, 1861-03-08
The Last Joust Between JoIane and
- johnson OF Tennessee
Correspondence Of the n. 7. World.l -. i
>, w.auf,r.YOy March 9.

J0hns00 OF Tennessee -
Correspondents Of the n. T. World.l -; :
W4sHlHaroy, March 2. =
After the morning business Of the Senate
had been rap.dly gone through With Mf. Jo-
seph Lane, Of Oregon, who will hereafter he
Chiefly remembeFed in connection with
the last day Of the second session OF
the thirtysi1th Congress, having the
floor resumed his speech OF yesterday
mud occupied between four and nVe aonrs OF
the most important time ever set apart 1or tne
deliberations of the American senate-not SO
much in the confederation Of the present grave
Issues before the country, or::of the principles
therein involved, as, SO fir as could be judged
from an occasional word of his intermlnable
harangue which was audible, Ia discussion
of matters personal to himself aud Of hl5 own
position It tshou1d be remembered tnat there
awaited the final action Of the body, that. the
resolutions OF the committee Of thirty three,
that the propositions Of the peace convention,
and the various measures Of compromise were
before it for approval or rejection, that the
gnlleries were filled to oVerfoWlng with per-
Sons from au parts Of the country, many Of
whom for the first time were present in the
Senate chamber, and that the golden sands Of
the session were fast running ont. And yet
the Senator kept On. hour after hour, reading
q speech, Of which no one except in his imme
diate.vicinlt3 on the floor could catch an in
tsligibie sentence or cared brass farthilg to
hear even that, apparently unconscious that
there Ws5 anybody else in the universe except
Joe Lime, or any other subject pressing upon
the public mind than his political consistency.
Hardly Senator was in his sent, and no one
paying the least attention to what he said, ex-
cept, perhaps, Mr. johnson, Of Tennessee.
when he was personally assatfed. Visible
signs Of extreme lmpatience were manifested
throughout the galleries, aud curses not only
not cloud bnt deep" but distinctly audible,
were showered upon his devoted head. Still
the dull, mbnotonous reading Was continued;
it seemed rs though he never would get
through bis manuscript, whose leaves, strewn
thicker thsn those Of autumn in Val1ambrosa,
were turned over in endless succession. Now
md md then he would come to so:called eonelu-
sion, but every ending proved in fact to be
fresh beginning. Every finite infliction, how
ever. must have IN end, and so at last had the
gentleman's speech, but not until despair was
depicted upon every countenance.
Mr. johnson rose to reply and made, it is
safe to say, the most effective stump speech
ever heard in the Senate Of the United States.
The pent up feelings Of the galleries could not
be restrained but was expressed in distinct ac-
compartment Of the eloquent remarks Of the
gallant Tcndessean as he Piled the Senator
from Oregon with every weapon Of ridicule
and satire, Of argument and invectiye. At
length, the demonstrations Of approval and
NeLE41 u1I1H4IuS Lnu 0CE1AeH, Liz pIG3lu1AE
officer threatened that the galleries should b.
cleared if the disturbance was renewed. Com
paratiye quiet was restored for few moments,
but 4 grand Union sentiment soon ELECTED q
burst Of applause. The fatal order was given,
but before 1t could be executed, 3ir Doug1as
rose to the motion that It be suspended
Nearly An hour was consumed ia debating
the proprieties Of the Senate, discussing
points Of order, In motions to adjourn, etc.
The Senate got completely befogged,
and no one more SO than the
gentleman In the chair (hfr. Polk.) General
consent was at Inst obtained that the order
should not be enforced, and the Senator from
Tennessee resumed his remarks; but when lie
came to his peroration, and the stars and
stripes were thrown to the breeze Of popular
cathusiasm in all their original and accumu-
lated lustre, repressed patriotism must wreak
itself upon expression, and it did without tile
possibility Of mistake. "CIear the galleries"
thunde1cd the presiding officer {Mr Fitch had
taken the chair); the vast audience rose sim
and knowing that then they
might as we'll be hung for veteran Of the
flock as for the most innocent lamb, made the
very walls Of the chamber echo to their CON
linuous and nnrestrained p1audits. "Hurrah
for johnson" ." three cheers for old Tennes-
see" and various other outbursts Of excited
leellngg, burst upon the ears Of astounded SEN
:tors. The multitude was at length dispersed.
Ind soon after the Senate adjourned to the
evening.