, 1866-04-12

The Triumph of CpngreAs-Scene in the
Senate on the Defeat of The Veto
Lane and DooIitate-r1o organs DeclsIve
Fote-Fue Ensca, Ac., DC.
= From Our SPECIAL Correspondent
-. WASHINGTON .ApEl Z, 1855.
The scene witnessed last evening In the
Senate Of the United States will be ever mcm-
orable In the minds Of those who witnessed
It,. Not from the external Interest derived
from the immense throng OF excited auditors
which thronged the galleries, aud watched
the Civil Rights Bill In Its final struggle be-
tween life and death not from the latenesx OF
The hour 10 which wearied Senate had pro-
longed Its session to reach the vote = not
from the brilliant spectacle which met the
uptutned eye In the Jets Of softly -suffused
light streaming down through the col
Chamber upon the scene; not from tho
buzz Of excited whlspesinss, criticisms and
comments, which ever aud anon broke Upon
the car; not from the interest In the prolong-
ed debate, which, drawing to close, now
drihblcd through the, cxhaustIess October
1nin' Of Garrett Davis, now shrieked In the
trucu'tnt defiance Of Salisbury. and auon died
away In the maudlin metaphysics Of McDou-
mil not In onc, or ali Of these combined, lay
the secret Of the, excitement which peryaded
the Senate and that audience. u .pas he orer-
mastering Importance Of The measure to be dfei-
ded-the last hope Of Justice for a doomed
and forsaken tace-the issue between faith
less Prealdcnt and a resolved and true-heart-
cd Congress between executive aud dictato-
rial power. and the representatives Of the
mniesty OF The people. 1t was this which ad-
ded solemnIty to the occasion, and inspired
with an1lety, every patriotic bosom-
Early in the day (Fridnyl the rnmor rau
over the city. that Senators Dixon and Wright
were.both well enough to vote and were be-
ins brought to the Capitol IN carriagcs The
occasional presence Of the latter In his seat,
and the knowledge of Mr. Di1on's presence
in his commlttec-room, soon confirmed the
rumor, and left it certain that. If these two
Senntors voted aEninst the bin los It was
known they would, II presently the fate Of the
measure would depend on single vote. That
and Lane Of Kansas-Nilley, OF West Vir-
ginia. having declared his purpose to adhere
to hts vote previously cast for the bill.
Senator Lane opened the debate by bring
ing In his panacea for Reconstruction" :"
which he took pains to assert had the Presi-
dents approval, although, close pressed BY
the iDcisive Tfumhul1, he was compelled to
craN fish Into the vague generality that be
represented nobody but himself. Lane went
rantfng on, in Ills ordinary dfscurs,ve style,
until be walked up Wade, Of Ohio, whom be
charged with the high crime Of having de-
nounced the President ior treachery. Then
cnsued one Of the ~ richest" Of running fires
between Lane and Wade, {bofh old war
lorses), that was ever witnessed, but as 1t
cannot he described on paper, but must hare
been witnessed to be appreciated, will not
attempt to write 1t out. Suffice II to say, the
sturdy Ben, who IL regular built old light
ing cock, completely faced down" his bel
1ryrS rSy1.rh h1,$@rx r1t. - hnff1 ntA$n nj1I
one think-that Jim Lane was "sold out''
and had gone over, body and soul, to the party
Of the President. There remained, Then,
Deo}ittle and Morgan. and the forrnes who
had not voted for or against the bill, soon set
all doubts at rest as to where be stood, BY q
laborcd enl0gium Of the President, who, rs be
claimed, had followed implicitly In the foot
construction ~ Nr. Doolittle adyertcd to tic
Instructions Of the Wisconsin Legislature to
himself and colleague to rote for the bill In
spite ot the veto, altd declared that he was
ready FIR political nartyrdom. but could not
betrny his convictions, nor cast a yote which
10 bis solemn belief tended only to disunlie
the country. The distinguished Senator, who
appealed 80 sirenuously to his conscience,
perhaps forgot that he had avowed, In the
early part Of his speech, TINT lie should prob
ably have voted for the bill, had he been
present ut the time of its original passage.
1ncfe now feMa1ued Quly c1-GOT. Morgan,
Of New York, whose former course, in chang
ing his vote AFTER The reto Of the Freedmen'd
Bureau Bill, and helping to defeat that benefi-
cent measure, left room tot the graycst aIt
prehensious that he, too. would prove untrue
TO the great party Of freedom which elected
him.
The hour Of halfpast si1 arrived. Senator
Dixon, unable TO-, perhaps, unwilling. } to re-
matn, had been driven to his home the
House had adjourned at late hour, after
having ousted the wlly brooks from Ills
seat ard now the last word Of debate had
fallen from the lips of McDoueall. and
the roll Of yeas and nays was begun. The
Telegraph, presume, has not forgotten to
tell You what m outbutst Of applause follow
cd the "yea" Of Senator Morgan. The effect
was electric; instantly the Senate tloor and
galleries bnret into loud applause, In which
Morgan himself was vislblJ Though, perhaps.
unconsciou.ly) participating; the une1pfct.
edness Of the vote rendered II doubly vel
come; aud the announcement Of the result
produced Spontaneous outbreak of cheering
such as the walls OF that Senate Chamber
never re-echoed before. Senators and audi
tory alike we're beside themselves with joy !;
the political rubEcou WIS crossed, and the
New York Senator, standing on the larther
shore. received the congratulations Of his tel-
lows for having given the vote which saved
bis country.