The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-11
FROM THE Capital.
An UnctuOus 0rateF-zGreat Measures
and their Prospects.
INpIANApoLIs, Feb. g.

in these slassys should be ready and
effective speaker: able to express his
opinions clearly and forcihly, to advo
/ cate measure that meets his approx
] al. with something more eloquent than
an AYE, " or to oppose what he deems
injurious and pernicious legislation
Withls8ms bihs more impressive than
a-"no."
But, however important rhetoric
and logic may be, the habit Of SPEAK
ing to every motion, and gushing
with indiscriminate 0verbosity on all
4 occasions is far worse than silence,
and'more effectually belittles and de-
stroys ones influence in legislative
body than the most persistent and
/ continuous pantomime.
A daily lookersou in the Senate sees
pertinent Illustration of this fact in
the course of the Senator from
I johnson, large hearted, generous
souled Rad, with talent enough, if
4 fully'economized, to command the
respect of any deliberative assembly,
in spite of his shabby treatment of
| LINDLEY MURRAY and NOAH WEB
sTER. aAv..e al .-ae
The most ardent deyotee of Bachus
wouldn't fancy being drowned in
champagne or madeira. The best bill
of fare ever served at Delmonico's
would. if duplicated at every meal,
become nauseating to the most fas-
ptidiops of epicures. The best rendi-
tionsof RfeHARDeor MACBETH, il re-
peated every night for a month, would
produce butysa beggarly account Of
empty benches. " So OYLER ten or
fifteen tin TIMES a Day, Z for twenty or
thirty days in succession, has run
down thggpale, .thEPqgh all the inter-
ne e fafaa notes, from able debater9s
to "irrepressible boEe.@"oWy Fass
Ne occasion is toe, grand to be dig7I
nified by the majesty of his unctuous
eloquences no measure so insignificant
as to escape the sleepless vigilance Of
his all-pervading scrutiny. With the
air of WEBSTER or a CALHOUN, he
rises to the height OF great Consti.
tutional-s argupent,' and With the
fancled assumption of the sar-
casm of a RANDOLPH or a BUR-
CESS. he lets fly the arrows of wit, or
applies the lash Of satire. Though |
he rapes the Dictionary, assaults the
Grammar, batters Rhetoric, and gar
rotes Logic. yet he makes the lady
visitors smile, and brings down the
lobbies-and all this at an expense to
the State of little less than three
hundred dollars an hour Cheap
enough
: There were but six items of tran
scendent important business to claim
the attention of this General Assem-
bly, at the commencement of the SEES
sion, viz: General Appropriations,
Apportionment, Congressional and
Legislative), Registry Law, House of
Refuge, Normal School and Agricul-
tural College = 0o = = "
These several subjects involve i'm
mense interests, and the future of our
State must IN a great measure, de-
pend on the disposition that is made
of them. They have all received the
most carefqllatteptionF some In com
mittee rooms and others in caucuses
of both parties. Every effort has
been made to9gain such kuo4iedge of
general principles and public wants as
will aid the members in legislating on
these great questions; aud, now that
the danger of bolt" is ayerted It is X
believed that proper legislation will
be had on all these weighty subjects
before the expiration Of the sixty
days" -,~
) Appropriations for the expenses of
the legislature and for the Temporal
ry support of benevolent institutions
the former $4,000, and the latter
$25, 00077haye already been made.
The benevolent institutions are un-
fortunate in having for their schicf
manager man who,sis not considered
quite immaculate in his official con-
duct. His position, however, excites
much pity, as he is assailed from every !;
quarter with cries of short weight" 9
.'brran and middlings bread, and '
fragrant meat, while his literary
qualifications, being something on the f