The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1854-03-15
4 Nigr,rfnrtse senate.
WAsHrsorOs. March 4. 1854.

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WAsHINoToN. March 4, 1854.
AsJ entered the Senate Chamber about 10
o,elock last night. found the new Senator
from Maine, Mr.. Fessenden. making most
talIent onslaught upon the Nebraska consplra-
tors.
il was speech thai they viii remember
nanly. cais.ic and defiant.
Il was glorious 10 see ihs line band OF fsAh- I
full men in the Senate made larger and stronger
by such an addition, and deeply sensible. i know,
are his compeers of the strength and encourage
ment thus brought 10. their rnnks.
All around him were the bullying. braggari
majority, flushed with anticipated victory. and
some Of fihem, am mortified to ssy. beasily
drunk. He nevertheless with undaunled cou:-
age held therhai bay. Twice Senator Butler OF
South Carolina advanced towards the Senator
from Maine with cIenched fists and flushed lace,
as il to commit persohai assault, but tbs on
~ brought forth renewed and redoubled blows ol
eloquence nno logic fronafhe new Senator. ne
told the South, what they should have been told
in 1850, that if they desire to leave The Union
they need not delay their departure an hour on
account OF the North.
They have ffigh. ened Us one too many times
with that bugaboo, 10 succeed This lime.
Weller. too,yattempteo 10 reply 10 some Of the
home thrdsis OF Senator Fessebden. HIS usual
6ombastic fourth.of July style Of oraiory was
hightened probably by loo frequent visits 10 one
Of the ants-chambers Of the Senate room
Even Douglas could net endure the eloqueGce
or the California Senator, and at last compell-
ed him to give way and yield the floor.
Douglas commenced bis speech about mid
night and spoke till nearly three in the morning.
The reports Of isspeech which will reach you
will convey but a faint idea OF its violence and
sulgarity. Ii was made up OF personal attacks,
mainlys which gave it all the piquancy it pos
sssssed. Only those who know Douglas, or
those who heard him. can be nware of his low
aShorI Boy" style Of speaking. Ills sneering
fone and vulgar grimaces mu be heard and
seen rather Than described. To Senator Seward
he saidin return to courteous explanation aAh.
You can't crawl behind The free Eigger dodge =
He alwys uses the word s'nigger" and moi .,ne-
gso'' asrii appears 10 his printed speeches. To
Senator Weller he sold, in BowerY style, sSii
down, this is my fight, dom, mix in.' His
whole harangue aborpded with such specimens
and with frequents colcqaiss viii different SEN
atorss
Among the Senators who were particularly
elevated, were Messrs. Butler and Gwin.-
When Douglas arose 10 speak, Mr.. Butler went
10 him and put his arm around his neca, ard
suid; aAh, don't speak, Douglas, tonight; it is
too late, you uscan'i do justice to yourself" His
Cd d-ns and by G-ds were heard quite dis
tinctly in The gallery, amid his loud conyersa-
ton.
Gwin insisted upon Weller's going on with
bis speech against the enreaties and remons.rnn-
ces Of Douglas, exclaimiDg: NY colleague
shall speak. don't care ifihe debate lasts o
thousand years. ..There's Seward" said
Gwin. at another time, shes got The worst
principles Of any man IN the Senate, but he is
the best friend to California Snow." al the
same time sapping Seward on the back.
Sam Houston, true Temperance man | be
lisves excited soms serriment by having cups
Of tea brought 10 him while he was speaking
The laughter amorg the ladies was caused,
believe, by his manner of pouring The tea from
the cup into the saucer and by his seizing the
opportunity of occasional interruptions in hi
speech 10 quietly enjay his beverage. lie mad'
an eloquent speech widely in contrast vi h tha
Of Douglas.
The last lady left the galleries about o'clocl
70 the morning at whic b lime the male porto
Of the audience, also, had become somewhf
thin. The Senators were provided with es,able
and drinkables IN one OF the odisining rooms {
Senate Chamber which they frequently visitee
! believe such scene as was enacted in III
Senate last night is almost unprecedented, an
every person who has the least respect for b
country win pray that such SCENES may neyt
occur again. The horrible death OF Gardiner
the midnight orgies of the Senate, and The r.
peal Of the Missouri Compromise on the part
that body, will together fill dark page in OF
history.
senator Wade.