The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-07-31

tive anu no man cNcclleu hiih ="
hcment denunciation or unsparing VI
tliperation. But he had not a Keen
sense of the ludicrous, nor was he
generally happy in humorous allusion
or fanciful illustration. One OF the
MANIFEST hits of his life was on the oc-
casion referred to. The resolution of
inquiry. offered by Mr. Woodbury.,
was before the Senate. Mr.. Clay
said, in substance, that If any such
proceedings did occur, they were GER
tainly very wrong The Chief Mag
istratc, whoever he may be, should be
treated with becom0g respect, if not
for his personal character, on account
of the exalted Office he holds. He
had read with great pleasure the acts
and resolutions of an early meeting
held by the orderly and respectable
citizens of Washington in reprobation
of these disturbances. But if the
resolution had been adopted, he had
intended TO move the appointment of
a select committee, the Senator from
New Hampshire for chairman, to be
composed of n majority of his politi-
cal friends. And for this reason he
had heard that about eight or nine
O'Clock that same night there was an
irruption on the Presidents house Of
the whole Leco-foeo party in Congress
and he had been inclined to suspect
that the alleged disorders might have
grown out of that fact. He under
stood that the whole party was there,
and no spectacle, he was sure, could
have been more amusing or ridiculous.
If he could have been in a position
to witness that extraordinary re-
union, he should have had an enjoy
ment which no dramatic performance
could communicates He could al
most fancy that he could then sec.thc
principal drGmatis perS0nG who
figured in the scene. There stood the
grave and distinguished Senator from
South Carolina
Mr.. Calhoun instantly rose and in
sisted upon explaining, saying he was
not there, but Mr. Clay refused to
yield the floor
The Senator must excuse him. 1t
was necessary to his picture that the
distinguished gentleman should have
been present. With his permission,
he was there. Tall, care-worn, with
furrowed brow, haggard, intcntly ga
zing, looking as if he were analyzing
the last abstraction that sprung from
mctaphysician's brain, he muttered to
himself, This is indeed crisis J"
Then there was the Senator from
Alabama Mr.. King.
II was there, Mr.. President" in
tcriected Mr.. King.
No doubt of it, said Mr. Clay. The
Senator was standing upright, and
gracefully regarding the scene as if he
were prepared to settle the latest dis
puted question of order. Not far off
stood the honorable Senators from
Arkansas and Missouri. The latter,
throwing scornful glance at the
Senator from South Carolina, cxclaim-
ed, "IIe statesman J why, he never
invented a humbug ~
Mr.. Benton said, Il was not there"
Mr.. Clay, accepting the denial of
Mr.. Benton, proceeded: He stood
corrected. He was only imagining
49, bot .ba Sana,nr fro,,, Nic,ouri
would have said if he had been there.
Then there stood the Senator from
Georgia Mr. Cuthbert] debating in
his mind how he should make his
next attack upon the Senator from
Kentucky. The honorable Senator
from Pennsylvania Mr. Buchanan
was undoubtedly the spokesman for
his whole party. Mr.. CLAW said he
could not pretend to initiate the gen.
tleman's well-known cloquence. but
he must make an humble essay toward
the kind of speech which he might
have been expected to deliver:
May it please YOU Excellency: A
number of your present political
friends, late your political opponents,
in company with myself, have come
to deposit at your Exccllency's feet
the evidences Of our loyalty and de-
votion, and they have done me the
honor to make me the organ of their
sentiments and feelings We are
here more particularly to present to
your Excellency our grateful and most
cordial congratulations on your res
cue of the country from a fragrant
and alarming violation of the Consti-
tuition by the creation of n Bank Of
the United States, and also our pro-
found Acknowledgements for the vote
by which you have illustrated the
wisdom of your administration, and
so greatly honored yourself. And we
would dwell particularly on the un-
answcrable reasons and cogent argu-
ments with which the notification of
the act to the Legislature had been
accompanied. We had been ourselves
struggling for days and weeks to ar
rest the passage of the bill, and to
prevent the creation of the monster to
which it gives birth. We had expcn-
ded all our logic, exerted all our abil-
ity, employed all our eloquence; but
in spite of our utmost efforts, the
friends of your Excellency in the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives
proved too strong for US. And we
have now came TO thank YOU for beat
ing your own friends-an achieve
ment far beyond our powers"
Mr.. Buchanan made a tart reply,
but the other Democratic Senators
took the imaginary scene in good
temper; and Mr.. Clay's versatility
and presence of mind, with his won
derfnl graces Of felocution, had pleas
ant effect upon. the Senatc.-From
"RecOllections of an Old Stagcr," in
H0rper's Magazine for Augpsi.
\ MORNING paper, in discussing the
milk question, informs rs that there
to be a convention of producers