The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-04
LAMAR.
Scenes During His Eloquent speech
on the Centennial Rill.

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scenes During His Eloquent speech
on the Centennial Rill,
Washington Correspondence Chicago Times
Although Lamars purpose of joining
N the debate was an aiter-thought, sug.
Jested and urged by friends of the bill he
had hardly risen in his place when the
nall and galleries, which had become
empty and demoMliaed, filled up and
luieted to almost painful intensity \
scene almost
As PAsSI0NATEIN SENSATIONAL
rs that which marked the two first DAYS
If the amnesty debate followed Rob.
bins florid rhapsodics and whimsical
sarcasm had thrown the vast audience
into something like relaxed good hui
NOR for though the speaker had skrted
closely upon that sublime which rests
upon the Ridiculous, his purpose was
understood TO be friendly, and as II con
Iession of Confederate conlrition, il was
more than well received, but the mp.
pearancc of Lamar meant something.
II was known that impulsive efforts had
been made 10 induce him TO revive the
discussion and give him an op.
portunity to put his Southern brethren
IN II less antagonistic position than that
in which the speeches of Hill and Tuck
en- had left them. He was known to
have deprecated all reyivals of them
and have comseled his own folks To
bide their time, that their acts might
show the world that Hill was not speak
ing
THE SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.
When, therefore, his slim form and pale
face appeared over among the Republi-
ran benches, profound silence fell upon
the house, All signs Of inattention and
WEAKNESS were swept from the faces on
The floor and the gallery. There was
no OCCASION for the speakers gavel. The
audience could fairly hear itself
breathe as his splendid eloquence forced
itself forth. At the drawing of seats
Lamar's luck brought him among the
Republicans, and side by side with
Banks. His movements are therefore,
more marked. Sitting, as it were,
among adversares, his first movements
on addressing the house have q sort of
selt-distrusting timidity of utterance and
manner which tascinates attention. 80
soon as his voice, which is not sustained
in register, is generally audible,
he is then sure Of complete at
tention as long as he chooses to speak,
He employed no notes, but clean, crys,
tai stream of sentiment soberly toned
by accurate reasoning fell from his lips
for lust an hour and u half in which
more was said than in the previous
seven days on the same subject lie
npologised for speaking, saying that he
had no thought Of taking part until
within short time, but that his heart
and head approved OF some word on the
pending bin, and some questions ger
name thereto. This was followed by a
rapid, exhaustive resume of the constit
uency of the measure, bringing i'll some
of the strongest arguments against
THE PIT DOCTRINES OF STATES RIGHTS
held by some of the more untamed Con
federates so far employed in Congress
As he went on discriminating with ana
lytical grasp the constitutional aspects
Of the question involved, the attention
which he excited because Of his peculia,
position was changed into absorbed III
terest. In vigorous crystalization of law
logic and reason by which his faith was
justified, he appealed only to reason
There was no clap-trap invoked. Blame
had been heard with glistening eyes
rlenched hand and grinding teeth with
repugnance, indignation and incredull
ty, but this man, nursing almost tho
same theory, asked only the rational
Judgment of his hearers, and resorted tc
no surprises or argument, or tricks IN
EXPRESSION to recommend his reasoning
to the House. A House which hao
heard with hostile liberation, but with
ont surprise the foolish States rights is
sue of the Vnginian, Tucker who ar
nled with the accuracy of II lawyer anc
the readiness OF professor--ior he hat
been both--a typical Southerner Inc
Republicans listened in stupeiaction
Had wisdom finally come upon the Con
federates2 Here was man who has
battled for the cause now groundln!
arms, and showing unanswerable caus'
for the civil as well as the military sur
render. Ready, audacious, seli-relient
his piercing eyes fixed upon men WHIT
opposed his arguments, he poured on
an exposition of nationalism whicl
eoualled in effect
ONE OF wEBsTERs MASTER PIECES
Remembering this mans place, tn
real leader of the South politically, AM
the successor of Davis in the Senate, tn
scene was in every sense the most SUI
nrising recently witnessed in this hous
Of revolutions and surprises. lie wen
SQUARE TO the root of the State-rlght al
piment. and expressed in few ylgol
our thrusts the doctrinary idiosyncri
sizes of Judge Tucker revealing to tina
learned iurist points of constitutional
law, national precedent and state poilc
which even that former incumbent c
a professor Clldlr lttt w tifV"'NNTE
a nationg' he asked, throwing ms I'M
head back and raising his arms, "a pee
nile who repealed again and again ioreig
INVASION who conducted four years
civil war and who recovered from It
not nation? Can any one read IN
record and deny the majestic soverealgl
re- of nationality p The House whic
followed line and precept with immovi
ble attention, burst into prolonged NJ
nlouse. Tucker, taken by surprise, So
over in the Democratic benches MOI
astonished than even the Republican
bv this unanswerable
TORRENT OF ELOQUENT REPUTATION.
1t was the testimony ofjurists presei
that as an argument the constitution,
mart of the speach was the most clear
and the most coherent recently delivere
in either house. While the keenest
tention of the House was still tastent
,pon him. and the weight of his arg
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