New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-23

sas Those who are engaged IN TINS attempt should
remember that there is point beyond which Il II
not safe to co. Ii will not do IN this country 10
despise the voice and spurn the Will Of the people
Mr. Foot's uncommonly fine personal appear
ance bis powerful Yet pleasant voice, perfect elo-
cution and crac. full and commanding action while
speaking added much 10 the effect of his speech,
which, however, without those aids, would have
held tie audience by ts clearness force aud adml-
rable arrangement.
Correspondence Of The y. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, March 20 lS5-.
The defeat Of the Administration in the House
mon the Army bill yesterday ought not TO be
pas,ed over in silence Mr.. Faulkner Of Virginia,
the mouthpiece of the Secretary OF War, brought
forward the measure which had been recommended
by the President in his Annual Message, aud urged
| in Mr.. Floyds report, and, upon the division BY
| Yeas and Nays but 43 votes could BE- mustered in
the affirmative out of the l3l who were returned
| here and cas ssifed as Democrats-less than one
third of the party strength. And then to make the
after worse right upon the heels Of this rebuke,
Gen. Quitman carried his scheme, authorizing five
| regiments of volunteers. by majority OF ". Let
no one say these votes not without significance.
A Republican caucus was designed To be held last
NIGHT but was postponed from considerations Of
| prudence rendered obvious by the recent changed
aspect Of LecomptOn. On all sides, where any sen
timent Of opposition is entertained toward that
fraud there il a disposition 10 unite upon broad
ba,s sufficiently liberal 10 ignore all political ante
cedt nts. aud 10 extend the hand OF Us generous
fellowship TO those who may come last "a those who
have been enlisted from the outset. There Is too
much at stake 10 stand upon nice points OF prece-
dence in this extremity, or to set up claims OF ex
elusive merit. The Republican members have
manifested manly self-deual in this respect, con-
tentnp them elves with noble efforts to vIndlcate
the principle and TO insure the triumph of cause
which s 80 int tmatey Identified with the stability 0
free Institutions.
When Mr. Toombs was iissolvine the Union the
other day in the most vehement manner, but still
without alarming even IL old ladies in the gallery,
he took occasion 10 close with panegyric upon the
faithful douehfaces who had followed bis lead,
which must have been particularly gratifying aud
consoling. He said there had, to be sure, been VIC
tins among them. and there would still be other
yctims but the South would do honor to them
through all time by erecting monuments more last
lrg than brass. Toombs is not born wag, but he
has turn for practical joking. and as the floor Wa
crowded with Northern allies he could not torego
the temptation oil seeing Corning and his cOmpat.
riots sqIrnng under the process OF being sptted.
As they are 10 be paid off in Southern monuments,
il IT, IA be hoped that some arrangement may be
made by which the work will be advanced more
rapdly than that to Washington here, or else the
expense may tall upon an ungratetul posterlty 1t
might be We'll too, to make ,easonable provision Tor
~ enlargement ~ the Congressional bur!ng ground,
as the victims Of LecOmptOn ought by all means,
10 ay sde BY side with those of the Nebraska bull
Mohammed Pssha il not understood TO have yet
made any distinct comInttal in regard Ia Lecomp-
ton but IN his conferences with the Administration
when they were lanentlng the detection Of political
friends he is said to have pointed with some signlr
cance 10 the Potomac and his wlndppe, intending
d. is supposed. 10 symbolic the BOspsorus aud the
bow,tripg which are regarded as the radical RENE
dies in his country. The precise effect OF his deli
cate suggestion cannot be stated, but the Turk is
invited to dine at the White House next Wednes
.lay and will afterward be fessted by the Cabinet,
AS the most recent and accepted converts are. The
Pssha assures every body that he has lively reeO
lection Of the hospitality which the uncommon
Council of New.York layished upon him, and es-
pecally the Committee which stood BY him TIL his
carpet bag was rted.
Tn. chronic marasmus of the Treasury still con-
trues, and without much prospect of improvement.
his past week. the receipts from all sources were
lust S455 4-5 c6. against an ordinary average eN-
pendture OF l.5O0O 600, not counting deficiencies, or
extrss like the Treaty OF Denmark, which took
half million al one grab.
Ii any responsible person can De- found to Indorse
tie infamous charges against the Northern Amer-
cans " llCh ItctulI. dPIchlcu AZ -'C" iVAn PAiN,
,Lsy " III hardly be repeated Their aspirations
perfectly Understood here, and the effect, 80 far
rom serving the purpose intended will only recoi
upon the heads of those who employed such base
means 10 affect votes. Considering that expend-
tures amounting TO eighty millions year pass
through the hands Of thu Administration; that It y
armed with contracts, Offices, and patronage of all
sorts aud that it openly avows ts purpose 10 carry
Lecompton by any means, these SANDERS are, u
say the least, cool and cOmplacent. linden.
Correspondrnce Of TIE N. Y Tribune
WASHINGTON, March u, l-5-.
Tbs is the eve of the first great battle on the
Ltcou pton fraud. The previous struggles were
but preliminary skirmishes Now the ranks are
closing up in earnest aud the opposing armies ap-
proacb each other with the sound and panOply Of
GLORIOUS war" Yesterdays debate at both ends
of The Capitol was stirring, aud n some respects
L.