Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-03-19
Ibe Anti 5Iaprrp BuoIe.
Correspondence OF the New York Tribune
LAND FOR THE LANDLEsS, Us. NIGGERS
FOR THE NIGGERLESS."
WAsurNGroN, Feb. 26. 1859

WAsufNGToN, Feb. g. 1852
The telegraph and your Special" will have
given you the details of the intellectual feast r
the Senate last night. But it was so "spicy" thai
it will bear serving up the second time, and in q
diluted form.
At the close Of q weary day with John Doe
and Richard Roe learned about o'clock, tha,
the Senate still in session on tho Cuba bill
entered the gallery just in time to hear the close
Of Mr.. Kennedys speech, when Mr. Wade Of
Ohio got the floor and moved au adjournment &C
that he could speak tomorrow. But the Demo
erats having determined in caucus that they would
take the final vote the bill at that sitting
Fhouga it extended into Saturday night, refused
to adjourn.
Mr.. Doolittle, now moved to lay aside Cuba, and
take up the Homestead bill. The few Cuban,
who favored this latter, implored Doolite not tC
injure the Homestead, by antagonizing it with
''ihis great measure Of foreign policy" lie warn
I'd item that the country would regard this as
test vote. They WINGED, and the skirmish went
on.
The debate on the relative merits of the two
measures, intermingled with questions of order
now became general. Trumbull struck the adj
mrabe point, that it was wiser to take up and
pass a bill that disposed of portion of the sur.
plus land we now bad, than to waste time on one
which proposed to buy more. Seward pronounced
the Cuban foray partizan scheme, whose
friends knew it could not by any possibility pass
the Lower House, while the Homestead coul be-
come a law, 10y the action of the Senate, in ten
minutes. lie briefly contrasted the two policies
one to enlarge the domain Of the Slave power and
restore and maintain tho supremacy Of comaulso'
ry labor in the tropcs-the other, to give land to
the landless, and furnish homes to free laborers
in our own country. lie emphatic but en-,
trely parliamentary and respectful in tone and
language.
After little brush on points of order, Toombs
got the floor To understand the scene that fol,
lowed, you must know that Seward and Wilson
sit on the rear row Of chairs, and Toombs, Wade,
and Benjamin Immediately in front of them in the
next rowWade having T0ombs on his right and
Benz amin on his eft-and ali five being in close
proximity to each other y little further off to
she left of Benjamin sits Fressenden. Toomhs
directed his speech entirely to Seward. Always
impassioned and furious, he was now extraordi,
narly vehement in tone, violent in gesticulaton,
and abusive in language. He called Seward q
demagogue-a small demagogue-said he despis-
cd all demagogues, detested small demagogucs in
particular, but especially pitied and despis.
cd those who could be driven by small demagogues
bringing his fist in the vicinity of Wade's desk as
he uttered the last clause. He accused the Re,
publicans in body of cowardce, personal and
political-of skulkng the issue of Cuba, and shy.
sring in their shoes at its mere name.
He rung the changes on Stewards term, "Land
for the landless" and sneered at the e"acklanders "
as he called them, of whom the Republicans
were afraid, &c. lie smote his own desk violently,
occasionally reached over and struck Stewards
kept his back toward the chair that he might turn
his face toward Seward, ever and anon thrusting
dhis hand almost in his face, and pushing inadyer.
tently against Wales chair all this time his face
giowed with passion and bis air and men and
tons suggesting the ferocity of Dauton, combined
pith the malignity Of Murat. During his short
speech portion of the galleries kept up a runnia
accompaniment of feeble gusts of laughter
Nearly all eyes had been fixed on Toombs and
Ssward-the latter calm and PALE and looking
steadily at his assailant. But the few who knew
Wade we'll. had not failed to notice his hauds
6rmly clenched on the arms of his chair. his
compressed lips, and the indescribable air of
dehsnce that sat upon his countenance. Ere
roombs was fairly in his seat, Seward, Wilson,
Fessenden and Wade sprapg to their feet. 1t was
impossible for the Chain to assign the floor to any
body but "the Senator from Ohio" for the tone in
which he pronounced the formula, "Mr. Presi.
dent I" and the eye he fixed on Breckenridge, said
plain as words could have uttered il. 81 must
and will have it," slt assrG rvU