Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-03-27
lARcH n, 1861.

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IAsoss. p0pGfpe dsalarsd thai hs bad
ievet4644 A6otasaese&inn basweeu Masos
and Pagh oa the subject OF the defeat al
the resolution BIZ indirection. Masor,
sneered % people who repeated to the
ssnass ssscraps OF private conversation
Nhieh they overheard, and wound np In
IBIS inimisably insolsns manner With the
| adage De gsstsbsls, etc Douglas Hsfcelv
ffetorted that be permitted no Senator 10
/ accuse him Of unpafifAmantary behavior.
Mason took two steps hastily forward, and
| for an instant tEe prospect looked warliks.
Bat stepping midway, after 1 pause of
some moments, the h4nghty Senator from
Virginia eondescendsd to utter 9 half
apology. lie WA sbacked down.
aks6s's sAssxRs.
Let ma take khis oppoEsunisy Of ssyiag
thAt, with al hiH faaiss, Senator Mason
10, perhaps ahs nearest approach, in che
present Senake, TO the baoa ideal Of
Senator. Ha@siaom makes long speech
ss. What be has te sag ha ssys 10 good
lIsnguagss With q good aaannaF, and ia o
pmyiiazns wayss 49, \ Bone hi,
Ases not 10 0sse the Er6hnd again, but
sass down. This ars o2 sitting down Il
thshighsss accomplishment Of parliament
s@ry science, and one which our Eorthsrn
men fnd ii very difacsils to acquire. MFR.
Mason never rises nessalsssiy, ard never
says foolish things. He speaks always
TO the Senate, asser TO the galleries. la
parliamentary tactics be is unrivalled.---
His defects are obyiaas. His manner
and tone are unbearably ins0lans. He
talks like Pacha adarsssing eunaehs.
THE LEADER or rHx SENATE.
The leader Of the Senate, xnder the
Republican regimie, will be Fessendeu,
of Maine, the Chairman of the Committee
on Finance. He seldom speaks. He ID
. cold, hard faced man with 8 gray che
SRI dc frise round his jaw; fnhexible as
the laws OF the universe; cool az amoun-
tain top, and brave as d lion.
PRasros Rgo
Next to him in inaaeaee. perhaps, may
bolrauked Prestda Kinas Of New York
IA, too, il rarely heard ON the Senate.
His voice ia shrill falsests, which, COM
ing from a man built like rum punch |
con sounds qaeer saough. But be is very
sound IN e9aaeil, and perfectly brave.
His temper Is merry, and the normal con-
tision Of his face IL a broad grin.
cLARK rSgw HasrsaIRE. s
Clark, of New Hampshire, il o, bold
coatrast to Dir. King, yet alse leadcx. |
h is thin, tall man, of saIlow complex
.ipn, with lsntern jaws and black nous
tache. His voice Ia keen, his sentences |
crisp. When he spaaka Il seems that a
sharp knife is falling 81 tie eni Of each
period. #~.-ti r.IF 90 "a.
Is SUMsER a WagF'PK& EKs
Sumner, of Massachusetts,, MIR. Mason's
successor n GAairman Of the Committee
on Foreign Relarious, acted during tie /
debate which I wisuesed, as whipeer In.
Ho watched warily, and WIS ever ready
to avail himself Of all parliasn entary ex
pelients 10 defeat the resolution. His /
Toiee Is very good, and his eloeusion aa-
mirable. Weight he has little, as be is
kaaKn to be an aholitionist; and though
he is probably the most learned man in
the Senate, he is NOT an efaeient Senator
ur debater. @.
DooLITTLE AS i pERATER. /
Probably the aasst efRsisnt Republican
Senator in dshate will be found to bel
Doolittle, Of Wisconsin. His peculiar
merits are, &rst, that be speaks clearly,
and quietly and. sscsnaiy, that
ne knows now ana when to sit down.
This most difficult of all arts-r-the art Of
sitting down-he seems TO haze mastered.
IL is probably natural gift. AT any rate
be possesses it, and consequently he is
always heard With attention.
z TUE BUtaL poa TESAcITT or DOUGLAS.
lLour after hour had slipped away, it
sas six O'Clock In the morning, and DO
ypta had been taken on the resolution. In
six hours more tha Inauguration was to
take place. Senators began to look ia
ded. Half Of them were asleep on the
sofas, and some 10 their seats The gal
lefes had thinned out. Repeated motions
for recess were martes
But Doaglas, with bull dog tsascity
stuck to his point. At she bare mention,
Of the word recess, his 81 obieaa, Ms.
rose clearly above tho din.
His patience was beyond all praise. Not
) sign of impasigncs escaped him even
snr ing the most weagisotna of Ehe long
speeches whick consumed the precious
hours of the waning session. But the
Instant the foor was vacant be pressed
ais point. To personal attacks, and they
sera many, his sole reply was-LSt US
gote. And so at last, haff an hour or 80 i
before daylight. the ayes and nays we're !
salled for, and the resolutisa passed BY 24 {
10 l2-jast the necessary two thirds. In