New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-02-26
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.
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Special to the Nsw Orleans crsscentl
grey-haired Senator sitting IN CHAIR, oehVel,ns
speech, is an unusual sight Moving ms neao tn's
way and that, pulling his chair up 70 ms oesA anu
pushing i back attempting or LOOKING as II ne WAYS
attempting to rise and regularly faihng IN tne al
tempt articulating thfckly ether because OF an OF
ganic defect about the vocal cnords OF rom some
other cause, yet speaking looo enough 70 pe neafo
| throughout Senate chamber nlled 70 overcoming
this surely was strange spectacle. II ne murdered
his mother tongue, he afoned ior the crime oy cont
ual sallies OF wit and humor which drew tears Of
laughter from bis fellow Senators and set the packed
galleries to stamping and applauding in true theatre
cal STYLE There was plenty Of good sense in the
speech but the diction was extremely odd and the
style 90 very rambling disjointed and parenthetcal
as to render the good sense Of little value. Figures
abounded in this remarkable Grafton, but they were
drawn from lowlife with pencil of charcoal. Bull
dogs bull terriers, blue rats Norway rats overseers,
old Virginia taxpayers, the game of brag, busters,
spendthrift Kentuckiaus, the art Of trading, su.
percilious Standards and John Bull the bloody old
bruiser. y were commineled in Wild confusion This
vas The sneecb ~ senator Thompson. Of Kentucky,
delivered dav before Yesterday. doubt If its like
va. ever before heard in the Senate. and while en-
loved * more than ever enoyed circus, Ihope its
Ike will newer he heard again. Nobody who heard
il will evar forget It Lord Naner will remember it
to his diving dsv. he came il with Seward just in
time IN hear ENGLAND COMMUNICATED for her strength
and uuck Init denounced in terms not too strong but
much too broad as the bully Of nations who had made
Il 4 rnle q Knock down and drag out whoever and
whatever she pleased, careless of consequences and
ntterlv Il defiance Of honor, mercy, law and con.
science.
OF conrse Mr. THOMPSON opposed the acquisition
Of Cuba. giving as before minated, many cogent
reasons rhy il should not be acquired and Why least
Of an Mr. Buchanan should be invested with extra
ordinary and unconstitutional powers to obtain it.
Nobody epioyea this speech more than Vice Presi-
dent Breck;nr;dpe. He was Laughing from the com
mencement q III close. when II was ended, the
Senate wss scene of disorder. which Mr.. Breckin.
ridges hammer could not arrest for many minutes
Everybody even the Senator's Themselves, seemed to
feel that the comedv was over. and il was time to
hre,L y, and % home
This 1,nhan debate Il bringing ont the full power
NJ the Senate Gov Cr;ttenden,s speecb against the
acouist;on was unfortunate enough not to hear. II
L snoken of IN The highest terms, Yesterday, Chand
ler smoke Chandler il a genuine Mchirander. form.
erlV q merchant, an-Outdnd-Out BLACK Repnollcan,
and. consiierinc his OPPORTUNITIES, pretty fair
sneaker His manner is rather ferocous and defiant;
his remarks like his looks. are addressed mainly to
the galleries and be invariably mistakes the Senate
chamber for the stump, He is as bitter and buster.
inc against the institutions OF the South and the
organization Of the Government as he is soft
IN the head He rants Int Southern Senators wisely
refuse to notice his ranting. They regard him as
noisy Int harmless Abolition pop-cracker The best
thing he said Yesterday. was his calling the thirty
million loan !" bribery and corruption fund.- He
then launched of on the bred Scott decision, and
the determination of the Republican party to wrest
the Government from the hands of the Democracy
subsidized into his seat and there received the solitary
congratulation of his friend the sandy whiskered
preacher Harlan.
Ere this debate on Cub. closest hope we shall
hear Hammond. Public expectation waits to gather
from him sententous opinion, biased by no sec
ional or party consideration It will be expected,