The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-05-20

while Thad Stevens pounded him on the
back to keep him from choking, and Ben
Butler stood considerably near with spoon
in case he should take fit.
! Like Jove on high Olympus he thunder
/ ed against the great criminal" because he
believed that the Civil Rights bill, the
| Teuure>of-offce bill, the Freedman's Bu-
reau bill and all that class of Radical legis-
lation were i'll advised, dangerous, and un-
constitutional laws. the same as Mr.. Bing-
ham once did, and proclaimed time after
time by his words, his acts and his votes,
and because he sought in a constitutional
way to interpose the shield Of the Constitu-
tion between the oppressor and oppressed.
He is truly great who can gorge his stom-
ach with the offspring of his own mental
loins, and then turn buzzard and vomit the
filthy compound on those who will not be-
come windy weather cocks like himself 1t
may be great to hold on to the horns Of the
altar and swear an undertaking oath, but it
is assuredly greater for man to cover him
self with oaths as with garment, and per-
form his VOWS upon the alters of all the
gods, be they clean or unclean. The for
mer is narrow>minded, the latter compre-
hensive greatness.
It is now established that Cicero and
Burke were mere empyrics in the art of i'm
peachment. They came up to their respec-
tive High Courts by the long road of con-
sistent principle, and espoused the cause Of
the oppressed. What innate folly and little
ness Of sonl to do SO. Mr.. Biugham's pre-
vision read the pages of future history to q
better advantage. He knew that men had
sought glory on the sulphurous road OF
eternal damnation. He chose the latter
avenue, and, washed his lips Of his past
oaths, he put the oppressed behind him,
and, buckling on the arnlor OF the oppres-
sor, vainly imagined that he could admin
lister the coup de grace to the Goddess of
Liberty. But his wand was q contempti
Bile foil, and his greatness is the greatness
Of little things
We are informed that Mr.. Noddy BoHin
was not little surprised when his literary
friend and acquaintance of half an hour,
Sllas Wegg, Esq, dropped into poetry in
friendly wry:" and got off the following
choice n,OrcedE
"BeSide that cottage door, Mr.. Boffin,
A girl was on he- knees;
She held alott a snowy scarf, sir,
Which (my elder brother noticed) fiut-
tered in tie breeze.
"She breathed prayer for him, Mr.. Boffin,
A prayer he could dot hear
And my elder brother leaned upon his
sword, Mr.. Bofin,
And wiped away tear"
This, taken in connection with the fact
that the ballad was written years upon years
before, and in commemoration of an event
tn 1t the rest of the world had forgotten
while Boffin's Bower was yet Harmony Jail;
and yet before Bofiin had any name in the
streets, SO impressed him with its familiar
and comprehensive reference to things past,
present and to come, that Mr.. Wegg was
once employed to Decline And Fall-Of-
The -Roosh han Empire" )" Noddy taking him
generally, collectively, and in view of his
wooden leg, as the type OF extreme great
ness. ..-.,
"Cld, familiar, declining and falling off
the Roosham? Rather, sir! Ever since !
was not so high as your stick, was laid
down by Mr.. Wegg as an eternal truth
The same axiom belongs OF right to Mr. |
Bingham.
Mr.. Wegg has at last found parallel in
the person OF MIR. Bingham. Diving into
remote history the learned Judge connects
Andrew johnson with everything that has
transpired since the days Of George LII,
and holds him directly responsible for all
the Presidential omissions and commissions |
from the days of Washington down to the
days of the slate lamented;' and the facili- |
ty with which he does it would astonish MIR.
Boffin's literary man." who, it is recorded
never moved facial muscle in the presence
OF gin and sugar and .'weal pie" But all
the pathos Of Mr.. Bingham! There's
where greatness did most unvail itself!-
The quaver of his voice would have shaken
the Capitol from dome to foundation, had
not the unsympathizing cdi6ce been built of
solid materlal-of unthinking marble. i
But as he neared his peroration, and
spoke in the voice of Ben. Made, the spirit
OF the lamented Hamen cried out with a
loud voice:
"Yet all this availeth me nothing as long
as see Mordecai sitting in the Kings
gatel' And we fancy that to bis vision
there appeared over against the wall, be-
hind the Chief justice, the edict Of King
Ahasuerus, that gave to the gallows
worthy carcass.