Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-01-29
From the Washington .4nleriean.
GRAND DEBATE IN THE SENATE.
ExraAcr FROM THE pREsIDESr's MESSAGE.

- How ardently have longed TO meet you here,
That in close conclaye We together might
BewaiI the woes which, like mighty dood,
Have al; our hopes and prospects overwhelmed;
Discuss the causes of the sad event,
And gathering wisdom from our late mishaps,
Contrive by what means we may best avert
Oar fnal doom how oar sinking ship,
Which, like foundreed craft, now floats at larga,
Broken and rotten on the swelling wave
OF sch!sn1atic ascendency."
Then Douglas bold his muse invoked,
Folded his arms aud thus he spoke:
:. BIZ consutaton with our mutual friends,
And in ms journey hitherward, called
On Sunday last upon the reverend Sage.
For four iull hours upon that sacred day,
We viewed this subject in its grave aspects,
Talked and retaiked it. scanned and conned 1t FER,
Discussed its merits, bearings and designs,
It's means its end. and all its bitter fruit
And from all that / could hear or see, or think,
couli not tell TO whicn side be inclined.
But Buck is with me, IN ,rk know the man
For had he declared himself on either side.
He surely would have stabbed it To the heart.
For silence aud aon-com ommittalisn prove him still
bunker true, in spirit, aim aud will"
BigisF--
8 Mr. President, must express surprise
Hal.-es <s..atA.uaar, sherld now arise,
Que council to divide;
That he should think 10 lead aStray
Oar ptrty frcm the appointed way,
To paths We know not Of"
Haie-(s0t0 roce,)
O, what tangled web weave
When first we practice TO decsiys!'
Hunter
And werer not that at thy beck and call
4 faction great, not large nor small:
Might acre arise
And thus disturb the harmony
OF brethren bound in amty,
We'd spurn you hence"
Green
ria 7 tIa
Here, in thy pitch OF pride,
Fen with these Freesoilers near,
| tell thee, thou'rt defied
And if thou saidst old Bucks not pesr
To any Squatter Sovereign here,
Eastward or Westward, far or near
Bold Angus, thou hast told story"
WILSON
8 Behold how sinners disagree,
The Publican and Pharisec;
One doth his righteousness proclaim,
The other owns his guilt anu shaine."
TJonsbs-
And is there then in Gilead found
No balm to heal this smarting wound
Made by the warmed viper's breathe
SeicGrd--
Harkl from the Tombs the mournful sound,
Mine attend the cry;
Ye LocoS coms and view the ground,
Where you must shortly tie.'
Douglas-
= Behold the precious balm is found
To luil the pam, to heal the wound.
Here is IA resolution, quantity drawn,
Which, while it rea Is freesoil may still be turne d,
By skiIlful rhetoric, to its opposite.
And thus may be made 10 justify what 'er
Ourselves in future may devise"
Toonlbs--
" I'll have no resolution which shall bind
The Loco party to that cursed creed,
And make us bow our necks aad take tho yoke
To drag the car of Aboitionism.'
Bigfer-
g Toombs, forbear, for with proph stic k.n,
/ see our party hopes revive again;
Visions OF glory crowd my laboring brain,
And stores Of plumber press, and endless train.
The past Is gone, the present we enjoy,
And let's this day means employ;
Ii union now our mutual Councils bless,
Twill be the pledge of spoil and hlppiness.''
Forgive me, Douglas, once again.
No more I'll seek 10 give thee pain.''
Pagh -
:. Let us join hands and altogether swear
Our mutual wants and losses 10 repair,
And pray to Heaven to grant us all our joy,
ARd Sanctify all means nay employ
They all join hands IN token Of forgiveness.
she spirit OF Kansas is then supposed to apperr
in the seems and express her surprise and admira-
ton in the following Giant
Sweet is the carol OF the early lark,
As, heayenwa.d rising, he salutes the mora;
Sweet IS the music of the cnurch-going Dell,
Which calls the early penitant to prayer.
Sweet are the hymns which, like soft incense rise,
To call down Kindred blessings from the skies;
And sweets the voice of prayer.
But sweeter far, and dearer far to me,
Are Locos bound in unity;
And sweeter far than these combined,
Are the speils Of office TO pious mind.o
Dousias-
s.Wailer, the brandy. Friends, let's take horn
n, cal ahi4ate tha day our hopes were born
i.oi here a deep lbation down pour,
In memory of this consecrated hour
A German prince, in dream, seeing three
rats fat, the other lean, and the third