Smyrna times., 1871-03-08

.rimmcst lonaclty even after having been oicialI,
dccapltatcd. AT noon yesterday Saturday the
nohoraOle Helawarean ceased TO be a member O
the Cniled States Senate. While the Vice President
was organizing the new Senate the old feeling over
came Mr.. Salisbury, and he CONNER ccd 10 harangue
his former colleagues This was more than even
Senatorial gravity could endured, and umid up
! roarious applause the rubcuud Willard retired tc
private life
| The Ne0 York Tribune says:
| Departed SPritS.-Mr. Mark Twain once at
tended Il funeral in Nevada where every one was
trying, with Indifferent success, to say something
pleasant about the late unamented. The only
statement that met with universal assent one
ventured by a conscientious and Observant mourncr
that the departed "made nice quiet corpse" II
is with real grief that find ourselves unable to
say this much Tor the late Senator f. ON Della
ware. After his Senatorial career had closed on
Saturday when his brother and heir had succeeded
him in the representation, when the eyes OF Della
ware had been shifted from Willard to Eli the de
funct lawgiver dIsregarding the Constitution and
the laws Of matter which forbid the cocxistence of
two bodies in the same place, Object to the
introduction of petition of loyal S0utherncrs and
could scarcely be convinced by his sympathizing
friends that ho no longe: existed.
His devotion 10 strong waters has been frequently
evinced in the sight of the Senate and the world
lie loves the memory of Slavery better than any
thing which lives. lie is Bourbon all over, lie
has learned nothing, for he hates light worse than
an owl. He has forgotten nothing, for he never
had anything to forget. lie belongs 10 Delaware
by every consideration of humogencity. WHY not
let him stay? 1t will take Eli many years TO bur
row down to the sphere of representative fitness
where Willard has so long disported himself Ill.
was the delight of the Senate. The Republicans
used him as their lfighiful example, and the most
Ignorant and dissOlnte of them felt cheerful glow
OF pharlsaIcal content when they compared them.
leagues positively admired him. They alwavs said.
81 salisbury is an able aud an honest man. What
a pity he drinks!" Salisbury never made speech
above the level of a quarresOme boy of ten never
did an hours serious work in committee. never
exercised the slightest influence in advancing or
retardlng legislation, excepting in tie mere waste
Of time by incOherent harangues; and vet there
was on his side of the chamber, even among men
OF some judgment and culture, a curious admira
ton and respect for the stalwsrt savage II could
be attributed 70 nothing but his sullen, unslcepnp
hate Of freedom aud progress. He was
too slow and dull to cloak vail his d voton TO the
dead idol OF Slavery or TO disguise his compeers
tried to do his bitter hostility to the large and tole
rant spirit of our recent national life When his
"blrbarIc yawp" sounded over the heads of more
cautious Democrats, they felt their souls moved
with envy of a man who could be so frankly and
brutal and bigoted. In comparison
with his loud and vociferous denunciations of the
liberal progress of the nation, their petty bubbles
and sarcasms and straw stumbling blocks seemed
weak and futile enough. He hated better than they,
and so they saw sort of superiority in him.