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WASHINGTON.
Mr.. Ssule and his Speeeh-Gwin.
Cor sspondeBcs Of TINS N T. Tribune
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March -, 1854.


Mr.. Ssule and his Speeeh-Gwin.
Corr sspoadsBcs Of rhs N T. Tribune
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March "a, 1859.
Mr.. SouLE made his speech on Interven-
ton Yesterday. The Senate Was fall aud the au
disrce listened to him with nearly unbroken atsen
too for three hours This fact is the best comment
sry that can be made upon the general character oil
the speech This effort just about puts Mr. souLs
back upon the position he acquired by his maiden
speech made several years ago on the Mexican war.
He ORIGINALLY came to the Senate with q high repu-
tation and with earnest and ambitious longings for
national renown. That first effort was highly sue
cessfrl and gave him the position he coveted. But
since then circumstances have not favored him
He got badly damaged at one time in srgum Mt by
Mr.. WEBSTER and Mr. DOUGLAS. And two years
ago, during the great struggle and discussion on the
COMPROMISE question: he was quite i'll, and got INTO
a falae position thereon. His health did not allow
him to lay out his full strength, yet he made speech
on that occasion but il was only fragment, and
did not sustain his previous reputation In addition
to this mioward circumstance, Mr.. CLAY, who was
inst then laying about him and tanning the hats
down over the eyes Of everybody who did not hap
pen to agree with him, put his hand out in very
rude and intrusive manner, and performed this un-
gracious service for Mr.. soULE He treated the ar
time, very unceremoniously, and finally leis him,
mctsphyscally speaking, looking not unlike fight
ing cock who has been exposed to severe ram
storm. Mr.. souIE felt the indisnty and his 10" OF
prestige and up to this present season he had hardly
got over his chagrn at the cavalier treatment Of Mr.
CLAY.
He has been indeed banged about on quite an ugly
sea of personal and political vexasion ever since.
But we think he IL extricated from his personal
bufetings, and is in plain sailing again. He has
good reason to be satisfied with the success OF his
effort of yesterday. He is once moro bonneted upon
his native heath, and bis name il McGIegor. Wedo
not think of anybody in the Senate, now that Mr..
CLAY and Mr.. WEBSTER are out, with whom Mr..
SouLE need fear to break lance. We should be
inclined to back him against the field for logical or
IN oratorical bout.
The audience who listened yesterday were gensr-
ally in state OF great admiration Of the speech and
the man. Yet Mr.. SoULE will have to content him
self with secondary position as an orator. He is
keen, close, thorough and powerful IN argument
strong and precise in dicton, magnetic In action,
and dramatic energetic, almost fierce In delivery.
But he does not mount easily, nor has he fecito1s
flow. He is a lawyer and spins fine. He is artistic
rather than great. He wins, but he struggles hard
He does not go over the course at full round pace.
Yet he feels his power, and ordinarily has no doubt
about his being full match for anybody. With all
his sraciousness of dsmeaner, and he il every inch
Frenchman in this no has a haughtness Of nature
that prompts him to contema his rivals or all me
diocrty he is very impatient Emulous of distinc-
ton, ambitious of glory he is yet inclined to demand
it - his due, rather than receive it as voluntary
tribute. Such man may command the judgments
Of his hearers in his favor but he will never capt.
vste their hearts
Mr.. souLE advocates the same general doctrine
sspoussd by Mr.. SEWARD, and his limo Of argument
in support of his positions was not dissimar. They
both hold that the policy Of this nation never
"impassivsness" or the standstill policy and that
WARRINGTON was no such frightened, anxious fosy
as he has been represented. (Of course this jack
plane style is not Mr. SoULEs. He would probably
faint to catch himself using the term "fosy.") Mr..
SEWARD drew his arguments and Illustrations In sup.
port Of this view of the from the proceedings OF
Congress, and the public conduct Of our Government
during and subsequent to WAsHINGroNs Administra-
ton. Mr. SouLE fortified his positions from the re-
suits Of a minute and searching inquiry into the
records of our diplomatic history. Mr.. SEWARD
showed that our Government has never stunned III
tervention, except in those where il paps-
bly, out of place and had threatened and INDUCED in
II whenever a case arose in which il was deemed
proper. He did this by the plain historic record OF
the proceedings Of Congress and the public proceed
ings OF our various national administrations. Mr..
SouLE showed the same thing by the instructions
given to our dipomatists abroad, and by ingenious
differences from curious facts and circumstances that
he brought TO light in the investigation of the ques-
ton.
After the speeches of Mr.. soULE, Mr.. SEWARD and
Mr.. CAss this question Of Intervention, it 10 No
h. do, ks>l xbatS
nothing policy, in regard to the International rights
ard duties OF our own and other nations, never was
the policy Of this Government and ought be-
Mr. SouLE teok occasion in the course Of his re-
marks to animadvert upon the Administration for its
want Of susceptibility to the claims of the British
Government, to exercise supervision over bottoms
covered by the American flag, that were suspected Of
being engaged in piratical enterprises, ~ those
claims were set up In the recent dispatch OF Palm
erton, in reply which grew out Of the Cuba OK.
pecition. Coming from Mr.. SouLs on the present
question: the good taste of this anmadversion might
be doubted. Without this dash Of partisan feeling,
the spsech would be Of an eminenty national and
.tatesn ankle character.
DR. GwIE, Of California, made speech to-day in
'a'Or of some large appropriations for his State.
The Doctor 10 great on expenditure We doubt II
he ever said "No" on a vote to bleed Uncle Sam.
The Doctor understands the OF leeehes, profess
sionally and politically Mr.. BRopHEAp, Of Penn
sylvsnia, followed in opposition. J.s.P.
n II is said that the difficulties with
Great Britain, which have grown out Of the dispute
between the Hudson Bay Co. and the Collector AZ
Astoria, Oregon, have been greatly exaggerated
The fact, according to recent letter from Washing
ton are briefly, that under the Oregon Treaty, the