The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-04-20

his .straightness and his thickness you
add his buttoned-up1 ness, and then, on
top of all these, put a small head
thickly covered with Whitening hair
and an emotionless face with a pair of
small t&inklihg eyes, and the largest
I, and whitest mustache on the Ameri-.
can continent, you have altogether .
very remarkable tout assemble; so much
! SO that when the proprietor of this
strangeflcss of contour and person
rises to address the House, and stands
! OH the floor as the representative of
SO much of the American nation as is
included in his district, there is always
q sensation In the galleries. If you
never saw him beforcin your life. and
didn't know who he was, you would
still JOIN in the feeling of 'sensation,''
and listen in expectation of something
quite out of the usual routine Of de:
bate. And he will not disappoint you,
for the tone and manner OF his speech
are quite as unique as his personal APP
pearance. His words are: always di-
rect and well chosen, and his argu-,
ments foreible and strong. I shall
never forget the scene Of q few days
ago, when he and Ben. Butler had
the slight fence of words about Gen.
eral Howard. Butler rose, evidently
intent upon crushing Wood with one.
Of his efforts at vituperation; he said
something which he considered per-
ifectly conclusive and finishing, and
looking, as his custom is, to the gal
leries, with an AIR of 'Don't polish
him OFF" sat down: There stood
Fernando, on the other side of the
chamber cross between IN iceberg
and q marble statute, but for the pur: +.
poses, OF that debate an iceberg, against
which the brig. Ben Butler had vol.
UNFAIRLY steered, with the usual sad4
result of such eoilissious-the damage.
of the brig. Woods manner in reply
stood him in Infinitely better stead
than. his words There was rot 50
much in what he said-which was
Simply .tnat when the investigation of
Howard was completed he should IA
vor: the investigation of the gentle
man from Massachusetts but the
cold frosty way in which he said it,
following upon the cold frosty way in
which he had listened TO Butler4fiev-
er deyiating n hairs breadth from his
fish-poie straightness all the time
gave him triumph over old Dcabolus,
which both sides of the House were
quick To- recognize, and which neither ;
side. gould veil keep from appIauding.
1t was, by all odds, the greatest tri-
umph over Butler yet achieved in the
cut1and thrust of quick repartee-and
Butler felt it too, as was manifest
from his hating between two opin-
ions, as to whether he should reply or
not. and finally deciding to keep his
seat. 70 .+
This incident gives quite as good
an idea of Fernando w ood as could
give in a, whole column of my own
mere opinions. If the reader can't
recognize from this the sort of man he
is, he shall "turst in fgnor-
ance'' on that important subject, for
aught can do. But you must add to
all this that Wood is quite as polished
in his manner as i'll his dress. If there
is Pecksniff, some time in his speech,
ls well as Turveydrop in his deport-
nent, there is. always Chesterfield in
MS soc al intercourse. Notwithstand;
ing all of which he is well liked
BY those who Know him, and is
thought quite a goedrhearted, jolly
fellow, when you gel. under the upper
crust of his icy exterior. His public
career is as well knoyn to the readers
IF the Enquirer as to me-how he has
been accused Of all sorts of things,
put how he has, notwithstanding all
hese accusations, been avery success
ul man, and very great and sue
,essful politician. MACK. ..t