The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-06-05
A NEW YORK RADICAL JOURNAL
ON SENATOR HILLS SPEECH.

ON SEN AIOH n Lib > SKA GCd.
I [Cor Rochester (NaY ) Evening Express
We had good seat to see him,
and i Z had Iong wanted to hear aim
and see soma miracle that hs would
work. lie is six feet, s:r4igh -faeed,
rather THU, firm sot, aud with an
eve bora to face any fortune. The
man to his left is Butler, of South
/ CaroIina; next is Beck and round
him press Eaton and others, VIII
evidently look for field day on their
side of the hall for Ben Hill is just
nov their abest speaker land one
Of their fairest minded aud most
plausible men. lie is neat bat plain
ia his dress and address. Davis,
who is one of the possibilities of the
Senate, turns round to face him. -
/ Rubeaon has come 10 from the house
and has a seat next to Davis, aud is
nearly as large, though a handsome
man of Gfty or more.
The whole Senate begins to mark
the iron face of Hill, he opens cooliy
and slowly with his hands clasped
behind him In this manner he
epeaks ION the great question now
np) for ten minutes without a ges
ture. His voice incl cases little,
and his foretiuger comes forward to
point at Senator Conkling from New
York, or Blaine from Maine, or at
the smooth, foe head and form of
Edmunds, from Vermont, whose
great speech was given the day be
fore. Tue Georgian soon had his
plan open, and presses on to re
view of the speeches of the three
leading Republicans Just named, and
it is evident he is in for review of
the whole of these. and the whole of
the questions now up, and the whole
of the late war. AS he advanced he
showed more and more of the real
Southern man and orator.
| have already said in another let
ter that he is a gradual, of college,
aud he shows it in his clear cut, ia
cisive words, never wanting to his
thought, never misplaced, though
his speech was extemporaneous and
continued over three hours. lie
was bold ia his statements, well are
ranged with his books Of reference
before him; bold in gesture and
voice, sometimes with one haud
open toward the other aide Of the
house with both extend
ed, and then striking the attitude in
which Henry Clay is pictured in
making his fare well, with head and
shoulders thrown back, his feet we'll
advanced, and both hands reaching
out aud downward in calm grace and
dignity.
have seen Clay but never heard
i'm except ia congersation. But
have heard Pom Marshall, who was
sid to be much like Clay in style
and eloquence. | think Hill! has
studied both. ald with eminent sue
cess. lie has 40 want Of ideas aud
marches fearle8sly on to meet the
armed fJe III u ing among the cap
tains, like jobs war horse | have
heard maoy speeches, and must say,
that, as a p,ech. this Of the great
rebel, for clear s'arement, fine lam
suage, strong declaration, well sns-
tanned voice and argamant, and Tor
research and apparent indor, IA one
of the best | have ever heard, 10 the
Senate or 10 the husting' or on the
platform.
He il the kind of man the South
put into tho fore front OF all their
battles, in Geld or Senate, and the
attention this speech challenged
from friend aud foe shows that they
had not miscalculatei their man. -
When will the North learn to put
their educated, bold men into Con
gress, for il will take the strongest
debaters we have to meet and master
snch speakers as Ben Hill, Of Geor
gia. have only said what al say
that he is ve,y able speaker.