The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-01-11
[From Harvey's webster j

gave mo toEseoOncile peesons who had
been lslieuaesdG 9Ie w'ss obettes than u
great Senatorial triumph. And nOw,'
I added, 81 have one other thing In
my heart, and L asA- determined to
bring ito pass. We have talked these
matters over-of how little consequence
are MI these personal chickering's and
strife to mani when he gets near the
end. of ,lifes What are oil these hOnofs
and contests to Q man when the inter-
estss Of the future life begin to magnify
in1 hta eyes, and those Of this life 70
dswindle away? /. Now, Colonel, look
IT me. You have beeni q great many
yeaxB In the United States Senate. aud
yoars relations 70 MI. Calhoun are not
friendly. L want to reconcile You and
Mr. Calhoun, and then / shall be con-
tent l,tozat a1ie-Aq EtfoSeW iG1sFS ssssa
% sssWabstet,, he replied, curtly, stlD
not. m0ntion that. to me!' Anybody
else-anybody; you may tell me to 60
and ask the pardon Of q negro in the
Jail, and I will 60 and do lit! 10 But /
went be reCoucileds to. Calhoun I'll
WONT, air l. ) Calhoun is q humbug. L.
won't have anything to do with him
II won't, siri MY mind is made up.
Anybody else, but not Calhoun He IL
u hqnbug, and I. won't do it, sir 90"
Mr. Webster said that when Mr.,
Calhoun's ltfeless body iwas brought
into 1.-The Senate, the committee of ar
raagenqents, who had charge Of such
matters, of coarse salected from the
contemporaries Of Mr.. Calhoun such
gentlemen as they thought would es-
teem it q privilege to speak.
"i never In my iife, said Mr.. Web
ster, tsperformed . more pleasing duty
| =
touching; for / had q very great respect
for Mr.. Calhoun. b He was q man of
great worth, most sincere, upright-and
with all the qualities, not only OF q
very great man, but Of avery estima-
blo One."c. - ra}lssu 8lsSli@ 9G SnFtsb
The committee invited Col. Benton
to speak, not that they thought he
would, consent to do 90, but because
they thought 1t was due TO his age that
he shQuldr have an opportunityat such
an hour, when everything should be
banished from the heart but kindness,
| to say q word but. he declined without
comment. Mr.. Webster said si 'a
sIdis seat was directly opposite
mine, and while was making the
few remarks which the state OF my
feelings would allow, I looked across
and saw that Benton had his back
turned to the Senate and was twirling
| his spectacles inattentively. So strong
was the feeling of dislike which he en- :
tertained for Mr.. Calhoun" EaF D"
"a Mr. Benton had all sorts of knowl-
edge, and seemed to have acquired
more political facts than any man Mr..
Webster had ever met even more than
John Quincy Adams. He had won
defful memory, and read everything,
and gave. his whole time and attention
to politics, never practicing HIS pro-
fession. During the discussion on the
Oregon bill, Mr. Benton made q speech,
as did many other membeFs,s and near
the close of the debate Mr.. Webster
was about to speak, and wanted to get
q book, of which he had an intlistinct
recollection, for some geographical
fact to illustrate u point in his remarks.
1t was something that he had seen a
great many years before in u book
which was probably now out of print.
He only knew the name Of It's author,
but he set to work to find it.; He asked
Peter Force, who, had collected a great
political library at Washington, but
Mr.. Force could not find it. He then
got the Librarian of Congress to hunt
for it, but he also had no success. Mr..
! Webster was about giving it up in
despair, when it occurred to him to
speak to Benton. He went to him and
said: .s.-s .s ls,e ...,. -.-a!asr
"You know everything, Colonel, and
where everything is. Have you any
recollection or knowledge of such 8
geography, such book or such an
author ?'' s-,.. ..fzr, f,.t,sss p a4.g,I4s
The Colonel stopped, a moment te
think, and then replied: r=EE
81 know what you want IN see if,
can find it, -..-...-. 1900
An hour afterwards Mr.. Webster
having left the Senate, returned to hi
seat, and, as he said to me, stThere, ly
ing on my desk, was an immense book
with leaf turned down to the plact
that wanted to find, although hat
not said q word as to the particular par
of the book I wanted to consult. With
out any suggestion of mine, Mr.. Bentol
had guessed at what wanted, ant
! turned down the leaf. l looked VI
from my desk to his, and there he was
bowing to me, as il to say, sThat's it.
1 do not suppose there was anothe
man who could have found that bool
for me.''
Mississippi papers are still discussing
the question of calling constitutions