The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-05
SENATOR JOHNS0N'S WAR SPEECH-A
SCENE In THE SENATE


We take the following report of portion of the
Saturday night proceedings from the National In
tsligencer;
Mr.. johnson, of Tennessee, resumed, indicating
what he would have done, had he been in the Pres
idents place,w the men who have used their Of
hcial stations here in Washington and elsewhere to
give "aid and comfort to the enemies of the gov
eminent and the country. He would have done as
Jefferson die with Aaron Burr; he would have ar
rested them and, if found guilty trial, he would
have executed them. The Senator MIR. Lane) al
ludes to my "stuffng" for my speech. He (Mr. j. J
would ask in reply, how often has that Senator
been stufing, and how often has he been stuffed?
If the stufiing laborous the delivery, he
(Mr. Lane) had sorrowful time of it. The Sena-
tor had spoken of his (Mr. J.s) 'triumphant igno.
and exulant stupidity" and had talked about
his own "mind." He (Mr. j. would not dignity
that Senator's qualifications with the title of
'mind."
Abiding to the vote on the 25th Of May last,
when the Senate with three dissentients only, de-
clared that the condition of the Territories of the
United States respecting slavery did not require
any further legislation on the part of Congress,
Mr.. j. said that the Senator from Oregon, (Mr
Lane,) though Northern Senator, had become
more Southern than the South herself. Such ex-
cessiye deyotedness always laid itself open to the
suspicion of hypocrisy. Further, the Senator's
great readiness to break up the Union is because
he failed in being elected Vice President of it. The
| motive of many of these disunionsts is, that il
| they cannot enjoy dignities in the whole of the
Union, they will in part of it. and hence it is that
the defeat of the Senator at tie late election for
| President and Vice-President enabled him to fix
the precise point of time at which the Government
Of the Union should be broken up.
Since the Goth of December last six States have
been taken out of the Union, not by the people of
those States, but by system of tyranny, and ter
| ror, and fraud, never excelled in the world. The
| Government of the Union has been destroyed, and
| that of an irresponsible tyranny set up without
| 1t had commenced in South Carolina, and with
| little variation repeated in Georgia, Missis-
| sipp, and the other Gulf States. He (Mr. j. J
predicted that the day would come when the peop lie
of those States would resume their rightiul power
and drive their tyrans from their selfelected posts
and perhaps hang them on the trees.
las Mr.. johnson sat down, the spectators 10 the
densely crowded galleries in order to leave,
when after the lapse of few seconds faint cheer
followed by the clapping of single pair of hands,
was raised in the southeast corner of the ladies'
gallery. This was hesitatingly initiated by two or
three persons farther on in the south range of the
same gallery, but, simultaneously gathering
strength, it lighted up the enthusiasm of the pack ed
galleries in the west and northwest quarters, and
tremendous outburst of applause-putting to
silence the powerful blows from the hammer of the
Presiding Otlicer-succeeded. Three cheers were
given for the Union and three for Mr. Johnson
and as by this time the Senators on the floor gave
the strongest token of indignation and outraged
dignity, the retreating crowd uttered a shower of
msses Altogether, the exhibition was the most
vociferous and unrepressed that has ever taken
place in the galleries of either House of Congress
Mr.. Kennedy earnestly appealed to the Chair to
order the arrest OF the parties who had thus insult
ed the dignity of the Senate. He also hoped that
all the galleries would be cleared and not opened
again during the remainder of the session. TThe
Sergeantat-Arms and his aids at length cleared
the galleries and locked the doors Mr.. Crit
tenden said that, there no chance Of closing
the debate tonight, he would propose that, when
the Senate adjourned, it adjourn to II o'clock to
morrow, Sunday Several Senators expressed
their dissatisfaction at holding session on Sun
day, except compelled by overwhelming necessity.
Mr. Crittenden said it the last of the
session, and for aught he knew the last day of the
Union; he thought, therefore, the occasion justified
his motion.
The motion of Mr.. Crittenden to adjourn to IL
O'Clock A. NJ. on Sunday was then taken and
lost by yeas Is, nays q.
Mr.. DALLAS AND THE ANDERSON CAsE.-The fol.
lowing letter from the Hon. George NJ. Dallas, was
among the documents sent to the Senate on Satur-
day, relating to the rendition of the fugitive An
derson