Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-11-27

during the debate now in progress in
the Honse. Mr.. Mason's remarks be-
sides being made interesting and valua-
bic by the amount of historical research
he has given to their preparation, are
enlivened by numerous rhetorical flights,
which justify our mention OF him, as
"our buttermilk Demosthenes, and his
speech, in spite of its length will repay
perusal.-Wheeiing Standard.
After some parliamentary skirmish.
ing between Messrs. Mason, Cambell
and Hutchinson, Mr.. Mason, Of Jeffer-
son succeeded in getting the floor, and
kept it until he completed his speech
which occupied nearly four hours in its
delivery. He reviewed the general
principles of law governing impeach-
ment cases, and gave history of all
cases of similar nature known to our
American history. He cited too, many
authorities, both English and America,
and directed his argument mainly to
endeavor to establish the position that
an offence might be impeachable, al
though not indictable. Mr.. Mason
displayed a great deal Of learning and
research and had evidently devoted
much time to the preparation of his
speech. His attack was altogether
made upon the Treasurer, evidently
having abandoned all hope OF success
fully assailing the Auditor. We found
but two objections to Mr.. Masons
lengthy argument. One was that it
was prematurely made, as there was no
case before the House at the time, and
other that like the boys shot gun, it
scattered too generally to be as effective
as it might have proven. Mr.. Mason
occupied the time completely, so that
other gentlemen who were spelling
for speech had to 60 over uutil to-day,
when we presume that the discussion
will 90 on, consuming the entire day,
and perhaps several more. The audi
ence seemed very attentive, and from
the interest manifested by the public,
the case has attracted good deal of
Wheeling Register
J.B. w. writes to the Cincinnati
Commercial, from Wheeling, as fol-
| iows:-
Here sits the assembled wisdom of
West Virginia. body of men, taken
as a whole, of which the State has no
reason to feel ashamed. Here it is that
her orators gush-that Vaughan, of
Lincoln, who appears to have been sent
to the Legislature by some special
providence to look after the lawyers,
takes his daily leave of vain, vain
world; that James NJ. Mason, whose
Father was of Mason and Slidell fame,
hourly protests against the lamentable
ignorance Of ais NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
regarding the eternal principles Of the
Democracy.
Mr.. Mason-he of the flowing red
locks, barbed beard and intellectual
brow-is making reputation for
himself in the Legislature. He is a
member Of the Board Of Managers OF
the impeachment trial, and has recently
finished an elaborate argument, cover
ing not quite one thousand manuscript
pages. Carrying his tall pile of manu-
script into the rooms of brother
lawyer, he gazed with fondness upon
the work of months, and said inquir
ingly: Brooke, you meyer did any
thing Of this kind!" NO." says Brooke,
IL never did Brooke you never will
do anything Of this kind" "No," said
Brooke again, 81 don't think ever
Withholding of that kind ."Ah!
Brooke" said Mason, "you cannot un-
derstand what my feelings are-1 fecR
feel, sir, like Daniel Webster upon
the completion of his great speech,
when he exclaimed: "Done! done! by
heavens, am immortalI"
In addition to Mason and Vaughan
there are now in Wheeling Victoria
Woodoull, Ann Eliza Young and Eli
Perkins, kind of Congress OF Ma
tons, this meeting Of so many great
people at one point, and Wheeling is
paOportionately light-hearted.