Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-10

Mack, the Washington correspondent. OF
the Cincinnati Commercial, gives tie scl.
lowing pen and ink sketch Of Thnd.
S'cycns
As matters stand just now il is safe to
PREDICT the election of Stevens TO the Sen
ate, and with il his see,ino. asa man of
prominence. in Anercan politics his
eclipse rather. while in the House he had
things pretty much his own way. lie 10
no, so much Of giant among piemics % .
c,ai,y politician and experienced legislatos
among man who are easily led and not Civ.
en- TO serious thinking az 10 consequences
lie is not 30 much leader No driver, per
haps. But his chief Of staff is the psevi-
GUS question, and in the body like the SEN
ate, where that 10 not recognized. he will
have TO take n comparatively back scat. lie
can't crack his whip over Fessenden and
Sherman aud such men, and tell them they
must vote for his bill or with the copper
heads, within an hour OF two hours, or
within two wseks-for they can talk till
doomsday in the Senate, and no previous
question can 10 brought In 10 modest them
or to make them afraid. Without this legs
isa,ivc thumb screw Thad. Stevens would
have been, as the saying is, nowhere, ~ the
leader Or driver within the past few years.
Then again he must abandon lifs smutty
Jokes in the Senate, and thus be no longer
known ia his fAvoritc role Of Master OF the
Rebels. Taking all things into conaideras
ton u will be bad day for his fame as .
politician when he abandons the beer gar.
.cn IN the south wing Ter the scpulcbral
ehsnbcSs Mt the other end Of the capitol
huildng.
We Rave another portrait Of that no,ori
GUS ind,iliA l The no less notorious John
W. forney was candidate for election to
the United States Senate from Pcnnsylva-
MIA, finding tina, he had no chance Whatever
FOR success, declines in favor Of Thad.
Stevens and in his card puts him in the
following strain: Ills election" says For
nsy. would unquestionably secure to the
State and Nation champion Of those great
principles of ma,chlcss cx experience, integrity
ard courage" A few years ago this same
forney edited . paper in Lancaster. the
homo Of Stevens, and at that tine drew the
following portrait Of the man for whom he
now Processes 20 much admiration:
Thaddeus Stevens, We are glad 10 say il,
is not a Pcnnsy lyAnian. His own history
proves that he came hithes sts anger TO hcr
people, and has continued ut all times. con>
sistcntiy advcssc 10 her interests. llc has
been, s,ncc his unfovtunats presence In the
Legislature. Pcnnsy lvaniA's evil genius. and
il she has dsgensratcd 1t Ill and the three
past years Of her life prove that shc has-hc
planned the misfortune. We will not re-.
peat here his utter dcstitution Of reputation
~ Tor his career il one of that kind which
could only have been run by william at
heart. Pcnnsylvania has three blesnishes on
her cscutckeon: Tho Masonic inquisition,
the chartering Of the United States Bank,
and the present outrageous condition OF at
fairs. The frat, II 10 not requisite to say,
he originated and completed. The second
wa thc fitting offspring of his brain Tor he
read Tint infamous bilj before the Ri'ner
II use at Representatives,. The last che
Eicksa) war u his own by ov'rs lass of
night lie began the anarchy-it * the sad
ccn-cqnencc + his own plans He dissolved
the Government. lie Is now urging The
~,eR'e To- 90 on in it's path OF destruction.
lie Is cnphaticcalIy ",hc power bchind the
'none' The last is y desperate and hnal
plunge. u viii either mako or rnm,kc
mn II i, is successful, he can cover up
'le fostering infamy Of his life ana save
himscli and his companions from impending
ram. II Il is unsuccessful he viii be spuin-
ed not only from the halls of the Lcgisturc.
hut from the very statc--if the laws permit
has escape.
Such is tho man, according ~ Fornsy and
he is rs Inning light in the Republican par.
ty. who is the leader Of. the dominsnt parry
in the House CT Representatives and gives
shape to the legislation of Congress. What
hope Tor the country when its destiny is in
such hands