The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-22

ING, however, was Won derful, and no man
OF that day was more apt or accurate in a
Classical quotation. l remember his cele-
orated debate with Benton, in which the
latter was oomTaesely scaihtd. The cur
rent number OF the Century Magazine, by
the way, has a very incorrect report of that
same scene, Foote was pouring forth a
torrent OIL biting inyeciive, so scathing
that benton fairly writhed. At last he
i Il to up at,, and F advanced roo, as
small, slim and wirv O0' Was mai so0I So
large rs Benton, but stood his ground,
wnereupon Benton turned and left the SEN
ate. II was at that moment that Foote,
pointing his long finger at the retreating
ngure oil the senator, repeated that famous
line from Cicero against Catiline, which,
translated, means:
HE turns, he turns, he flies"
Benton was very conceited man He
possessed considerable learning and a tai
eht lot what might be called "compila-
tons IL is rather difficult to properly es-
innate his standing. He had q bulldog per-
tinaclty, which always goes long way,
benton was large man, something like
stanton. Stanton, Lincolns secretary of
war Was bur y, stout tat and thick set. He
was very good lawyer, but not to be COM
pared with any OF the giants who preceded
hlm. The last thing Stanton said to me
alter the secession of South Carolina, was:
thompson, you are going away; neither
OF us knows when this thing is going to end,
out want you to promise me one thing"
What is ?" asked.
II ever you are in position where can
heip you want you to call on me-"
| promised and we separated. Notwith.
standing this voluntary assurance of good
| IN m in ha
vlndlctlve against me than that very Stan
Ton. lie had every reason to be friendly
I ward me. We had served together in the
cabinet, and it was | who had first lifted
MN up. When was secretarw of the in.
terror under Buchanan, controlled the iu-
q clai fund and appointed Stanton to de-
lenu the interests of the United States in
me Almaden quicksilver mine case in Cal.
ornia. The lee Stanton got was $25, 900,
ana lifted him from absolute poverty to a
position and final wealth. He forgot all
that, though, ana was violently opposed to
me all through the war Seward was a
gentleman in bearing, very dignitied and
IN conversation intelligent-somethin OF
the professors face, a tall lean man, large
features, heavy eyebrows. | never met Lin
coin after 81, but knew him well before
that date. He and served in the same
congress. Lincoln was always great buf.
foon. He made congress laugh, and that
was all 1fany body had pointed him out
when he was a member of the house, in
1913, as future president, the Joke
would have been considered worse than
an April tsol affair. One of the speeches
that Lincoln made during the Mexican war
was quite humorous. lie was opposed to
the war, and went into curious specula-
ton as to the length of the line of wagons
| that would be required to hold the monev
spent on the war. He estimated that So
many dollars could be gotten into wagon,
that 1t would require so much to carry on
the war, and finally, | believe, calculated
that the line of wagons would be three
miles long.
Now you may raise the money to carry
on that war;" he said, but, gentlemen
where can we raise money to buy so many
wagons?n