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The protracted agony IN the Senate 8 81 length
over, and the hope may be indulgehthat The many
measures of public importance, which have hitherto
been neglected, will now be promptly and speedily
acted upon. ~
On Monday night last Senator Douglas delivered
his speech in opposition to the Kansas State BILL
Every available inch Of room was occupied by q
densely packed and excited crowd. who for hours
endured every discomfort rather than fail hearing
the "ast will and testament Of the rattlag Senator
In western pariance, it was /" an awful scrouge. !"
Old, asthmatic gentlemen painted and convuls'vely
gasped for breath the huge sea of human bodies
surged to and fro; Young America swe.ted, and
used his pedal extremities as a means Of elevation
whilst the crushed bonnets Cf), dshevelled hair and
fearfully collapsed skirts of dear crinone, tightly
wedged in between remorseless specimens OF the
sterner SEX presented ensemble, truly ludicrous
and laughable. ~ -
As the Little Giant entered the Senate Cham
Der he received with hearty round of applause
from his sympathisng admirers in the galleries. He
had the good sense, however, to manifest his disap-
prevail Of such demonstration by gravely shaking
his head l really thought at the time the Senator
was playing this pantomime, that he sorrowful.
ton "what foolish thing have sailor done ?"-
These men, who on this occasion INDUCED in such
vocferous manifestations of their delight the We
ry same persons who few short months since,
heaped unsparngly upon the Senator bitter epthets
and revolving curses, such as would have shocked
even the sensblites Of denizen of Five Points or
St CHESS To-day they are shouting loud hosan'
mas to his name, tomorrow they may cry out cruel
fy him-crucify him!
This speech of MIR. Douglas, which severed the
la H. fIn
not equal to his previous speech on the same subject
and fell far short of the expectations OF his Repub
can party friends. 1t in fact nothing more than
labored defence of himself and weak attempt to
defend and justify his utilization with Black Repub-
licanism.
The "e,ninent Illinoisan will soon be asking the
question "where shall 1 go?", The Democracy
acont have him; the Black Republicans only want
him so long he is subservient to their wishes and
the moment he evinces desire to reap the benefit
of his adhesion to and labor for that party, he will
be given to understand that he has not yet earned
the right to supercede free sellers who have grown
grey in service. Repudiated by the party he has
hitherto acted with, regarded with suspicion and
distrust by bis new political friends, his position is
one which excites pity and regret and should serve
as warning to those whose greedy ambition induces
an ignoring of party obligations.
Mr. Toombs of Ga, spoke for an hour in reply to
Mr. Douglas. His remarks " ere listened to with the
greatest interest and attention, he has for the past
two months endeavored to reclaim the Judge and
his Congressional followers.
On Tuesday the debate on the Kansas bill was
closed by a speech from Senator Green, of Mo- 1t
was characterized by an ability and effectiveness
scarcely exceled in the Senate, and has earned
for him the reputation of being one of the first states
men of our country.
Shortly after Mr.. Green concluded the vote was
taken on the bill and resulted as follows:
AYFs-AIlen, Bayard, Benjamin, Biggs Bigler,
Bright, Brown, Clay, Evans, Fitch, Fitzpatrick,
Green Gwinn, Hammond. Henderson, Houston,
Hunter, Iverson, johnson of Ark, johnson Of Tenn,
Jones, Kennedy, MallaTy, Mason, Pierce, Polk, Sc
bastian, Slidell Thompson of KY, Thompson ofN. j.
Toombs, Wright, Yulee,-33.
NAYs-Bell, Broderick; Chandler, Clark, Cola
mer Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas Durkee.
Fessenden, Foote, Foster, Hale, Hamn, Harlan
F Finn RR' M.S Saa Stuart Simmer
ABSENT OR NOT Vor1NG-Bates, Cameron, Davis
vote for the bill would have been majority of ten
The amendments proposed by the Senate's COM
mttee military affairs to the House volunteer bill
do not materially affect its general features, and but
little if any, doubt is entertained to its passage
Col. A. S. Johnston commanding the Utah expe-
dition, has been confirmed by the Senate as Briga-
der General.
In the House of Representatives the speech of
Mr.. Bishop of Connecticut is the most noticeable
event of the week. He declared that under the
Constitution, as understood by its trainers, Connec-
tcut accorded her brethren of the South the right
to control and manage the institution of slavery in
their own States to them should seem best; that
they have the right to move into the Territories with
their property whenever and wherever they please
that they have the right TO bring into the Union
new States, either with without slavery, accord.
ing to the expressed will Of majority Of the peo-
pie of the applying State these he regarded some
of the compromises of the Constitution in order to
establish our government.
He denied that he was northern man with south
ern principles, but a northern with nation.
al principles; and if his acknowledgment and sup.
signed him to political death, he ready to NEE:
it. In speaking of the sentiments uttered by the
Black Republicans to the sin and wickedness oil
slavery, as recognized under the constitution, he
said, If their virtuous feelings Cypress them, lei
them visit the consecrated soil of Mt. Vernon, ran
sack its honored toomb gather up the bones of the
slaveholding Father of their country, clothe them
in the revolutionary garments which lie preserved
within the walls OF yonder building, and hang
in efGgy those men at the north who only seek t.
carry out the obligations of the Constitution which
such men have imposed"
All honor and praise to this courageous Connccti
cut Representative who noby sacrificing all person
al considerations fearlessy contends for the guaran
tied rights of the south, even when her own SOM
hesitate and doubt Pass along the name of The
Hon. VIM. D. Bishop of Connecticut.
Thursday next, April LIST, the Kansas State bill
will be taken up in the House, when the previou
question will be demanded and if sustained the bill
will be pushed through without delay. The prospec
of success is not so good one could wish, yet
still thinl that it will pass by small majority.
Mr.. Bowie of Maryland has introduced a bill re
quiring consuls to furnish to the State Depart
cxl- e.