. Civil War echoes: character sketches and state secrets . ndly graceful, andunited to a voice which I firmly believe never has beensurpassed among the sons of men, was simply was a natural-born orator. He surpassed any memberof that day in the brilliancy of his imagination as well asin the wonderful modulations of his remarkably fascinatingutterance. His eloquence was truly musical and Jim Nye arose to speak, invariably on both and Republican, every senator ceased his writ-ing or reading, leaned back in his chair and was all attentionand e
. Civil War echoes: character sketches and state secrets . ndly graceful, andunited to a voice which I firmly believe never has beensurpassed among the sons of men, was simply was a natural-born orator. He surpassed any memberof that day in the brilliancy of his imagination as well asin the wonderful modulations of his remarkably fascinatingutterance. His eloquence was truly musical and Jim Nye arose to speak, invariably on both and Republican, every senator ceased his writ-ing or reading, leaned back in his chair and was all attentionand expectation for a rhetorical entertainment, and was notdisappointed. With head aloft and erect, and face turned uptoward the galleries, how that magnificent and unsurpassablevoice would sweep around the chamber, reverberating inevery nook and cranny and holding its hearers spellboundby its musical and baritone notes! A lover of music wouldget lost in the latter feature of the effort amid the fierywords of patriotism that welled up from his big heart. I 50. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, SECRETARY OF STATE Civil-war Echoes — Character call to mind a splendid extempore burst from this greatmans lips in reply to an ambiguous speech from SenatorDoolittle, of Wisconsin, delivered shortly before his returnto the Democratic party from the Republican ranks wherehe had been enlisted as a senator. The latters speechexpressed great dissatisfaction with Republican acts andwas quite censorious. General Nye arose, in reply, and withfire flashing from those great, lustrous eyes, and superbvoice quivering with indignant emotion and scorn, and themost exquisite wavelike modulations, exclaimed: Underwhat flag does the senator from Wisconsin march? Is itthe Stars and Stripes? Or is it the Stars and Bars?—andon and on lashing the Wisconsin senator with most with-ering sarcasm. In early days General Nye had been a stage driver. Afterhe had attained distinction as a great criminal lawyer in thecity of New Yo
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