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WASHINGTON. Thursday, April 10, 1853.
The Pro Slavery majority in the Senate were
sore-headed and sulky to-day, in consequence Of
Gov Stewards speech yesterday There was a
most excited and stormy debate for over four hours
on the printing Of the Kansas Free-State Memorial,
in which nearly half the Senators participated.
Mr.. Crittenden pitched into Gov. Seward savagely,
and was answered with spirit. Dir. HaInlin COM
pared the opponents of Free Kansas to Lord
North who refused to receive the petitions Of our
fathers prior TO the War of independence, which
greatly excited the Slavery men. At length, when
our side had fairly beaten the other the latter dis
covered that erasures had been made in the Ne
morial and that the signatures were all in one hand
writing; whereupOn they raised dust about it's
authenticity which they affected to doubt, and at
length were bold enough to deny. Gen. Cass, who
had presented the Memorial, lodged, Of course,
when the shot began to 6y, and the printing was
not only refused but the vote referring the Memo
rial was reconsidered and the document returned
to Gen. Cass. SO Slavery, like many another ras-
cal, escaped conviction by picking haw in the
Indictment. How patry and pettifOgging that cavil
is, the following letter from Gen. Lane will show:
H.G
WAsHINGTOs, Thursday April 10, 1856.
To tie Editor Of The ~ y. T,i5-r.
SIR: The Kansas Memorial, published in The
TRIBUNE Of Yesterday, being transcript Of that pre-
sented the Senate, by Gen. Cass and the House, by
Mr.. Mace, was framed and adopted follows:
committee, of which John Hutchinson was
Chairman was raised last month by the State Legs
ature Of Kansas for the express purpose of drafting
such memsrial. That Committee reported Just before
the recess was taken-sOme three weeks more age.
The reported memorial was read in either House sep
aratey, and adopted unanimously. II was thereupon
referred 10 committee OF revision, with power to
modify and correct the phraseOOgy, and with III
strctions to make copies and meet at Topeka on the
evening after its appointment the Legislature having
IN the meantime taken recess till the 9TH of July next
Gov. Robinson and myself were invited to meet with
them, and did so. The memorial was read critically
and alterations agreed upon. None bu verbal amend
ments were made, except in the cXcisOn OF three or
four sentences deemed irritating supertuOus. /
waa then requested by the Committee to take charge
OF the Memorial and have copies made for submission
10 each House of Congress and for publication left
Topeka Immediately for this city, and on my arrival
here had three copies made, which were submitted
TO Gov. Robinson and Jude Hunt of Kansas, and no
other person except the transcrber saw them before
thew were conided TO Gen Cass and Mr Mace respect
lively to be presented TO Congress. After such pre-
senaton the third copy handed TO you at your re-
quest and appeared in The TRIBUNE of yesterday.
The original Memorial as drafted BY Mr.. Hutchinson
and adopted by both Houses Of the Kansas Legisla-
tc il now in my possession here and readyto be sub
mtted TO the Senate if desired Three sets Of sigma
lures were separately executed by all the members in
attendance Of the Legislature OF Kansas immediately
after the adoption Of the Memorial by them and
handed to tn Revising Committee to be appended to
the revised transcripts of the Memorial, when tran
scrbed for submission to Congress Those signatures
have been unfortunately lost or mlslald but Gov
Robinson who recently lc this city for Boston, Judge
Hunt now in Lebanon, Ohio, Mai. Kloz, Secretary Of
State Of Kansas, now in Mauch Chunk, Penn, ana
every member of the Kansas Legislature, can verify
Yours j II. LANE.