* * * * * Mr. Saulsbury, of Delaware, then said:-- “After the vote just taken in the Senate, I shall not trespass upon their attention, as I intended to do,--only for a brief period, however. It is evident that this bill is going to pass. I want the country, however, to know that according to the rules of the Senate foreign ministers have a right upon this floor, and we have set apart a portion of the gallery for the ministers and their families. If this bill should pass both Houses of Congress and become a law, I predict that in twelve months some negro will walk upon the floor of the Senate of the United States and carry his family into that gallery which is set apart for foreign ministers. If that is agreeable to the taste and feeling of the people of this country, it is not to mine; and I only say that I will not be responsible for any such act. With this I will content myself.” The question, on the passage by yeas and nays, resulted, Yeas 32, Nays 7. So the bill was passed. * * * * * June 3d, the bill passed the House,--Yeas 86, Nays 37. * * * * * The passage of this bill was felt to be an important stage in the warfare with Slavery. Governor Andrew saw it so, and wrote:-- “The triumphant and exemplary majority which the Hayti bill obtained in the Senate is most gratifying. I am greatly rejoiced. The law, when passed, will be a recognition of the _Colored Man_, not merely of Hayti. It is a jewel in your crown.” Joshua Leavitt, of New York, the tried Abolitionist, also saw it so, and wrote:-- “Allow me to congratulate you on the splendid vote in the Senate on Haytien recognition. I think it shows the benefit of waiting for the right time, and then striking. This action is final in regard to the supremacy of the Slave Power. How can they administer a government that is in amity with a nation of insurgent negro slaves?” The joy in Hayti was reported by Seth Webb, Jr., our Commercial Agent at Port-au-Prince. “We all admire the way you steered the recognition through the Senate, and can only hope for as good a pilot in the House. “The news of the passage of the Recognition Bill through the Senate was received here about the same time with that of the taking of Yorktown and Williamsburg, and diffused real joy among all classes. The American residents illuminated their houses, and had a good time generally. “Your speech on the passage of the Recognition Bill attracts great attention here, and, when printed in full, will be extensively read.”[289]