The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31
AORNNt star MEssENGs SUNDAY DECEMBER 81

recognized by his countrymen as the broad
est nationalist of his time. He is as ready
| as it is within human limitation to be, nm
sectional in utteraDces and aspirations. He
| ia more of
DEFENDER OF THE UNION
than the whole party of Grant cor ed
He realizes it's power, and believe, recog
u1zes its eanctity as q bond. As much can
not be said for the couspiripg party of
Grant. His speeches in the house make
him known to the country as a man OF
thoughtful metbods-some what fractured
by the serious. Familiar intercourse dis
plays - him more cangenjal traits. He has
the exquisite serse of humor, which lies
close to pathos and sentiment, in his most
earnest moments there is a sudden lull of
| the sombre intIospection and an outbust of
OF grotesque merriment, intensified by the
half realization of the speaker that he has
crossed the boundaries of the merry border
land. Speaking of the future, the other day,
be logged to be in the quiet senate, where
the noise and tumult of the bouse shall no
longer confuse him. IL can't work here"
be said plaintively. want to go to the
qnieter atmosphere of tie senate, where,
if at all, can do acme good )" then added,
with apparently unconscious droi'ery,
where shan't have to see and hear Hoar,
with his everlasting points of order,' Con-
ger with his constant raspipg, nor the loud
moutbed brotherhood generally who waste
the time of the house." The fun of this
speech CAD only be appreciated by those
who see ard hear Hoar and Conger on the
floor. Hoar is a conventionalsYankee of the
most pumpkin-like sort. He has learned
the letter of parliamentary law, without an
idea of its fexibility or spirit. There is |
never time of interest on the floor that his |
watchful eye and quick ear are not at work |
to throw in the tedious impsdiments
known as points of ORDER" Questions of
privilege and parliament ry Inquiries "
which may impede for
hours the most absorbing debate. The ap-
pearance of Hoar is the exast counterpart
of his modus. Slim in figure, gray of hair,
and attenuated in proportion generally, he
beams feebly upon the house through a
pair of gold spectacles, back of which NAV
be discovered two mildly benignRut and
d'mly blue eyes, weak as to sight and wa
terry as to consistency. He springs to his
feet, holding on to his desk with one debilit.
ated arm and waving the other in uncertain
circles about a periphery of which his abdo-
men is the centre. Grotesq9e is the fee
olest Characterization for the appearance of
this preposterous man. Even in repose his
unspoken words emitted to NO earthly ear
cow ulae the house, for, as be sits, head
thrown back and enwrapped in mild eyed
abstraction over the pending
problems, his rosy face is an irresistably
ludicroas reminder of that funny gutta
percha toy which appeared among the rich
stores of Santa Claus some years ago. This
was a face which, by gentle pressure of
the fingers, could be made to assume the
most fantastic resemblances. Of such com.
plexion, consistency and Aexibility, am the
pink and white cheeks of the benignant
aoar. Conger lie the quintessence Of the
Puritan Yankee. Shrill and nasal
accents rasp their way through an oriice
v hich no creduiity can be made to regard
10 mouth. He never arises but to annoy.
8nilt upon the Hoar gauge as to intellect
md quite matching him in attain ments, his
appearance on the floor is the signal of pre-.
ipitate flight on the part of friend and foe
He emits 81 object" and points Of order
IS porcuplpe may be supposed to shoot
Ter most fretful quilts, and his argumenta-
i've supplements are the terror of the gal
cry. The very presence of the man, with
is corrugated face, swapping turtle lips, !
omit celebrity, and waspish bumor has the
fleet of rasPing the most genial house az the
rating of steel filing might a nervous tea +
arty. OF these two men there are innum- t
aole anecdotes among the members, with
marvellous stories of enduraDcein the inter
ats of peace, which vie with the agonies of
antalus and the ProcTustean unpleasant
ess. Lamar's plaintive and unconscious
'piration to get where he might no Ion ger
azure these enameled pumps in their ga w. +
e and filing threw his auditors into shonts E
merrimeut-the tone in which it WAS r,
i'd being entirely that Invested of satire or
anter. G
0UNDATION OF MERCANTILE CRARAC- =,