The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-06-02


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iss2 he was ss,2ln secretary n the whig National
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efy satee4atUt Congress- Ho sas eleetel Speak
e e the ihirty-elbth C1agross and has been re-
siasie3 Speaker ofsht Thirty -uiuih ana Fartisth.
Ike wac uFgel, bsiAe declined 10 seeopt a scat IN
the UHited States s,natc, prefgftiug bis preaching
chslr in be House His open, pleasant face has
become familiar to large audiences Throughout
the country who haze listgned 60 HE addresse.
upon political tapiai upon the late President La
colby whom lac AS warmly loyod-upon hlr
tour auross the continent % the Paeihc. or upaa
subjects eounoctodslth the WORK d the Sanitary
% Caristian Commissions
H. uurr ian r.frst.f.sf nrtl Y..rrsF .Hg4.
bas broad, outspEen aud catholic sympathy
with e'ery good wua Of reform. whether political.
moral, Intellectual u religious, and has the warm
and enthusiastic confidence Of Christians and tenn !
peranoe rcformers throughout the country. He [.
tends, and We bohsre IL q member ~ the Reform |
cd Dutch Church, and is thorough tcet1tAlist. [
Without being educated IS o scholar. industrious
reading has given hsn much Of what il valuable /
in scholarship unaIlsyed by ts pedauiy, claDDish-
ness or egousm. without being bred a lawyer.
practical familiarity VITA legislation has taught
him all that is valuable in law freed from lho
conservatism and inlptitude for change and re-
form which rest lkean incubus on 70 many Of
those minds which gre bred by the habits Of Tie
lcgal profession to leok forprgcedtnts which SHOW
what the Law has bean, rather than TO broad prln.
elpes which settle Mai the law ought to be-
Yet Mr.. Colfax has frequently shown the happicst
with preocdeuts, especially in qucs-
tons Of parliamentary practice.
As a presiding ofcer he is the most popular
the House has had since Mr. Clay. His marvellous
qucknoss Of thonght and talent for the rapid ad-
Of details, enables him TO hold the
-eins Of the House Of Representatives, even in It's
most boisterous aud turbulent moods. As an or
ltor Mr.. Colfax is not argumontatiye, except as
'lear statement aud sound judgement arc con
'ineng He rides ne errate Hobbies. He de-
nands few policies which the average sense ofin-
elhgent men cannot be made TO assent to on a
'lear statment Of his position. He is eminenuy
representative.
He knows men wdl, estimates them correctly.
roats them all fairl. aud candldly No man will
get through his BUSINESS with you in fewer min
ties, and yet none is more free from the horrd
Of busy men. There are heart and
.indness in Mr.. Colhx's politeness. Men leave
his presence with the impression that he is At
noe an able, honest and kind man Political OBJ
onents like him personally, as wen as his poiti-
N friends. We have pever heard that he has any
lemies. The breath Of SANDER has boon silent
ward his fair, spotless fame. The wife Of his
outh, after being a long time an invalid, sank to
er final rest several years ago, leaving him child
ss His mother and sister preside at his ro-
iptions, which for many years have been, not the
ost brilliant, but themo popular Of any given
the Capital"