The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-04-16
Jour LITTLE EVE LAMB,
A Notable Speech on Official Mutton.

There is probably no man who occupies
Il seat upon the floor of the United State
Senate, to whose ear the music of hi>
own voice sounds sweeter, than our OWL
amiable Senator and ex-Govrrnnr-th,
genial. mellow. aud expansive Gronme.
There are natures. blithe and gay. that
couit the merry sunshine and reyel Ii
the radiant light. To these. obSculit,
and night suggest silence and death.
They are the typical takers, the chirp
ing children that twitter and twaddlc Oh
every hand, to the welcome audiences ~
daily life. Our silver-tonGued Senator
shares this happy nature. lie is, Gguri
lively speaking, Il human canary. that
dearest and tinieSt of feathercd snn-stcrs.
that chrps by instinct. and revcls i'll the
melody Of its own notes. whether the,
be current or not. To him. silence is a
painful penanee. Indeed the most un-
welcome experience Of his Congressional
career, is to be compelled to listen to Il
'-Epdlt. anu isthS Nv st' NV p'ie az -
Occasionally. however. he can coutai,
himself 10 longer. and like some swollen
stream, his pent.up rl"quence oetlrap>
all bounds and spends itself in grandly
"bHrMing rOrds.'
The Sen itor has recently treated the
country. furnishing for intellectual food
from the great Senatorial store house.
to one of his periodic. forensic, and
p!rotechliic displays. The occasion WAS
one eminently worthy the genius Of the
orator. Simple little questions. such as
the Funding Bill. Electoral Count, and
other thrilling Subjects had received no
passing recognition from him.
Such issues could be safely trusted t"
smaller men. 1t was oniy when the ma
jesty of the Senatorial patronage ~n- in
volved, when the official mutton Of the
Democratic sheep-lnld was threatened,
that the paternal instinct WAS tlul!
aroused. and the Senatorial Nathan rushed
to the succnr of his lone little exc
lamb," In other words. when the Re
publican wolf howled at the door of the
Democratic sheep-fpld of the Senate the
Senator took up the shepherd 5 hook and
crook. His one single appnntmenr was
in jeopardy. The Big Politician " Was
trembling iii his boots. The May NUT
ton was quivering in every limb. On the
Goth day Of March, a bright. beautiful
morning. and of Tuesday. the Senate
rial son of Maryland rose in his majesty
from his seat.
Indeed it might be truthfuiy said that
when he rose, he was rose(y) all over. or
was. at least, very soon alter. AS his
rotund figure appeared behind Il mouu-
mental pile OF manuscript. the hereto
fore eager spectators of the galleries rose
likewise.
He charged that The Republican ma
iority of the Senate, in turning out COM
petent Democrats and putting in their
stead competent Republicans. We're vip-
lating the old Jacksonan doctrine. that
to the victors belong the spells" That
it was without precedent. Now as long
rs the Senator INDUCED his oratnricai
paStime of giving loose rein t- his ima.i
nation upon ''gene'ml priaciplts, it went
well enough with him.
The turyid essay written for his Cecil
county constituency, rs the first home"
shot into the anti-Groome ranks for the
fall State Senatorial campaign. received
little notice until the Senator unhappilv
showed his labitu Il contempt for facts.
by stating that as soon as the Republi-
cans had obtained control of the commit
tees of the Senate they had discharged
the old clerks and appointed Republicans
IN their stead.
Now the Senator, although an excel
t, wrestle with fact without being
thrown. Nor on this occasion did his
usual i'll luck fnrSake him. 1t was Il
miserable oversight of his. anyhow. to
tackle fact. They are stubborn things.
they ale nasty things. and generally the
gentleman is to- nice to deal With them.
Besides. he ought t" have known that al
all contingencies best calculated to brcal:
the force of his ESSAY. to be interrupted
was the worst. He had carefully writ
ten and conned his composition.
He had read it over and over again to
snail circles of devoted friends. Thry
Ii I'll all pronounced it lovely" and the
stnguine Senator had already pictured
before his minds eye the admirin crowds
that would assemble at Mitchell's drug
store, in his native village t. applaud
his elsiart as the grandest of his life The
Big Puiitieian.' who had returned to
comfort and lie crtafr.rted by the local
brethren. Nimrod the reticent admirer.
The new Convert, Harry. Richeiieu, the
delegate from Vinegar HILL and the bel
lgerent baiiii,--all were there to read.
comment upon, and extol it.
But alas! how Senatorial plans mis-
carry. Suddenly. Cameron, the peskv
Republican from Wisconsin. raised the
tune, when. sad to narrate. the whole
Radical band began to play. Each man
struck out in tuIn for the unucky Sena-
tor
"The facts. Sir'' "The facts. Sir"
Let me interrupt was echoed in
quick succession on all sides of the Sen
ate chamber.
Like some giant oak, that for a moment
reels undor the first blow of the gather.
ing storm the Senator swaved to and
fro. But lac SUM uaGued fresh assurance
to his aid. and braciHg himself IL his seat,
cried defiantly.
Come one come all. This de k silll Nv
From its firm base as soon as I.
But \ moment only the parley lasted.
- 1t is not usual in this BODY protested
the astonshed Senator, now fairly at
bav, Ito interrupt sncA sp' &c res as am
delivering" I pray the indulgence Gf
the Senators to proceed: tits but a cam
paign document | read, aud intended