New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-27
up JENKINS SURPASSES HIMSELF.


the reply of Webster to Hayne, yet 1t Is nara
at this moment to remember really good one
for, alas! Jenkins was not thcre-JenSins'
the full flower of the present time, with MS
immense command of language and his uhSur-
possed proficiency in the aesthetics OF tailoring.
Jenkins, as we have before stated, assisted
mt the recent debate in the Senate, ANA
in different brilliant letters to Inherent
newspapers he has given 10 gaping
world calico epic of this war OF giants. Inc
fy upon the wheel did not think himself small
beer. and JENKINS evidently believes his letters
finer than the oratiOns which embalmed
in their SPICES and finer, in one sense OF the
word, they certainly are. 1t is great thing
to have the flashing, sparkling, scintllating,
glowing, and extremely miscellaneous vocaDu-
lary of a Jenkins; and we cannot say tnat ho
uses it UNANIMOUSLY except when he calls MI.
Conklng "tbe radiant Apollo Belvedere OF
"Ncw- Y York." though we never heard OF the
Apollo Bclvedcre Gin an entirely new outiit Oh
"darkish cloth, the lapels OF the coat running
down in iroad flaps and meeting mt the oei'
every much like the stOmacher OIL queen
"Anne's time, the bosom exposed almost 10
this apex. and garnshed by pearls rivaiihs
"the snowy linen itself" Jenkins, 1t VIII be
perccivcd is now in his element Nothing
but q prccptous flight from the Senate Cham
her can save Mr.. COnkling from being more
than photographed with his "neat check
neck bow his "thin-soled aristOcratic
shoes" his closely fitting trousers" and
"the stately joints of his well-deVelopeo
"legsr The great man OF the DEBATE Is III
the grasp of jenkins, and VAIN VIII DE MS
efforts to escape particular portralture-hi'
chair fuzzy, pnllish aureOle, lining gradu-
"ally uncovered skull, and thrown back III
"studcd disorder, the golden curls nesting on
"the pink and white cuticle."
All, what a many-sided, varlOns man Is Jch-
kins, First we think of him as tailor; then
as cordwaner; then as halrdrcsser
then IN = laundreSs; then as JeWeler. ar
anatomlst sculptor, a painter, classicai
scholar, a poet--in short, "all manklndS cpl
"tonem Whether grave Senator likes to be
described ms ga consummate histrionic" is an
other matter; but whether he likes it or not VIII
make no difference. Jenkins has INN Ill DIS
eve, and escape is impossible. He must sub
mt to have his "jcwcled hands, his radiant
head, and his symmetrical SIX feet OF man
"ho,d," together with his "stagey manner
oil ,nvoicpd: and to be called "a Hamlet,
" hoarsc, Sepulchral, and scenic" as he was
before called "a radiant Apollo Belvedcre III
a. nea. check ncck-bow and aristocraiic, TIM
- Soled shoes" For the sake of keeping we
leave out thus time the fluffy expansion OF
- the cloSr-iittng trousers" which covered the
- stately Joints Of the well-developed legs.
,nt when We come to take in Jenkns's deScrlp-
,j,n - a whole we have certainly the most
remarkable figure which ever invaded the
Seuatc-an ApoIo-Hamlct SIX feet high, with
ga gradually uncovered skull ana WIN
bands "ro,catc and dimpled," his "nimble
body pOslircd against mahogany background
~ stAtuettcs may be seen III Grecian plays.
We do not remember any Grecian play with
mohogauv background, and we protest against
calling man six feet high statuette. But
something must be pardoned to the tervor OF
admiration. Perhaps Jenkins does not have
neat nech-boE and cloSely-ftting trousers and
stately joins and snowy linen to describe every
day. No wonder there were "kindlng eyes"
and las Jenkins says) that "prOfound aiten-
ton attestcd mghtiness of conviction"
The acxt age would never have known, If
way in which the furniture of the chamber
was used upon that momentous day. Mr..
Con'lling seized the high back of chair
4" which he had pushed into the aisle to give
chin room to pace about" Mr.. Morton (as he
tells us IN another letter. took "a tight grip
on his armchair" or "gripped the iron rest
"by his desk" Mr.. Edmunds leaned across
"a desk or tw0," and then came to the four
Ices of his chair" But in one of Jenkins's
descriptions we may say that we find his master
piece. Eycrybody has heard of John Randolph
CRYING. mt some pause in his exhausting speech,
more porter, Tim !" What is this to the
picture of Mr. COnkling, when page had
placed goblet of water on his desk, waving
cit" 80 Jenkins says, imperously away"
Presently" so runs the picturesque narrative,
the Senator's own body appeared
"bearing cup of very strong tea" This
" facilitating beverage" We are told, she
slipped at intervals" Jenkins evidently has
his doubts about tea as a steady drink. We
knew that before.
But enough of matters only important as
showing the annOyances to which our public
men are subjected. Mr.. COnkling and bis assO
ciates have our hearty sympathy. 1t is not in
the power of even Jenkins to make them ride
ulous but it can hardly cOnduce to their perfect
equanimity to know while they are speaking
to the whole great Republic upon themes of
the gravest import that foolish fellow is
taking an inventory of their clothes with the
design of printing it in a newspaper.