New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-22
FROM WILMINGTON.
,3-ace OF The N. Y. Tribune.

| ceIt publication oil Regent ChnOun' may discover
;bs. he makes no mention whatever Of the election
for State officers. while he eXpends ingenuity and
| art6ce in an attempt to relieve himself from com
plcty with the frauds relating to the Legislature.
| There is significance in this omission which shall
not be overlooked. for it forms part Of plan Of
polcy marked out by Speaker Orr and others, in
tended to mi-lead the public, and to create impres
sions wholly at variance with the rea! facts.
Why, it may be asked, did not Calhoun make a
clean breast of all the elections in this called vim
dcatory statement The reason is very obvious,
and shall be explained In the first place. it shOuld
be known because it is cspab.e Of proof, that in an
interview sought with Judge Douglas, he (Calhoun)
stated in reply TO an interrogatory, thatthe Demo
cratic, that s the Pro-Slayery Party had carried
the State ticket BY two thousand majority. He
reached that result cOntessedy. by ignoring the rs.
turns Of several Counties, which were enormously
directed to Governor Denver, instead Of himself.
Bearing this important fact in mind. the solution
of CalhOun's conduct becomes more easy. The
game is as follOws: TO admit Kansas under the
LecOmptOn Constitution, using the Leverage of a
Free-State Legislature, IN order to smooth the way
for Democrats of easy virtue, who are not exer.
cised by demonstrating and rebeous constituencies.
But Kansas once admitted, what then The same
hands which to issue certificates for the Legisla
tuIe will declare the Pro-Slayery State officers
elected and they will be placed in possession of
the new Government, if necessary by means of
Federal bsyOnets If the Legislature shall atEor.
ize Convention TO change the Constitution the
Governors veto will be put in requistOn, aud the
movement defeated, since there 10 not mslOrlty
of twO-thirds to Overrule his negative, or at least
Calhoun will take that there shall be no such
majority
1t has been given out authorativey that the Ad-
mnstratiOn IS ready to impose condition upon
the admission, by which the Constitution may be
amended, altered or abrogated whenever the people
deem it proper or expedient, notwithstanding the
Limitation which it now contains. Mr.. Pugh and
others will herald this proposition "a great COM
promise since it is not proposed in the bill reported
by Mr.. Green for the majority. But the value of it
may be readily understood after considering the
foregoing developments. Mr.. Buchanan has said
that Kansas is as much Slave State as Georgia or
South Carolina, and the intention is to make it 40
permanently, no matter what may be pretended to
the contrary. Admitted under LecOmptOn in any
form or with any prOyisO while Calhoun holds the ab-
sOlute power of shaping the State organization, and
is backed up by the Executive here, aud that bond
age becomes riveted. And if the people resist the
fraud as they are likely to do, the next movement
will be q call from Cahoun's illegal" Governor,
urnn the President for the Of the troop. to Pa.
down rebellion. This Is the programme, and it will
be fortunate for the country if events do not fulfill
it to the letter. Calhoun never consented to make
even the qualified concession concerning the Legis-
ature until this scheme was perfected, and in obey
ing orders he was probably protected by the assur.
ance of official consideration, which fully recon-.
pense his loss of seat in the Senate, If h. should
ever issue the Free.State certificates.
The instructions which partisan Legislature in
Tennessee adopted, in the hope of creating tempo
rary vacancy in the Senate for the ustrious Pillow.
have been received by Mr.. Bell. 1t is understood
that he will take early occasion to present them
TO the Senate-probably on Tuesday-and to give
his reasons for refusing obedience 1t the party
which, after four years of meditation, have at
last approved the Nebraska bill, thought that by
this expedent they might secure another vote for
LecOmpton they wilb apt before long to realize the
full extent of their folly aud delusion. John Bell
stands to- day. consistently and patriOticay, where
he stood when, almost solitary and alone Of the
South BE- resisted the repeal OF the Missouri Com
promise, predicting with unerring sagacty the con-
sequences which have followed that breach of faith;
and his voice will be again lifted against the con-
summation which is now presented as the result o
that great wrong.
The receipts of the Treasury show no substantial
improvement over the previous week, although such
statement has been telegraphed abroad, either
through ignorance or with special purpose. The
revenue from customs huctuates according to the
withdrawal of merchandise from the public ware
which m6y be adopted safe basis for estimating
future income Mr. Cobb has endesyored to con-
troll the expenditures as far as possible but with
every effort at economy they swell up beyond his
power of contraction The most immediate source
Of anxiety to the Treasury is the Deficiency bill for
seven millions, now pending before Congress, since
the Secretary cannot fOresee to whatamount the de-
msnd for payment will be made when it passes. One
Of the causes of drain upon the Department Is the
establishment of ports Of entry and the erection OF
Custom Houses at points where they are almost
useless. Take a single illustration under my eye.
The Custom House at Ssndusky, Ohio, cost S74,-
81 s5. The revenue collected there last year was
S567 S4, and principally OH importation OF railroad
irOa. which may not happen again. There are
many such examples scattered all over the United
States, but this one, taken at haphazard, Is suti
cent to explode the whole system.
1t is believed here that the five millions of Treas
ury notes now offered will not be taken at a less
rate # interest than per cent. When the oecrc'
tary vas about issuing the first Six millions caPi'
talists in New-York proposed to accept the whole
amount at the rate of 365-lOO per cent whIcn
would have made them more convenient on account
of the ready computation of interest He declined
their liberal offer, and the notes have fallen below
par, though ornamentcd with Mr. Cobbs pleasant
face in the corner. INDEX.
The Press has the following account from Wash
ington of the way in which the resolve Of the
House to have the LecomptOn frauds investigated
has been checkmated byIStephenss msjority of the
Select Committee:
"Mr. Harris of Illinois, Chairman OF the Investi-
eating Committee, instructed only TO inquire whether
any documents are obtainable at the Departments
which have bearing on the matter before that Com
nttee bu. he is not to get whatever documents there