The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-05-15

OF the Senate within those limits. When
he closed, today. he sceR,ed as fresh as
either OF the associate counsel at his table
aud alter the recess, inst, ad OF imitutn :
the preceding speakers in going of to rest
he came back TO listen 10 Mr.. Sanbery'a
argument.
Figure 10 yourselves slender, nervous,
hoilow.chested person OF about the medium
hight. straight as an arrow, with what is
called a" long bead" (nairow from ear to
ear, but swelling nobly aboye the temples),
covered with short black hair, with a
| pihehed, parchment skinned face, that al,
ways reminds one of the pictures aud dos.
cr'ptions of the Opium Eater, DE Quiucey
The nose is long and hooked. aud tho chm
projects, as il hali.mindod to meet il. This
Is Eyarts. as he stood up ut the conusels
table to address the Senate for a mau whom
personally he detestod, but whose defense
he believed to be Legitimate. His voice is
more remarkable than his appearance. 1t
seems to be shrill tenor. of very little
volume, butit is wonderfully well managed.
| me enuhc'ation is simply perfect aud so
thlS thlh voiced, narrow.ehested speaker,
rarely rising above conversational tones, is
heard With u diStinctness that becomes u
positive pleasure. No man ever seemed
to speak more easily; sometimes, in the
sarcastic, or more impressive passages, he
throws some forco into his utteranoe; but
generally without seeming effort, the sen.
tences TALL from his bps, Stow and rounded,
like drops from a fountain. in a steady
easy succession, eveay word in its place,
every clause polished, without moments
hesitation Tor All expression, or single
recalled phrase. 1t is seldom stirring, but
1t Is throughout Que Of the rarest aud most
attractive of intellectual Displays, the per.
lection ot uuimpassoued cXtempore speak
lug. lie gcsticuites freely, bat not often
with any vehcmcncc. A favnrite position
is with the lott hand thrust into the back
pocket ot his fruck coat, while the right.
holding the gold trimmed eye glasses which
lie nses whenever be has OCCASION to refer
t. his notes Or read an authority, comes
down toward the audience. His whcc
manner is that of perfect ease, of perfect
deIberat:on. Nothing, it seems, coulI
hurry this man-nothing dsconccrt his
easy dignity and selt possession. What
he would do in the hnrly burly of the
House no mortal can conjecture but here
10 the digniied quiet of the Senate cham.
ber his elegant bearing and deliberate
mode of speech make the happiost impres.
sion.
Mr.. Evarts spoke apparently without
having reduced any passage of his speech
to writing. The introduction seemed
luile lahored, aud sounded as if prepared
and recited from memory, but il glded SO
naturally into passages that could not have
been so prepared and yet were equally
hnlshed that the Impression of extempore
speaking was produced throughout But
the array OF notes was unique. Each day
Mr., Evarts cleared his table aud arranged
his manuscripts with the; lastidious neat
ness OF belle at her toilette, Not less |
than dozen or more unfolded sheels OF
looIscap. filled the bulky portfolio. These
Were spread ont in tho precise order |
III which they would be woucd. As the |
argument ADVANCED, each in turn was
oPoned, aud ills dozen or two of pages |
were turnet, aud from time to time referred |
to. Then AS each set Of pages was fu
ished it was as carefully returned to it's
envelope aud laid out Of the way Withnl, |
these references to untes mude very little |
delay, and rarely seemed to Interrupt at all |
the progress of the discussion.
OF the arguments of the four day S speech |
do not propose to speak. 1t s enough to |
say that they rose, for the most part, to
the dignity of the great occasion (thuugh |
there were one or two examples uf small
lawyers qnibbing). but that they seemed
to lack perfect arrangement, cohesion aud
compactness. In fact, the speech appeared
to the galleries more like q collection of
brilliant episodes than a closely connected,
well'reasoned argument. Each episode
had some connection with the case, ami
each was handsome and complete in itself;
but they did not form the mutually indie
pendent parts of a harmonious whole. II
am afraid, said an admiring Republican,
at the close OF the second day of the speech,
= | am afraid that, with all his brilliancy,
Evarts lacks the perfect logical faculty"
Yet the speech WAS, throughout, an in
tellectuIl treat Probably, no other man
in Washington could have held the anil,
ence so perfectly for four successive days.
The temper, both of the Senate aud of the
attendant public, has been very much
against protracted speech making but
Radical Senators were among the most de.
ighted listeners to Mr.. Evarts, and the
'eadiness to find excuses for the constantly
expanding nature of his oratory.
Still, with all the delight one felt more
md more distinctly two impressions con.
,erning this remarkable effort. Things
we're said in the daiHliest of ways, with
he choicest selections of words, with the
most delightful hutnOr, with sarcasm as
good natured as it was severe but, after
III, there was what think ArteInus Ward
'alled the sense or muchness. The things
said were well said but took too long TO
'ay them. The sarcastic hits were inmita
Die, but it took two long to lay the train for
hem. In fact, many passages were YER
)Ose-a fault very natural to one who
peaks with such perfect ease; for it often
lOlIs true Of speaking as OF writing, that
he easy way of writing makes hard read.
ng. And, besides being verbose, it lacked
conclusive force.
Nothing could have been more adroit ,
han Mr. Evarts' quotations from speeches
rom SeRatOrs, arguments from Managers
nd tue like. Thus he made telling use of ,
enater ShermahS whole curious record on
he subject OF whether the Tenure of.Oifice
ct included Cabinet ministers. 50 he con. ,
rasted the opinions of the Managers az to ,
he respective merits of the several arti !
les, aud introduced in most skillfnl style
le incauteus declaration of Mr. Stevens. +
lal unless his article were adopted, the !
nate would he greener IL it did not ac. /
MI the President on the rest than he over ,
dortook before the Court of Quarter Ses. =
uuS. Urr -rr
Every now aud then too, the legal argu. :,
eni, as II began TO grow dull, would re. !,
eve an electric shock in the way OF a
, So, cpgramnatic sentence that would | ;,
NJ his whole sentence in nutshell. -
You think Adjutmt General Thomas was
IuspiriRg against the country, was medi. Il
ting, with the President a coup a. et1t. u
hen he said he should kick Stanton out A
ow tins lkseking woul'l be LTathsr a per.