The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-03-31

it from Alpher to Omeger. They was
affinity pleased and willin an l went to
bed as proud as young rooster with his
first spurs. | didn't sleep wink, but
KEEP rolin about, an thinkin until felt
like my happiness was chock full, press
ed down, an rurnin over. III tell you
some NV these days about the weddin."
Land for the Landless, Niggers for the
Niggerless.
The late debate in the Senate is thus
described by a correspondent of the n
Y. Tribune
Mr.. Dooittle moved to lay aside Gu
ba, and take up the Homestead BILL The
few Cubans who favor this latter, i'm
plored Doolittle not to injure the Home
stead, by antagonizing it with " this
great measure of foreign policy" He
warned them that the country would re-
gard this as test vote. They WINGED,
and the skilmish went on.
The debate on the relative merits of
the two measures, intermingled with
questions Of order, now became general.
Trumbull struck the admirable point that
it was wiser to take up and pass bill
that disposed of portion of the surplus
land we now have, than to waste time on
one which proposed to buy more. Sew
ard pronounced the Cuba foray mere
partizan scheme, whose friends knew it
conld not, by any possibility, pass the
lower House, while the Homestead could
become law, by the action of the SEN
ate, in ten minutes. He briefly contrast
ed the two policies-one to enlarge the
domain of the Slave power, and restore
and maintain the supremacy of compul-
sorry labor in the tropics-the other, to
give land to the landless, and furnish
homes to free laborers in our own coun-
try. He was emphatic, but entirely par
lamentary and respectful in tone and
language.
After little brush on points of order,
Toombs got the floor. To understand the
scene that followed, you must know that
Seward and Wilson sit on the rear row
Of chairs, and Toombs, Wade and Ben
jamin Immediately in front of them in
the next row-Wade having Toombs on
his right, and Benjamin on his left-and
all five being in close proximity to each
other. A little further off to the left OF
Benjamin sits Fessenden. Toombs di-
rected his speech entirely to Seward. AL
ways impassioned and furious, he was
now extraordinarily vehement in tone,
violent in gesticulation, and abusive in
language. He called Seward dema-
gogue-a small demagogue-said he de-
spised all demagogues, detested small
demagogues in particular, but more es-
pecially pitied and despised those who
could be driven by small demagogues,
bringing his fist in the vicinity of Wade
desk, as he uttered the last clause. He
accused the Republicans in body ol
cowardice, personal and political-oI
skulking the issue of Cuba, and shiver-
ing in their shoes at its mere name.
He rung the changes on Seward
term " Land for the landless," and sneer
ed at the &c lacklanders," as he called
them, of whom the Republicans were
afraid, DC. He smote his own desk VIC.
lently, occasionally reached over and
struck Stewards, kept his back toward
the chair that he might turn his face to
ward Seward, ever and anon thrustina
his hand almost in his face, and pushing
inadvertently against Wade's chair al
this time his face was glowing with pas
sion, and his air and mein and tone sug
gesting the ferocity of Danton, combined
with the malignity of Marat During
his short speech a portion of the galleries
kept up running accompaniment of fee
BILE gusts of laughter.
Nearly all eyes had been fixed OF
Toombs and Seward-the latter calm ant
pale, and looking steadily at his assail
ant. But the few who knew Wade well
had not failed to notice his hands firml,
cienched on the arms OF IIie vl..;., l..S
compressed lips, and the indiscribabl,
air OF defiance that sat upon his counte
nance. Ere Toombs was fairly in hi.
seat, Seward, Wilson, Fessenden ano
Wade sprang TO their feet. 1t was i'm
possible for the Chair to assign the foo
to anybody but the Senator from Ohio, ;
Tor the tone IN which he pronounced thu
formula, 9" Mr.. President !" and the eve
he fixed on Breckenridge, said, as plai,
as words could have uttered it, 81 mus
and will have it,
Wade, who don't fear the devil, turn
ed square upon Toombs, who knows ths
Wade don't fear the devil, and bringing
his fist down within about an inch 0
Toombs's nose and heavily upon hi.
desk, said, his eye riveting him, and tn.
hot words kissing through his teeth
Shulk, all shiver, do we 3"
The Georgian pushed his chair
stands Oh casters-a few inches furthel
off, so as to give his Ohio neighbor NOR,
room
Wade went on, leaping almost from
the floor at every sentence, showing plain
ly that though he was able to reply effect
lively to the taunts and abnse that fell from
Toombs's lips, he would rather driv,
them forcibly down his throat-all O
which Toombs knew, because, once on
time, they being neiphbors in the Senat