Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-01-15

that body In Its palmlest days.
On Wednesday Mr.. West, of Louisiana,
undertook the defence of the President
but did this by rehash of the ''outrage'
stories. The most important thing he
said was that the Secretary of War in
formed him that Sheridan had not been
sent to New Orleans without the assent OF
Gen. Sherman. Mr.. West is one of the
most adroit debaters the Radicals have
but his course was bad and his speech
ditto. Gen. Gordon, of Georgia, in a most
dignitied and conservative manner, yindi-
Gated the Southern people from the charge
that they were assassins and murderers.
There were some pretty sharp passages be-
tween him and Mr.. Edmunds, of Vermont
in which the Georgian seemed to get the
advantage. After this was over the dis
tinguished scalawag, Mr.. Flanagan, OF
Texas, took the floor and was in favor of !,
general determination of the Democrats
Never make contract with Democrat
because he will sell you out at the first
opportunity" said he. Having thus re
lisved his gigantic intellect and thrown a
flood of light on the subject under debate
he ceased. and went for ''whiskey plain
On Thursday Senator HamiltoH, from
this State. took the f1oo<-and made most
mastery and-e.oquent speech on the sub
ioee under discussion, and was listened to
by crowded auditory, whose frequent
applause riled the Radicals so much that
they attempted to clear the galleries, but
the injustice of this being protested agains,
by Judge Thurman, they directed the
Sergeant-at-Arms to place deputies in the
galleries to remove all who again commit
ted such an improperly as to applaud 8
Democrat. Mr.. Upton created much a
musement by suggesting that the L. S
Army should be called in to remove the
obnoxious persons and preserve order.
In the House, on Wednesday, nothing
much was done further than to bring the
| recusant witness Irwin to the bar and pro.
pound certain interrogatoriest to him, which
he refused to answer, and thereupon he
was ordered to be committed to Jail
On Thursday the House was occupied
with Irwin, who having sent in petition
not to be confined in Jail caused quite a
debate, during which Ben Butler made An
ingenious defence of Irwin. M Maynard
then called up the caucus Finance bill.
which had before passed the Senate, and
under the operation of the previous ques-
ton, it was passed without amendment or
debate, by vote of 125 to 100. We shall
have something to say at another time a
bout this pretentious humbug.
On Friday the Senate was the centre OF
attraction, it being known that the Hen.
Thos. F. Bayard, Of Delaware, was to
speak on the Louisiana question. From
an early hour the hall, galleries and lob
bies were crowded, and when he arose to
commence his speech he had an auditory
which might have flattered Clay or Web
ster. Mr.. Bayard in himself givoe con-
tradiction to the general, asserted theory
that talents arc not hereditary. He now
occupies in the Senate the seat which his
father and grandfather before him success
sively filled. Though both of his ances-
tors were men Of marked ability in the
days when intellectual giants were in that
body, yet he stands no whit inferior to
them, with the promise, if his life is
spared, of being one of the ablsst states
men this country has produced. Young
in years, he is gifted with an ability and
an eloquence which command always the
attention and respect of his opponents
Under the leadership of such safe coun-
sellers as Thurman and Bayard, the Dem
ocrats are not likely to stray away from
true principles. We need not saw that
his speech was Senatorial in every sense
of the word-digniied, logical, and ex-
haustive. So much 80, that the Radicals
put their heads together and determined
to allow no more debate as they were los
ing ground rapidly. Judge Thurman and
Mr.. Shurz both said they wished to speak
on the subject but were too unwell to do
so on that day and asked for an adjourn
ment, but it was not to be listened to-
SO vote was taken, and after the adop-
ton of Conkling' amendment and the reso-
luton calling for information from the
President was adopted, the Senate ad
journed.
Nothing of much Importance took place
in either the Senate or House on Saturday
If the floor and galleries of the Senate
wereerowded ON Friday when Mr.. Bayard
chevalier sans peur ct sans reproche, address
ed that body, on Monday they were pack
ed and jammed, and then inaccessible to
an outside crowd of large proportions, to
hear the expected speech or Mr.. Shurz, the
gifted Senator from Missouri. 1t has rare
ly fallen to the lot Of any man to be pos
sessed of such gift of oratory with sound
judgment to back it. as this gentleman
And when our readers recollect that Mr.
Shurz is German, who, at the time OF
emigration to this country in 1S49 1--WE
think, could not speak our language, it is
more remarkable that he should have risen
to the front rank of not only our English
speaking orators but of our statesmen. It
is to be sincerely deplored that he is not
likely to be reelected to the body ofwhich