“And my idea of the great Senator from Massachusetts (by which name I am very proud to call him, and which is so well deserved) is, that he is never so great as when he rises and speaks in behalf of generosity, of humanity, when he exhibits to us the intellect and the affections in that happy commingling that is the sweetest and the most beautiful rule of human life and action.” Mr. Yates, of Illinois, bore his testimony:-- “I almost feel that the Senator from Massachusetts is a barbarian [_laughter_] of the highest order, in attacking this young lady.” Mr. Cowan, of Pennsylvania, said:-- “I have the highest respect for the opinions of my friend from Massachusetts upon all classical subjects, and particularly upon those which relate to most of the fine arts; but in statuary I propose to follow the lead of my honorable friend from Ohio [Mr. WADE], who I think is infinitely superior.” [_Laughter._] On the other hand, Mr. Howard, of Michigan, said:-- “I know, perhaps, as much of the ability of the young lady to whom it is proposed to give this job as most members of this body. I have met her frequently, as other members of this body have done; and surely she has shown no lack of that peculiar talent known commonly as ‘lobbying,’ in pressing forward her enterprise and bringing it to the attention of Senators.” The statue was made. Mr. Delano, Secretary of the Interior, in a communication addressed to the Vice-President, January 10, 1871, reports: “The statue in marble has been completed to my entire satisfaction, and I have this day instructed the architect of the Capitol to take charge of it.”[58] The feelings of artists found expression in words of Hiram Powers, the eminent American sculptor, at Florence, which appeared in the New York _Evening Post_:-- “I suppose that you, as well as all other well-wishers for art in our country, have been mortified, if not really disgusted, at the success of the Vinnie Ream statue of our glorious old Lincoln. An additional five thousand dollars paid for this caricature! ---- ---- was bad enough; but this last act of Congress, in favor of a female lobby member, who has no more talent for art than the carver of weeping-willows on tombstones, really fills the mind of the genuine student of art (who thinks that years of profound study of art as a science are necessary) with despair.” THE ONE MAN POWER _vs._ CONGRESS. THE PRESENT SITUATION. ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE ANNUAL LECTURES OF THE PARKER FRATERNITY, AT THE MUSIC HALL, BOSTON, OCTOBER 2, 1866. ADDRESS.