, 1873-02-20

proprietor Of 4 largo hotel who wna fond of hay
ing . Clergyman for . guest. His most statou.
ma,,ko motion is tho picking Of Lis
spsn sss fa s bess ts writing malice If Us .Msgs SntS
glnddoned to lavo an opponent nuke It up and
bo noighborly, and deprocatcs agitation, jour-
naliBn1, charity outside tito pariy, and NIL othor
suoh dangeTI;ola no hods It to DO
crat out Of Ills aeat than to expose party asso-
cfato who Inns stolen into It, In like mannor, he
would hold tho door to prevent Hcandnlous Wit
neaaeB looking in upon good man temporarily
good man temporarily, would havo tho door hold
| upon himself. In short, well-reEu1ated, bodily
enjoying, morally-Bquint-eyed man ia pomo:oy,
without indignations, talents, or anything moro
whatevor is is right. I1o won't to Kansns whom
all the youth and fortitudo there wore alert to
compete with armed slavofy, and tho weapon.
which lo grasped'was q bag Of beans. Tho wind
knoW = se o0o
took pomeroy into politics: He camc in, and
wont cut on his belly: WIIh him rotIrSs t. the
Senate nince Humphrey Marsllall or John N.
Clayton, Thoy rossossod mono Of FalstaHs dis
honesty, and Tomoroy mono Of hts wit; but
there waB yoritablo humor in tho latter's utter
want Of moral nnturo, and eaDy assumption Of Il.
Like Falstaff, ho was once uoneral, and Phil
lips Lottora on Kansas show him paradlng
around in this title, lMo "Judgo" sloauakof
subsequently In Louisiana.
In nlassao4usotte, Pomeroy had bson motr-
Dor OF tho Legislature this fnct, tho General
ship, md tho beans put him into tho senato in
tho sanle combination with that Great Border
nuilian OF the North, Jim Lano, Of Kansas. His
fret term, lko tho second, was distinguished by
PoBtmaatorships, and perfect Indifference to iu-
diyiduRl expression and National influence,
which soem to To the surost roads to recollection
nowadays. 1n 1867 he beat Carney and A. L.
r 41.- foR4 ossf.1 t.
Banks army. Tho only acts recorded of him in
twelve years, according to AlcPheroon's political
Histories of tho Rebellion and Reconstruction
have heon: Feb. ], 1895, to substitute tho word
ion; in January, 1ao5, to admit tho Senators and
Mombers from Arkansas-n moral oIshoot Of
Kansas In Republican poltics and April 19
1870, to mako Georgia "the Third 11ilitafy DIG
trict." aud 50 prenaro It for an election in
This is bis record, except that 1o voted 'sright'
md ateadily with 1is purity on every question,
from stntiiieaton to Santa Domingo: do not
tho Impeachment srial ho was too good party
man and too nrrant q coward inside that party
line whero moanncss could croop and be covered,
ho was like jackal proving under the cover Of
faintest dcgroo, he nover possessed. Ho Lost
twenty-six pounds avoirdupois in two days whom
tho Legislature Of Kanaas passed articles againat
him for bribery and, whom lie aroao to TALK in
tie senat9, tho otler day II was ]ile Falstaff
sharp as O. pon, anl q bablod Of The green fields,
and a could never abide carnation: 'twasa color
he mover liked"
THE nuNaL1Na DR1DEn.
Caldwell camo up to tho Senate by the good,
broad, shameless road which Carney and Pomc-
roy had mado. They had walked tho pave until
any timoroua nymph could venture to face it
tho first atop is half the journey, but twelve |
years Of ,Pomeroy might havo mndo all Knnsas !
Tho present accession ION tho town" vas |
gristly, littlo, and with no naturally immoral |
constitution. Nature did not contribute to his
of liz 1oe peeoe @ q nstness oi fopt
which she gives to hor Legitimate jobbor In
politics. He WIS 6crawny, mud tho color Of hs
hair was like the loavos Of tho nubbln-pino in
wintorEbrittle and un!a'ecd3odly !l' rod. It might
boiag too "01 Vulgar Sp and up dlreos e T.
He kept no Amen goats, oxuded no oil On tue
soft evening before the sabbath-day, and looked
VAS, in truth, wandering express clerk from
Penngylyauia. WHO appeared in Kansas just
prior to tho War, and sottlcd in Lesyonworth
City. Having some aid from the East, various
and 6cott,-ho picked up money in speculation,
and, in company with m unoducated, but adroit,
Team contractor named Leonard Smith, 1o
shared iu tho profits Of tho overland trade from
|
oookkoepor, and ultimately General su-
Of tho Overland Froig1tiug Com
'any: They arc 10 ,giycn to slandor IN Kausaa
politics TINT there ia no reliance to DO placed
'oeping at their proposals, nor that he elalmodto
10 cousin Of Simon Cameron, nor TINT ho aaid
Tom Scott would back him for the Senate to
auy amount. Tho iuginosa Of froighting to tho
Caldwell "cluims" on tho Quartermastor's Do
OF courso. Nobody evor worked for
Government who WAS not entitled to " relief"
some yoarss subsequently, these claims, and tho
lorience which he had In getting possession OF
ho Delaware di1niniBhed reserve lands III 1866
price 92.50por acro), and interests in a coupleof
always, atartod Caldwell upon tho race for tho
autumn Of 1870. In two months he liked"
ho Legislature BY taking tho advice Of Icon.
Smith, going boldly into tho market for voteB,
a ,7rttlng tngg public impulsivonosa in Nansas
lin" were illimitablo. Tho average man out
hero is said to run for tho Legislature from his
7outh up, and 1t was fashionable to sell ono's
'oto when successful, in order to show peace
~ ana accommodating mood and koop real
Mr. Caldwell paid awny, ne has been shown by {
ne l. toatimony. and by tho bank-books, $s8,0o1 !
7Alch have been discove'ed IIo nlndo his cam {
rionds OF Mr. Sidney Ciarko, bought High, Low,
ack, md tho aamo aud WAS olected at tho {
ropping Of tho hat. 6
I'D WIS not q natural politician He WIS !
hom he wonld not mike contributions i11 an !
leomosynary way. Moreover, Ills Loavonworth !
roporty declinod Credit Mobilior cano in c
aalaPropos and nroueed the country. Ho Q
onnd Carney ana all tho set polling lis cleokB !
him.. And, In the hnrly -burly, dosnito tho I
arnest interceasonB Of pal Harlan, tho great t
ororunner and progonitor Of Caldwell, hlr. Pou- Q
roy, was ostraoised By, tho Legislature on the /
altry showing Of 81 00o. cash iii hand. Tor tlliH
mall and perfectly innocont consideration, llr, 4
omoroy yaR deserted oyon in Kansas. u
Thus was tho Winter Of tho tlsscontent
Made red-Aot summer by this Bllm Of York
'hi}lings undorBtood). h1r. Harlan and myself :
not bealieye this story. We quote tho hymn !
, ourselves, beginning. 3
sibcs, Idle hriues, We know not what they mem;
ribes from the depth Of sonlo diyU dtanatr y
iAe ln tho heart and gather 10 tlu eyes.
looking on tho happy Kansas jleA!H |
nj thinking OF tho beans tlIat are no more.
HAnLANa LAST,
Harlan l eaya thus. in tho Daily Benedic. Arnola