New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-28


Ihiri Mr. President, this debate vii no, be s,soc' rs
.dysri..s:'0 to ne county IN, goSa seen securely
Where do stand payer has been p,eseo'e per-
Psmto Si1n IN K,p... wbc esm 70 be Senator'S All
P,s.,rt.iss, Of The state Of Kansas IL Is Questioned
S NJ can sow tb.i it reached hoDorsble Ses.sr
fm Michigan a. ihs Lsit Of oDs no . seI oeS = -. r.,
- E.n.ss We lean from from New-f orr mat
bst psTer Il u. denounced this hoor Eer snd .u
uleIty dote. TO the senator ru Mehssn os .,s
hoe men ho here Seua ~ Ihe trAaS Sa1e VI
K.r.s. az vet there whom have h-sr1 s1o ~
deIases vndieae him. There u no s-ntsl. ~ -.
- soor and .,y. ~ko brought tftpsP-r oefe
wLs lie beAn hoI able usn-ani tHa 40 .
tar & nd Gopt,' S R.e WHERE Ge U az. the s.assn Who
Be here .Fe.in o t.s eoe po =, Ii. eop-oy
Ls Keeps. II be ;aA the man Is sno"n oy sae
le teeis the company known ey ne rnsn VINO nep
Afer further dI-cuss ion OF similar character the
resolution of MI Mason adopted by vote os
tbir,.wo in the affirmative 10 three II the negative
hy which the orders to refer the trauLuent paper W
tie c. mmittees Territories and PRINTING were re-
sin6ed, and The paper was then wl,hdFawn oy uen
Csss and returned 10 Col. Lane.
have been thus minute in tracing the outline OF
the debate which occurred on the st presentation OF
tn fraudulent memorial in order 10 show that TOOK
TO part in the discussion which questioned the auhen-
tciy of the paper or the conduct of Colonel Lane IN
CONNECTION with il. Yet ii will be ob'cryed that, IN
the letter which you bore from ColOne Lane to me-
il is stated as the first of grievance, that on
"Tlursday Of that week that memorial was the sub
eot Of severe criticism, and in connection with II
charges Of a most grave character are preferred
sgain.t me- Colonel Lane.
We have seen what those charges were: They were
10 lees than that Of FRAUD and FORGERY. These
charges were made and rept aed by several Senators
in the OF that debate and received the sanction
of the senate by vote Of 80 to 3 IN the ADOPTION oi
Nh Mssol's resolution. Your friend, Col. Lane rested
under these charges until the next week when be at
TEMPTED to excupate himself not by calling on The
Seuators wlo mace the charges for explanation, but
by prcseuiug a petition signed by himself, with the
nf QNfD AZ fHR
pr,terdtd COPY which had been rejected on the pre-
yous Tbursdsy might al.O be received and inviting
conraIisOn between the two, with vie" OF enaOnng
the senate to determine whether the one which the
- nate had rejected was copy or forgery. As tne
Chairman Of tie Comni tee having charge OF Iernto
nal affairs il became my appropriate dLty 10 institute
the comparison which had been invited by Col. Lane
in Ls petition, and 10 give the Senate the result oi
nv Investigation | found that while the rejected
coIy purpolted to be authenticate by the signatures
lal IN one handWlitiug) of the members OF ootn
L,usts Of that spuri,us l. gsaure, the ongnal from
which was pretended to have been copied, hau No
Signatures at all attached to IT, and 10 authorization
whatever, except an eVasve affidavit taken that day
BE- fore Judge Mclean. also found that tue hst three
pages of the original were entirely 'uppressei IN tne
ult,el ded copy. | also found many other matendl
emissions aud suppr ssions, many interpretations and
alterations rul Ming all through the paper aud changing
it, whole character not only IN form but IN substance
al principle. exposed these things 10 the Senate IN
plain and uumeesured terms, as II was my night ana
4
or ,VculpGte any one. | dealt with the fraudulent
psp, a, il came before me iu the line Of my duty and
t the autos Of the inqulty free to rsue their own
cour,e | showed that the original memorial whch II
is a gcd was adopted by the spurious Legislature ol
kausas was based Oh the fundamental lde4 or prin-
cle that Con gress had power TO taOsh Govern
II tuts for the Territories that the kansas-Neoraska
oct was Unconstitutional and void for that reason
that tie people OF the Territories owed no allegiance
to the GOVernmeuts which had been or should
L. o1 Sbgd bNs orc rrpsg
and hence they had an inherent right 10 take Tue
stIs which they had taken to overthrow the Territorial
Government without tie consent aud III defiance OF the
atl oIity of Congress. also showed that IN the pre-
tended copy all this had been suppressed since theisue
was made up between the two parties by zoe reports
OF the majority and minority OF the Committee on Ter
ritories and in lieu OF It had been Inserted an humble
petition to Congress recognizing Us authority and pray
ing Tor ts pttOsliOn. III short, showed and proved
Iy comparison Of 'he two papers that the pretended
copy nat copy in any sense OF the wOTd-that IL
a 81 uriOus fraudulent paper; In other "ordr that
it was base and mpudent forgery No senator did,
10 nan IN out Of the Senate can, vindcate the ps-
Per from tLis lust condemnation. 1be severest Judg-
ntut which pronounced Oh this transaction IL con
tanned in the following extracts from my speech winch
low ?, Pc at the only explanation have 10 make
OF the alters to which they refer:
whether ths does not make totally dierent
doeuncrt sarurg entirely different prlcip in oder TO
tsce tLeir seton IN totally different hsnt IRe Kansas
t.sstufe IN the o Al document said they justified their
,, lecsue Congrss hsd no power them TIE memorial
ak then IL forgery thus TO change the document IN
lie ,ay important point upon which ne wole proceed
in re.rsi 30 not by whom the fcr1eiy commed-l
The through this waoi9 proceeding ana
tie III syit Goes not cure of ltHeiy II
Again:
csn take up this memorial and that as hsye eE
ro,ed one csy ser smother OF their pr-cuous they took
lie teu and ran through this memorial nd oi the obee
hs. been changed from time to time in msteral points
striking ori and serg lt 10 has hardly yestse OF IT,
orssl form The conf which here challenged
between ne rretded copy the her day, AMI toe
orIqnsl pioyes cohcusyey that such ' he case then
sttur whether Lere not evidence Of ne most gIinus
After that fraud has detected and exposed the
ton IT, whether to be perPetaeed upon us by
tai the spurious document and attaching l. to NE
no iAl, AID thus Dragging II Ito tue Senate -,
II sLoud be borne il mind that the frs lime this
frauOulent PAPER was presented 10 the Senate pro-
nouuCed judgment upon the question OF It's authen-
tlcy, the by which it found i,s way to the
SecIetays table. Other Senators did denounce
it a. "a fraud and mpudent forgery remained
silent these points, lot from any synpathy with the
IerpttTators of the fraud but from my profound re-
srect for the eengs OF the illustriOus Senator from
Michigan whose confidence had been abused so far rs
10 nGuce him to present under the impression tlat
WIS An authentic memorial. When he discovered his
mistake Joined him in that vote OF ndemnation
wLc the Senate pronounced by 32to Ia the adoption
of Mr.. MasCns rtsO'u'lOH.
The next week Col. Lane comes to the Senate,
through Mr.. Harlan Of Iowa, aud presents memorial,
in which be asks and challenges comparison OF the
two rapers with the view OF Inducing the senate 10
reyer the Judgment which had been 80 emphatcaly
lroIOuIced upon the conduct of the authors Of that
ireud at ii time avO"Dg bin eii To be the per
s9n who peIpetrsted the act. did make the com
uafson ID pursuauce of the request contained in hl-
memorial and stated the facts 10 the Senate d. found
item 10 EXIT together with my opinions pon them
The s. nate ratified these opinions IN the rejection OF
the IL. mortal by vote Of 80 to ii.
H. the face Of these facts, your friend, Col Lane,
calls upon for such explanation of my language
upon that occasion will remove all lmpatatlOn
"ulon the integrity Of his action motives IN con-