Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-02-03

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away at something, yet never de
pressed by failure, and Will never
give up hope as long as he can lif,d a
listener. Give him half dozen listen
ers and he is perfectly happy. As
We are TO have peace think
Nigfall and the United states could
harmonic matters by allowing him
To harangue a ToXas Jury. Nhat
harm would il do, pray?
After Il curious and most romantic
series OF adventures, Mr.. j. f. Ben
Jamin, eX-sccrctary of State, and the
Disraeli of the Southern Confcder-
acy, made his way To the West IN
dies thence to England, and there
he, once the most eloquent ofpleaders
in the United States Supreme court.
commenced 4" eating his terms y ;ts
it is called, in the temple, prepara-
tory to admission To the courts OF
Westminster For a year the eX-
senator, eN-secretary OF State and
eX-plCader of America, went through
this probation just as might have
done any Hedging from Oxford or
Cambridge, when all of Il sudden
John Bull concluded to relax his iron
rule in favor of the brilliant stranger
Iand dispense with the two remaining
years of preparation for the mystic
ries of Themis. This made all easy:
once ia court, the clear thought, tie
most ringing tone, the ease of man
ner, unapproached even in America
the wonderful perspicuity and power
of statement which had once made
even Douglas, Crittenden and Hun
ter look We'll to their weapons, found
Their way TO the ears and ewes of he
bench, ana the solemn old cocks in
their gowns went out of their W2y to
pay a compliment to the new advo-
cate. This distinction, added to
merit ana work, won clients and
now, after getting out u new law
book on sales, behold our ex-senator,
fixed for life, probably in his gown, i,
at Westminster-happy there, cheer
ful everywhere. irrepressible, and
never without II smile, save under
the influence of an occasional head
ache-the lot OF an exile, a fleahite
to the philosopher.
As for old Dudley Mann, he who
used to write awful long letters for
Father Ritchie's Union, over the sig
nature of Agrieola," (what they
We're about nobody but he knows1 an
enthusiast over the "Great Eastern"
which he was once under the i'm
preston he had personally construc-
ted, once Illustrating in u European
mission, sent their by the United
States, and subsequently, fixed up
comfortably in a similar ease AT
Brussels, by the Confederacy, where
he shed his ink like Il man; why, he
is all right now. He has got money
enough to live on, iii a shabby, gen
teel style at Bonn, or some other
German town, as he il half Dutch
man anyhow. Europe suits him bet
ter than country where taxes are
high, and bOWing and Scraping, and
pleasant, amiahle grimaces voted Il
bore. Old Dudley has no use for the
United States, and the United States
still less for him. Poor old fellow !
Who would grudge him his pasture
and the occasional hNnry of kick
i.ass - HE hnnls "
knows him, OF did know him once
- fellow of infinite Jest - the
very prince Of good, jolly fellows,
That viii, if you give him chance
by getting him at a supper, say so
many good things that YOU would
never atterWard think of Il square
meal without him. What an out
rage that this man, any one of " hose
Jokes is worth q dozen Stantons,
Holts or Lafayette Bakers, should
have been kept abroad all this time
an eXile-his family large, poor and
very needy-on the ridiculous pre-
text of having helped to assassinatc
Mr.. Lincoln, whereas he never help
ed to assassinate any thing but can
VasS back ducks and oysters and |
believe he could put IA bushel of both
| under his belt at one sitting with
ease. He is, rs | remarked, inIpecH-
nious, and | know prefers the Lynn
| haven and Norfolk to the pretenti-
Gus, but small and coppery, Ostend
| oyster. Does not such patriotism dc
| serve a better reward. Nor would
| he object at all to Il slight drop oi
| the - fusil-oii, - whether native on
! foreign, and if any body thinks to in
| suit him by illusions to Bourbon,
just let him produce the insult, and
see if it be not promptly swallowed
| have barely to add n word about
| Mr.. Davis. y few months ago Mr..
Davis went down to Mississippi, in
| tending to stay there, and, / believe,
so To planting again for his local
| attachments are very strong, and he
| is deeply attached to his old friends
and the home where he passed SC
| large a part of his life. But what
ever he did or lett undone, the Radi-
| cals distorted it and made a fuss
| malice pursued him at every step
and finally he left for Europe to get
| rid of ii, stating to one of his friends
| that he would sacrifice himself and
| his own interests and desires rather
| than be the occasion of drawing
| down increased persecution and ma
| lignity against the people of his
| State Rather than do this welcome
exile and its bitter bread.
| Mr.. Davis means are very scan6
| like General Breckenridge he owes
| much To the bounty of friends. The
| story of his having caused funds IL
be conveyed TO Europe while he was
| President for his own benefit, III cast
| of final reverse, II iii credited by tht
| fact of his poverty, as well as by tht
| fact that he made no serious effort Il
escape until almost the last moment
and then reconsidered his design ,ant
| retraced his steps on hearing OF Mrs
| Davis being annoyed 10y marauderS
| Nor do Stanton and Holt, deserve
any special credit for this fabrication
of theirs, ii being the precise cours'
they woula have adopted i'll like cir
| eumstances. And this, L think com
| pletes the list of prominent exile
who are affected by this proclama
ton. There are a few others, wh'
| are at home, who come in under thi
| last amnesty, " hose later career MAJ
be noticed on some future occasion.
l 1t il said that several evenings be
| foreafashionabl ble couple were nlarrieC
in New York, lately, they had Trini