The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-01-23

WASHINGTON, D. c., January IA, 1888.
Editor Floridian have begged leave to copy
and send you for publication the following e.
tract from private letter of gifted lady from
the South TO mutual friend in your State, who
1 CHANGED to meet a day or two ago. 1t can but
be pleasing to your distinguished Senator and
others mentioned and interesting to your readers:
81 would that you could enjoy with me, as in
DAYS agone, my visits to the Senate You will
not marvel that my undimnshed love of orato
ry. eloquence, fluent speech, able argument, still
leads me there frequently during my temporary
sojourn in Washington. Owing to my deep
mourning il is one of the few pleasures that
allow myself, or that have the least relish for
But am no more political than when you
saw me last. Still, rs of yore, my highest ambi-
ton is to be true-hearted and most soomdnly
wonsan. l think our sphere is sufficiently ex-
tended, sufficiently exalted. aud can never sym
pathize with any kind Of masculine ambition in
any one of eur sex. Whilst il is woman's privi-
lege to mould the minds of statesmen and law
makers, and all those appointed 10 guard our
political welfare, as well as of the husbands and
fathers in the ordinary walks Of life do not see
of what we have to complain.
There are a few Senators whom il has never
been my good fortune to hear speak, and among
them is the Hon. L. Q. G. Lamar, the silvery-
tongued orator of the South But of these that
it has been my pleasure TO hear. the Senator from
Florida, (Mr Jones' Senator VOORHEES,, Of Indi-
ana, and Senator ingalls,, OF Kansas, listen to
with decided preference. / have made such
frequent m niion Of your own noble Senator,
Mr.. Jones, in letters to other correspondents in
your State that / have almost exhausted my
resources, AMI as | have no patience for repeii-
tons, will he forced Ia borrow Senator Ingalls,
vocabulary 10 find terms in which 10 express
my admiration of him both as a statesman and
courteous gentleman. Genial and affabic in his
address, his even and dignifed course in the
Senate, commands alike the esteem of both his
friends and political opponents; nor does he
purchase his popularity 10y the least sacrifice or
compromise of principle. A clear thinker and
far-setng his views on all subjects are naturally
broad and s'atesmau-like, ami the unqualified
verdict OF Washington circles-socia and PSI
itical-sO far as l Can CLEAN IT, is that he is with
out doubt the most able and popular man that
Florida has ever sent to the United States Senate.
Senator voorhees, combines all The graces of
oratory. the persuasive power of eloquence,
with strong and fnrcible argument The tall
Sycamore of the Wabash he is called, but l
think one of the incompatible cedars of Leba-
non would better typiiy the purity and integrity
Of his character, the nobility of his soul and the
trueness of his great heart He is one of the
noble columns left amidst the ruins of the fall
"Senator Ingalls, Is fine elocutionist, and one
OF the most fascinating speakers l have ever
heard The little vein of sarcasm that flows
sometimes through bis racy speeches, clothed as
it is with his own peculiar elegance of style,
rather provokes mirth and admiring comment
in the galleries than otherwise.
/ also listen with interest always 10 good,
honest, indefatigable Senator Beck, of Kentucky,
and Senator Garland, of Arkansas, but as Is
the case with Senators Bayard and Vest, they
cannot always be heard distinctly in the CALLER.
les
Many are noting with interest the course of
another star of the first magnitude on your po-.
litical horizon-your State Senator, Hon. 8. R.
Mallory. 4 noble son OF an honored SIRE"