The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-25

were at 81. Paul do Loando Nov. a. Tho Portsmouth
and Mystic were soon expected there
Our Washington Correspondence.
WASussToS, Jan "a, 1850.
Great Day in the Senate, end Great Gasaerin0-Soms
Account Of the Spectacle, and Of e Spssch IF Mr. Douglas
upon A Neso Movement agaiaa s Abolition Cospsrasors
efAe N0th-Hi Charges upon the R<pss1toaa Party, de-
The beAutful morning, and the general advertisement
Of the last three days that Nr Dougas would speak TO days
attracted large congregation 70 the galleries Of the Sc
nate two hours before the meeting Of the body The audi
torium, with ns bonnets and ribbons presents all the
colors Of the rainbow, somewhat confusedly and yet
very agreeaby intermnsed and the chsiering Of the
dear creatures who occupy three sides Of the great quad
rangle Of the gallery very much hike the dAsan sound
Of concert from swarm Of sarhngs oornhed. The
accommodations around adapted for audience Of
two thousand There are however, only about sixteen
hundred persons seated whie from the blockade Of an
mpassabe crowd at every door, the remaining four hun
dred seats continue vacant This should admouish the
officers In charge To be prepared in future for any occasion
like this with sufficient number Of ushers to pack
the people a. they packed in your Academy Of Music
when sensation like Pccolomins flls the house TIL il
overfows like pot Of the Lion lager bier.
Mr. Douglas would draw To- day audience Of two
thousand at dollar q head; and there were any
thory In the federal constitution thus 70 tax the people
for charitable purposes, would be good plan thus
devote popular speaker TO some benevolent object such
deaf and dumb asylum, sretreat for
draws this significant gathering Of the sovereigns
ton among them to hear him again this everlasting
niger question: s the "irrepressibe conflict" It rs
the insetng tide OF the Presidential agitation; II
general impression that Mr. Douglas viii make the fur fy
only from the fanks Of W H Seward ana the black
but he w sg ss e
democratic party. But above all the universal convic
ton among the people returning from the churches yes
terda that would be up TO the Senate TO hear
Mr.. Douglas, has brought up everybody and doubtless
when the "Little Giant rises and casts an nquirng
glance around him. be will feel that the people are with
him. after him, whatever may be the with the
politicians
The hour Of one O'Clock is near a. hand. There ap
House of Representatives The performances Of the
House below to-day and many OF the great guns
Of that body are paying court 70 the great little sensa
the chaplain CONSIDERABLY makes short prayer the
reading clerk the journal Of mursddy last,
ss ornS
gins, when such remarks heard around as There
the Little Giant, just coming in, "He looks as though he
hear what papa has to say about Old John Brown and
Helper and the underground railroad and the way that
nggers "a are run on g Ssnad: and the way 70 head them
Is going but he thinks there noise the floor
than among the people in the galleries.
The presiding ofcer raps his hammer, and presently
the order OF the dayto w.t. the
the Senator from Illinois instructiDg the Committee
the judiciary to inquire into h. expedency Of reporting
respectively, against hostile nvasons from each other
and also for the suppression and punishment Of any
spraces or combinations OF men In any State Terri
tory against the citizens institutions property Of any
other State Territory. The resolution s read. Mr..
.nS 1ss IN ss 4 !.
The Senator opens his case like an old practitioner, with
something tangible and pointed for his initial landmark.
vember last TO the President of the United States calling
upon him 70 bring the strong arm Of the federal
government to bear sgsinst : widely extended con.
for the rescue of Old John Brown from the
Charlesown JAIL and the Senator gives an extract
appeal Of Governor Wise, in which reply the President
says that he s at loss 10 discover any power In the
stituton or the laws Of the United States 70 take any
Preservation Of he pesce between The ssses pouS
las said that this announcement had made profound i'm.
preston on the public mind, especially in the Southern
The Senator proceeded to show that the power does be-
long to the federal government under the constitution
protect the several States from nvasons and conspraces
organized within the Union; and having finished this
branch Of his argument he proceeded to show that there
necessity for the legislation suggested for the very
good reason that which produced this John Brown
Invasion still in active existence The Senator next
proceeded TO show that these exist in the principles
Of the republican party and especially In their doctrine
of "Trepressble conflict" The Senator in illustration
Of this 'confict" proceeding TO statement of the
character Of his Illinois conflict the republican party
when there was general movement among the fifty or
sixty members Of the House who occupied the open
in the of the semcrcle Of appropriated TO the
senator's There was evidently call Of the House, and
these moving members answering the requisition.
Szng the occasion ALSO to escape from the surround
ing pressure which threatens to push the reporters gale
ry and all concerned into the floor below, post out
to close this despatch leaving Mr. Douglas full blast
and exercising voice which rings throughout the north
end OF the Capitol Already his admirers say that
Cop-
vention. There be doubt at all events that de-
mosbes the last calculation Of any possibility OF his play
ing into the HANDS Of the republican party opposition
to the Charleston nomination.