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Updated: June 23, 2025
We have witnessed the popular election on the scientific boards: we have seen, now, in all its scientific detail, the civil confirmation of the soldier's vote on the battle-field: we have seen it in the senate-chamber and in the market-place, and we saw it in 'the smothered stalls, and bulks, and windows, and on 'the leads and ridges': we have seen and heard it, not in the shower and thunder that the commons made with their caps and voices only, but in the scarfs, and gloves, and handkerchiefs, which 'the ladies, and maids, and matrons threw. We have seen each single contribution to this great public act put in by the Poet's selected representative of classes.
Clay had still sounded in the senate-chamber to smooth the billows of contention; if the Olympian brow of Daniel Webster had been lifted from the dust to fix its awful frown on the darkening scowl of rebellion, we might have been spared this dread season of convulsion.
The speech was to be delivered in the old Senate-chamber, now used by the Supreme Court. The galleries were much smaller than at present, and I found them full to overflowing, with a dense crowd about the door, struggling to reach the stairs.
At every period of his life, his manners, when in company with his inferiors in age or standing, were extremely agreeable, even fascinating. We have heard a well-known editor, who began life as a "page" in the Senate-chamber, say that there was no Senator whom the pages took such delight in serving as Mr. Calhoun. "Why?" "Because he was so democratic." "How democratic?"
Clay had still sounded in the senate-chamber to smooth the billows of contention; if the Olympian brow of Daniel Webster had been lifted from the dust to fix its awful frown on the darkening scowl of rebellion, we might have been spared this dread season of convulsion.
The speech was to be delivered in the old Senate-chamber, now used by the Supreme Court. The galleries were much smaller than at present, and I found them full to overflowing, with a dense crowd about the door, struggling to reach the stairs.
Importance of surroundings Members sometimes referred to by their seats Senator Andrew Johnson Seating of the Senators Drawing in the House The Senate-chamber as seen from the Gallery Distinguished Senators The House of Representatives Some prominent characters Importance of Committees Difficulty in their appointment Important Senate Committees Committees of the House.
This righteous decision was received by a universal burst of applause. Abercrombie was deeply chagrined at the result, and this feeling was apparent to all so apparent, that nearly every one, friends and enemies, were indignant. In an electioneering handbill, which came out in two or three days afterward, was this appeal: "Why do we send a man to the Senate-chamber of the United States?
The gallant fight made in this Senate-chamber by the Senator from Ohio, aided by the Senators from Massachusetts and other Senators, would have been of but little avail had it not been for that other fight that was made upon the prairies of Kansas under the lead of your humble speaker. I wear a collar!
Pyrrhus's army advances toward Sparta. Embassadors. Pyrrhus arrives at Sparta. He postpones the attack. Plans of the Spartans. They propose to remove the women. The women send a delegation into the senate-chamber. Preparations for receiving Cleonymus. His wife. The Spartans resolve to attack Pyrrhus in the morning. Ditch dug. Ramparts raised. The labors of the women. Digging the trench.
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