testing a few moments from his task, 1
|r_>i Eei.ion entered into conversation;
lithe Missouri friend. He told bind
it in reviewing the events of 1850 he wasl
■ find that the animosities of the;
It Lad died out in his heart, and he was
.only red*} but eager to do justice to|
r.ul stand opponents. He spoke wii h!
d feeling of Mr. Clay, to whose mer
anti >civices lie had awarded the high-l
irrahein what lie was writing about the|
Ji;;rombe period of 1850. He dwelt;
uuilaily on the service, the great ser-’
, Mr Clay had rendered to the Repub
i dial time by battling and putting
ollie traitorous Secessionist# of the
who are seeking to destroy the!
•n and plunge the country into civil
:h i! uwu selfish ad ambitious 1
i;.-.t;,.n t ,f this ibeinft fired tlv
i t luoo and re animated for a mo
lie failing frame of the dying patri-;
In energetic whispers he told his vis-|
4 die same men who had sought to:
- y die Republic in 18-50 were at the-
I n'<4 this accursed Lecompton bu.-i '
i. Among the greatest of his eomsola-i
i::: dying was lhe conscientousnees:
: the House <»f Representative# bad;
h! these treasonable schemers, and |
le heels ot the people on the neck ofi
unitors. Few events in our history;
given him so much satisfaction as I
■ hat of Lecompton. He warmly
d the imrepid and iueorrupitable
.las Democrats who had resisted the
• Kild the wiles of a corrupt and de- ■
I Administration.
