The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-22
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From Cor Of Tribune.
,roa visitor entering the gallery, Mr..
Carpenter Is always the most conspicuous
member OF the Senate. lie IS neither SO
~rnrrable as Mr. Flanagan nor 80 hand
ae",r Ss Mr. Conkling, but having desk
n nC,,I' the middle aisle he commonly ats In
, IvS' passage.way opposite the Speaker,
holding lis footin his lapi and THIS atil;
indie, together with his young ana I 10TH,
face his flowing gray hair tousled a niue
aver The forehead, and his heavy gray
mnstAche makes him rather picturesque
nhiecL Mr., Carpenter Is oppressed win
,on"roI nnfEiness of constitution and q
,ithtness abom the waistcoat, where
here Is always a palpahle struggle Of ms
slirt TO gel outside. lie bounces q good
Ie"l sb6nt the chamber. He is ready in
sn~cch Guick at extemporaneous debate,
nrcnosscssing also in manner as . forensic
ancaker and humorous without buiioone'
~ lie said little on Wednesday, but
hat little was funny; and when no urged
the Senate to let Mr.. Sumner fire oil his
bombshell at once, so that II the Admin
i,tration was 10 he blown out OF water II
might at least DO spared ihe agony Of
suspense and the unnecessary trouble OF
passing appropriation bills, II was evident
that he could make himself a very un'
comfortable adversary.
Such disposition as there was topost'
p0ne the inevitable investigation soon
vanished before the good.natured assump'
tons of Mr.. Carpenter anu the vigorous
language OF Senator Upton, vulgarly and
irrCverently known In the gallery as the
"Tipton SlaSher." Mr.. Upton is remark.
able for q high soprano voice, an extreme
" eccentric delivery, and perhaps a still
more eccentric appearance; all which
characteristics, instead OF detracting from
the impressiveness Of his speeches, render
them, on the contrary, still more forcible
and interesting. Mr.. Upton is in the
habit Of making things strong. Some.
times he clinches point with great deal
Of wit, and he fairly brought down the
house, when, with a curious dramatic in.
tonatiOn, he warned Senators who at.
tempted to evade this inquiry that they
would soon have to surrender, and say,
"Oh, certainly; we intended investigation
all the time; wewere rather anxious for 1t
than otherwise; but it was just way we
had Of seeming to oppose it at first for a
short time"
Mr.. SChurz stands among the greatest
parliamentary Orators OF the time. 1t is
not only that his language is so easily, SO |
dignifed, so choice, so correct, SO fluent;
but in every sentence one recognizes the
impress of clear, incisive intellect, and
the severe training Of an educated req.
sOner. Whatever was obscure in the case
he cleared away. Whatever was useless
he discarded. He saw the strong points
aud pressed them with consummate tact,
and the close, when he described the
miserable effect our trifling with the neu.
tralty laws had wrought upon American
citizens of German descent, when he told
Of the circumstances without number |
which had poured in upon the govern
ment while these transactions were going
on, and which he had wisely refused at
that time to bring before the Senate, when
hcpOinted the scornlul finger at tho Mill
tary. Ring which now sits in the high
places of power, and when finally he
warned Senators not to hide their heads
in the sand and like the ostrich imagine |
themselves hidden VIXEN they were only |
blind, one felt that a ring OF true elOguence
stirred the great silent audience to Its very
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