The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-06-28

pointed 1T those on whom he poured his
wrath and the expression Of his beard.
less, high. checked, and sallow coun,c.
nance would give additional force to the
brilliant and beautiful sentences which
he would rapidly utter, fall Of singing
wIttlcismS and angry sarcasm. 50 Gi--
unct was his cnunciation, that his shril
voice could b" heard in every part Of the
| hall his wOId- were select and strictly
grammatical, and the arrangement Of
his remarks WAS always harmonious and
effective.
Randolph, having had dinner table
difficulty with Willis Aston, Of North
| Carolina, never let pass an opportunity
for al!uling to him in the most bitter and
contcmptuous manner. Aston, cnragcd
one day by some language used by Pan
dolph in debate, said, As the representa-.
tivcs wcr" leaving the hal! and Randolph
was passing him: "rhc puppy has still
some respect shown him" Whether The
allu,:on referred to Randolph or TO one
Of his pointcrdogs, which was following
him, was ahcrward Il question, but Ran.
dolrh Immediately began beating
/ Aston over the head with tho handle Of
his heavy riding whir, ;nhicting several
wounds. Tie next day The Grand Jury,
which mas iii session, indicted Randolph
| WI a. Dl'''tl vi tbt p'ICt, DEt TIC court
allowed him TO offer The remark abpu,
the puppy IA evidence in cxtcnua,ion,
and inflicted fine Of twenty dollars.
Among q little corps Of Congressional
adhcrcnts which Randolph ruled with n
| sccptrc Of iron WAS Daniel Shcisry, one
Of hi1 Nirginian colleagues in the House,
who had risen by his ability and his
industry from a shoemakcr's bcnc! TO a
seat in Congress. After having Ohcdcnt.
ly followed ltandplph's lead for some
time, Shcflry vcnturcd, during Il debate,
to speak and to act for himself = upro-
si;:on 10 the "LoT,! Of Roanoke" 1hi.
Randolph resented, making persona!
attnck upon the dc-crting bcnclman, in
which he npbrahcl him with his low
origin, and quoted the Latin proyrrb
"Ntsntor ruitra c,rpi'tom," The cobbicr
should stick to his last" Shcney, did
not receive his punishment with humili.
ty, but rctortcd pluckily, admitting his
humble origin, but asserting that, had
Mr.. Randolph been in his place, he never
would have risen from it, bu, would have
remained n cobb!cr all his life. Replies
and rcjoinders were kept up for nearly
two days, and the once friendly leader
and follower worried each other like
angry bull dogs, until the House dragged
them apart.
During the debate on the Missouri
question, Mr.. Philemon BceChcr, n ma.
tive of Connecticut, who had emigrated
to Ohio, and had there been elected Il
.. representative, became somewhat impa-
ticnt as his dinnerhour approached and
at last, when Randolph made some
what lengthy pause, moved "thc previous
question" The Speaker said, "The
gentleman from Virginia has tho floor"
and Randolph proceeded, to be again
interrupted when hc paused again to
collect his thoughts, by demand for "lhe
previous question: nor was it long
, before the demand was made for the third
! time. Randolph could stand it no lon.
, ger, but said, in voice as the cry of II
: peacock, "Mr. Speaker, in tho Neither.
lands, man Of small capacity, with bits
Of wood and leather, will in few mo-
> mcnts construct that which, with the
, pressure Of the finger and thumb, will
cry Cuckoo cuckoo" With less ingcn
= uity and with inferior materials, the
= people of Ohio have made toy tha,
! will, without much pressure, cry
!, previous question previous question =
and, rs he spoke, Randolph pointed with
his attenuntcd index finger ut I'eecher
> who did not attempt reply.
iears aftcrward. John Quincy Adam.
IlNulcu huHuOlIi us u iOulcHlOT Ol ulS
: cord, whose delight II Has to raise 1.
! storm of debate. When the old man
!. eloquent" would rise to address the
J House, during ono of the cyclones Of
Q sectional passions which lie had started
his bald head rescmblcd polished globe
!, OF white marble; but, rs he proceeded
= (assniled on all sides, but standing like Il
;, sturdy oak in tempest it began tc
, , assume scar.ct 'ook, and would at last
! become bright crimson. Cold bloolied
! clear headed, logical, and mcrcilcss -
; caring nothing about consistency or in.
y consistency, except rs II weapon TO use
' against othc-s,-no insinuation or sar.
casm exaspcratcd him and attacks OF,
him wcro like throwing fire crackers at
!. an iceberg.
1t was in the old hall of tho House
that Caleb Gushing displayed that poiti-
to make the fimsiest supposition appear
like fixed fnct;" and there Robert
: Toomhs. towering above these around
hin. like Titan, poured forth with rapid
uttcrance his caustic nntagonism to the
, budding doctrines OF emancipation.
. There Corwin convulsed his hearers with
his wit and humor, and Edward Everett
fresh from his pulpit, established his
reputation as an accomplished orator.
When the old hall was first occupied
by tho House, many of the representa-
tives came from the backwoods, and
were but little acquainted with the cour.
tesics and refinemeHts of civilized life.
There was striking difference between
them and the dignified, polite, soldier
statesmen Of tho Revolutionary epoch,
and occasionally, when angry, they would
draw in debate the weapons which they
invariably carried, while the sergeant.at.
arms, bearing aloft his "mace," would
hasten to place himself between the
excited combatants. Yet this type Of an
American citizen, which has been por.
trayed in fiction rs "Nimrod Wildfre"
and "Roaring Ralph Stackpole," possess
ed many of those stern Roman virtues
that teach the personal sacrifice of the
legislator to tho rights, the interests, and
the welfare of his constituents.-Bc Ben.
Iertey Foore, in the Century.