The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-03-19

1 NA 1kNAkAONNa 49,
in a state OF beady effervesccnce; but
when permitted to settle down. n il
not UT, pit to be astonished that there is
so little in them. Used Immediately
they have q good affect but they have
u remarkable aptitude for getting
stale.
lIesides, / doubt If Mr.. Bingham's
peculiar style of oratory will at iss best
be very effective upon tho dull ears OF
the high court of Impeachment
Such men as compose that body arc
not susceptible to tho rbapsodic they
prefer rather what IS pondorous and
Opaque; because they think IT must
therefore be wise.
Bingham is short, thin, old-look.
ing, grey-hairod, and very nervous
man, githout any striking character.
Istics ~offeature. Not at all prepos.
sessing ia his appearance, he is very
apt TO surprise you that so good n
speech as no caI, and general does
make, tan come from such q source.
His strength rs an orator IS in tine
beauty Of HE d%iction, not tho forco Of
his logic. He is the master Of pretty
imagery as applied to political topics,
and is never at q loss for choice ian
gauge, even to express commonplace
ideas. His copid verborUm is the most
effective arrow in his culver. { it
comes to rugged argument, he VIII be
entirely surpassed by Boutwell,, and
by
WILSON, OF IOWA,
who IS IA man q good deal of the Bout
we'll stripe-a strong reasoncr, m ex-
cellent la Nyer, and a most obstinate
man. lie has nothing Of Boutwslrs
scholarly personal appearance, but
looks moro like n wcll-to.do Western
farmer than q man with good claims
to consideration as a statesman, and
unquestioned merit as an orator. / had
occasion To describe his personnel, a
couple of months since, and l then
spoke Of him rs q mar who deserved q
great deal Of credit for opposing i'm
parchment while his party clRmorcd
for it. But tho party has got the bot
ter Of him now, and he has been whip.
ped in with the rest. He is a man of
great power in argument, and will add
unOtO bhau uuJ ObuSi hhu SASCpb
Boutwell, to the aus he has ospoused
and to its manag emcnt before tho
Senate. He is very cool, collected, and
deliberate in his method Of presenting
q case; and sticks to his point with
great p%ertinacity till he carries it, un-
daunted by obstacles, and undetered
by opposition. His style of address, as
OF dress, is plain and unaddorned, but
thorc is something about it which car
RIGS conviction with it more certainty
than the finished oratory OF others
You would be n little astonished TO
have him pointed out TO you as the
chairman of the judiciary Committee,
and, therefore, one of the ablost law
yers in the House, but half an hours
attention while he is speaking will
dispel all your wonder, and reconcile
YOU very readily 10 tho fact that he is
worthy the position no holds. In tho
managcmens of the impeachment be-
fore the Senate. his industry, which 49,
unceasing, and his knowledge of preco-
dents, which is extensive. will come
into good use, and he will probably be
relied upon 10 do much moro than his
share OF his labcrious work before the
committee of seven.
WILLIAMS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Williams, OF Pennsylvania, comes
next on the list. He is an old gentle
man-more than sixty, | take 1T short,
thick, full-facod and gray. headed. To
HIM belongs the honor of the author
ship of the impeachment report of last
November, which Boutwell,, with good
Yankee shrcwdness, took pans TO die
claims. And we'll he might, for such
IA mass Of bombastic twaddle was new
or before impressed in printers ink
| was about TO copy q few sentences by
way OF illustration, to show what style
ofman Williams is, but | shall forbear.
Suffice il to say that it is q splendid
v~indication Of tho historical truth of
Martin Chuzzlewit, so far as that book
relates to the style Of our public men.
Williams is q vain old person, who i'm
agIns himselflhe be-all and the end.all
Of the House, If not of the world
He speaks with tremedous voice, and
thinks himself abundantly competant to
lay down the law and the Gospel to
any body. ldon't know what he was
put on tho cOmmitte of seven for, ex-
cept as an unavoidable tribute TO his
vanity, for the fly on tho cart.whoeI
was not more fully persuaded thaJ he
was furnishing the motive power for
The revolving spokes, than Williams i.
that he has furnished all the brains for
the impeachment scheme. He'll .ell II
to you in private conversation.
"Have you read my report, sir?"
; "No SIR"
+ "Big document, that, sir. The Law
i; is ell there, sir. They have come t
1t at last, sir. You will fiId 1t laic
! down uncontrovcrtibly."
' Perhaps yon read "report" aftcr thi
\ solicitation. If you do you have NOR,
patience than tho humble individual
who now addresses Won. for I con fas