The Daily clarion., 1876-02-01
description of the Scene at its
sDeliyery. =
Ahe Orator Strikes the Happy
Mean and flames the Emerged
wild Beast of Sectional Dis
cord.
Cor. Chicago Times. ]

Cor. Chicago Times.l F
Although Lamar's purpose of joining in
the Centennial debate was an after thought; '
suggested and urged by friends of the bill, =
ne had hardly risen in his place when the
nall and galleries, which had become empty
and demoraliZed, filled up and quieted to
almost painful intensity. a scene almost b
AS PAssIoNATELY SENSATIONAL
as that which marked the two first days of J
the amnesty debate followed. 1t was known i
that impulsive efforts had been made to in
duce him to revive the amnesty discussion s
and give him an opportunity to put his
Southern brethren in less antagonistic
position to Northern sentiment than that in
which the speeches of Hill and Tucker had
left them. He was known 20 have depre-
Gated all revivals of them, and have coun-
seled bis own folks to bide their time, that
their acts might show the world that HILL
was not speaking
THE SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.
When, therefore, his slim form and pale
1 face appeared over among the ReIulican
| benches, profound silence fell upon The
House. All signs of inattention and weari-
ness were swept from the faces on tne 1oor
and the gallery. There was no occasion for
the Speakers gavel. The audience could
fairly hear itself breathe as his splendid elo-
quence 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 adversa- |
ries his first movements on addressing the
House, have sort of self-distrusting tlmid-
ity of utterance and manner, which fascln-
ates attention. So soon as his voice, which
is not sustained in register, is generally au-
l-dible, he is then sure of complete attention,
so long AS he chooses to speak, He employed
no notes, but clear, crystal stream Of sem
timent, sobery toned by acute reasoning,
fell from his lips for just an hour and hail.
in which more was said than in the previous
seven days on the same subject. He apollo
gzed for speaking, saying that he had no
D thought of taking part until within snort
i time, but that his heart and head approved
| of some words on the pending bill, and
some questions germane thereto. Ihls was
). followed by rapid, exhaustive resume OF
f the constitutionality of the measure. AS ne
/, went on discriminating with analytlcal
d grasp the constitutional aspects of the ques-
: tion involved, the attention which he ex-
e cited because of his peculiar position, was
changed into absorbed interest. In vigor-
Gus crystalization of law, logic and
reason, by which his faith was lustl-
e fed, he appealed only to reason: Ihere
/ was no clap-trap invoked. Blaine hao peen
re heard with glistening eyes, clenched hands'
IA and grinding teeth, with repugnance, IN
/ di0nation, and incredulity, but this man,
4 nursing almost the same themes, asked ohly
OF the rational Judgment of his hearers, and
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OF tricks in expression TO recommend ms rea-
c. soning to the House House when haC
~ heard with hostile toleratl0n, put WlCnou
l. surprise, the foolish State Rights Issue OF Ih'
OIL Viroinian Tucker, who argued with the ac'
ed ruracy OF a LAWYER and the readiness or
gn nrofrSsOr-for he had been both-listenet
It, with amazemenJ to az argument against |
ed by a mana typical Southerner. Inc ne ne
~ publicans listened in stupetactlOh. ha
10 wisdom finally come upon the Conleuera aus %
hO
as cause now grounding arms ana sho "ini
"a unanswerable cause for the clvl as wen
n the military surrender. Ready, audaclou
OF self-reliant, his piercing eyes hxed upo
In men who opposed his arguments, he poure
Ter ont an exposition of nationallsm ana cohse
ry tutionalism which equaled in effect
rd ONE OF wEBsTER's MASTERPIECES.
M Mlai Remembering this mans place, the re'
IL IL leader of the South politically, and the SUI
InS cessor of Davis in the Senate, the scene WI
Ine Gently witnessed in this House OF reVol'
MS nls tions and surprises. He went squa
vas to the root of the States Rights argumeI
and expressed, in a few vigorous tnrus
the doctrinary idiosyncrasles ol Juu
,ca Tucker. revealing to that learned JuI
bT noints of constitutional law, national pre-
az edent and State policy, which even Ih !
erv former incumbent of professor chaai IL u
hot overlooked. Not nation Z! ne ASH,
ere throwing his fine head BACK anu aatstns
| be arms, "a people VIZ pbo confined !
nta- again 1orelgH lh'do1 ,,ost tranla dc
the yies, who accoutred the mos1 u ieu ~
as a armies the world ever saw, VINO conu..o. lro.
uer- four wears of civil war ana VINO leoos1l q
WI frono it-not a nation? Can any man rt
tho record and deny the majestic soVefels
|, in tne m ~ feo o1r nationality 90 The House, VIII
ma ma followed line and precept WIN ilhhl q
tioh attention, burst into prolonged appla. p
- r;, H. 1t was the testimony Oh luIas;9 :,
'rln that as an argument the constitutions 7
sma. ~ tba sneech was the most clearly put ;
Ias tha most coherent recently delivered
Vor- oitbar House. While the keenest atCen'
,ople Of the House was still fastened upon
tne md tbe weight of his argument had WIS.,
lie to ~ 90" its intended effect, Lamar passe
q pc onother theme He singled out Io"hst
nslg- ,rbo made such capital speech last "eef
deliver a word of reproach InaC gthtlen
lie by conscious of what was coming, ueSan "a
Elk to Ianoh com placently as Lamar alluueu @ "
the ;aoesa comments on the personal app
0 eX- !onceS of fex-confederates, but MS lau2n
nd to ont and chagrin took its place as tne sp'
He or with measured. almost patheClc, acG
ner's reminded him of the mlschleFoufe iosu, ,1on
On, in his Preston Brooks alluslons- ~ wa
3 had friendly. il was not patriotic, IL was nos ~
ks in cent. The noble American VINO sun
Id not wrong at the hands of BROOKS !elC ti5 10
timenis on record and that sentiment sh
shame those who seek 10 pc. hur;ed
cords and enmities that were uulleu .ltsl
nglng So 'oarS 400. No conception of the rea
rit of tectlVehess VI ooid lanouape of CONN
some gwen oy | soueezed between
of the Blaine, W neI1 otb;nG but his hair, ears,
nation hanos unIii ora al iseernible colored Wis
xisted ana moutii 9 ": 80 before Iamars gaze,
Union droPpeu no y - HIS SEAT.
of the MOVED REsILEo0A a
ness OF Townsend, whose face Is i naI9 a' h;s
as his couohed irresolutely, turneu IA a;saor n,S
nation and looked the very picture Vi u''oo1 oo1
ferson Indoed by its effect on tue t noaeS ,n g.,
mass OF comment of the town, the epoeJh :;
ID by most masterly in moderatIoh' rootb9
sal pa argument, and captlVaelns ~ snII
rehood far delivered. 1t told on every so"i'
timent -~-~