Daily national Democrat., 1861-01-27

How ANDY JOHNSON SPEECH WAS RECEIv
ED IN THE SENATE.-The effect of this speech
on the Senate and galleries was marked. 1t
was commenced to empty chairs and benches,
but they were not empty at its conclusion.
The fire-eaters retreated at FIRST and at one
time not single Southern Senator, one or
two from the border States alone excepted
was in his seat. One after the other, how
ever, they came back, dark and surly, and
even condescended to take part in the debate
by interruptions. Slidell, with fiery face
said that Louisiana had no disposition to in
terfere with the free navigation of the Mis-
sissippi. johnson replied that he was not
willing she should have the power to do it.
Yulee, who, pale and troubled. had been
rowing about like wandering Jew. was
brought to stand by being reminded that,
not many years ago, in the other House, he
had been as fervently anxious to get little
Florida into the Union without the requisite
population, as he now seemed to get her out,
although, when she got out, whether she in
tended to give herself back to Spain or the
Seminoles again, was some hat in doubt
But Yulee muttered only threat or two
and recommended his wanderings Wigfall
was of course "spiling for muss," and very
anxious to insult somebody, or to have some
body tread on his coat tail, yet, nevertheless,
quietly subsidized, when told in very unmis-
taxable tones-"I want no interruption" Z"
Gen. jeff. Davis seemed very unhappy, until
he had relieved himself by getting into his
customary pet, and snarling out in his usual
grandiloquent manner, something about
mailing" some "miscreant" or other to some
"cross," jeff is generally so careful that his
1solanoe should be so ambiguous and oracu-
lar that neither himself or anybody else can
comprehend its true intent and meaning
Brown, of Mississippi, was quiet and gentle
manly as he always is. Old Iverson fled
early in the fight, as did also his colleague,
Toombs, who. to the surprise of everybody,
has eondescended, after all his clustering and
bullying, and resigning, to re=appear, recent
events in Georgia and votes in the Georgia
Legislature, having, no doubt, convinced his
susceptible and amiable nature that discre-
tion is after all, perhaps, the better part of
valor. Clngman, as usual, trotted in and
out, and out and in, regarding the speaking
Senator with portentous scowls OF disappro-
val Fat old Preston King migrated to the
Democratic side of the chamber, followed by
Trumbull and other Republicans, and occu-
pied the vacant chairs around the speaker.
Several members of the house also, and the
distinguished jurist, Reyerdy johnson, were
nkeWlbe lHereb anu GoSeluer Will IuShi
Douglas, Polk and other Senators in their
seats, listened with the closest attention.
1t was after four o'clock, when Mr.. John
son concluded, and who, of all others, was
put forward to respond2 Why, Gen. Joseph
Lane, to be sure. The old man, as usual,
talked about his sword "a very broad sword
as he pronounced the word and exhibited
his wounds, and offered to spill his blood
literally. He believed South Carolina was
all right and everybody else was all wrong;
yet he was no "disunionist" he, On the
contrary he loyed the Union, yet he thought
it ought to be destroyed He would endure
any amount of punishment to save the Union;
yet if an army attempted to prevent South
Carolina from destroying it, that army would
have to march over his dead body. So the
old General seems doomed to come TO grief,
be the result what it may, But everybody
knows Joe Lane. He was not regarded as
exactly a Solomon before the Baltimore nom-
ination, but that exalted honor seems abso-
lutely to have added the little brains he was
before supposed to possess, Washington cor.
Lou. jour.