New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-22

declining wears. on TIE floor OF Congress the cause
OF Liberty and Humanity.
The stslyart firm OF Giddipgs, unbcnt with The
wei,ht OF years, his towering head crowned Win
flowing white locks is marked object "a Ne CAIN
" sits in the House amid the surgDg sea oil young
HE around him. Though be he an interesting
spectacle 10 beholders, and though u De treat
10 hear him, on questions Oh order, give ,'Vui
memory, or, it may be, from bis o" N personal 90
se1yat,op. the rulings of previous Congresses; Or
To see him silence some upstart negro propasahd-
st with a crushing fact, or impale hun on soSFP
retort or roast him with irony as he lmpores nls
ReuubHcap colleagues not 10 interrupt by crles OF
order his "yOuug friend from the South, VINO is
cursing ike very drab IN yindlcatIon oil toe ~
vine orig n Of Slavero. But your interest IN the
soed man eliminates you go with MN
IN the old Hall. and be points out
the localities where thrilling events TRANSFERRED
in times gone by Here is where Adams stood
when he offered the famous petition for the dssosu'
tion of the Union. There spoke Kentucky Mar
hall when he denounced him As guilty OF hlgh
treason. Here sat the fiery McDufhe, and yonder
the classic Everett. Standing in TINS alsle, Corwh
delivered the nimitsble speech, describing Michl'
gan militia muster to the life, and killing Brgadier-
General Crary stone dead. By the side OF that
pillar stood Webster when he pronounced the
immortal Grafton that fulmiued over Greece, and
reused the drocpi1g spirits of her people IN the
struggle for independence. On this spot the Guar
of Adams rested for many years, and 1t was mere
that the great patriot fell.
We must give one scene in the Old Hall more IN
detail. We write from recollection. Ia $40, the
India Appropriation bill was under confederation
in Committee of the Whole. Mr. Glddlogs at
tackled an item which proposed to pay the State OF
Georgia for certain runaway slaves who had fouDd
shelter among the Greek Indians. Mr.. Black OF
Georgia replied in grossly foul personal assault
upon Giddipps Amid much excitement Giddlngs
standing in the side aisle at the left OF the ,har'
was responding with great severity TO THIS atIach'
Black, armed with pistol and heavy sword-cahe'
and follow BY three or four Southern members
Zone of whom is now distinguished SENATOR
crossed the hail. and coming within striking distance
of Gddincs, said. Repeat those words and III
" knock Won down. lie repeated the words, and
went on with his speech. At that moment Mr..
Dawson of Louisiana, rushed to the spot,
cooked bis pistol and shouted, "In shoot HIN :
"by Cd, III shoot him. The peril OF Gid
dings was imminent. Quick as thought, Mr..
Causine of Maryland, his hand on his pistol,
leaped into the aisle between Black and Glddlngs
to defe nd the latter; Kenneth Rayner OF North
Carolina, also armed, took a position at the lett
hand of Giddings; Charles Hudson of Massachu-
setts planted himself on his right; while Solomon
Foot of Vermont, now in the Senate, stood lmme-
diately behind him, to prevent an assault from tnat
quarter. And there, surrounded Dy Causlne ana
Rayner of the South, and Hudson and Foot OF the
North, with Black, Dawson and other armed and
iucensed men in 'front.' stood Giddings, his head
towering above the crowd, delivering his speech
with great yigor and entire selfpossession, and
never from the beginning to the close Ut the melee,
losing the thread of his subject, except when, as
Black approached him, he hurled at him the de-
fance, "CoME ON! THE PEOPLE OF ONO DON'T
SEND towards HERE"
1t understood that Mr.. Giddings will spend
his remaining days in preparing work that shsu
depict the scenes that have passed before bis eye,
and in SO many OF which he has borne leading
part, during his Twenty Years in the House OF
Representatives" He cannot render higher
service TO the country, nor make more valusbie
contribution to the great cause. Let us hope that
be will not take for his model the heavy volumes of
Mr.. Benton on q similar theme.