, 1866-03-14

tors from 1udinnaa- and Pe7sasYvs IVES mild
compared with that hc inflicted upon Mr.
Sumner. As Is well known, the Senator from
Maine has never been au enthusiastic Rdmirer
of the Senator from Massachusetts, On the
contrary, be has always held the rod of cr1ti-
fal and impracticable theories of the anti
slavery orator presented m opening for the
application Of his sober, searching dlssect-
Inc logic. But On no occasion has Mr. Fes-
gendeu given his tayorite butt a more compre-
hepsiye oserhauling than on this. Address
ing himself to the subject. be said:
One Is personality that aimed directly a an m
divfaua in the heat OF debate, when men arc some-
what excited, when they cannot OF do no< stop 10
"a which are 10 b regretted. Another Is pez-
sonalisy which does no. aim ut ludiFfdu1fs, but
aims Al Masses, numbers. to1hnes ttse1 10 noboot:
picE out n indi11dasi Who On reply 70 II On thss
spot; and Is elaborated e-refu]Iy IN the closet la
Of a1i manner Of bitterness. bur expressed Tat
himself. 10th kinds Of personality are deserving
Of Hptehen-ion. think the latter, ina>mnch as u
Is cool deit.erazed upon. the words choseu- exhb-
tainly. ,h.n The hasty words which escape one In
the heat Of argument
HaTIng thus drawn my distinctions with regard
to debate t suRpe.s an vel III en,,tsd 70
10 The speech that under thr head or argument xas
made by the honorable Senator fon Massachusetts,.
un this subject l9tnk n hs he; b.: occupied about on
On the last occasion. while saying that PRINCIPLES
were to be considered. he haa undertaken 10 desg-
nate the chnrarse1 Of this proposed amendment. 7
have already rtnted who the meu were who were In
favor Of IT.. What does the Senator call 1t! have
chosen few and but few, flowers OF Rhetoric from
IL q ,hs 's
dis hono1tng The name Of inc Republic, bad nu-
ton new muscInular- abortion "a ne's aoathema
tespiees 81 iar1s.cade abosise for III III ecoa, s
Shocking to tue mor1l sensc,' the very Kohl
noof o. 1e an ;e s
Poutius P.ate.. With Juda, lsesriot On his baeE.'
II will quote no mora Ct these howe1s Of rhef-
thets to proposition cc.ning from committed OF
the Senators own political friends, and most Of
them his per- onal fne1ds, ono Of them certainly
more Than two-tairds Of lhe uouse Of Represents.
fives. nu1opR whom were the greater number Of his
own colleagues in that House, supported bJ 1srge
majority Of this senste, among Mhom y biz col.
ol debate, but prepared In the closer, printed,
proof corrected, and bEunfht In here to be retail
before thr tountEy upon the men Elth 9honn he y
he leIt 10 himself to Judge: I only a11ude to the
iact that Euch Il lne nttacE made uI1u this body
and upon the uoute Of Representative"
The Senate came to final vote upon the
longest session held this winter. The ayes
and nocs-2.5 to o33-ehow plainly that the
amendment would have received the necessary
two-thirds majority if the Radicals present
had voted In body, and the alsentecs Ind
been present. sl1 Of the Radicals Sumner,
Brown, Yates, Henderson, Pomeroy, and Lane
OF Kansas-voted With the opposition. and
two-Messra, Howard and Foote-were not
present. AS already stated, this miscarriage
makes an entire month Of discussion and de-
liberation go ifos nothing, and leares tue
country and tile party practically no better
t1E flan At the heoinnfnr of the session.