The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-01-29
Fine Picture of n Splendid Scene
Mr Lamar and hts speech.
Washington telegram 70 Chicago Times.


suggested and urged by friends of the bill
he had hardly risen in bis place when The
ball and galleries, which bad become empt,
and demoralized, filed up and quieted to al
most painful intensity. A scene almost
| AS PAsSIoNATELr SENSATIONAL
as that which marked the two first DAYS o.
the amnesty debate followed. Robbip,'s TO-
r!d rbapsodies and whimsical sarcasm had
thrown the vast audience into something like
relaxed good humor, for though the speaker
Dad skirted closely upon that sublime which
rest' upon the ridiculous, bis purpose Wa.
understood 10 be friendly, and as a confess
sion OF Confederate contrl,ion 1t was more
than well received, but The appearance oil
| Lamar meant something. It was known
that lmpulsive efforts had keen made to in.
duce him TO revive, the amnesty discussion and
give him an opportunity 10 put his southern
brethren in less antogonistic position to
northern sentiment than that in which the
speeches of Hill and Tucker had left them.
de was known TO have deprecated all rcyi.
vais OF them and have couoselled bis Own
iolhs 10 blde their time, that their acts might
SNOW the world that Hill was not speaking
TIE SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.
"her, therefore, his slim form and pale
race appeared over among the Republican
Denches, profound silence fell upon the
HOUSE. All signs Of natlention and weaJi-
ness were swept from the faces or the floor
ana the gallery. There vas no occasion for
me Speakers 9aveI. The audience could
fair!y hear Itself breathe as bis splendid elo-
qu"nce forced itself forth. At the drawing
OF seats Lamar's luck brought him among
TIE Republicans, and side by side with
bahks. Ills movements are therefore more
marked. Sitting, as it were, among adYer.
stries, his first movements on addressing the
House haYe sort of self. distrusting timidiv
ol utterance and manner which fascinates
attention. so soon as bis voice. which is not
sustained in register, is generally audible,
ne Is then sure OF complete attention so long
as he chooses to speak. He employed no
| notes, but clear, crystal stream OF spu,i-
mcnt, sobcry toned by acute rea>oniag, fell
ir"m his lips for just an nollr and half. in
which more was said than in the pr4yious
seven days on the same subject He apolo.
giz2d Tor speaking, saying that he bad 20
thought OF taking part until within short
time, but that his heart and head approve
Of some word on the pending bill Gnd some
questions germane thereto. This was fol.
lowed by a rapid, exhaustive resume of the
consttutionalily of the measure, bringing in
some Of the strongest arguments against
THE PET Doctrines OF STATE RIGHTS
held by some of the more untamed Confede
rates so fur employed in Congress. AS he
| went on discriminating with analytcai mra>t
| the constitutional Si'ectS Of the question ia
VOWED, the attention which be excited be-
cause Of bis peculiar position was changed
into absorbed interest. IL vigorous crystal
izltion of law, logic, and reason, by which
his faith was justified, he appealed only t.
reason. There was no c!ap-trap invoked
Blaine had been heard with gistening eyes
cenched hands, and grinding teeth, with
repugnance, Indignation, and incredulity
but this man, nursing almost the same
there's, asked only the rational judgment 0
his hearers, and resoried TO no surprises, o.
argument, or tricks in expression 10 recon-
mend his reasoning to the House. A House
which had heard with hostile liberation, blu
without surprise, the foolish State.right
issue of the Eirgin9n Tucker, WHO argued
with the accuracy Of lawyer and the readi
ness Of 4 prolcSsor,-for he had been both
listened with aD.azemcnt TO an argumeu
against it by man a typical southernsr
,;ne Republicans listened in y;upelaction
Had wisdom finally come upon the Coniede
rates? Here was min WHO had battle.
for the cause now grounding arms and show
Ing unans werable cause for the civil as vel
as the military surrender. Ready, audacious
self reliant, bis piercing eyes fixed upon me!
who opposed his arguments, he poured on
an exposition Of nalioualjsm and constill
iiona!i>m which equaled in effect
ONE OF wETsrEE's MASTERPIECES.
Remembering this mans pIace-.he rea
leader of the South politically and the sue
cessor of Davis in the Senate-tbe scene wa!
in every sense the most surprising recently
witnessed in this House Of revolutions ant
surprises. He went square to the root o.
the taterightS argument, and expressed in
few vigorous thrustS the doctrinary lido.
Srncrasies of Judge Tucker, revealing to
tha. learned juriSt points Of constitutions
law, national precedent, and State policy
which even that former incumbent of pro-
lessons chair had overlooked. "Not ma.
tion!" he asked, throwing his fine head back
and raising his arms ga people who re-
PEELED again and again foreign Invasion, who
equipped navies, who ACQUIRED the most
tremendous armies the world ever saw, who
conducted four years of civil war aud who
recovered from it--not nation! Can any
man read the record and deny the Majestic
sovereignty OF our nationaity:' Tine House,
which followed line and precept with i'm
movable attention, burst into prolonged APP.
pIause. Tucker, taken by surprise, sat over
in the Democratic benches m ore amazed than
even the Republicans by this unanswerable
TORRENT OF ELOQUENT REPUTATION.
It was the testimony Of jurists present
At.
Of the speech was the most clearly put and
the most coherent recently delivered in
either house. While the kcenest attention
of the House was still fastened upon him,
and The weight of his argument had yisiby
taken its intended effect, Lamar passed to
another theme. He singled out Townsend,
who made such a capital speech last week,
TO deliver 4 word Of reproacb. That gentle
man, conscious OF what was coming, began
to laugh complacenty as Lamar alluded to
his iocose comments on the personal appear
ances of .Contederates, but his laugh died
out and ciIagrn took its place as the speaker,
with measured, almost pathetic accents, re.
minded him of the mSchieyous results OF
his Preston Brooks illusions. 1t Wls not
friendly, it WAS not patriotic, 1t was not de-.
cent. The noble American who suffered
Wong at the hands Of Brooks lett his sentl-
ment on record, and that sentiment should
shame those who seek to perpetuate G!scords
and enmities that were buried ten years ago.
No conception of the real effectiveness OF La.
mars utterances can be given by the cold
language of comment. Blaine, tightly
soueezed between both hands unti.'aothlnS
but his hair, ears, nose, and mouth were dis
cernible, colored visibly, dropped bis eyes
before Lamar's gaze, and
MOVED REsTLEssLY IN HIS sEaT,.
Townsand whose tace is naturally flame,