Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-13
TERMS OF suBscR1pT1oN-1N ADVANCE.
T. Fl. BENTON'S TABLE TALK.

Republican, copied from some other source
How correct the report Of the late Mr. Ben
toms table talk may be, We do not know-bu
it has Benton air about it =
Tyler was trifing man, and to this charac
teristic he owed bis preservation at the burst
ing of the big gun on board the Princeton
Word had been given that song was to be
sung in the cabin, and be rushed down to hear
it. [ was also saved by my characteristic hab-
it of inquiry and investigation. | had been
going around all day looking into everything,
and as compliment to the interest took in
the working of the ship was Invited to wit
ness the firing, ard had Just before been re.
might cot prevent my observation, by which
was removed from the point Of danger. Tyler
was man of great good luck. 1t was a co"'-
mon saying in Virginia that whoever stood il
his way would die, and so they predicted the
early death of Harrison.
Speaking of MIR. Clay, he says :-"He once
retorted terribly on South Carolina man. Mr.
Clay had eensured severely some disuuion sen
tments recently expressed bya psrson from
that State, when this man rose and stated thai
the author of the remark was relative of his.
Mr. Clay ssraig ghtened himself to his full height,
his eyes flashing fire, and in voice of thunder
be cried out, L care not whose relation he is
he is traitor who utters such sentiments !
Good God it sunk him to the earth, sir he
was never heard from sfterward.
Mr.. Cass is very timid, poor man afraid
to take decided stand. MIR. Wright (reter-
ring to Siias Wright) truly said Of him:-"He
is an amiable man, but afraid of his own sha-
dow" Though very peaceful in his private
relations, never quarreling with any one, In the
Senate, he is always for war with England.
He uttered so often in his speeches, WAR is
inevitable, that it became by word. | once
turned 1t on him, very much to the amusement
of the Senate. After one OF his war speeches
| rose, and, speaking OF the little danger OF
war, ended with his words changed :-"P ,ace
is inevitable"
Douglas was driven into the Kansas Ne
braska bill by Atchison and others, the fire
eaters of the South They threatened to drop
him if he would not yield to all their demands.
To advocate disunion is to gain the favor OIL
this Administration THAT Of Pierce.) The
last foreign appointment was an cditcr from
favor Of disunion. Those disunion dogs, Vul
var fellows, got the appointments. One wrote
that nasty, sinking letter from Turin. AS
soon as it was known there they dropped him,
sir; would not notice him as man at all .n
that refined circle; paid him only the atten-
ton due a representative from the United
States; made distinction between the man
and the representative, you understand. sir.
In Missouri, last summer, when was stump
ing the State, two anti. Bonton men wished to
get look at me for the first time, but would
not come into the room, and so peeped In at
the door. [ was standing up, engaged IN apI
animated conversation with some friends, andI
suppose l looked more vigorous than usual,
and one turned to the other and said, 'Good
God we shall have to fight him these twenty
years" keep my health by horse back ri
ding I might be taken by foreigner tor Zen
eral Pelissier on my black horse. But few
ride as we'll as l tide. was once, when riding
on my black horse, with my little grandson on
his white pony, taken for riding master. Few
public men have kept horses to ride. Mr.
Randolph, who rode much on horseback, was
an exception.
Contrary to the general opinion, Mr. Kan
dolph was very industrious Ian, and labored
much in the committee room. My seal was
given me by him, after his duel with Clay
You will sec all about it in my Thirty Years
View" He ordered it for me in London,
searching out the coat OF arms of the Benton
family. He said the motto should be factIS Ell
verbs, instead of factis non verbs.
John Quincy Adams was the most industrl
GUS man [ ever knew. have often been con
pared with him in this respect. though \
cannot compliment myself so highly. am
now engaged on my "Abrldgenent OF tine
debates OF Congress- 10 about sixteen vol
umes, which will occupy me oyearS. nope
TO live till 1860, and the remaining two years
intend to devote to history of Plcrce's adj
ministratlon.
have no favors, however, to ask of tois
administration mono, sir. MIR. Pierce had the
high honor to como 10 almost unanimously
and he will 20 out with as great unanlmltty.-
At the Cincinnati convention he cid not kno"
that Douglas had Withdrawn, and was preSen
ted in the pitiable condition Of holding on to-
the last for nomination, after his chacces had
become hopeless
I am much younger than Cass, Van Buren,
and the other statesmen OF my own age, nucb
more vigorous than Buchanan. Last summer
in my ccctioneering campaign 10 Missouri, !!
made forty addresses of Two three hours each
10 acres of people, under solstitlal sun, sue,
cessi7e days, and had travelled twelve hundred
miles over rough roads. much unlike yours 10
New England | have ever been temperate
and careful Of my health
Sias Wright and Mr.. Webster were very
unlike. Mr.. Webster was more abared ano
rhetorical. The arguments OF MIR. Wright
always seemed to be evolved naturally from the
subject. tie was very simple in his manner
and habits, and most amiabe man.
| remember reading in letter of notify
Pickering's where he spoke OF his tondness
tor baked apples, the apples taken from trees
planted by himself. l knew he must be a
man of sim pie tastes, for no one who has pam,
pered his stomach by rich food could relish Sc
plain q diet as baked apples.
II had always consulted Others, should
never have done anything. There are eve
timid to hold one back.
My feelings in 1880 were all Southern an'
did not believe Southcrners entertained cls
union sentiments. l supposed 'neY meteE
meant notification in the virginia sense
which was simply remonstrance' l 20 Nv
think Hayne was dlsuDlonlst at tnas ''I. ~,
thoneh be became SO few years alter Gu