during |
the last four years the soldiers uniform |
has so far out-shOne the civic toga that |
there has scarcely been the usual oppor- |
tunity for congressional distinction. But |
now that military laurels no Ion ger dazzle |
the public eye, we may fairly presume
that those who prove to be giants In the /
tournament of intellect will once more re-
receive its admiring gaze. Ere the present
session closes doubtless many a member
whose name we now slur over as common
place will shine forth from the bright halo
of popular favor, and concenter in itself
the fair hope and expectancy of the
State" Among these we confidently
hope to number the talented and deser-
zedly popular representative of the 9Th
District of Ohio, The speaker announces
hat it is in order to bal lot for the election
number of reverend gentlemen are placed
n nomination, each nominating member
making brief speech by way of setting
orth the especial claims of his nominee.
For some the place was claimed be-
,ause they had been soldiers, for others I
because they were learned and talented,
md for each, because he was lone of the {
most eloquent diVines in the country"
Indeed eloquence seemed to be the pre- |
merit, and it mig Int natura lily |
,e inferred that our honorable represen- f
atives desire not so much the example
nd influence of holy life as graceful '
nd pleasing manner. Mr.. Stevens, of
remarked, however, that
hongh he would vote for Mr.. Butler, he n
onsidered Mr.. Stockton the most elo- /
uent divine in the country since the re- n
narkable fall of Rev. Henry Ward Beech
r." The result of the ballot discovered, o
he election of Rev. Mr.. Boynton, of .
Washington, and he is accordingly de-
Jared to be Chaplain. A number of mis- u
elan eous resolutions are now pressed L
pom the attention of the House and are Il
apidly disposed of Among others is n
ne evidently designed to search the f. 1
ancial sentiment of the members, and n
-hich declares, in substance, that the ma "
onal debt is an obligation to which the
ublic faith stands irrevocably pledged,
nd for the discharge of which, principal Z
nd interest, the property and resources :,
the country are inseperably bound. - -
This measure had no uncertain sound, I.
nd received but one dissenting voice. y. &c
The forlorn gentleman who voted thus a.
eed hardly be fshed up from the obliV- =,
N in which he is likely to remain. At a.
P. M. the Presidents message was an "
ounced, and it was at once ordered that
be read Immediately all noise and bus We
e ceased, and quiet prevailed throughout &c
le entire chamber. Members and visit 7
IS listened intently to every word, for m
lch listener deemed himself part of hs
orld wide audience hearkening to doc tn
nent which might involve the destiny of th
lis great nation and mark an era in its
story. The long philosophic introduc- !,