The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-21
Our Washington eorrespendemce.
WASHINGTON, June 10, 1850.


Some Of the Pepper and Sah of Old BuAior.
The Senate were entertained to-day with
regular setto on the Compromise or Omnibus bill,
from the beginning to the end. On the resumption
of the bill, at twelve O'Clock, Mr. Hale having the
floor, gave way to the Senator from Missouri,
whereupon Mr.. Benton rose and moved the post
ponement of the bill to the 4th day OF March, 1851.
His speech upon this motion against the bill was
very well adapted to stir up the belligerent feelings
Of Mr.. Clay; for the whole argument was intended
TO scout and ridicue the measure out OF counte-
nance. We give few of the salient points of the
speech of Mr.. Benton.
First of all, sir, the bill is compounded and
composed of thirty nine sections, very omnous
number"
ALL IN MY EYE.
GAS to the public DISTRESS there is nothing of the
kind the distress is all among the politicians, and
that, sir, is all in my eye" [Laughterl
FIVE WOUNDS. :.
''The Senator from Kentucky has said that the
country is bleeding from five distinct and separate
wounds, all gaping, and all bleeding, counting them
upon the five fingers of his left hand Now it so
happens, that the Senator, like myself, has only
five fingers on his left hand, and OF course the
wounds gave out because the fingers gave out"
Laughter
IL am called upon to treat all this as a serious
matter-the seriousness of the Senator from Ken
lucky precludes the idea Of an Intentional joke"
AN ARlTHMETIcAL COMMITTEE.
&c i would call this free committee. They voted
for hemselves-they voted against any instructions
TO thenselves-ihey voted that the Senate should
do nothing while they were out 1t is sir the free
committee. 1T is more, sir. Ii is the arlthmetical
committee. A committee of thirteen-six
side, and six on the other, and border man as the
thirteenth, who has the most difficult task In horse
racing to perform, that of riding on both sides Of
the sapling at once" Laughter.l
DESCRIPTION OF A sCAPE-aoAT.
"CaliorLia is made the scape-g goat OF all the
sins of slavery. He read from book describing.
the way in which the scape-goat packed off
with the sins of the children of Israel. The goat
was taken TO the northeastern corner ofihe court
of the temple, where the High Priest bound piece
of red scarlet around the goats head, laid both
hands upon it, and confessed all the sins of the chill
dren of Israel, when the goat was taken to a high
rock, and pushed over it backwards, so that 1t
should have no chance of escape. Thus, sir, is
California made the scaPe-goat OF all the sins OF
slavery. (Laughter.)"
SIDE BY SIDE.
"Three months ago the Senator from Kentucky
and myself were side by side He left me, as he
had right to do; but did not follow, as had the
right not to follow. But, sir, if one man travels
fast, while the other stands still, in short time they
may be very wide apart
LOST TIME.
"Three precious months lost, sir! and who is
responsible shall not ask any questions OF the
Senator from Kentucky, for the law exempts man
from answering any questions which may crimi-
nate himself.
Mr.. Clay-l do not ask any such exemption,
Mr.. Ben,on-But the law gives it, sir, and am
law-abiding man." Laughter.)
APPLYING THE SCREWS
"And this, sir, is what we call a compromise.
You PIT the screws to them and they must come up
TO it. II implies that, you can't get what you want,
you must take what you can get. IL implies that
you must come up TO ~ and give vote which you
would not Otherwise give. !"
"Try it, sir, and into flinders you will see the
bill fly before these Senators, who in voting for IT,
will either compromise their oahs, their consci-
ences or their instructions; things, sir, which do
not easily admit II compromise"
RURAL FELICITY.
"And al that .he committee promise, in COM
pensaton 10 California, is the hope that one day
she will become happy and distinguished member
the vocation Of California, sir, this felicity at least
will be the hsPpiest felicity, that which the poets
describe as rural felicity"
e. TIE OLD ORGAN
"And we are called upon to dance TO the old or
gam with its screws all loose, and its strings all
broksn-the old organ of the four fs,' fifty-four
forty or fight; and we must turn round, cross over,
and back out to the music" Uaughter)
sARsAPARnIA.
"The difference, then, sir, between this bill and
the other bills before the Senate, is just the dfer-
ence between old DIR. Jacob Townsrnd's saTsapa-
rilla and DIR s. Il. Townsend's sarsaparilia: They
compounded Of the came roots; but old Doctor
Jacob Townsend says that IL requires great deal
of science TO preserve the chief ingredients from
exhalation. And as il is with old DIR. Jacob Town
sends sarsnpara, IL is with the bill of the COM
ties Of the sarsaptrla, which would otherwise
evaporetc. The label, sir, is everything. Old Dr.
Jacob Townsends sarsaparilla."
or CLAY.
"When this committee was appointed, sir, the
Senator from kentucky exhibited his qualification
in face respendent with joy. lie actually seemed
10 ache with joy. He congratulated the Senate,
and he congratulated the country, that the danger
past but, sir, il is always best not 10 Ilal-loo
till you are out OF the woods"