, 1859-03-04
Lands for the Landiess -Niggers for the
Niggef1ess.

Lands Tor the Landiess -Niggers for the
Nigger1ess.
Tbs late debate in the Senate il thus described
By correspondent Of the New York Tribune:
Mr. Doolittle moved 10 lay aside Cuba. aud
take up the Homestead bill. The few Cubaaa
who ta1or this latter, iuplored Qoolttle not to
,pjure the Homestead, by antsgouizing it with
"this CREST measure Of foreign policy" He
warned them that the count7y would regard this
as q test vote. They Vinced, apd the skirmish
went on.
! The debste on the relative merits Of the two
measures ::-sarpingled with question: Of order,
now became Renetai. Ttpmeull struck the ad,
mirable point that it was wiser 70 take up and
pass bill that disposed OF portion OF tue sur
p.u. land W now had, than to waste time On one
whlch proposed 10 buy Eore. Seward pro-
nounced the Cuban foray mere part'F al schems
yhose friends knew it could cot BY any postlsil.
| ity pass the Lower House, while the Homestead
could become Law, BY the action+of the Senate,
| in tes minutes. He brit4y cortrasted the two
| policiea-one to enlarge the domain ot tbs s[ave
! power, and restore and maintain the supremacy
/ Of compulsory lsbor ip the tropics-the other,
| TO give laud 10 the landlezs, and furnish homes
1 to free lahorers in orr own country. DE was
| 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 fol.
lowed. you mu1. know that Seward and Wilaon
sit On the rear row Of chairs, a2d Toonbs, Wade
the ne=t row-Wade having Toosnbs on hls right
and Benjamin IN his left and all hve being in
close proximity to esch otnef. A little further
CT to the lett Of Benjamin sits Fesseuden.
Toombs direo.ed his speech entirely to Seward.
Always inpsssioued and furiops, be Was now ex.
3raordiparilY vehement in tone, violent in geBtic-
ulatiou, and abusive in language. Ho called
Seward a demsgogue-asmaild demsgogue- said
| be deapised all demagogues, detessed small dem
agogues l. particular, but more especially pit!ed
and despiesd tooss rho could be driven By
small demagogues. bringing a.a TTe: in the vlcln-
| ity OF WAde's desk ls he uttered The .Hst
clause. He ACCUSED The Republicans IN body
Of cowsrdice, personal snd poiitical-of sknlk
Ing the lssue Of Caba, and 'shiseTing in their
shoes at its mere name.
Herring the changes On Stewards tern, "Lsnd
for the landless," and eneered at the "lsektand.
ers," ~ be called than, Of whom the Rspubli-
cans were afraid, 81. He smote his ewn desk
sexard'f, kep. his back toward tna chair that
he might turn his face toward Seward. ever and
anon thrustinR his hand almost in his face, and
| gushing Inadvertently aGainat Wade's chair all
this time n!s face gldwing With passion, and bis
air and mein and tone suggesting the ferocity
Of Danton, combined with the msilgnity OF Ma'
rat During his short speech portion Of the
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teette gpsts Of laughter.
Nearly Gil e5es mad teer Fixed on Toombs Rn1
Seward the latter calm md pals, ard looking
steadily at his assaissut. But the few who tne v
Wade we'll, had not failed to notice his hands
firmly clenched on the arms Of his chair, his
R. 1Hab dfhs g.. iqd5eaRBk2hssstss a1 Hf
! Toonos Vas fairly IN his seat, Seward, Wilson.
kcssenden nra Hede sprang to their ieet 1t
Vas impossible fof the Chair to assign the aoor
to anybody but "tbe Senator from Ohio" for
the tone In which be pronounced the formula,
"hr- President" aud the ere be hxed on
Breckenridge. eaid, as plain as words could have
! uttered it, II must snd will hare it's
Wade, who don's fear the devil. turned square
upon Toonbs, who knows that Wade don't fear
the dexii, and, bringing his fist down within
about an inch Of Toombs' nose and heavily upon
his desk, said, bis ore riFeting him, and the hot
words hiasinx through his teeth sku!k, al
shiver, do we?'
Tbs Georgian pushed his chair-it stands on
casters - lev inches further Of, 80 "a to give
hts Ohio neighbor mora room!
Wade wen. on, ieaping ALMOST from the floor
ct every sentence, shoxlnR plainly that though
hs va ab's 70 reply effectively to the tsuuts and
abuse that fell from Toomhaa lips, be would
rather dtive them farcibly down his throat oil
Of which Tooulos knew. because, ones on time
1hey being neiRh6ofs IL the Senate then ~ DOW,
| Toonbs Was abusing all Republicans in the mort
visuperative style, when Wade. his hands on the
arms Of biz chair, ready to leap to bis feet, de.
manded to know, "Does the Senator mean ia
include '1s Ia What he is now saying!" Upon
which the Georgian Faapouded, ~ except the
everybody thinks Toonbs desires 70 give Wade
q wide berth.
But. to the speech. The first sentence went
straight to the core Of the subject aud all tho
rest falosedit, "You sneer ii the Homestead
bill! bes.use it gires lands to 1bs lsndtess. do
Tcuf What il your pei peasurei Stealing
nigRers Tor the niggerless! We 20 70 the couc.
gers for the ntges.!sss:"
Thst vas enough. The galleries had SEEM
fnglY bald their breath. kos, some feet came
down with one determined atamp ppon the
door-A few hands smote together-bot the
mas, 10 gallery and in Senate, shouted with
ident throwing down the gasel in despair.
HuTiug, in this phrase. compressed the whole
argument Into the smallest posslbh compass,
Wade went on FoasunR the Democracy about
their "niRger bill, and satisfying Toombs that
be (WAde) was not much frightened. however il
might be With him loombs; j and then he hand.
ed over the faht to Fesaendeu.
Mr. kesseudep Was more deliberate. Indeed.
he was parSlstenty calm and proEekingly cool
He told Toppbs that Republicans did uot sulk
nor shtEer on the Cuba question, but only
meant BY this course to take their own time and
teach gentlemen that the Senate wss To be gov.
crned ~ its OVID rules, and not BY tbs deerefs
Of party caucus. and thst they should permit
The Tota 10 be taken on the bill when they had
said all they wished to On the subject and not
one moment sooner.
AL 1ho time seward sat qul6:ly in his chair.
Those hcoAatomed to read his thoughts On his
faes, knew he wss bidipR his opportunity to re.
ply. finally, be took tho noor Ho never spoke
OF the senstor from Heorgj% Hs turned hia
back aomeWhst toward him, viii Mingled air
Of dignity and coutempt. BE drew bis own
chair seide, pushed Wilson'S ont OF the way,
forgot blairs rhetoric, Campbe1t's rhetoric, and
Stewards rhetoric, calmly defined the different
kinds Of courage. sa}d be hop4d be had enough
to serve his purpose a. Senator and . uap,
and then rose With bis theme, contrasting in !
t.w glowing words the benefeens objscts vi tbs
Homestead bill B'th the perniclous scheme OF
SECURING Cnoa, and, altudlug to the Presidents
efforts 70 clutch ths purse sad the sxord, de-
nounced him in severe but strictly pariiament-
a1y language, for attempting thus to divert ,he
PUBLIC mind from the fssues which his Kaueas
and financial policies had precipitA.ed upon tho
lev eloquent seuiences, Tia principle which
woaid gre land and homes to freedom nd fres
lahorer1, With that which would extend and
esreng'hen the aafas spd crime Of human bond
ARs among ue1.
Il b. pronounced the clossaz words, he
poouv spfpeQ Qt& paf1 upon toe GhaiT, dFeW
ont hu cigsr case Aud Balked into the adjoining
closk-room.
Alter Anotber short skirmieh Oh points of or
der, Toombs replied. He tried to abaxe hir,,
But it wsa not tho rituperation of Senator. 1t |
was the ravings Of draynan on The dock. the
cursings Of = common dfab in dirty alley.
In tbe midst Of this gust Of passion, he fire.
eAaer might he aeen shaking hin c!enched is
and curly locks 1t taa Eew York S.nAtor. who
Was leaning against The doorway Of the cloak
room, quieuy tmoking his cigar and ca!mly eye.
ing Toossbx. Il Was kabI<du indeed
Yale College and ths Ellsworth Will.
Tbs Lafayette {Ind Journal sta,es that the
rrustees ot II abaah College 1t Cras{ordsyille,
Ind, have oonmenoed I suit Ia Tippecaeoe