The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-05-10
ReverGy Johnson, Erunbuls and
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COvv3D.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Boston Post draws the following pen-pic-
lures of Senators Johnson, Trumbull and
Cowan:
REVERDY JOHNSON.
During the delivery of J Johnson's reply
to the smart sophistries Of Trumbull, Mr.
Bingham never left the Senate, sitting
most of the time in the seat Of Senator
Doolittle, and occasionally conversing with
/ Wilson, Of Massachusetts,. johnson is now
accepted as the leading constitutional law
yer cf the country; and it was pleasant to
sec Bingham enjoy the argument Of his
/ political opponent, though, in this case,
agreeing fellow>legislator. As johnson
would pause after one Of his quickly ut,
tered CLEANS of legal light, Binghams eve
would brighten, and he would nod his head
in enforcement. Johnson's delivery is Pc
culiar, and the very antipoGes OF Bing-
hams. lie is not over five feet seven,
white haired, with one defective eye, and
person rather inclinins to obesity. To a
reporter in the gallery he is the most tan
talizing Of speakers. lie commences IN a
voice SO low that not word can be caught;
gradually Increasing its volume, but also
the swittness Of his enunciati0n, till in a
very passion Of logic. shaking his right
hand, and keeping his left in his pocket,
he strains the power Of photography to It's
utmost, then his voice suddenly dropping
renders it almost difficult to catch his last
clause, rs it to secure his opening-
This is the more tantalizing that his ora
tory, like De Quincv's writing, is so built
up, that not one reporter in a thousand
can supply the unheard word and no other
will do. intellectually he needs no de-
scrlption. What was said Of Daniel Web
ster as lawyer is exactly applicable TO
johnson in senatorial debate. He never
can win in a bad cause, and can never lose
in a good one" His logic is despot to
himself. His mind wont work illogically
try what he may; and in this he is some>
times most amusing contrast 10
TRUMBULL. OF ILLINOIS
This gentleman, younger than johnson,
lacking also his senatorial experience, pos
se;ses a mind that debates against truth
just as smartly as for it. He can argue
just IS we'll that black is white as that
White is not black, and az readily con.
vines himself OF the one as Of the other
ELphatically 2 casuist, whose style OF arg
ument would be best described by one of
Pascals paragraphs on Escobar or any
other OF the Jesuit school Of casuists. He
IS what, in the British House OF Commons,
they would call clever speaker, and what
we generally mean by "a smart :alker.'' -
His hair and beard are hrindled, not ex,
actiy gray. but mixture Of white and
black which does not fuse into onc posi-
tive shade. He wares spectacles always.
In speaking he is clear and loud, and
therefore much liked by reporter, in the
gallery. He stoops much, and when
warmed into quick speaking, screeches to
avoid huskiness to which his voice tends
from over exertion Of the larynx. 1t is
not a pleasant voice at all reminding one
Of the falaotto by which 4 falling tenor
strives to supply OF the natural tones in
which he could once reach o coveted c.
As Trumbull and johnson occupied the
leading position in the exciting debate on
the civil rights bill. find / have left my>
self too little space in which - strive to
convey some fair idea OF
C0wAN, Or PENNSYLVANIA,
measuring some six feet and three inches,
possessed Of Il voice like the dapason Of a
small church organ, and a habit Of using
1t in two distinct 9ctavcs Senator Cowan
is certainly most peculiar aud impressive
speaker; and possesses one great merit,
that of never speaking unless he has some
thing to say. When he rises in the cen
tral isle, and, with his tail figure dwariing
everything about HIM sends his rolling
voice sailing Oh the waves of letid air that
forms the atmosphere of the il-yentllated
chamber, he reminds one Of the descrip-
tons Carlyle gives Of Mrabcau in the
French convention of 80. lie is to tie
conservative republicans what johnson is
to The democrats and Trumbull to the radi-
Gals, the oratorical exponent Of policy If
hc is less phlosophic than johnson. and if
he be as casuistic as Trumbull. he possesses
more of that peculiar quality, clear con-
mon sense, and practical way Of stating
it than either
IMPEACHMENT
Susn are Lnc three leaders or the press
ent Senate, such the men. if ever the
threatened impeachment of the President
is attempted, will fight for aud against him
History, after All, does repeat itself-for
now, when We hear talk placing an Amer>
lean President in the position of the French
Louis, we find in the conservative repub,l-
cans a counterpart of the Grondist, with
Cowau for Verquiand, a perfect picture
Of the ,Jacobn or Mountain, with Trum-
bull for leader, and party striving to
preserve intact the Constitution Of the ma
ton, with johnson for an Isnard
WHAT KETCHUM is DOING. "A New
York correspondent writes thus of young
Ketchum
For the satisfaction Of those who wish
special information concerning this un-
fortunate young man, we state that he is