New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-12

committing treason. Nay: they would be false to
their brthrghtand traitors to their Liberty if they
did not resist such usurpatiOn.
AT length Mr.. CRITTENDEN took the floor
and announced that he should vote against Mr.
Msson's proposition to remand the Kansas Memo
rial from the Committee on Territories aud in
favor ofprin,ing it, because he wished to get rid of
the subject, and not to play into the hands Of
fanatics and agitatOrs. Here he turned upon Gov.
Seward (whO had neither introduced the memo
rial, nor moved its printing, nor made any motion
with regard to it, and by the very broadcast insin-
uations, accused him Of getting up this and similar
discussions for purposes OF personal aggrandize-
ment and section al agitation.
Gov. SEWARD rejoined with a spirit which his
friends would gladly see him manifest more fire.
qucntly. He had not mpugned the motives of any
Senator; he should not enter upon the defense Of
his own He had no doubt of the honesty and pat
riotism of the Senator from Kentucky; he had
full confidence that justice would yet be done TO
bis own integrity and sincerity. He would leave
bis vindication to time, and could hardly be
tempted again to alludc TO attacks upon his hon.
,esty and purity of motive.
Gov. S. spoke much greater length in this
strain-justIy and forcbly, though not so indig-
nantly as these aspersions deserve. Here are men
who have power prestige, prescription, wealth,
and almost everything that self-seeker could de-
sire their side, yet accusing their scOrned and
overbOne opponents Of demagoging and pandering
to popular passions for their own aggrandizement.
Dir. Crittcnden might as plausibly accuse one Of
his own slaves of being black for the sake of WELD
ing an influence over other negroes and winning
consideration with white men, to accuse an Anti
Slavery man of being such for selfish purposes. All
meu do know that Saveryis generally in the ascend
ant-that Presidents, Chief Justices, ambassadors,
&c. are chosen from among its vOtaries that lawyers
find their best customers and clergymen their rich
est pew holders among the yotaries or champions
Of the peculiar institution" To talk Of states
mans devotion to Ant-Slavery as crafty, sinister
and self seeking, then, is to affrOnt common sense
and outrage probability.
just before this some one had started cavil
as TO the regularity and authenticity of the Memo
rial based on the fact that interlineatiOns and
erasures appeared in the body of it, while the sig
natures we're all in the same hand Gen. Cass,
who had presented it, made explanation and
".
worthy rather of crOssexamnation in country
court than discussion in the Senate. Mr. Crit
tenden took fire at this-n fact, his temper is not
under good discipline this Winter-perverted it
into an attack on the legal profession, and on HIM
self as lawyer, and in the heat of his passion In
obliged in sundry unworthy filings at Gov. s., who
simply corrected his misapprehensions and received
them with entire equanimity. know what wis
dom there is in ga soft answer;" but Crittenden's
passion was grOundless and his filings unprOvoked,
and think Gov. S. should have very squarey told
him 80. must consider that the true way to re-
press exhibitions of temper and arrogance which
arc so unbecomiDg the American Senate.
/ felt that the chosen representatives of Free
Kansas were making o grave mistake when they
intrusted the presentation of their Constitution
and Memorial ~ Gen. Cass; but they were all
Nebraska Democrats and Popular Sovereignty"
men of Gen. C.'s school, and took the course to
them most natural and which they doubtless
thought best. The issue has justified my appre-
tensions. When the contest became hot to-day,
and the special y eaders had discovered what they
represented az q Jaw in the Indictment, Gen. Cass
backed out and let his clients down TO the ground
He couldn't say anything about the genuneness or
authenticity of the Memorial, and in effect gave it
I'D; and if the introducer could not uphold it, who
couldg Butler and Mason saw their advantage
and pressed it, the former even insisted that the
Memorial was fraud, forgery, and was amazed
that any one could be found in the Senate TO
cOuntenance it. There is no one now in Washing
ton who has any personal knowledge on the subject
but Gen. Lane (SenatOr elect from kansas), and
Gov. Seward had never seen him to know him till
this day; ard l presume it was nearly the same
with every Free Kansas man present. Wade
Wilson, and Fessenden, three of our best Sens-
tors, were absent; others were astounded and per-
picked by the suddeDness of this new attack.
Those Senators who bad half the day objected to
the Memorial that il ras signed by those who had
impudently assumed 10 be the Legislature OF Kan
sas, now objected still more vehementy that 1t
wasnt 80 signed, - so the Senate virtually sue
eumbed 10 their clamOr, only Harlan, Seward and
Sumner voting No, (Trumbull, Hale and Foster
absent. Foot and COamer ditto or silent)-and
recalled the Kansas Memorial from the Committee
On Territories. and handed ii back TO Gen. Cass,
who presented il. ] reckon that when it comes IN
again. il will be presented by earnest friend OF
Free Kansas, who will know what he is about
and that il will be so fortified as TO obvlate all
eay H. IT,
THE SENATE'S DEBATE-THE MISSOURI
SLAVE CASE.
FrOm Our Own Correspondent -
WASHINGTON, Thursday, April III, 800.
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