The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-05-06
Matt CarpeRtrrs
THE STYLE oE9HRsNANsYHO RULES IN
THE sENArkEA SRUMXN BUNDLE OF
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sGEAT TsaoV5 IRs,T faayo
fahiPaPssry pp|FfaPa to 5 bo,d The! The right
side of ona psa pas !11sit IL fhia session
He isja faE. q new, election, ip- lLaopisi-
ana ana, and and woife be jeered Or argued ont
Of his position. There. has been Gp sym
metry in his addresses on behalf of
It'd 5aHaRd State c co nipaahrsbie fh Bra.
tRficalisteg ahee, with the. best work of
Edward Everett. Tie unity and lin
ish ofa, Carpenter Speech is ulimatch-
cd bya 81. effort Of any OF our public
spsi!ksEsa YdAsH AQaAa
CarnentsFstill remains tlle.most re-;
markahle assortment Of contradictions
in :publie life, aud viii until the under
tskeEiissas ikkanea in, Whether Ire Dies
like,abs.afff osa gentleman iisa phref
naathassoG CHANCE HALF Of tile Visitors
Of ths Senate a. llplaea, Sith,, the belief
tstat Carpenter'is n absolute gepihs,
Vita an ;uilcIrBed 'predisppsitiont +. to
rawdNism. The piiler lialf earrS4aMa,
the idea that he is an ingram ho6le-
man; .as,n,'lern Sin, Roger@de CosAhy;
the ideal Of all that is cnvii;ilble in a
SenateE gTEdayglla was at his best.
Hs,was .tg.scize the Louisiana enigma,
apdsswEencl, marty solution fpp, its
miserable twisting. His carriage was
Webs+seiaH;-his yatti,e-~as smart as
4ycAs fadlhng's, with none Of che
sasgdstiehs If the private; sskA4ed
tnilSr 40 conspicuous in the clothes of
ofthe'u Utica ApoIkh 4"Carpenter looks
as SIMMER the day lie was buried"
sasg& Asflds 81 h,leoasT taste fiji com
parisons, behind me. To look at Car
psntefio dla.sy, was to gaze uponsss, an
august representatives of great peo-
Plea Senator brimming with the ear
nest dignity of a high station, and a
.higherimissio.L II il-&4 ~. IA
To- morrow, this same man will
slough defiahfly afomtl tho cIamMr,
with tamblcd hair, aud shit front, a
coaeti;iHldliiaannda lmisss1l,apsn enough for
the back Of Richard III, and sloven!y
vest and ;breeches which Goldsmith,
would haye flouted in, his seediest days.
Pie Carpenter eyes sill glover; under
lipptDtruhe, and the whole bearins ot
mthe man win suggest,Avhat the word,
IL call a"Be-jesasi STYLE" fi,3 90 y ~, 80
I'm the chair, Carpenter, is the saise
strange fnsing of the admirable and
rspieheDsib!e, although, he averages a
better presiding officer than the Senate
haRl,a,l since the days OF Breckimidge.
Theyeloking off of any ubjectio,, 70 Ills
raiing with a joke OF sheer is one ,ofthe
sffg,ilarities Of his administration In
thess House; his retots to members
w:aaA Plpmplhim 1nto hot water the
first day. But if he was presiding ever
the House, he would he too shrewd to
commit the btunder. Even in the Sen :
ate, when bis decisions are questioned,
he is careful; To ~ hom he talks back
add,,is as grave as "a Supreme judge
whrhsespemtipg to Conklin, J, Thurman,
ScAnrz- or Elmunds, for all Of whuu,~he
has, ~ whimsical gii;Afs7awes vBnt tn
Buckingham or Morrill,, of Vermont,
he. Isl asiabr9pt as a schcolmaster IT,
dull pupils. BY the time they laye
paraered over the Stub, and resolved
itsinto its really rude proportions, the
debate is 50 far alpng into SONG s1the'
phrase the Carpenter is safe from d
replaQapstraIcs.: - "a s,,: s.. ~ ~.
sKe4s never really unmannerly while
insthe Chair. / think he can tell wher
his tad &c" are coming on, as as Swift
knew when he was to become insane
WhenGarpenter scents the approach o
one of Ilis HoWery spasnis, he relin.
quishes the chair, temporarily, to An
tiiony, and r"lls off to corner seat
Anthony is one'of those pinks of Sen
ators, Who are as little apt to iperpe
trate an'impropriety,, as Miss Co'ney,
in "East Lynne" After cycling thu
decorus Rhode Islander for half al
hour, and wondering how long it wohl'
take butter to melt in his mouth, Car
penter regains confidence in himself
aud returns to duty with the composur
Of a Doge. ....
Few, Congressman can claim tn
general popularity of this bundle of in
congruities. He is liked in and ont o
TIE Capitol. His stock of what, for
\ better name, is called personal mag
netism, wakes with years, aud he ha
the indescribable knack of turning
chance acquaintance into a staunc
friend with twenty words. Less j
heard Of his bouts with the bottle tha
formerly, but if the amative light still
burns it is hidden under the bnshel q
caution. Yet "good fellows are thin
ming ut, and Carpenters heart
leagued as it is with greattalents, ma
keep him in the Senate until he dies
perhaps with his boots on. : Chicag
Times. ~" .''''
Is, LEAF AND FLOWER IMPRESSION