Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-01-16

We find IN the Worcester Spy the following
deserved, as well as complimentary notice OF
Senator Edmunds
TIVE HIsE OF KENTUCKY-A CONTRAST.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, 1866.
Generally Judge Wade-sturdy Ben. Wade,
love 10 Call him, Is with the radical fight
But sometimes he too becomes that singular
paraCox-whIch IS called practical states
man." which simply means man ready 10
vote with the ruth on non-esseut ials, and
against OF evading 1t, when q square issue l.
presented. How we feel 10 Wade-vehe-
ment and pugnaclous upholder OF equal free
dom-aterIng and begging over 1t IN order
10 secure couple of republican senators.
Senator Edmunds was combating this error
of " ade when | came in. Vermont il fortu-
nate IN having sent TINS gentleman here.
Mr.. Edmunds is a worthy son of the State
: hIch never allowed Q slave TO breathe in Its
borders, and which has given US Harrington S
splendid and e. Igrammatic decision Oh the
tIgnt side of mat question. As an orator the
Vermont sensLr is not at first pleasing. lie
seemed from the fist day at home ia The Sem
aIe-lo he among his peers. HIS manner Is
very quiet. He does not decialm or gestlcu-
laLe, Cut talks like ole used TO address the rea-
son vi Judges rather than decaim TO Jurors,
and lets language and logic carry due weight
L lave seen no man In the Senate who appears
10 talk less to The galleries. He speaks WITHOUT
manuscript, readily CITES authorities, even II
not hand, evidently EQUIPPED with wide
reading professional and other. He has posi-
tive opinions, and does not hesitate 10 express
Ihe III 10 teise, vigorous language. He warns
little as he proceeds, the voice meJIows ana
deepens, ana there are tones which are rich and
rpustosl n Inn
pea Tor treeC ON and ameiIoratIon.
IL interesting sight TO watch Wade
as 1t e Nermonter pointed out the inconsistency
in the rugged lighters supporting equal mar
hood, aye, Womann0od also, on one day tor
the district OF Columbia. AID then deny 1t for
the territory OF Nebraska. Mr. Edmuads ne i'd
10 The complete power of Congress over the
terms OF ADMISSION Tor new states sutj-ct only
10 the constitutional requirement OF establish
ing republican gcvernln1
Wade moved uneasily about as the logic OF
facts pressed home The proof of Inconsistency.
| " neD some VI the llsteuing ne,ghbors, as
FrsseDden or Wlliiams. would apparently sug-
gest rtpIy 10 the remarks OF the speaker, The
russe old face would move mpatlently, and
shoulders be shrugged, as if to say . Yes yes
| kno" all about II. l am goIna to reply
lie trIed ana feil-d. The perfect attention
paid TO MIR. E1muDGs' argument is the besl
evidence OF It's character. One Is struck with
the fine intellectual. characteristics visible ali
these listening faces, at such moments.
But he contrast l started to Portray was
seen in The House, when leaving WADE the
sal task OF attempting 10 prove himself not
Inconsistent, went there. Vermont's speech
for freedom was still lingering IN my ears hen
| looked on the House hocr aud saw the fading
but malignant past striving TO assert itself to
hs.g rtx "A rdt1
person OF Bourbon FROM Kentucky. The
speaker was man named Hlse, elected to fill
the unexpired term of the deceased Order.
He was curiosity. Years ago, he was prob
aoly counted among the oracles of the country
side, and e:en now Is evidently the remnant OF
an able man. oometime In lang syne he got
fioolec, and saturated with Calhounism, and
when the war broke out, believed it was the
inevitable result OF q long course of outrage on
the part OF the North.
In person, as in mind, the kentuckiau was
the most perfect type Of the oic school it has
bsen my fortune TO see. Large aud portly 10
person, as rounded in outline az the Vernon,
Senator was wIry and angular.
! The divergence was perfect /; the contras,
was complete. The two systems met facs 10
face. Inc strong, quiet, self contained schol-
ar, tine ured with the Puritan thought and
weaving the traditions of freedom into the an
imating breath of aspiration for wider devel.
opment. On the outside was the old man
large Drained but SLOW, absorbing only one
idea at time, but teuacousiy ciinging thereto
generous, obstinate. polite personally, a good
friend and fierce hater, who held o the wisd on
of his fathers as the be-all and end-all of every
thing earthly. lie will die IN their faith, AMI
be to the end believer in an organized disboi
ism as the sum divine of human wisdom.