He was sent to the Senate.

He was violently opposed by a young man who said that but for his gray hair he would challenge him.

Judge Smith said, 'You are not the first coward who has taken shelter beneath my gray hairs.' "The same Judge Smith, when a proposition came before the Senate to build a State penitentiary, said, 'Wall in the city of Mobile; you will have your penitentiary and its inmates.' "So far I have found it easier to travel without an escort South and West than at the North; that is, I have more care taken of me.

Every one is courteous, too, in speech.

I know that they cannot love Massachusetts, but they are careful not to wound my feelings.