Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-31

fnferesting Extracts from the First
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Interesting Extructs from INC Ehfst
Volume.
Mr.. Sumner, though five years the |
Iunior, Was senior in Senatorial service |
% Mr.. Fessendep. and had attained |
wider celebrity. Mr. Summers labor WAS
yiven almost exclusively tn Questions
involving our foreign relations. and 20
issues growing out of the slavery a9lta-
ion. TO the latter he devoted himself,
but with II the power and ard"r OF ms
nature. Upon general questions Of bust
ness In the 5 nate he vas not an author
lty, aud rarely participate IN the de.
'aafes which settled tut ~; but ne did
more than any otbs sian To promoe
the ag.ti-sl,vory cause. and to uYrsar IT.
.ts ndard in ih- Republic sn ptrty. h-
b a carmel, IN an uusx tsnpssd degree.
IA. hatred If the SJu b. and this fact
lad increased the Zeal for hi II among
.,,,I--IaVery men Throughout the North
he a.stult m 1de npon hun by Pr ST
\ Bruoks. (. ) nth Carolina R-prese ntA-
tive. for his famous speech on htneas,
b.a strenethened his bold upon his cot
stitueucy. which Was hot merely Q
s,a,e of II 4-saes uset's. tut the radical
and progressive X. I0bllcaus OF the en-
tire country.
Mr.. sumner Was studio1s, learned
and ambitious. he prepared his >
eussions of public on s,lons Win cirs'
bat WAS not ready "a debater. II"
nr. seuted his arguments with power
ant they vere iA9orIous essays lie
nad no faculty for extemp1re speech.
Like Addison. he conid dcaw his drifi
tor a iLou4 nd pou d.. but might not
nave smiling of change. 'his dlu
not hinder his proQr. s. OF lessen III
ore .tiee IN the Senai~. His writ 10
.tpunsn ts re the antI-slastTy Class
ics of TN. cay. and IA y wrr- read 'oore
eaV.r than pperebss wh'eh prodnc-u
greater effect o. the b -aTer. Coionel
B.rt0n said at the eminent VII ituI
Pinchney, If NJ .ryinnd. WAS aiahys
thinking of the few HUNDRED VINO otinr
10 rear him IN the Set ale Chamber
| apparently forgetting the million wh'
ui & ht read hun outside. MIR. S1mnri
never made tnat mistake AIS hrRn
mrnt- v ent to the million. They p O.
duced wi 'sspreasl aud prodlyiou, e.
feet 90 public opinbon. aud left an ih-
| d.lI,ble impression On the history OF tbs
country.
| a.. House WAS filled with able men
m,ny of whom had parliamentary ex
perisnce, The natural leader. who AS
sumed his place by common consent
was Thaddeus Stevens. n mau of strong
peculiarities Of character. aoie' traibet
and fearless. Born IN Vermont, ant
educated at Dartmouth. he had passed
I'll his adult wears in Pennsy lvaHia, AM
WAS thoroughly identified with the stat
which he had served with distinction
/ Il n .sste ~
Congress. He had the reputation o
being somewhat unscrupuloos IA To po
litical methods, somewhat careless II
personal conduct, somewhat lax In per
sonal morals: but TO the one great oblec
of his lifo-the destruction OF SLAYER.
and the elevation of the siave-h
was supremely devoted. From the Lur
suit of that object nothing could defiec
him. Upon no phase OF 1t would he lie
ten to compromise. Any man who IA
truly anti-slavery was his friend. VINO
ever espoused the cause and prove'
faithless in never 30 small degree br
came his enemy. inevitably and irrec IN
oiiabiy. Toward his own race he seeu'
often 10 be be missnthropIc. Hs wa
lsprned in the law, aud for tsird OF
century had held high rank ut the bA
of a Sta'e distinguished for great law
yers. He WIS disposed to he taciturn
A brilliant talker, he did not relish idl
and aimless conversation. He Was muo
given To reading, study and reflection
and to the retirement which enable'
him To crafty lis taste. As was AZ
of Mr. Emerson. Mr.. Stevens loved sol.
tude and understood It's uses.
Upon ali political questions Mr.. Ste
vens WAS Az authority. he spoke will
ease and readiness. using \ style some
what resembling the crisp, clear, sen
tentiousness of Dean Swift. Sridoin
even in the most careless moment. did |
sentence escape his lips that would no
bear the test Of grammatical and rhetor
ical criticism. He possessed the keen
est wit, and WIS u",nero'f1l ia it, us
toward those he did not like. He illus
trated in concrete form the dltfereno
between wit and hulsor. He did M
in lulge in the latter. He did not enju,
n ltngh. When his sharp saliie5 woal1
set the entire House in upruar, he wa
impassive, his vlsage as solemn, "a II d,
were pronouncinR n funeral Grafton
Hts memory of facts, dates aud hgurei
WAS as exact. and IN argument he knew
the book aud chapter aud page for ref
erence. He was fond of young men
invited their society, encouraged ana
generously aided them. lie was easll,
moved by the distress of others. Ill
Was kind. charitable, lavish of hi
money in the relief of poverty. H. b ,C
characteristics which seemed contradlc
tory. but which combined to make on,
of the memorable figures IL the parlia
mentary history of ths Gated States
n man who lad the courage To meei an,
IoPponent. and who WIS never over
matched IN int, llectual emf ct.
New York sent Reub r.. Fsaton
already prominent. popular aud strons
IN the public service; Elhrldge q
Sp ulding. Who hectme useful aud eveI
comment as an adv ser in tinabcial lex il
ati~n; William A. Wheel.r. afterx4rd
V ce President of the United States
Theodore Pomeroy, tue neIghbor anC
CONFIDENTIAL friend of Mr.. Ssward
Charles b. Sedewick. of pronounced 40 |
ity in the Law; Charles ii Van Wyck
who afterwards sought distinction Ia
the West. anu Abraham Ohm. suisse
qaentlv we'll known in judicial life.
he ATTEST and most brilliant man o.
the delegation was Roscoe Conkling
He had been elected 90 the preceding
Congress when but twenty nine We .rs vl
age, and had exhibited a readiness aud
ei.quence in the front rank. HIS com
mand OF language was remarkable. IL
afiinent and ,xuberant dictton Mr.
Conkling was never surpassed In eth
branch OF Congress, unless perhaps b,
| Rufus Choaie.
Illinois sent Elihu II. washbasne, al.
ready eight years Representative IL
Congress. a man OF courage, energy ana
principle, devoted TO tue Repuolici "a
party, constant in attendance upon the
sessions OF the House. expert in il,
rules. lbs most watchful and most care.
fui member. an economist by nature, 4
Toe 10 every form OF corruption.
Oven Lovejoy. though native OF
Maine. sprineing from Puritan anc. s.
try. and educated TO the Christian mia-
istry IN the faith taught by CALVIN, h ID
the betty eioqu%nce of q French rovolu-
tionist Not even the exasperatinQ wit
OF thaddeus Stevens, nor the stndi,i
,aunts of John Quincy Adams ever
threw the Southern men into such rage
. the speeches of Lsvrioy. he ~as
reckiessly bold His bfatner b I'd be- n
killed bs mob for preaching The doc
rine o. the alolitisnisss. and be seems a
stmost Co court the same fate. He vas
daring en- pugh to ssy 90 the southern