The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-19
AN OLD FOGY.
A Review and "Reminiscences of the Great Triumvirate, Calhoun.
 Clay and Webster.
Washington Cor. Coaricr- Journal.

Washington Cor. Courier Journal.
 John (. Calhoun. Henry Clay and Dam iel Webster entered congress almost simultaneously. They were regarded as the three greatest statesmen of the coun- try in their day. They were all men of very great ability, of very differen, char acter of mind as we'll as style of oratory. They also differed widely on many ques- tions of public policy.
 On the jth day of March, 1850, Mir. Calhoun entered the senate chamber, supported on the one side by his col league, Judge Butler, and on the other by Senator Mason, of Virginia, who es- corted him to his seat. He was SO pale and emacia,ed that he looked almost lit- eraly corpse. His health had been failing him for a year, and during tha, time he appeared only occasionally in the senate. After resting short time, by the ald of another he rose and said, in feeble tones. that he had prepared and had printed the remarks he intended to offer. but. as he felt too feeble to perform the task of delivering them, he must ask the favor of senators 10 allow his friend. Sen ator Mason. 10 read them. The reques. was. of course. granted. Tha; speech was but iittle more than iecapitulation oi the sentiments he had often expre ssed on the slavery question.
 An .H,clli gent writer thus describes the scene
 he readiug ei this speech by Mr Mason the senate chamber and gaileries filled 70 overiioN.ns--t appearance oi Mr Calhoun, standing. IS all knew he did. upon the brink ef the grave wrapped Tn cloak. hls long. whites bushy hair hanging wildly down the side of his pale emaciaied face. his eogntenance lighting up and his eye flashing out of is deep sooke; IS he cast II around on senators when certain passages were read. as If to arrest their attention and enforce his words with its wonted fire, was most unique. impressive and dramatic scene. He was, by the voice of a friend, uttering his last and most emphatic words in that llius,ricus body, of which he had long been one of the most distinguished mem bers- ltwas his last appearance in the senate; of this he and all others were conscious. As he ler his seat. sup ported by his venerable colleague. Judge Butler. and by Mir. Mason, the sem ators gathered around him to express their sympathies and bid him an affec- ,ionate and eternal adieu. Supported by his two friends he then passed slowly out Impressive as were his last words. his own appearance was inoomparably more so.'' Twenty-seven days thereafter. March ,I. iS5o he died, aged sixty-eight years and thirteen days. His death was announced in the senate the nex, day by his late colleague. Judge Butler, on which occa- sion Mir. Clay and Mir. Webster delivered some touching and eloquent remarks. They. too. were to follow their early com panion in little over two years.
 Mir. Clay's extraordinary labors in orig mating and affecting the adoption of the compromise measures in the congress Of 1850 greatly impaired his health. After the close of that congress, March !. 1851. he went to New York and took passage from there to Havana, hoping to derive benefit from a milder climate. He re- mained in Havana but short time, as his health did not seem to improve, and then proceeded home by way of New Or leans and the Mississippi. Though af- fiioted with distressing cough, he came to Washington at the commencement of the Thirty-second congress, but the fa- ngue of the journey so weakened him, and his cough so increased, that he was not able to take his seat nor was he able to leave his room. His son Thomas came on and remained with him to the end. He died on the I7th of June. iSS2, aged seventy-hve years. two months and seven teen days. His death was announced the next day in both houses of congress, and eloquent eulogies were pronounced upon him. The funeral solemnities took place the second day after his death. The re mains were placed in the rotunda of the Capitol for some hours, and were viewed by thousands. They were then sent to Ashland, his own beloved home, where they now repose.
 Thus another of the great triumvirate had passed away. The third still re- mained, but soon to follow his great com peers.
 Daniel Webster died at his favorite home, Marsh6eld, Mass, surrounded by his family and few devoted friends, on the ,ath of October, 1882, aged seventy years, nine months and six days. He was the secretary of state under Presi- dent Fillmore
 When will three such men again appear in public life?
 On the death of Mir. Clay, Governor Powell appointed David Meriwesher in his place. He served n the senaie from December 1882, to the 4th of March, 1883. It was then that made his personal ac- quaintance. He has ever since com handed my esteem and profound respect. Between the years 1881 and IS47, he often represented Jefferson county in the legislature. In rS96-So, he was a mcm- Der of the state constitutional convention. In 1853 President Pierce appointed him governor of New Mexico, which position he held four years. In 1859 he was again elected to the state house of repre- sentasives. and made speaker of,hat body.