The daily union., 1854-03-05
The Closing Scene and triumphant Vote on
the Nebraska Bill In the United states SEN

the Nebraska Bill In the United states SEN
ate.
II the whole American people could have witnessed
the grand which took place in the American Senate
on the last Friday night and Saturday morning, during
the final debate the Nebraska and Kansas bill, the
suit would have been profitable in all respects Not alone
would the national sentiment have been enlightened and
settled upon the then discussed and decided but
the patriotic and intelligent verdict OF the country would
have been enthusiastically pronounced in favor of the
bold and able who represent upon the floor of the
Senate the opinions of our American masses And not
only this the exposure OF the duplcy, the edrontey,
the reachery the inconsistency the deceit and the
zing absence Of all high and honorable purpose on the
part of the abolition leaders, conclusive and
plete, that thousands would have thanked God they
had never followed the counses of such agitaors, or
would have promptly cut themselves loose from the
peslental association.
The debate commenced about one o'clock on Friday
afternoon and terminated five O'Clock on Saturday
senators in favor of the bill having
resolved 10 exhaust the question and take the vote be-
fore they adjourned Able and powerful speeches were
made both sides but for the evening" or rather morn.
ing session. reserved the of chief and absorb
ing interest. We cannot notice at length all that was
sad-tha we leave TO the full and authentic reports
Of the faithful congressional journal Senator Norris
made spe ech OF GRANITE, and in this he noby and
iy followed the example Of the and rock seated
democracy OF New Hampshire, and firm and true
hearted President He spoke about two hours. and
onished his hearers by the bodness. the sagacy the
OF his views. He is one of those northern
men who frequently remind the people of the free States
that Mason and Dxons line is not the boundary be-
tween friends and foes, anatca demagogues would
have the nation believe. And he will be sustained by
his people. Mark the prophecy The speech of Sena-
tor Toucey, OF Connecticut, in favor of the bill was
worthy of that calm accomplished, and intrepid statesman
There mncing or blinking of the issue-no cold
or hesi,ating suppor-bata searching and wellcons
dgni6ed avowa of sentiments that elected applause from
all quarters. How heaIthily bis fearless and fraierna
argument contrasts with the violent and imbttered at.
tack OF his colleague. Senator Smith, upon the bil-an
attack based, too, upon the avowed conviction that the
idea OF popular sovereignty in the Territories farce
William Pitt Fessenden, the senator from Maine
followed Mr. Toucey in rank abolition speech. MIR.
Fessenden is of the egimate fruits of dsmocr
division-one Of the results Of the Maine lquor-law
paroxysm and heartily wished. during his long and
virulenl assault upon the territorial BILL that the dem
Gratis who had contributed to his election could have
been present to hear him. 1t would have been
good remedy against future dssensions among our
brethren of Maine. We cannot say that the new sen
ator from that State is equal 10 The proud name TO
which his own has been added, in order TO remind
posleriiy OF Engiands great statesman; and we
would advise him that the William Pitt of old was
among the first to elecy the world in favor of that very
doctrine OF popular soveregny-or rather of representa-
ton and Electromagnetic which his namesake now
raises his feeble voice Colonel Weller the ga-
liant gentleman from California in speech Of rare elo
quence and force, took occasion remind the Senate of
the absurdy OF the position of the senator from Maine
and with such effect, that the galleries and the
grave senator's joined in rapurous burst Of ap-
plause. While yindicaung the right of the peo-
pie 10 conduct and control their own affairs and The
necessity Of fair and equal treatment Of the States of
the South, be made aluson TO California sing aIarly
Apostle and thrilling She was The offspring OF pop
uar sovereignty. Like fair disdem crownng the no.
Bile and sublime column OF the older States, she shines
all The nations and yndieaies in her brilliant emf
before mankind, the glorious principle from which
our Union rose, and upon which, upon enduring life
that Union based, Thanks TO The brave senator for
Senator Douglas followed 10 the greatest speech of i
e. He spoke for than three hours in reply 10 The
adversaries Of his bill No one slep, while he spoke He
took bis opponents up one by one, answering every
objection with skill and an effect before which they
could make head. Even those who had observed and
appreciated the intellect OF the senator from Illinois on
other OCCASIONS surprised at bis exhibition of
ogic and genius Saturday morning We have vainly
10 recall the striking points of
speech useful in s facts and in iis figures and 30
inspiring in its vigorous and surprising coquence One
of bis retofts upon the sboltionis,s will long be
Abiding to their poor special plea that The
Missouri Compromise compact, he said ], was no
compact He defended the North against the allegation
which, il true, would deeply dsbonor her II il were
.onpac she had violated iinulhed it--trsmpled il in
ne dust and say hat TO insult and 10 degrade her,
specially il she could be seduced into demanding
lthefs respect what she had never regarded herself
ruroing 10 Mir Seward, he said what did The State of
New York 10 treating Of this so-caIled and falsely so
.alled, compact, which now, by her wbig legisla.
ure, (anothG result Of democratic divisions,) she
appeals 10 10 guard and to save For years
yes, lor Than thirty yeasshe has sen, men here
o disregard il II was no compact for when the
Missouri Compromise OF 1890 became law it pro.
pded that when Missouri was admitted into the Union
'be should be admitted slave State and eleven
months after bat-ehify bscause she had slavery