The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-08


with a newspaper in his hand. As soon
as the journal was read, lie rose, quite
out OF order-annoancedt to thePresident,
(Mr Van Buren,, the Wing victory,
spoke of their noble efforts in the cause
OF their country, and of their brilliant
success. Your own fellow citizens,
Mr.. Presidcnt-the proud capital Of your
noble State-has made its voice heard
in our halls. in defense Of the Constitq-
ton OF our Country Al Ar Prts'aent,
does not ms ,eqrpl your patriotic hsart "
The impudence and absurditv of this
appeal was too mach for the dignity OF
a presiding officer. Nj Naa buren,
face drew itself into I know not how
many indescrbahle iues, III which the
comical predoMinated. and Ae sitd down
in his seat until nothing Of him was VS.
lille but tbe smooth TOP OF b.z heal lie
soon called some one 70 the ctlatf- came
down took = pinch Of snuff with Att
CLAW. and after a whGlesuu" laugh zee.
tween them the morning business went
on.
His classical illusions Engtieh elias
sics) were few bat sufficiently happy
His attempts - cite poetry generally
failed On one Occasion he attempted
the hakneyed quotation from Hamlet:
d. LET the ssIlsi isis T5ase. a'r N.'-@rs are
uumrung
He mi7foo< the last syllable, ami "ilh
great di>tinctuess and Ene emphasis
made II "uu<tra4g Watkins Leigh
sat on ais right on his left. both at
the same instant in suppressed voice,
pronounced the word ihwJ4lnq The
double prompting confused bin, he
drew himself up aud with stronger en-
phasis made the word '.u1.hlNJ. He
stood with = very pleasant and uncn
barrassed countenance until the laugh,
which had become general, subsidized,
and then, with a gentle shahiug Of his
head and long drawing out OF The first
word. said In murder viii o4t |
almost imagined he had slipped on par
pose to show his adroitness III recover
ing. But las wit WAS sometimes dis
plavcd in q less kindly spirit All will
remember air Buchanan disingenUous
letter on the subject Of bargain and
corruption" Nh Clay never forgot,
never i0rgavcsit and never failed 10
take occasion, and ii none arose to make
occasion to punish it. About 1881 or
80 matter of some interest was under
discussion. \ leading Wing or two had
spoken, and two or three OF tae rank
and file Of the Democratic party, but no
Democrat then prominent. " aiheF, OF
Mississippi, was speaking As he Was
drawing to \ close, | observed Mr. Clay
was paving unusual attention. Tac mo-
meut Walker closed he spraug to his
feet and spoke for five or ten minutes
with great vehemence Of manner, saying
nothing, but simply vaporing. He boas-
ted that the noble Wings came ont Of
every question that arose, with prompt
ness aud decision, while the Democratic
leaders put their rank and file forward
10 skirInish. while they Law by and wait
ed and watched the popular indications.
Come out said he, come out like
men and define your positions. Let us
hear from YOU; | call for the leaders of
the party" Mr. Wright and Mr.. Blu
chanan sat near each other on line with
Mr. Clay, who, obviously, directed his
remarks to one or both of them. Mr.,
Wright looked up for moment, picked
with his finger the hair behind his ear.
and turned TO his writing. Nh Buchan-
AN looked up and listened, and when Mr.
Clay took his seat, arose and replied.
with high lndignation-was surprised ut
the gentleman from Kentucky He
knows we'll, and the Senate can hear me
witness. that | ann prompt and direct in
expressing my opinion on subjects ~
1HtN arse, out i ClDGet ~ ttht II y 'N a
time and consult my own oonveniencc--
The gentleman rom Kentucky need not
expect 10 force me into this discussion
or any other until | choose to engage in
it Mr.. Clay. IN his hlardeSr manner,
assured the gentleman from Penn-Fiva-
MIA rsut ae hal no reference whatever to
hiIn-.'.ar from it, said he. and with
mighty emphasis. Il CtLLEp FOR THE
LEApEK> uE THE PARTY. MIR Buchanan
appealed to the Senate-tha gentleman
from Kentucky fixed his eyes upon HIM
aud addressed his remark, ID han
throughout Mr. Clay, in his sottest and
most conr;latory tone and phrase, said he
could well conceive how the gentleman
from PENNSYLVANIA had fallen into the
error 4 often. said he, suppose that
/ gentleman i looking at Ine when in fact
he j. looking quite another WAY. (Nr,
/ Buchanan had Il cast Of the eye l said
to Mr., H!aY when he took his seat,
. "Your first blow was cruel. but maeniij-
| cent. the last savage warfare-toma-
+ hawking
An. d-,n Aim,, said Mi Clay, The
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