The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-03-07
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given YOU the details of the int, slcctuai feast
in tho Senate last night. But il was 80 "spi-
cy'' that it will bear serving up the second
time, and ia diluted form.
At the close OF a weary day with John Doe
and Richard Roe, | learned, about O'Clock,
that the Senate were still in session on the
Cuba bill. entered the gallery just In time
to hear the close Of MIR. kennedy's speech,
when Nj. Wade, of Ohio, got the floor and
moved az adjournment, 30 that he could
speak to- morrow. But the Democrats, hay
ing determined in caucus that they would
take tho final vote on the bill at that sitting,
though it extended into Saturday night, re-
fused to ad journ.
Mr.. Dooiittle now moved to lay aside Gu
ba, and take up the Homestead bill. The
few Cubans who favored this latter, implored
Dooittle not to ipjure the Homestead, by
antagonizing it with "this great measure OF
foreign polcy.'' He warned them that the
country would regard this us 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 admirable point, that ia was wiser to take
up and pass bill that disposed OF portion
of the surplus land we now had, than to waste
time on one which proposed to buy more
Seward pronounced the Cuban foray mere
partizan scheme, whose friends knew it could
not by apy possibility pass the Lower House,
while the Homestead could become law, by
the action Of the Senate, in ten minutes. He
briefly contrasted the two policies-one to
enlarge the domain of the slave power, and
restore and maintain the supremacy Of COM
pulsory labor in the tropics--the other, to
Ian - Ia nd
to free laborers in our own country. Hewas
emphatic, but entirely parliamentary and re-
spectful 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 cit on the rear row of
chairs, and Toombs, Wade and BenJaml i'm
meliately in front Of them in the next row
Wade having Toombs on his right and Ben
lamin on his Ieft-and all five being in close
proximity to each other. A little further of
to the left of Benjamin sits Fessenden.-
Toombs directed his speech entirely TO Sew
ard. Always impassioned and furious, be
was now extraordinarily vehement in tone,
violent in gesticulation, and abusive In Ian
guage. He called Seward demagogue-a
small demagogue--said he despised all dem
agogues. detested small demagogues IN par
ticular, but more especially pitied and dis.
| pissed 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 Republicans in body oil
cowardice, personal and political-of skulk.
ing the issue of Cuba, and shivering in thel,
shoes at it's mere name.
He rung the changes on Stewards term
s'Land for the landless,o and sneered at tn,
"lacklanders," as he called them, Of whom
the Republicans were afraid, &c. lie smot
his own desk violently, occasionally reaches
over and struck Stewards, kept his towar,
the chair that he might turn his face towar,
!, Seward, ever and anon thrustng his hand al
most in his face, and pushing inadvertentl,
against Wade's chair; all this time his fac
glowing with passion, and his air and mics
, and tone suggesting tho ferocty Of Danton
combined with the malignity Murat. Du
ring his short speech a portion of the CALLER
les kept up running accompaniment of fee
/, bic gusts of laughter.
Nearly oil eyes had been fixed on Toomb
aud Seward the latter calm and pale, an
looking steadily at his assaiant. But tn
+ few who knew Wade well, had not failed t
noticed his hands firmly clenched on the arm
o Of his chair, his compressed lips and the il
countenance. Ere Toombs was fairly in ii
eat, Seward, Wilson, Fessenden and Wad
II sprang TO their feet. 1t was impossible Fl
t, she Chair to assign the floor to anybody b,
). 1.-THE Senator from Ohio" for the tone
which he pronounced the formula, an
Presidents and the eye be fixed on Brec
: enridga. said, ms plain us words could hay
10 uttered it, 81 must and will have it.o
10 Wade, who don't fear the devil, turne
: square upon roombs, who knows that Wac
= don't fear the devil, ard, bringing his f
W down within about an inch Of Toomb's no
~ and heavily upon his desk, said, his eye ri
~ citing him, and the hot words Kissing throu
!. his teeth, sSkulk, ali shivcr, do we?"
The Georgian pushed his chair-it stan
70 on casters-a few inches further of, so as
give bis Ohio neighbor room!
10 Wade went on, leaIng almost from I
.. floor Mt every sentence, showing plainly th
. though he was able to reply effectively to t
IL taunts and abuse that fell from Toombt
lips, no would rather drive them forct
se down his throat all of which Toombs knc
g because, once on a time, they being neia
tn bors in the Senate then MS now, Toombs "
ut abusing all Republicans in the most vituE
r. ratiye style, when Wade, his hands on I
AS arms OF his chair, ready to leap to his fe
a demanded to know, ssDoes the Senator
nd clude me in what he is now saying?" Up
b. which the Georgian responded, 81 except,
Senator from Ohio |" Since that occ,
r renee, everybody thinks Toombs desires
Ii- give Wade wide berth.
I'm But, to the speech. The first sentence "
he straight to the core OF tho subject, and
IRE the rest followed it. .You sneer Mt
A Homestead bill, because it gives land to
led landless, do you? What is your pet me
Tot nre? stealing niggsrst for the niggerless
of We 20 to the country upon it--''Land
ely the Landless persus Niggers for the Nige
The less !"
ne, Tint was enough. The galleries had SCI
ant ingly held their breath. Now, some
'st. came down with one determined stamp v