The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-03-15
From an Oecadonai Correspondent.
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WAsnINGTsS, Fob. 90, 1850.

The telegraph and your Especial will
have given you the details to the intellec.
tual feast in the Senate last night. But
it was SO "spicy" that it will bear serving
up the second time, and in diluted form.
At tho close Of weary day with John
Doc and Richard Roe, learned, about 0
o'clock, that the Senate was still in session
on the Cuba bill. l entered the gallery
just in time to hear the close of Mr.. Ken.
nedy's speech, when Mr.. Wade, of Ohio,
got the floor and moved an adjournment,
so that he could speak tomorrow. But
the Democrats, having determined in eau.
Gus that they would take the final vote on
the bill at that sitting, though it extended
into Saturday night, refused to adjourn.
Mr., Doolittle now moved to lay aside
Cuba and take up the Homestead BILL
The few Cubans who favor this latter, i'm.
plored Doolittlo not to injure tho Home
stoad, by antagonizing it with "ths great
measure Of foreign policy" He warned
them that the country would regard this
as a test voto. 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 il was
visor to take up and pass bill that dis
posed of a portion of the surplus land we
now had, than to waste time on one which
proposed to buy more. Seward pronounc-
cd the Cuban foray mere partisan scheme,
whose friends knew it could not by any
possibility pass the Lower House, while
the Homestead could become law, by
tho action of the Senate, in ten minutes.
Ho briefly contrastcd the two policies
to enlarge the domain of the slave power,
and restore and maintain the supremacy of
compulsory labor in the tropics-the other,
to give land to the landlcss, and furnish
homo to free laborers in our own country.
He was emphatic, but entirely parliamen.
tary and respectful in tone and language.
After little brush on points of order,
Mr.. Toombs got the floor. To understand
the scene that followed, you must know
that Seward and Wilson sit on tho rear row
of chairs, and Toombs, Wade and B,nja-
min Immediately in front of them in row
Wade. having Toombs on his rights and
Benjamin on his left-and all five being in
close proximity to zach other. A little
further off to tho left Of Benjamin sits Fcs.
scnden. Toombs directed his speech en-.
tirely to Seward. Always impassioncd
and furious, he was now extraordinarily vo-
hcment in tone, violent in gesticulation,
and abusive in language. lie called Sew
ard demagoguc-a small demagogue-
said he dcspiscd all demagogucs, detested
small demagogues in particular, but moro
especially pitied and despiscd those who
could DO driven by small dcmagogucs,
bringing his fist in tho vicinity of Waic's
desk as he uttered the last clause. lie ac-
cused the Republicans in body of coward
ice, personal and political of skulkiDg the
issue of Cuba, and shivcring in their shoes
at its mere names.
He rung the changes on Stewards term,
Gland for the landless," and snccrcd at the
"lackland," rs he called them, Of whom
tho Republicans wcro afraid, DC. lie
smoto his own desk violently, occasionally
reached over and struck Stewards, kept his
back toward the chair that he might turn
his face toward Seward, ever and anon
thrusting his hand almost in his face, and
pushing inadvertently against Wade's chair;
all this time his face glowing with passion,
and his air and mcin and tono suggesting
the ferositv Of Danton, combined with the
malignity of Marat. During his short
speech portion Of tho galleries kept up a
running accompaniment Of feeble gusts of
laughter.
Nearly all eyes had been fixed on
Toombs and Seward-the latter calm and
pale, and looking steadily at his assailant.
But the who knew Wade well, he'd not
failed to notice his hands firmly clencled
on the arms Of his chair, his compressed
lips, and tho understandable mir Of defiance
that satupon nhiscoun:enancc. Ere 1oombs
was fairly in his seat, Seward, Wilson, Fes-
scndcn and Wade sprsng to their feet. It
was impossible for the Chair to assign tho
floor to anybody but "thc Senator from
Ohio" for the tonc in which he pronounce
cd the formula, "Mr. President" and the
ego he fixed on Breckenridge, said, as plain
as words could have uttered it, 81 must and
will have it,"
Wade, who don't fea- the devil, turned
square Upon Toombs, who knows that
Wade don't fear the devil, and bringing
his fist down within about an inch of
Toombs' nose, and heavily upon his desk,
said, his ego riveting linn, and the hot
words Kissing through his teeth, "Skulk!
all, shiver, do we 7"
The Georgian pushed his chair-it stands
on castors--a few inches further off, so as
TO give his Ohio neighbor more room!
Wade went on, lcaping almost from the
floor at every sentence. showing plainly
that though he was able to reply effectively
to the taunts and abuse that fell from
Toombs' lips, he would rather drive them
forcibly down his throat-all Of which
Toombs knew, because once on time,
they being neighbors in the Senate as now
was abusing all Republicans in
the most vitup rative style, when Wade,
his hands on tho arms Of his chair, ready
to leap TO his feet, demanded to know
"Does the Senator include me in what he
is now saying?' Upon which the Georgi-
an responded, 81 except the Senator from
Ohiop Since that occurrence, everybody
thinks Toombs desires to give Wade wide