New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-28

10 excorate the law under which the removal
took place. A spectator describes the scene:
In a lugubrtous tone. but with an affected soeu1-
nifty OF manner. he announced the words ot BIS
shouted the Methodist minister from the cane VIII
with all possible unction eliciung such explosions
Of laughter and bursts OF applause as required all
TO restore order Even Mr. Cushing discon-
certed ard compelled 70 JOIN in the general hilarity
A scathing Remuneration Of the law followed
in an eloquent attack on the opposition Al
awkward pause ensued: no one was prepared
TO answer Cushing At last, says an eyewitness,
andrew To the surprise Of nearly every one.
took the floor.
For a moment he proceeded somewhat hesitat-
ingly I listened with great interest l had been
win him that Session 5e5 him discuss this question
/ repeatedly with great eloquence and ability. |
20 o. 49, 20 "a mage an effective speech He
had a habit which I had observed IN committee
when he became earnest n discussion OF t4IIiang
iGrning Up his sleeve. and said 10 fellow Senator
by nv side: Andrew is getting warm iie II I1Fn
ing IN MS coat sleeve, you VIII nave u IN
a moment his voice broke out in higher Key and
rs, nU.s resonant triumphant-aHd for
more than half an hour ne spoke with a rapid
never heard equalled before or since
He proceeded TO answer his opponents points
one after another with mingled irony ana IN
vective. pausing to have fling at that Internal
statute" uhe Fugitive Slave law loathed by al
Massachusetts. and meeting Cushins's charge
that now for the first time a judge had been
removed for political reasons by producing
/ precisely parallel case in Maine where the re-
uoval had been made by the Democratic party
with Caleb Cushing's sanction
T., a r,oroept Of exaItation. appearing 10 see in
his minds eve the near iuture the shadoW OF
coming events ms g on but the day OF reckoning is
hand. Behind that party sitAs sx yt nf
an evil work therefore the hearts Of the soits or
ea have il fully set in them 70 do evil" But the
iuaemsEt vii cone We nave laid our ears today
thunder OF its terrible reverberations,
The enaecb was an instant success. and had
much more than the immediate result Of silenc-
49,, novarful opponent who had the magma
,,iD,i+,, n add his congratulations TO these OF
"a. .ouaarues Il solidifed the party, It set the
: moral cause al stake in the true light and gave
! ,,o,,e 20 the deepest feelings of the hour. Il
- s.a--ed the movement which gave Andrew
the onnortunity OF his life. so that The tribune
correspondent at the next state convention
wrote:
Ii iA and good will Of the dstinetively anti
slavery men Of the republican parry W ", IL
Ana h. is personally popular and puts himself
meets.
T7,ere is little IN Andrews printed speeches
that corresponds To their great effectiveness as
/ described by contemporaries. surcharSed with
feeling he poured out a quick fire OF short sharp
sente-ces that reused the sleepiest convention to
! enthusiasm and swept calm audiences on ther
/ feet He was chairman OF the MASSACHUSETTS,
! delegation to the convention that nominated
/ Lincoln. and visited Springfield 10 hotfy me
candidate. In a speech on his return ne sald
/ of the nominee: My eyes were never visited
! with the vision OF human face IN winch more
/ ,ransnarent honesty aud more henignant kind
- - combined with more OF the intellect