New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-23
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and rmpres.on xber.vsr manly ssntiueuts and the
yibdca;ion e truth sad ju-tce are respscted iie
DID not attempt 10 reItsrae exhausted details, or u
reconstfuc' 'hreacbafr srgumruts "i c00sithtonAi
doctrIe, but, gsnernlIIng The yhols QUESTION upon
the ba.. IL sstAbhshsd facts e. present q % pubic
intelligence and fairness. IN such lights that ever.
.iroug point stood cut Ike he foreground cooimg0ia
massive picture. Hs championship 4 'he perse'
cu,ed ir,em.n IN Kansas Who bad been pursued al
most Nth that bloodhound scent which bad tracked
lbe Ind ans on Their native everglades, and were
stemailzed ~ rebels for daring % assert their
us hit. produced thrill OF delg ght through the cham
Der. So said b.. were IN. men Of ne Revolution
enouneed and viii other. be who re-st tyranny
% sIy form, or drspotlsm under the name OF i'-
mocrscy. For hispart, he siorled a 'uch rrocui"h'
and gave hs hearty Godspeed ie those who werr en-
gsg,d IN the work of breaking the bondage Which an
odiou. Administration had sought 20 impose. In r.
yswlng that part of thr Pr'-sIdeRt. Message which
claimed 10 vindcate the Lecompton Cnn-'itut'-n
on the pretense that the question OF saver! h'd
been submitted 10 the people, he held up the dec'p-
ten IN such terms sud With such striking ciearnc,.
as 20 carry the deepest CONVICTION - every Impartial
mind Altogether, il was grand speech. delivered
with the impressive utterance and manner ana dig
nity which so much Distinguish this >cnator' snd
with proud port, too. that made Senators on th"
other side feel the force OF hs search ng e1p"sure-
IN the night session, Gen. W lson t'oA sp the
.peech of Gen. Hammond and efectualy rddled u
with startling array of facts, which Put an ektlu'
gush.r upon his boasted superiority ~ southern
prosperity. IL was meet. too, that so n''ine a'u
complete an sn.wer should have come from on''
whose. pride il = 10 have risen from the ranAs o'
the peope az an operative IN that class 80 shSihe
fully sta smatlzed, to ylndicate IN bis own person. a.
the peer Of the Senator from south Carohha' the
iutes rity and Intelligence Of that Northern lahot
which BE- had insuliinRly leveed down 10 the stand,
ard of his degraded slaves. Mr.. hammond WI
bsrdly forget the rebuke, though he may be- wiling
- ;o,'o,e the humble but honorable Yankee orgn
which should have admCnsh against US provo
cation. c.,r..
In the House Messrs. FamswOrth, Giddlngs,
Waldrop. Adrs,n Colfax and Ssth of Illinois, kept
the batteries playing With the skh and sharp
practice that Brsgg displayed at Buena vista oHt
without waiting tor the order oi - little more
grape" The breaches in the Administration column
showed with what effect the guns had been aimed
and after9 o'clock flag Of truce was sent 10 ~
carry ofi the wounded
m. Administration almost .handons the ground
As lo.t. lts only hope now l. upon Postp0nement,
hopiug to address the weak through the power oi
patronage AZ the White House Yesterday The
highest claim put out ll6 votes tor Lecompton'
which virtual admission oi defeat. u being mort
Of a majority IN full House But this estimate
j. unfound,d. hey cannot count III certain on
Mr.. Horace f. Clark, who has heretofore occupied
po.ltion Of some doubt, has announced his opPosl
ton and will declare II IN speech though willing
10 accept lecomptOn with amendment which
virtually destro,s il. Mr.. Pendleton is in nearly
the same category, and So, too, even Mr.. Burns the
uncertain.
In the Scrate the majort, Tomorrow night viii
probably be slx excluding four Lec0mpton ab,en-
tees. Although Mr. Green proposed the amendment
..f h IA f0 ar usAs Al = upf a.
cepted a. An Administration movement, and may
possibly be vet abandoned and for the that
few vote, In the House may be- affected adversely
Mr. MAYNARD has sigDihed pretty distinctly that be-
Will oppose the con JUNCTION, and If Pughs amend
meut be- engraiied, as is n0w intended. there may
be Southern stampede. The whole force IA de-
moralized, and cannot be kept in line by any mode
but all up-abd.down test on Lecompton pure and
simple. which is doomed to defeat. so, in any
event their position il enyirOned with the most
| fatal embarras-meuts.
| Now. a. 10 the course when the bill goes to the
| House. The six Southern Americans who have
gallantly stood up in defense Of popular rights are
| ready if necessary, 10 give il final quletus. But
they prefer 10 return the bill 10 the Senate, and tO
| compel the Administration to choose between the
| alternatives Of forcing LecOmpton upon reluctant
people or referring back for fair expression oi
| their will Then the issue will be made up squarey
before the country and arttul dodging can eyade
| the real ree possibility. As the point involves i'm
portant results, il viii be fully deliberated.
| Calhouns statement was designed as last card
| but has been plsyed without advantage. He has
taken care that the Free-State men shall have
orty of two thirds in only branch of the Legis
latuI- and to reserve any declaration whatever as
TO State officers. None but those who willing
and anxious 10 be cheated can he deceived by this
| false preten,e. a month ago he told Judge Doug
las that the Pro-Slavery State ticket elected BY
two thousand majority, discardRg the returns Of
several counties sent 10 Gov. Denver. This is the
reason Why he now declines publication, the de-
sign being 10 retain the veto Of would-be Governor
Frank Marshall as a check upon any act OF the
Legislature-shOud il ever sssemble-for a Con-
yentiOn 10 change the Constitution. In other
words il is u new feature in the scheme OF
| fraud ard conspiracy, and nothing else-the
more barefaced and audscOus for being tried
at the very turning point OF the struggle The Ad
ninistration gives out that Western men, who are
| syowed opponents OF Lecompton, viii De caught in
this trap. Let them beware Of the spring which ia
set for them Calhoun had as much evidence before
him month ago he now has for publishing this
statement. He then required the sworn deposi-
tOns Of the Judges of Election before Denver
They have not been sent ia that form at all and
Denver wrote TO the Secretary of the Interior three
days ago, saying that Calhoun ought % issue the
certificates upon the evidence already filed in hir
department. Therefore it is manifest that this
contriyaBce conured up with the object already
stated. INDEX.
MARINE AFFAIRS