Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-03-14
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Grace Greenwood gives in the n. Y.
Times the following lively and readable re-
port of the debate on the report of the Po-
land committee:
Mr.. Poland's speech in support Of the
committees report was given with good
deal of dignity. He is a fine-looking man,
always dressed with careful elegance, in a
style somewhat old fashioned, and is erect
and stately, with bair as white as the SHOWS
of his Vermont hills, or as bis own judicial
ermine. suspect, from his tone and man
ner, that he was once Methodist minister
of the best type, but that, in some hour of
weakness, this ornament of the American
pulpit let go of the saving doctrine OF 'the
perseverance of the saints,' and backslid
into the American Congress.
His arraignment of Cakes Ames was ter
ribly severe. That gentleman, still stout
and comfortable-looking in figure, but
somewhat pale and worn in countenance,
sat almost directly before him. He occas-
sionally rolled abont, a little uneasily, in
his chair, but did not vince much under
the castigation. He even laughed at Mr..
Poland's one charitable excuse for his he
nous couduct-a natural lack Of moral
sense. A large portion of this speech was
directed to Mr.. Butler. That gentleman's
bald head seemed to have magnetic at
traction for the judicial finger, which point
ed 10 1t as faithfully as the needle to the
pole. At one time 1 trembled. 1t was
when Mr.. Poland warned the House that,
if they did not rise to the occasion, and act
up to the sternest sense of duty, as judges
and purificators, murderer might become
a member of that august body, and, per-
chance, take a seat beside "the Christian
gentleman from Massach misunderstanding
Mr.. Butler. Such personalities are unbe-
coming. No one likes to be called by a
name he or she does not understand. Sher-
idan once MORALLY offended fishwoman
by assaling her with geometrical terms.
Mr.. Mcpherson read the defense of Mr..
Ames with much apparent feeling, and
with admirable emphasis. And 1t was a
good defense, resting mostly on the servi-
ces Of Mr.. Ames 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
/ Dhck anu loTln over its VAST lenBtn-appehl-
ed to my heart, and felt choking in my
throat, even before looking down from the
reporters gallery directly on Cakes Ames.
/ faucied that his face was working with
strange emotion-that he was furtively wip-
ing the tears from his eyes. 1t was most
touching to see that strong old man, stolid
and hardened as he has seemed, weeping
in that helpless, pitiful way, before that
curious, unsympathizing multitude.
Mr.. Farnsworth made very generous
plea for liberation and charity. He may
have advanced too lax ideas of legislation,
or non-leglslation, in this matter but
liked his spirit more than that shown by
certain other debaters on both sides of the
| House. There are those who belong to the
strictest sect of political Pharisees. who
have, suspect, denounced the Credit Mo-
bilier not because It is bad thing, but "a
good thing" in which they had no share.
II is the boy who can't get on who cries
"Cut behindr The speech delivered by
Mr.. Hawley, OF Connecticut, was perhaps
the strongest, calmest, most clear and terse
argument delivered during the long debate.
Such readiness and such finish, such free
dom and such polish, are seldom combined