, 1869-03-26
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The Debate On The fsuure-of-
!; Office Att :.
Great Hurdle Act of Senator
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Sprague.
t Tic Revolt OF: 4oliveer! twist
AEaiu,9 Noah Clay-
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From ou. Own Correspondent. - -.
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Do yon know Senator sp.agur? Of coarss
you know him episodically. Yon know that
he l. the eon- Of tiea Rhode Island mknu-
fscturct, who Lives 1t Providence, on L high
hill. orerlook1nG GN&r1zRausestB Bay, In ane
BRICK house Of the precise size and style Of
his father's, next door. -. j,
Beaide each other, like The two Dombeys,
these houses overlook the greater part Of
the State Of Rhode Island The ap1agues.
looking down from these trim brick houses,
zee their spinning cotton mills, their banks,
their boats, the cAblus Of their many work.
men, Owning 70 much, md being ambitious
people beddes-they harn not boen slow to
put themselves At tho head of la1ge popular
movements, where however, they hare made
more distinction by rank than BY exploit. Mr..
/ Bprague, Jr., has been Governor OF Malorca,
MinorcA and Ivica, and the res. Of the Rhode
and Block Islands. Hc Is now serving rs
United States eenator for the second term,
! He married the daughter Of the Chief Justice.
and has Atel1 bought . great deal OF real
forests. Ibis Is What you know oi senator
eprhKue.
| To sec General Sprague, senator spraguc,
and the millionaire cprague as he Sis In
e 5ou Sud sut e of ouf D5sens
of warrior, rich maa, aud politician, the
ngtrc Of q large, brosd dshouldered, lull-
atomached man; With gold seais, look OF
land, and commercial manner Of ex-
psa4t.1e bus'ness- NJ spragna is ltoeether
shoulder ed, smooth faced boy, not over dva
feet i've inches high, With IN eye,gl4ss, =
basn1ul nanuet. quite alone aud reserved,
sitting IN desoonding way !ox La biz chair,
pes4saoe I ep d - 9ouae di,iaity st1ae1t. sn' se
enthusiasm, corresponding 70 bis ooyishness,
arc rcvesled tn his race. He and aeua.or
Rosa, aho sits beside him. arc the lesss
frequent speakers In the house. We hare
and "Lliue spragae." Ike correlaiise
terms. It wn, therefore, with aurpetsc
that, last Friday, We saw this quiet flttlt man
como out m the alsle and tackle the great
legal question oil the tenure Of Office, With an
Original md vehement aggressiTeness, which
was a. strange in n1annr a. II WAS iucxpllca-
lle in motive. There he had been sitting ST.
!. Mt during seven years. Now be rose and De.
iirrred N attack upon the age, the 1Aw, the
society. There has been nothing like it ex-
emplihed In history or In fiction, except. per
hap4. the celebrated revolt OF Oliver Twist
, against Noah ClAyp.le and the beadlt
i Bundle.
! xR..srR4sUk's WEEcH.
! Thus far have spoken lightly Of Senator
6pyague. In acme diderent Eptrit l mosi
come 10 his speech Of Itself. So tncongruous
! | 50 queer, and set 50 suggestive speech
: have nt yer heard delivered in tho 3euate. L
> was so odd that Nye's reTlew Of It, whiel
I followed, seemed very dry hunar, tue sub
ject he aimed to rldlcule being humorous oe-
: yopd eau1e- Mr. Sprague denounced 1h
: Lamers Of the government for making
j. Senate at al. He denounced the Senate fo
) Its own internal struc' ure, tho IN rdinas
= power oil its cu1nuitsee., the seldshness .
It's members, their attempts TO make ta
4 power Of the States greater than the powe
q Of the people, and their bu11J-ragging eau
= cuees, moved by power OF party rather toal
}. had not been the panacea that It was pro
\ pounced. Slavery and foreign Inmtgrato
. he claimed to bc the Interests which had en-
- riched Am srica, the former making mouop
i. oily on which tho world WAS dependent, an
p stford,pg Us money, Tor iuterus
!: @ ana distributed the foreign elemen
Il He bewsEtd the extraordinary number
y lawyers In tho National Councils, cla.s
n menwho ''throre by the dls:ens.ons Of socl
ID cd 4 good deal OF latitude Of thouydt, Z
l. Mr. Spras ne Is the son -lu-law OF the 10 d
or irg lawyer In the land. These were anon
sf the many queer parts of this queer apcect
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r. motive. ii vas 20 astounding as tAar16.odut
or tion Of = Senator dischafgs Seii-peil It
=. 4 the majority had thu. .ffscre p w, tptiot
~ discomfort sontTkffe within theis OF
9. aa tan. :oa,,s ~ KS smembcred that spraguc hu
ID ID @ he voted eDcmoc!at IN 1851. snat ;aons
Id his iss1sed TO be dlsguated With the manner
10 ns snms~frosecutlon, and some whispered sh'
10 tteprigue had voted "Eut,ty" only becau
81 his Reelection was close impending. I inse
=, two OF the beat sentences OF this speech
10 show its style:
ter VI NIL al thae II Ia rot tho greed for ut1
IN sneE als<uh ca 1t Ito t1rdt Of tse lEEesa! 3t
Gu Iever ocep, that large army ef apoica2's wo9
to have bern eoLtcLled win prCttsote occupaE!o
tnt Sosor. esms qsns = a III. n a.a II
bin theJ sec Init up powerful uonepolles: 1ao1
sp. no*irg cur iike water; ard ,oey me nefe
1T; he vtstth. IN fact Of ste 1sti.n Thasv y
II woua conclude ne - 7oss ssalnst tho su'pen'
vAs "To n, mind lcsi.lauon toward Affecting
he tuous. ara tn Il esnal. Ihs WIS ON Of the tut
immosauty md vice that rare detro1td
NO. alcitnt states kAye ben roNu hy inaso wao
81 to t0i. 1oS
TO tAe imperfect Tsslon and hl.ntoess that IL n
use ,cLt IN Ill human eAeuiat,cn:. Our duty IL
Ia tsko esrr o tha hour and TIC day lhAt ae upon
tuy Wien ~ 70 be- Tonc II We take into our hands
law ZEE ofahTe oi 1ne Gaa Who gave III beng,
who puLlshes iii whn tlffi,gr On ais power !
op- q ftfftMss . ngtda c."
Do. Tho manner Of Senator Sp.ague in max
tatt this speech WAS aggressive aud spirited,
-! -! one long restiye under The chAdug Of inN
~. ~ ble woes. He walked Into the aisle, loo
noe Equttely into the lac g oi tnosc Thom nc
sen posed his TaTiou8 periods Atted, and q
Il Of tuch astouIshutpt az he progressed I
'oss- blank faces greeted his ptroratlouy. vi
&set not even Me could stir with / laugh.
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