, 1863-02-04
SECESSION IN THE SENATE,
A SATURATED WHISKY SDlUTl0N.
The Disgrace Of Sauls-
bury,


WASHINGTON, Jan. 95, 1858.
States on Tuesday night, brought back vivid
" tho times when the most blatant Of the
now rebel chiefs, mad with hate and whisky,
belchcd forth their treason, disgusting all
loyal and doesn't men by their disgraceial
sta, conduct t.; Early h the eTening the Senator
saulsDnry, began u dfsorder1y opposition
against the ".bill for the decentralization Of
tue Prrsident and Others for the suspension Of
the writ Of liabcas corprs and acts done III
pursuance thereof" making a long, incoher-
ent speech, composed principally of inycctiyc
Administration, loud.souudiug praises OF the
blessings OF slavery, aud uauttercd threats of
secession aud treason. In lnal tones, and
wildly gestieu1ating as though cracking the
whip Of thu oyersecr, hc declared that slavery
was a blessed institution, and if any purltan-
but Of the gospel Of hcll-s6ouid come to bis
State to destroy the God-sent gift, he might
issue hiB bull against the comet, as the P0pe
had done. He wanted It understood TINT ic
belonged to the South, and never would be-
long to the North; and thanked God that hc
lived in a =layehol!ding State, that be never
had all ancestor wllo was not q stakeholder
Hc was STAKEHOLDER himself, aud by the help
Of God would die 4 STAKEHOLDER, and never
would have slavcryabo]ishcd.
&c condemned the war rs oppressive and
tyElnDfcal, and nlndc only fur the purpose Of
elcyating the god Of the Republicans and Aho-
itionists, whose name WIS Sambo, and to
carry out the rule Of the tyrnnnicNl despots.
If such Was the case, and the battle was for a
boundary, he declared That the State Of Dela-
Ware wnu1d look 10 her own interests, and
never drag ut the heels of the victor, the
lncrc tool Of the North. Then growing more
abusive as be grew more intoxicated. hu
launched 1trth intoa coarse TRADE against
Abraham Lincoln, till his Own colleaguceould
bear it no longer, and attempted to bring him
back to the bounds Of dccency, when hr, in
substance, told his colleague to mind his own
business; he had d right to say what lie
pleased, and to express his sentiments, and
was then called to nrtier By the Vice Presi-
dent, but insulently refused to sit down. ana
continued speaking. Tic declared that he
knew Abraham Lincoln, and that he Vas the
weakest man eyer put into high position; that
he was in fact IN inAbecile. He was amin
hewent on, exclaiminE that if he wanted to
paint dcspot he would draw the lIdrous
form Of Abraham Lincoln.
The Vice President ordered him to take his
seat, Shaking his fists, he cried out, 'slc
should not take his seat i'll he was told what
dent, thinking that enough l,ad been borne
from this specimen Of cliyalry, ordered tic
Sergcant-at-Arms to take the Senator into
custody. salisbury, placing his hand in his
cont pocket, dared any man to touch him on
the peril Of fis life, saying quite audibly,
that he'd be d-d If he would 80 out"
The scrgeant.at-Arms approached him, but
he refused to 60, and kept on muttcring his
wrath and spite. All last he WAS partly led and
partly eoaxcd to Il sofa, when lie drew his re.
volver, ard threatening to shoot the Sergeant
alarms, he refused to bulge another inch,
and down he sat He was, however, induced
to leave the Senate, and then, for \ short time
the business Of the body proceeded in an Or
dcrly manner. But again tho .Rcprrscntatiye
Of Sovereign State u1ade his appearance.
and coming to tlle front row pf seats, he at
tempted to renew his llarangue, but wascalled
Of the Senate, and therefore moi allowed to
speak. With u sncer ut the mud-sill who thus
dared to cali to order this gent1emanly scion
Of slaxeocsacy, he said, *Dots tho Senator
from Wisconsin suppose an, in contempt Hf
:, Tie Chair perempto.ily ordered him to take
his scat. "Just as please, not otherwise"
was the insolent reply. The Sergeant-at-
ArmAwcs again ordered to takc him into cus-
tody, and the farce was repeated Of coaxfnc
IN IN insbsiated man, utterlng oaths and threats,
heen taken by the strong arm and locked m
till his reason returned. For the space of
half an hour, quiet was restored nni orf7er
preserved, and the hope was cherished that
roWuy'sm and turbulance WIS over for The
night: bnt 10: In spite Of all custody, the
Senator forces his way into the Senate, and
staggering down in front Of the Chair, hold
and shouting "Mis'lr Pres'nt,' "Wis'r
Pres mt. y he demanded to be heard,
ihS Chalr-"Thc Senator will take his
Nj: sanlsbury-" No, Sir; will not tskc
Amid loud cries Of " o1dcr,n, Mr.. Sumner
rose to point Of order-that the Senator had
been given into the custody Of the Sergeant.
sat.A1ms, yet lie was on the floor Of the
The Chair-"Thc Senator is in the custody
of the seasgent-at-Ar1nE,an and if he makes any
further disturbance he will he removed from
the Chamber
Mr Salisbury [putting his hand into the
noekst I,esl,t ~, Where Ae carried q rcTolyer]-"1
man,
&c however sank into a seat, swearing he
would not 60 out, and calling ME. Sumner "a
God ID Abolitionist."
Then, mnttering to himself, he went into Il
cloak room, attended by the Sergeant-at-
own scat, and again endcavored to make
disturbance. He roso to his feet, hut the
cfurt Was too much-hc swayed backward
and forward moment, and, but for the timely
assistance Of the sergcant.at-Auns, who
caught him us kc fell, the descendant Of
long Line Of slavcholding ancestors would
have descended Fill lower, and measured Lis
length OIL the floor Of the Senate.
The scene was almost over Sinking sui
lenly down into his scat, placing both feet on
lis desk, with dIsordered lrair, haif-closod
eyes, his hands hanging loosely down, his
droppipg over to one side, nut tteEing to him
SELF tho honorable Senator Of the United
States lay, q sorrowful and diegracefu1 pic
turc. Al last, rousing little from bis 1esh-
argy, leaning on the.shoulder Of the Sergeant
alarms, he staggered out OF. the Senate, and