Butler Citizen

Senator Cameron got off the "great effort of his life" last week in the Senate. It is the only speech he has made this session. Senator Conger of Michigan, closed his speech, in which he opposed the restoration of Fitz John Porter to the army by saying that the bill might pass the Senate now, but it would not pass the House, either in this Congress or the next, because, although the political friends of Porter might have a large majority in the next House, the members would have heard from the people in the meantime and members of Congress were sometimes afraid to meet their constituents when they had done some unpopular thing. Senator Cameron bustled up and added: "and demagogues always are." How proud the Senator's friends must feel of his great speech, and how courteous, dignified, and Senatorial it was, to be sure. By the way, he is voting regularly with the Democrats to restore Porter to the army. Suppose it was Senator Mitchell who was doing this, and Cameron was voting against it, how the postoffice and revenue collector and soldiers orphan school organs would howl. But they are as silent as the grave, now.—Crawford Journal.