in vogue when
it was originally incurred. He hated New England culture
and refinement, which he deemed a very poor crop coming from
a barren intellectual soil. He regarded me, I think, as
the representative, in a humble way, of all these things, and
esteemed me accordingly.

I was not behindhand with him, although I was not quite so
frank, probably, in uttering my opinions in public debate.
But I found out, after a little while, that the Northern men
who got intimate with him on committees, or in private intercourse,
found him one of the most delightful companions, fond of poetry,
especially of Burns, full of marvellous stores of anecdotes,
without any jot of personal malice, ready to do a kindness
to any man, and easily touched by any manifestation of kindly
feeling toward him, or toward his Southern neighbors and constituents.
My colleague, Mr. Dawes, served with him on some of the great
committees of the Senate and in the House, and they established
a very close and intimate friendship. I came to know Mr.
Beck later. But he had changed his feeling toward me, as
I had toward him, long before either found out what the other
was thinking about. So one day--it was the time of Mr. Dawes's
last reelection to the Senate--he came over to my side of
the Chamber, took my hand and said with great emotion: "I
congratulate you on the reelection of Mr. Dawes. He is one
of my dearest friends, and one of the best men I ever knew
in my life." And then, as he turned away, he added: "Mr.
Hoar, I have not known you as well. But I shall the same
thing about you, when your reelection takes place."

He had a powerful and vigorous frame, and a powerful and vigorous
understanding. It seemed as if neither could ever tire. He
used to pour out his denunciation of the greed of the capitalists
and monopolists and protectionists, with a fund of statistics
which it seemed impossible for the industry of any man to
have collected, and at a length which it would seem equally
impossible for mortal man to endure. He was equally ready
on all subjects. He performed with great fidelity the labor
of a member of the Committee on Appropriations, first in the
House, and afterward in the Senate. I was the author of a
small jest, which half amused and half angered him. Somebody
asked in my hearing how it was possible that Mr. Beck could
make all those long speeches, in addition to his committee
work, or get time for the research that was need