, 1869-09-09

"Aa44'etA4Anooa ~ oe9fe LII tuo 1ou8o Oh Aep-
1eseatativea, which he had decidedly e1-
pressed in advance to the conventions
which nominated him. Those who hare
observed how often that House assumes
the appearance Of board of brokers OF q
bear enr1cn, aud how seldom it rises to the
dignity Of deliberative assembly, will DO
at no loss to understand the grounds Of Mr..
Fessenden's preference for other spheres Of
ubefu1ness.
Meanwhile hIr. Fcsscnden Ind been, in
1910, q member Of the National Convention
which nominated General Harrison in
ls4s he had supported the claims OF Mr.
Webster in the convention which nominal
cd General Taylor; and in 1862 he op-
posed the plntform, but supported the NOM
ination of General Scott in the convention
of that year. In 1879 he again consented
to serve Portland in the State Legislature,
and received the vote OF the Senate Of that
body for United States 6enator. The
House, by four votes, failed to concur, and
no Senator WAS chosen. In the succeeding
year [Ie5l), the Kansas -Scbraskn question
having arisen, the Free Soil Democrats, in
both houses, voted with the Wings, and
elected Mr. FeEsendcn On tho first
ballot to lis chief and permanent sphere
Of usefulness, the United Staten Senate.
This condition Of Free Soil Democrats
with Old-Line Wings innuguarated The
formation Of the Republican party in Mime,
Of the necessity Of which Senator Tesscnden
vas one Of the most conspicuous ilustr1s-
tions and powerful ndvocatcs. He took
his sent in the Senate Oh February .3, 1854,
aud week iterwnrd, on the hight Of
Alarch q, delivered speech of electrical
effect ngainst tho passage Of tho Kansas
aul Eehrnskn l,ill, which Immediately liftod
liu iutu nntionnl fame. lie waa re-clcct-
cd in 1e5!'. aud ngain In 1861. 1fis pres
ent term would hnvc expired In 1871. Ills
fifteen yrnrH of e"rylro III the Hcnnto
were uninterrupted, H,vr from
Junc, ltGi, ~ h!"rch 4, iHr5,
ah"n lIn held, through thu ttnrkc4. lt,nra VI
nnr ilnnhcHH, tic i"'tfolp ii Tin f1cnsl1y.
III l,lA enfller ynhta of hrsrirnt Hcnntnra
Erwnttl hhi ul!nAa hntl lrnn iuorp lo,un.
r5"nr, hn1 l'nt. fllrtl ln,E"s nImrr In lh"
ropnlnr ,ninsl. Hut nnitl,rr uf sl,c,u epru.
,nH,Isir.l NJ uIl.lntnlnI'iy Tin rnllnfrn uf
Tho Arn"tn IN lin judgement, r'',nInt"nry, nr
Observation-Disclosures HI HuIn,lur wna Mr.
Fctiaes,.leA In llsa II 1tnta. NJ, IItlcli fras
rrlntIc, an1 Go f1eu frum tlo liaH n1hl
| wArlIuga VI p"lit'ctl ambition, TINT
hia Arguments, though leHA rreten-
tious, were ,nore wc1glty nnl Influential.
His conrAp upon lilo Knnsas-Nnbraaka
hil). the 1,uflcr llnfIlnn war, nnl all quca-
tinna connected with Hlavery, was vigorous
witltont viulenre, asn1 just without wnyer-
Ing nr trimming. Trmn the n,,tlsfcak uf
tt,e fr1elli"t,. onward, In WIS without I'll,
intellectual pcur In lie bmty uf whlrll l,e
WIS II member, rsrrrs. w'ssil,'y, Mr.. 1'rnn,-
hull. Mr. R'nnar lla,1 made
nn'o lengthy "ta'ions, hut o,,
Inafi"n rf t,ariir"t Legislation.
naa faf ihe 'nfnrl"r Vt either VI llese
ssntesmu'I. A t'haif,nas, uf The ttun.mil.
t"n al i'lasnr". htf, l'rarr.rtun .,iur,,Hart
f',nhrln1 'lu.ass"na With # .""nptoi,m,Atsr
sn.'wls,tg" mt sln~",thy r,lhnr"t sIls ets,at
inHljnh tte,ol"r TT w'smn In WIN t's,ac.t,
nr"f l,n s,tsArnt rrenirE, Mr ti!a'iatnI,u.
Nstnu', snnf" ts,nn ANY nthcE Amrrnal nlntsa.
snAn. Mr.. Eeesesulan .cAen.i,lsa,. MIR,
Chasn, IN tl'n ttn5k lonsA uf II June, iHii4,
Wills Msr aTnlrs wo1n etragH!ing in tin ag-
o.,isA Of thu con!!iri. from tl,s Wii,lsrnt,aa a
llichiuond, ahullsl4t fit 10 rcaign lia post,
| al a pr1ioh WHEN gold wnA threatening 10
tise, and did shortly t.ftor riso from lti0 to
os0. Tho country louktl instinctivcly to
als. FcsAenlen, aud, with trne political
coinage, he caught tic falling stanilnrd
which Mr.. Chase was unwilling any longer
| to sustain, nnd held il until tho surrender
Of the rebel armies. IIo lacked wholly Mr..
chhEe's genius for pcrsnading the ground
1ings that the nation was bor.
rowing money Mt tho average
rate Of Eve and half per cent interest,
when, in fact, it WIS paying from ten to
fourteen per cent, by reason of Tho depreci.
alton in the currency. He took charge at 9
tjmc when it was too late 10 change policies
and impossible 10 reform them. Eeverthe-
lcss, he stopped the issue Of greenbacks,
which bad then fallen TO forty cents on the
dollar. lie beld the Office disintercstedly,
!
embarrassing tho government, and as
Foon IS the fearful crisis had passed,
| resigned the Treasury into other hands.
Returning to the Senate, ho rendered lis
most enduring md important service to the
county in the preparation and submission
Of tho report Of the Committee Of Fdteer
on Reconstruction, which reversed nnd
ove1threw tho "schcme" Of Andrew John
son and inaugurated the wise and sound
policy Of reconstruction on the basis o
equal rights for all men, which the Con
gress ndopted and the people have since
sustained This act is hnrdly second in i'm
portancc 10 the Proclamation OF Enauci
patton itself, as tho liberty which TIM
promised could never hive hccn securet
but BY that sound policy Of reconstruction
which should give new constitutions to th
twelve seeded States md political rights /.
The emancipated rncc. All tho weight o
Mr. FcRscndcn's truly conservative judg
nent and practical character was needed
and WIS given, to secure the success Q
these measures. His popularity VIA
still at it's height, when he illus
t1nted anew the inle1ible independence
aud judicial ca1mness Of his great mind b,
voting in conflict with the feeling and pas
sion Of the grcat mnss OF his politica
friends for tho hcquittL OF President John
son, on his t1ial by impeachment for higl
crimes md nisdcmeauors." He hnd boel
among the most powerful in resisting til
Presidents policies; ho felt an intense cor