The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-04-05

onS"SA0'"N1oiy OlotO PdP0A' IL appears W
us that the President raises issues foreign
to the bill before him, and demolishes
many a man of straw of his own creation
He tells Congress and the country, in
conclusion, that he has signed some forty
bills and resolutions, and only vetoed two;
as though this were an excuse for his
disapproval of this most salutary measure!
But we have no heart to pursue the sub
ject farther. We can say, that many of
the best lawyers, statesmen, and patriots
in the country approve this bill, and SO do
we, and here we are content to stand.
PEN-AND-INK SKETCHES OF CoNGREssMEN-
JOHN WENTwORTH-A. ]. ROGERS.
WASHINGTON, March "a, 1866.
On looking over the House of Repre-
sentatives, man whom we may mention
as worthy of note is Hon. John Went
worth, of the Chicago District, Illinois,
familiarly known, not only in Congress,
but throughout the country, as "Long
John" Mr.. Wentworth is thus designa-
ted because he stands some six feet seven
inches in his boots. He looms up among
his brothers like "Saul among the proph-
ets." He will weigh, we should think,
some two hundred and sixty OF seventy
pounds, and is a compact, sinewy, we'll
built man. He is straight, so straight,
that sometimes he seems to incline little
the other way. He was born in Sandwich,
New Hampshire, March 5th, 1915. He
graduated at Dartmouth College in 1886,
and for time taught school in his native
State, but soon after leaving college, he
emigrated to Chicago, where he studied
law, and was admitted to the bar, and for
number of years not only practiced
his profession, but edited a newspaper
His editorials possessed rare and marked
ability, and at that time there were but
few political writer's in the West who
could be regarded as his equals. From
1S43 to 1855, Mr.. Wentworth represented
his District in Congress, where at once he
took high rank as a legislator. He then
acted with the Democratic party; but
Democracy then had not belied all of its
professions, nor discarded all of its time
bonored principles. 1t will be seen that
Mr. Wentworth has been out of Congress
some ten years, but is DOW returned as a
member Of the Thirty-ninth Congress,
with a ripper experience, and as an advo-
cate Of higher and boiler principles. He
speaks but rarely, thereby showing his
wisdom as a legislator, but when occasion
demands, his words are given with telling
effect in aid of such measures as commend
! themselves to his judgment. He has
made but one set speech this session, and
that was delivered few days ago il
defence of Mr.. M'Culloch's Loan Bill,
submitted by the Committee of Ways and
Means, of which he is a member. Mr..
| Wentworth is not an orator, nor even a
pleasant speaker. There is nothing in his
manner or delivery that attracts the lis
tener; on the contrary, his voice, his
delivery, his utterances, so far as the
| physical effort is concerned, are all against
him. Still with all these defects, he
arouses and holds with undivided atten-
ton his audience in almost breathless
silence. The reason of this is, the matter
of his arguments is always able, clear,
instructive, and forcible. Mr.. Wentworth
discards all show and trick in his speeches,
neither does he deal in "glittering gener-
alitIes," but in honest Saxon words and
phrases, which may be understood by the
uninformed mind, and which truly fore
shadow what he means. Herein consists
his power as debater. Mr.. Wentworth
is popular man in Congress, and also
immensely popular at home, where he is
we'll known. This arises from his great
good nature and kindness of heart, his
rugged good sense, and his innate wag-
gishness, which is constantly cropping
out in all he says and does
A brief notice Of one other very distin-
guished gentleman, who fourishes with
more pomp than ability. We mean Hon.
A. J. Rogers, of New Jersey, the leader
of the Copperhead party in the House =
We haze heard something Of Mr. Rogers
as member of the Thirty-eighth Congress,
and have seen considerable of him in this
He does not impress us very great man,
though we think he may be honest-that