, 1876-01-31

hoArt to 90 for lhnt Gcne[onlnn, wore Cxtra1t- |
dinary escn for 10 House, wlcil INIT notable,
in tho ordinary routine Of business Of lasc,
THE urAoAH Is QUITE Al CHEAT |
ss on that memorable occnBion whom lHatno'8
expose OF tho Confederate Democracy was 40
tito tlonr could alontly endure. Tho long g.rnt,z.
zled Democratic members slipped thcir mu1zlos
during that dobaso, aud sinco havo hoen 80 boat
upon having Their Gay that daily aoms OF them
without waiting for recognition by tho Spcakor;
or continue spccch-Enaklng when tho Speaker
las ruled debhto not In order; OF oTcn Inter-
nrt aud act to hnocch.makng wl,lo tho mem
bnr who has the floor continues la fonlarks.
Meanwhile. the aoor Is ttronged With outsiders.
and there Ia no much loud talk that It Ia growing
common for tho Speaker to request tho mombnrr
having tho floor to s,tsronl bin iotnafks until
spcskct) to hear rhns tho Honorable mo,nbor
Grating Is saying. With theso Interruptions, so
ordinary ro,'slna businoss gcts into euch parfia.
rnouthry sanglo that. on hovora! occasions at
speaker and tho member moving t'ie matter bo.
foro tho House. Tho whote IL attributable, not
to fault Of tho Speaker, but to Tic. natural
proponsltios OF tho nntamod Dcmoctatlo NOM
lent!ers who thus far bave led him 80
dRaetrously. Clayton, hfs accomplished Assist-
ant. and Dt. n1ohaf1oy, the veteran AoadtnE
oicsk+ nhVlnE oeoA tculuSeu 70 ilaAe lsce los
fato Barclay, the invaluable rromptcr OH pasla-
mentnry law Of oycry Speaker fur tho rast 1uar-
tor Of a century, hns Resigned liR position ns
Journal C!crk, loavlnR bpehaof haff 10 o1tfle1to
himself from Parliamentary tangIo ns best no
can. As, ut best korr Htumbiea in Par!lamon-
tary law thoro Ia evory prospect that, aa tho Hos
hon weAra On, tho disorder aud confusion will
DO rcdoublod i. and It ie III apprclcnslon Of What
eInv At hfa n1bnv tn set him right that effort Ia
being mado by those uomoctat1 VINO anprcciato
tho. situation to induce barclay to withdraw ms
resignation, upoI' the usilnce undefetanoiiig
that 10 shall not bo ronoveu oeeauao lie vosos
Tho Centennial bill passed, not as. accotaans
to tho Democratic programme, It Vas 70 hago
done IS tho pt1co OF Jenefaon DaSla' S'na1ea'loh
aud houesty but ..... .......
cosrkpEnArs.
who fcls that there was nothing to re}oico oVnr
in this Contenntal year siuco Jan wasn't amnos-
tied. Just enough OF them, however, wore
oloqaont apeoch % insure its paasago, Wuilo
Latlar WAS lnakng his speech. my attention was
directed to \ notable group gathorod near lin.
Everybody Oh the foor and In tho gallerios, oven
tier, WHO daily there cosgregato 10 10 soot[iod
10 sweet slumber nndor tho aoporiao influence Of
Congressional eloquonce, waa listening to tla
glowing, impaaaiunod words OF tho oraior Of tho
Now South, as, in stirring phrase, l,o apostro-
phizod the Union. But, OF tito Iistouera all,
mono wore Ruch atr OF peculiar interoBt ID did
tho TITO poinkell out to mo, Ono Ut tlem etooll
against dosls, and occasionally lcauod ovor to
exchange hurried comment with tho others on
tho speech. lie was man OF great muscular
frame, with henyy, awart featnres. half
concealed BY his thick, black beard.
On his night was seated little, BhsiV-
olod-up old gentleman. with thin,
gray lair, weazonod face, anu nerye!ees air
t,11rk nH trEf q 7
OF bis own Clothes At bis aide waa tho third,
corpulent. sioux, and Wcli-fed. and wearing nll
over tho Cir OF corpuioltr aleok, woll-tod nitll-
ions, HIS massive head. firmly set on hiB her
thick growth Of long, gnow.:Whtso hair, giving
him somewhat OF patrlaEcllal anpoot, Features
largn, coarac, and strong; sharp eyes; NJ
aqulllno noBe; heavy under-1aWs aud hrIniy-aos
ipa; and ruddy complexion shat tod OF hiEh
living, 1otracted, however no little from hts
patrl4tchal aspect. Tho first WAS Reagan, OF
Texas. tho Confederate PostmRHtor- 0eneral:
The drlod-qp specimen waa what thoro ia ioft 1 Of
! llensy y. Footo, Jon Davib' COLLEAGUE ~ tho
| Senate. Tho other Waa, with ~ hih added burty
adipoae, "Duko" Gwinn, Of callfornia. hea-
Gan, being younger than ING others, ana. dnflnH
bis service aa member having 10 aonao Hott u
NAy como TO unuetstana tho Hthlua 81
things Blnce tho dosu8o. though he still
taiha about the impoverished condition OF tho
people OF lo1Rs,' doubtlosB axpecto4 ABOUT
nuch utteranceH as Toll from the iipa o. Lamar.
0dt tancied from hle manner thaL tue 1oEYcnt
devotion to tho Union a. it IL, with which
lamar'a hpooch was all aRloW, cont1asted 10
strangely witn footoa reeonee.ioba OF the asSa
when tho atock topic Of metobefa tfom Alh-
alas1ppi "as
mENAcB TO TIE UNION,
that he might almost hayo doubted whether Il
| waB indeed himBeIf, or rather tho ghost Of hs
former eelf fitting about tho sceuaa OF bis life
horo, that heard suoh words hom bliBBiaalppi.
And awlnn. With his proieo.a for pro-slayery
Empire In hfexico yet fresh Ia Lis recollection,
as ho lisseuod may we'll have wondered at what
changes time hsa wrought, which brought him
hear such worda from Miealssippl. What rocol.
lecuouB OF the forever past, when Congress
orinBed a. tho crack Of tho slave drivers whip,
must hayo been recalled to tho1n both whon
Lamar. with tho fsnteat layor Of tie honorable
| gont.enleu from Ms1istipp1 OF thoso timeR
folnlndod tho member from Maine {lIalo) thnt
in tho uoxt great couiliot, New England might
inyoko tho derided strict construction Of ths
Constitution to aAvo to hcr tlo eix umeH
greater political powor than Nov. York, with
nearIy 2,000, 000 moro population, wioidod undtl
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