The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-04-12
SECRETARY BELKNAP's TRIAL.
so,THERN SENATORS OF NOTE WHO ARE
LIKELY TO BE HEARD IN
THE CASE.

r. will be remembered that one O
the high crimes charged against An
drew johnson was that he denied th
legality of the Thirty-Ninth Con
gress on account of this very non-re
presentation. Now, with the singl,
exception of Louisiana, all the State.
are represented in some sort, and TN
less l much mistake, some of the
Southern Senators will play promi
nent parts in the Belknap trials and
the other impeachments that are liza.
bic to follow.
Watching the Southern delegation
from day to day, it is impossible to
avoid noticing one marked distinction
between its members, or rather that
the delegation from the South is d.
yided into two distinct divisions
the genuine Southerners and the car
pet-baggers, between whom there is
no comparison, except it be an odious
ono for the latter. The carpet-bag-
gers, Spencer, Dorsey, West Powell,
Clayton, and that sort are, without
exception, nonentities or worse.
They take little part in the proceed
ings, except to vote invariably with
the Republican party, often arriving
only just in time to vote, and then
voting on instruction, without having
heard the questions discussed, and
apparently caring very little about
them.
The genuine Southerners, on the
other hand, are almost rs unanimous
ly men of marked ability, men who
FROM their very nature must have
been leaders of the South during the
war, men who must of necessity now
lead the South within the Union, and
who are determined to do it, spite of
the strenuous efforts of Morton and
Blaine to make them political out
laws, who have no political rights ex-
cept by the suferance of the Repub-
lican party. Several of these men
have already won their spurs in the
Senate chamber, and whenever they
rise to speak command the attention
of the Senate equally with Conkling
and Morton. No face IN the Senate
is more strongly marked and none
more often inquired about than Gen.
of Georgia, a man Of strong
of first class ability, and
a fine orator.
On the score Of oratory, however,
none of the Southerners lead General
Ransom, VI North Carolina, who may |
almost divide tlr oratorical llonors |
with M'Creerr, of Kentucky, sur
named the Daniel Webster of the
senate. Ran .om it was who was
'orced, hy The f,rtsne of war, to sur
render his sword to our own Sher
pan, but he is none the less an able
Senator tor all that, AMI is sail to
have on " one weakness, viz, that his
heart is great deal larger than his
)ockrt. lie is 4 maa of fine appear
lnce, sguarely built, with an album
lance OF black l,,ir and full beard.
nst heginains to tinge with gray.
Norwood, of Georgia, is another of
he noteworthy Soatherners.
Like his colleagues, lie is spare of
lesh, aud has the same determined
let Of the jaw, albeit he is minus the
ign OF the deep sabcr cut across the
eft cheek which Gordon will always
AIRY, together with the marks of fif.
cen or sixteen other wounds as life
ong mementoes Of the rebellion.
of Virginia, is taking a no
ess prominent rank than the others,
While Maxey, of Texas, a graduate of
Vest Point, ex Postmaster General
4 the Confederacy, tall, lank and
yerfiowing with chunks Of common
ense, leads the very strong Texas
delegation in the present Congress.
Sui the list of the genuine South
rners might be gone through and
ot weak man found among them,
M, as | said in the beginning, some .
I them will have national reputa.
lon before the impeachment trials
re over Washington Correspond
nee N. Y. World.