Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-29
Land for the LandIess, VS.. Niggers
for the Niggerless."

/ WASHINGTON, Feb -, 1859.
At the close of weary day, learned
that the Senate was still in session on the
Cuba bill. | entered the gallery just when
Mr.. Wade, of Ohio, got the floor and
moved an adjournment, SO that be could
speak tomorrow. But the Democrats,
having determined in caucus that they
would take the final vote on the bill at
that sitting, though i, extended into Sat
ur1ay night, refused to adjourn
| Mr.. Doolitile now moved to lay aside
Cuba, and take up the Homestead bill.
The few Cubans who favor this latter, i'm
plored Dooli,tle not to injure the Home
stead, by antagonizing it with ''this great
measure Of foreign policy" He warned
them that the country would regard this
as test vote. They WINGED, and the
skirmsh went on.
Trunbull struck the admirable point,
,ha. it was wiser to take up and pass
bill that disposed of a portion Of the sur
plus land we now had, than to waste time
on one which proposed to buy more.
Seward pronounced the Cuban foray
mere par:izan scheme, whose friends knew
it could not By any possibility pass the
lower House, while the Homestead could
become Jaw, by the action of the Senate,
in ten minutes. He briefly con,ras;ed
the two policies-one TO enlarge the do
main Of the Slave power, and restore and
maintain the supremacy of compulsory
labor in the tropies-the other, to give
laud to the laudless, and furnish homes to
the free laborsrs of our own country. He
was emphatic, bu, entirely parliamentary
and respectful in tone and language.
TOombs next got the floor 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 row-Wade having
Toombs on his right and Benjamin on his
left. ToOmbs directed his speech entirely
to Seward. Always impassioned and furi-
Gus, be was now extraordinarily vehement
in tone, violent in gesticula!ion, an! abu-
siye ia language. He called Seward a
demagogue-a small demagogus-said be
despissd all demagogues, dete.ted small
demagogues in particular, but more espe-
cially pitied and despised those who could
be driven BY small demagogues, bringing
hi, fist in the vicinity of Wads's desk as
he uttered the last clause He accused
the Republicans, in a body, of covardice,
personal and politieal-of skulkiug the
issue of Cuba, and sbivering in their
shoes at its mere name. He rung the
changes on Stewards terms, Gland for the
land!ess,' and sneered at the "lacklaud
ers," as be called them, of whom the Re.
publicans were afraid, 30.
Ere TOombs was fairly in his seat, Sc.
ward, Fessendsn, and Wade, sprung to
their feet. 1t was impossible for the
Chair to ASST IN the floor to anybody but
"the Senator from Ohio" for the tone in
which he pronounced the formula, "Mr.
President y and the eye he fixed on
Breckenridge, said, as plain as words could
utter it, 81 must and viii have it." Wade
turned square upon Toombs, aud, bring
ing his fist down within an inch Of Toombs'
nose and heavily upon bis desk, hi, eyes
rivetiug him, and the ho. words Kissing
through lis teeth, "Skulk, ah shirer do
We :" The Georgian pushed his chair
it stands on castOrs-a few inches further
off, SO as to give his Ohio neighbor more
room. Wade went on, leapiug almost
from the floor at every sentence, showing
plainly that though be was able to reply
etfectually to the taunt and abuse that fell /
from TOombs' lips, be would rather drive
them forcibly down his throat, (all Of
which Toombs knew, because, once on a /
time, Toombs was abusing ali Republicans .
in the most vituperative style, when Wade, |
his bands on the arms of his chair, ready |
to leap to his feet, demanded to know,
"Does the Senator include me in what be !
is saying!' Upon which the Georgian
responded, 81 except the Senator from
Ohio Since that occurrence, svery body
thinks Toombs desire to give Wade wide
berth.) |.
But, to tie speech. The first sentence
went straight to the core of the subject,
aud all the rest followed it. "You sneer
:: tie Homestead bill, because j. gi7es