Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-03-18
Correspondence of the Chicago Times.
From Washington.
The Kansas DEBATE in the Senafe-Green-
Broderick-Dou9Ias-- Seeard-- Thompson

Observation-Disclosures eeard-- Thompson.
WASHINGTON, March, 1858.
The great Kansas debate has commenced
in the Senate in good earnest. Green, OF
Missouri. opened it according TO the pro-
gramme on Monday. 1t is conceded on all
hands that he made a complete failure. By
contrast with the speeches which have fol-
lowed, Green is nO.rAere He ,hrus's him
self forward too soon and too conspicuouSly
He may be nimble and adroit, but he is not
fitted to shine in a war OF gianis, such as
this debate is to prove. He belongs down
near the foot of the class. He might pro
fiably copy after the example of Senator
Broderick of California, who prefers to get
warm in his seat before making himself
conspicuous on the floor. Senator Brode-
rick is winning gold-n opinions here BY he
modes'y and self-pOssession of his demea-
nor. Everybody understands where he is
politically. He makes no secret of his
whereabouts. He is with Senator Douglas
heart and soul.
Day before yesterday Senator Douglas
spoke for a brief season just before the arri-
val OF The hour for the special assigam ent.
He spoke on the subject of his resolutions,
calling upon the Executive for information
respecting the election frauds in Kansas,
which are cow known to all the world.
He had not spoken but a few moments,
when he began TO warm up ard put on his
%"battle face" It is a spectacle, which
nooVdy can survey unmoyed, to behold the
Illinois Senator, when he is getting under
we light in a great and exciting debate
Yesterday, (Wednesday,) was a must in
terestins day in the Senate, Governor Sew
ard was announced to speak, and the an
nouncement called both floor and galleries
at an early hour. Many of the members oi
The 9th, branch of Congress were in at
tendance to hear the distinguished New
Yorker. | noticed amongst others, Mojol
Harris in the seat Of his Senatorial col
league, hlr. Douglas. Many of the leading
Southern SeHaturs had taken SEATS n the
immediate vicinity OF the great Tree sol
orator Bnd salesman, i'll order TO heal
HIM with more distinctness. Amongst the
rest, Gov. Hammond, of South Carolina
who has the floor to day. johnson, OF Ten
ne.see, listened with erect ears during thu
delivery of the speech. Old Giddin.s, O
the Western Reserve, sat directly in from
OF Seward, with his eyes rivlted On thu
speaker and drinking in every accent. Hi
white locks, and strongly marked, enthusl
astic features would have formed a stud,
far "a 0.Ipfar Sapnfnr Sau-ard:c rnnda a,
delivering a speech is exceedingly flee an
, easy. Now he leans both elbows on tn
railing. back of his chair, and talks ava,
in the most leisurely style imaginable
Anon, he strengthens up TO The full heigh
OF his brief stature and raises his voice Il
{ a loud pitch for a few sentences. Then h
|. subsidies into q conversational tone an
dallies with his spectacles. Ever and anon
, he takes a pinch of snuff. Altogether, tn
1 great New York tree soiler is the most FREE
and easy orator to whom | ever listened
once i'll a while he wears a grim sort Of
smile in the shadow of his huge nose, Whit
shows not only good nature, tut has some
; thing of the grin of the mastiff in it.
He welcomed the great leaders of Popu
lar Sovereignty, Messrs. Douglas, Stuart an
!, Broderick, and was willing to follow thei
lead in defence of that principle. At til
close OF his speech there was that deep husI
, which is always noticeable in an audienc
after it has been held to the utmost tension
: OF interest Tor a long time. The hush wa
: broken by the uprising OF Thompson, OF New
Jersey, no proceeded in the coolest an
: most uefrrrarute manner possible, 80 r-ns
5 directly in the wake of the New York Leria
than, and strike out with a pro-LecomptoI
speech about locailzing slavery. The con
trast was too marked and raised a laugh al
| r.und. The comparison was too invious.-
Thompson is not only the representative @
one OF the smallest States in the Union
but he is also one of the smallest men oI
the floor of the United States Senate. Be
sides, he has been instructed by his Stal
Legislature to vote anti Lecompton, but b
is going to disregard the instructions.