Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-03
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Correspondents ST the Cleveland Leader a.dieaD

THE PRESIDENTS COUNSEL COMPARED
her Z WITH THE MANAGERS.
There is very great difference be-
tween the appearance of the Managers of
the Impeachment and the Presidents
Counsel. The latter have that formal,
impressive, almost solemn manner which
belongs to Doctors in the Law, particu-
larly when sitting as strangers in the
presence of novel and large audience.
They keep themselves erect, seldom
confer, and go straight on with their
work one after the other. as by rote. The
Managers have the loose manner of pol
iticians chosen by ballot. They lean on
their palms and elbows, cough and wink
at each other, receive suggestions from
their colleagues of the House, and show
an easy self-reliance. The other day
they put on their historic small entails
and got themselves photographed. This
looks to be like History counting her
chickens before the first egg is hatched-
These Managers, being chosen by ballot,
out of large body of debaters, are quite
as earnest to cover themselves with lau-
rels as to win their case. You can scarce
ly imagine more ridiculous speech than
John A. Logan's, the other day. it exag-
gerated one of Alf. Burnett's burlesques.
He raved and yelled. He pushed his
hands to the bottom of his pockets, and
indented his abdomen, and lifted up his
voice and howled like the whangdoodle
of Hepzidam. The managers hung
their heads. Even Ben Wade, whose
taste in rhetoric is that of the Bull of Ba-
shan. hung his neither jaw and saw the
White House reel elupon his vision.
Wilson and Boutwell, are now the
main reliance of the House. Some dash
ing episode is anticipated of Butler-the
the seizure of the Relay, the Dutch Gap
fanking movement, perhaps; but these
heroes of episodes are always getting
their feet into some collateral scrape.
They get "bottled," their powder. ships
burst wrong ended. Isxpect everything
of Butler both ways. He's like the To-
comotive that the old farmer saw for the
first time:
"There !" ne said, "the burned things
jess as likely torun one way as t'other !"
Williams has behaved with much ag-
ricultural dignity up to this time. His
reticence makes me believe that he will
distinguish himself in the end.
As to Wilson, he has salready exceeded
anticipation, having made speech
against Mr.. Evarts that was entirely
more effective than the latter's, though
pitched upon somewhat realistic key.
Wilson shoulc judge to be very ac-
curate man, but not man of more than
sagacity, honor, and application.
Mr.. Bingham has the look of old Grand
mother in the Red Ridinghood Story, as
he sits with his slim sickle of nose and
keen little berries of eyes, protruding
from the frills of his night-cap hair.
Enormously self-satisfed he looks, with
his rolls of tape and parchment before
him. There is slouchy look about a
good many of the Managers. They have
no ramrod down their backs. For per-
sons ambitious of being photographed
into history they are the worst posturists
in the world. You must be very careful,
nv dear Leader. how you get yourself
up to go into history. The first lesson
in this art is to stand before an ideal
mirror and say, looking at yourself,
"Am fit for History, anyway p II you
are not, you will be sure to answer,
"Why not 2" There being doubt, play
trumps and try to be guilty of some
niece of self-sacrifce as an historical
qualification. would suggest for this
sacrifice, "defer going into history till
somebody asks you !" When you are fit
for history you yourself will be sure to
be one of the last men to know it. Along
will come Fame with his electrical ca
mera unaware to you, and taking you in
your every day dress, set you up in all
your unconscious simplicity asan exam
ple to man. Great Heavens what
wrecks and ruins of Ambition strew the
negative room of a Washington photo
grapher! / don't count the Impeach-
ment Managers yet, though they were
verv anxious to immediate themselves up