Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07

trace greenwood gives IN the y. Y.
Times the following lively and readable re
port Of tae debate on the report of the
Poland committee
Mr.. Polani's speech il support Of the
committee report was given with Il good
deal Of dignity He Is fne-loOking man,
always dressed with careful elegance, in a
style somewhat o,d-iashi0ned. and is erect
and stately. with hair As white As the SHOWS
of bis Vermont hills. or a. his own judicial
ormine. suspect, from his tone and man
ucr, tina. hc was once 4 Methodist minister
of the best type. but that. in some hour Of
weakness. this ornament of the American
pulpit let 70 Of the saving doctrine Of the
perseverance Of the saints" end backslid
into the American Congress
His arraignment Of Oakes Ames was ter
libly severe. That gentleman, still stout
and camiorilhle-l0Oking in figure, but some
what pale and worn in cOuntenance, sat
almos. directly before him. He occasional
ly rolled about, little Ineaslly. in his
chair, bat did not vince much under the
castlgau0n, lie even laughed at Mr.. PO-
lands one charitable excuse for his heinOus
conduct natural lack of moral sense. \
large portion of this speech was directed TO
Mr.. Butler. That gentleman : bald head
seemed u have a magnetic attraction for
the judicial finger. which pointed to it As
faithfully o the needle TO the Pole At one
time | trcmbed. Ii was when Mr.. Poland
warned the House that. If they did not rise
20 the occasion, and act up to the sternest
sense Of duty. rs judges and puriiicators, a
murderer might become Il member Of that
august body. and. perchance, take a seat
beside ''thc Christian gentleman from Mas
SachuSet.s meaning Mr.. Butler. Such
personalities are unbecoming. No one
likes to be called by name he or she does
not understand. Sheridan once mortally
offended a fshwoman by asSliling her with
geometrical terms.
Mr. Mcpherson read TIE defence OF Mr..
Ames with much apparent feeling. and with
admirable emphasis. And it was a good
defence, resting mostly on the services of
| Mr.. Amcs to the country at large, and to
the world. in the building Of the Union
| Pacific. That-knowing the general work
as they only can who have Travelled back
! and forth over its vast Encyclopaedia to
NY heart, and felt choking in my throat,
/ even before looking down from the reporters
/ gallery directly on Cakes Ames. | fancied
/ that his face was working with strange
I emoiion-that he was furtively wiping the
| tears from his eyes 1t was most touching
I to see that strong old man, stolid and
hardened as he has seemed, weeping in that
] helpless, pitiful way, before that curious,
uusympathizing multitude.
( Mr.. FarnswOrth made a very generous
/ plea for liberation and charity He may
I have advanced too lax ideas % legislation
( or non legislation, in this matter; but
I liked his spirit more than that shown hy
certain other debate r on both sides of the
Il. Ill. Il
strictest sect of political Pharisees, ,whC
have, suspect, denounced this Credit Mo
bilier not because it il a bad thing, but "a
good thing, in which they had no share
It is the boy who can't get on who criei
Cut behind ~ The speech delivered by
Mr.. Hawley, Of Connecticut, was perhap!
the strongest. calmeSt, most clear and tiers,
| argument delivered during the long debate
Such readiness and such finish, such free
dom and such polish, are seldom combined
in one speaker nowadays. Though still
young, Gen. Hawley has about him some
thing Of the old school.
Gen Banks speech was one of his fines
efforts, and calculated to intensity our regre
at losing him. With him will 20 out 0
that hall its stateliest dramatic element. it
most elegant department, its richest, clear
est voice Our Banks gone, there will be
dreary crerdsSe which nothing can fill. w
hope for him NIL good things-good health
good will, and good fortune. When Cub
comes in, may he lind he has castles in tina
new Spain; when the Sutro Tunnel
through, mag the Comstock lode come dow
handsomely.
His speech was, at the beginning, bland
and beautiful, and Banksy, 50 that tn
severe character it finally assumed was al
. H., Atioa . So al
unfranchised and Gnhardened sex, eve
cruel.
Mans inhumanity 10 man
Makes countless ,romen mourn"
At one time he, too, seemed sorrowful-
oppressed by his solemn duty, his stern Re
man virtue gave way.
The soldier leaned upon his desk.
And wiped away teaE,"
perhaps at the thought that he might be
poor old millionaire himself, some day. Me
thought that the excusing spirit WHICH ae'
up to Heavens chancery with that tea
smiled as he gave it in.
When. Gen. Banks began his arraign
ment, Mr.. Brooks was lying on a sofa, look
ing. if possible, more than ever like ma
dead, and done with mundane and Mobile
matters; but when his ease was touehe
upon, he gave galvanized spring 10 hi
feet, and strobe with miraculous pride
swiitness. and steadincss to his seat. MI
Bingham. you know, spoke against expul
sion, in his usual able manner, and SO the
kept up the game of oratorieal see-saw.
The last great speech, if not the grea
speech, was that of Mr.. Butler. deliyere
last night, before a grand audience.
was full of wit and point, and palpable hits
not without dash of his CHARACTERISED
2ndacity but lsss arrogant and otfensiY