, 1874-05-04


10 discharge those dutlos faithfully, relying |
upon tho courtesy md cooperation Of Senators,
aud invoking the aid Of Divine Providence, am
now ready to tako the oath required by tho Con-
Btitution and to entor upon tho discharge OF tho
Official duttea ,ntrustod TO mo in tho confidence
OF = generous public"
His speeches arc all
.- CRISP, MEATY, .
and Addressed to the oqultablo and manly net,l-
e. e. sssS Ennsn 81 h Gn E9af s'ars ago. debating
,"Tho Senator iThurman] says that those
banks are tho creatures OF our favor. Tho banks
tho cteaturos Of our favorl Why. air, tho Son
ator knows that boforo tho War 10 had all over
section, that was a. noar perfection as human
ingenuity could devise, which anawsred all tho
purposes for which the banks wer0 ostablishodc-
mercantile, commercial foreign, and domestic.
Of tho country domanded that 1t should control
its currency, it said In tho volco Of powor to
those banks: "You must glye plaoa to anothor
ssss Ct bnks created hy tho na S
nlado 1t imperative upon tho bnnks aud tho
.pesmsslon given to them was that Which said
adopt this system or dio.' The demands OF tho
country roquired tho e1eroi1o Of thst power u u
" know there aro gentlemen vhose imaRinnc-
ttopa are somowhnt ortmsonea By condition Of
things outside Of this chamber, who eccm to be-
right, to run q Crusade against tho banks, I
hhyo no particular interest in tho bankH; but I
hold TINT tAoy arc entitled to tho Just, equitable
and fair construction OF your acts, equally with
all tho individuals In our community; and, ap-
plying the same rulos to them that would apply
to others, hold that it would ba unjust, II you
have tho power, to exercise it."
Hanlin then declared himnctf In favor Of max
ing tho banks, II naceasary, torminable at tho
period for the revocation Of their bonda.
When MIR. FosBonden died, Hamlin'a briof
speech had tho antnc
CURT, RonAN WAY
tsThat he Inns thus boon appreciated by tho
Senators with whom he served IL gratifying to
tbs people Of tho etato ho represented, which
State he 30 highly houorod. "a It had honored
dojibty stamped lpon tic laws md policy Of tho
no,1ntrr. Asa PsrIiameutNy debnter. ho uas
without sunarior. Ind. in ono rerard, without
poer.''
urged nId man sai that but ono person
wasnrcasnt vbo ston1 on tia ,nuator-roli WHOM
he euterod public lilo; and that OF Ill who
we're in tbs Seneto when ho began to work
thoro, not ono lad over exchanged angry words
H. Hlsr racnto thsm a. - follows. "Clay WITH his
CLARION voice and foryid eloguonco; Calhoun,
! with Ills captivating mannor aud subtle mota.
| nhvafca Webstsr. WITH lila words Of rnasterly
| rnssar pnntnn v;ti, h;e romnrofensiva knovj.
eice al tle ioeis}ation of tho country, and On
inaon,;t.h1n iiu Iii Doma,aa With an earnestness
| and couraro to noet. and. IL possible. to oyor-
como. iii tiae obstsclos in lii way and collamer,
| and hia lecio to oonyince: aud Cssa nnd CLAYTON
hnya haon th1,. carafnl tn dalin neato Mr.. Ham.
| lin, booansa he snpenra to mo to have boon =
man whnrn tia ennorficiaI ohroniolo OF the timo
Ina M run over vhiio lie hns been too modest to
NV attention to tho power of mero echo. which
:" ~! sn ,n,,nh ~ f.ms H. mnat have
- powgnFuL HOLD
,,non the ou;ot afreetions and confidence OF
h,a Nfo,iIs and he M alipht poitloai mann
| 1or ~ E,on FL. 9tatn ri Msino in norfoot ao-
66nrdd win H. nolit;rn1 n.rtv throurh 40 many
yenrs.wst the same time discardng 6is own por-
1onal wounds. AZ tlat Of tho yery 1otnble onia-
% sion Of liz name from the tiokot in 1864.
He il ynt a yory decided party-msn; and, 40 TO
tba natr1nnoe ufich lila neon{e ara ent;tled to.
he sdhoren 70 these. aud obtains it. His State
nride ia 1nostentatioue. hut rooted in lia deep
est fcelincs. Ono day ho suid to mo:
"I want Won to tapto nv maple-molnases, It
IA eirnn from thu Htatn of Maino. whore ve
Think we make tho bost. I bring il On with mo
to cop9ress. % and use It at ali nv meals"
saked lin # tiio Mains Doonlo did not con-
| ar.,iv Ennw That Wsonnnin vaa a sork of Weat-
ern bfaine1 "e''''@~
IVA do. II in muoh like Maine in tho typc OF
H. i,n non ~ ~ w;scnnsn ~ ha;r tn
the Great West" '''
| ruar IA A CHEAT sr4rE rrnEEn.
for all its noyarty and cold Maine, 90 STRANGELY
rnmoh for A Frennh nrovinoe With A nouu1atio1,
Of G27 oo0 sliding back little in tho decade, il
had w;th;n . mr., "a many dentba In 187o an Wis
| cousin, which had nenrly 700 600 mora people.
| Yet tho mortality Of South Carolina, which was
! nearly Of the population OF Maine, waa almost
as great. 1t is not 30 much climate az exposure
to L which shortons human life, In that State
aro noarly q, 600 Canadians and other Blue
t Noses. exceeding all other foreigners. The
| females exceed the males and there orc not
1000 negroes all told, in Maiuo.
Such Stato has at tho praBont time politi-
cal influence scarcely exceeded by Massachu-
setts. It Las tho second officer Tor influence In
this Government: the Speaker Of tho Houao, an
| emigro from Pennsylyania, and a man who is
constantIy in pursuit OF Hsmlin's good judg-
mont, which is unatintedly given. II hss for .its
| own emigros that angular Wnshburno family,
which is pitched iu threo Sthtos, aud ia rich III
all, and IL Responsible tor Grant as President.
Tho Washbnrno who stays at homo Ia in possession
OF somo kind Of Office pretty much all tho time.
Tho oldes. man in regular commission on the
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