The Portland daily press., 1867-03-30

WASHINGTON, March Is. = Two
hgures stand out IN common regard, as the
leaders OF the democratic party sde and quite
as representative as they are individual These
De they 10 whom the South stretches its hands
with nothing III them,l saying: "Save us! pa-
trlots and klnsmen, trUm the hands of the mer-
CHESS JacoDln! Then will we hold thee AND
thine to places ofpower, and once more restore
. national legislature worthy OF Kulhoon and
the glorious past!" Stand out and strip
.g. ,... MIR. JOHN MoRRssEY.
neck and head very like those of Howe;
Cobb and ToOmbs, and Hunter, the black, curl
ing hair elaborately dressed, falling upon the
great trunk OF spine like handful of hay on
u bulls shoulders; shoulders themselves allie
10 block up lobby and take toll; arms ont of
winch you could make twins; each OF them the
size OF you and me; a breast that looks like
bank wall with one great bulls eye diamond,
like window lightning it up; a man of six
ieet, at least, besides his Two ample and fiat
pedals. Look up as you must do into the face
ana you remark u low forehead like barn roCf
WIN Two grey eyes in the caves, very birdnes-
", and betokenlng that the edifiee hasn't much
put iodder within it; broken nose turned at
the midule like u draw bridge; cheek bones that
would hide the ears if the ears had not had
thelr share OF gouging and biting; altogeth-
er low type of face, capable of car
feature but not OF extenuation.-
AZ some distance, in the glitter and nebulous
lght OF the House, the mans rich hair, and
breadth OF back give him regard; when you
near him talk in bashful, or well effected BASH
iui ZONES, you wonder what but obsequioEsness
couiu nave recommended him to any man of
eapital, unless 1t were to teach some Camester's
trick. or be some desperate instrument. His
i,Ie mas had but one jlitical act in it. When
iieenah engaged in battle with Sayers, and the
novelty OF the contest made il in "A sense inter-
national, and dignified pugilism for the mo-
ment almost to patriotism, this man, in his
plane OF duty, had q right to be in sympathy
WAN tne M tie knot of American bruisers who
stood by Heenan when the ring went down
!, nc Nv, WIS ooservee, on the contrary, to hang on
TO the foreign champion, bet his money on him,
aud prefer, for a private grudge, to see his
country defeated. This is a ludicrors political
argument but Morrissey can understand it
better than any other Mr.. Morrissey says
that we have licked our man in the South and
wear the belt; now let up on him. 1t is very
in you, MIR. Morrissey, 10 give
such advice. Those who have been painfully
enough to see prize fight can real
ize Mr.. Morrissey feelings when he took the
oath. II TUX oil my coat" he said" '-many a
time aiore now, 10 fight, and--give you my
wordi-I never shnk so as / did then. 1t was
orfoul, that was itp ,, ....
FERNANDO WOOD.
Close before Mr.. Morrissey sits Mr.. Fernan-
do Wood, whose brother IL Mr. Morrissev's
business partner, and recently sat in this same
house; therefore gaming and sporting do No
more disquality than general heresy TO the re-
public and its gospel Mr.. Wool isin mo t,,,l
est sense man of the old regime. a obost rs
those excellent Congresses that III hiad ond
departed, and We're the Southern momhars
back again his natural position wouId he in
their bosoms. Some few commercial occen-
trieitles have affected the shop-keepinr North
against him; but in bright rebuttal OF these
stands his message to the Governor of Georgia,
that had ne the power it should be a capital
crime TO seize rebels musket His appear
ance may be described as the reformed clergy
man, who delivers moral lectures ON the little
vices in which he once was eminent. A tall,
Jeffersonan figure, spare and aristocratic'
calm as winter. and as cold the 1.-the fee, tu Iii
ed out, the back straight as the skeweIeu IT,
the face bland and soft If you saw 10 .'oa IN
glass; perfect self-appreeiation anu 81 80
the pose and gait; tongue OF caluo, ca:'o,nIas like
suasion, and pleading Tor loity tthis man bor-
Chestertield's letters to ms s,;sta1 cvilIy and
;,s Tho fact that he was eonVic'eu sii W
ring tne t,' iaot a~onld now be an lnhanltaht OF
not crlinihanS, rather than OF the House OF
the State pis'aa His life has been, in great
Represeeih,at emu Of Capt. Hawksley, i'll the
part ,f Still Waters; the traveller, poet
and IN RECEIVES, looking quietly up as
that n~e n long waited social vindicator.
rne lSr reliance of this man for present and po-
i;t;cal support, is not the turn of public sentl-
ment the truths victory, his own statures
Growth in his comm unity or the country, bue
in the power of organization merely. lie nVes
in society where nomination rs success where
a nure record is as valueless as aceruncate q
bantism: he bought the nomination again thls
session. hopeful that the polltlcal ulee misht
foil fortrnately: and so he waits, nth face
like g.,ss glsri%fsC of Cincinnati s5ss% natl Gssette,