The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-16
Two conservative Republican sena-

Two CONSERVATIVE RepuDlIcan Sena-
tors Sketched.
From the Washington Cor. Of the Boston Pest.
Mr. DooITTLE,
A thick-set, broad>shouldered man,
CARRIED in black, with face grown over
by full grizzly whiskers, which, like his
hair, obstinately claimed q quirl of its
own. The action and the man, aside
from the strong, resonant chest tones
that came forth as from bell, bore the
guarantee of indomitable vigor and
continual study. More than that, you
will discern IN the accent of those calm
and earnest periods the presence of a
great soul, that will speak for itself,
though no end of party ruin betide.
It is the full sway of an impulse such
as this, that led this man, at the very
outset of the struggle, to declare that
no star of the thirty-six should ever be
expunged from the flag; to maintain
them inviolate had the war been waged;
upon that line and under that flag had
the forces of the Union sacrificed blood
and lives incalculable; upon that line
and under that flag had a victory been
achieved, and upon that line and under
that .fqg God helping han, he intended to
fight on to the end"
Ali who beard that great and memo
rable speech of J snuary last, which was
the first of all the glittering generali-
ties expended at the opening of the
session, to draw token of sympathy
and applause from the crowded gallery,
could not have failed to become pos
sessed of the idea that that declaration
of principle would never be departed
from while the utterer remained in
public service And even now, in the
very thickest of the fight, you can de-
tect no shadow of WEAKNESS, nor aught
of yielding. Mr. Doolittle is not an
elaborate speaker, but unlike the ma
iority of members Of the Senate, his
English is of the purest and least pc
dantic. Neitherls there any strain for
effect, yet you find yourself accordiog,
at the very least, a respectful and in
teTested attention, though as radical
as Wade or intolerant as Trumbull.
The entire physique is made for
wear, and that 1t a0iH wear, you
have only to hear a half dozen rug
ged sentences enforced upon the hear
ing by the earnest action and stento-
rian defamation of the Senator, to be-
come thoroughly convinced. Just now,
he is telling them of the opposite wing
of his party, that this country desires a
Union restored, and the resumption of
perfect harmony and repose That
these she loiH haze at the hands of her
Representatives in Congress, and the
power that endeayors to thwsrt that
end must be crushed in the antago-
nism. This, and host of other vigor-
Gus and unhesitating assertions make
up the speech-not a word being
weighed for the occasion, or q metaphor
sought for establishment, yet neither
is wanting in its purest and most at
tractive significance. Thus much for
the stalwart and interchangeable Senator
from Wisconsin. Not a few of the
multitude that daily throng the gallery
have learned to think that this persist
emit confidence in the award of the peo-
pie, and reiterated determination to
abide that decision, whatever of failure
and disappointment it may have in
store, is already indicative of victory
over half the battle.