... his insolence, described him and his coadjutors as mere lieutenants of Atchison, the chieftain of the border ruffian Democracy. Similar scenes occurred from time to time in the debate. Clay of Alabama imputed to Hale the practice of seeking the society of Southern senators and fawning upon them, and signified in the coarsest language that he should inflict personal chastisement on him, as he (Hal...