New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-02

Our readers have been edited recently with
several communications regarding the Hon. John
Kelly. of the Irish Brigade. who claims 50
much for his friends and so much for himself.
Like Lorenzo the Magnificent. the honorable gentle
man is never tired distributing the popular moneys;
and 10 enable him the better 10 do II, he will
accept the Sberifslty, and not be averse, either,
10 a reelection to Congress. Mr. Kelly is 80
prominently before the people now for office, that
perhaps it would be well 10 inquire how far h. has
acquitted himself in CoDe-ess on the most vital of
all questions-Liberty. At o,e time the honorable
gentleman was as good Barnburner as John
Cochrsne. But alas how changed All the lovely
visions Of lsis have melted into air, and the Dem.
ocratic test is now not how much Freedom. but
how much Slavery may be imposed on this country.
For the especial benefit of the Bsrnburners of the
party now in Tammany Hall, let US see how near
Mr. Kelly is to Mr.. Cochrane in asserting the priv
lege of the rich TO oppress the poor-of the master
to crush the slave. On the 10Th of December,
lc56, Mr. Etheridge of Tennessee asked the unani-
nous consent Of the House of Representatives. to
introduce resolution. He hoped there would be
no objection, but, if any were made, he would
move TO suspend the rules. The resolution was
read AS follows:
Re.orsd Tbs. the House Of Representative, regard al
sros and propositions yey kind by vhomsoeyer made
m the revival OF the Sayorade shocking the moral sen
the enlightened portion Of mankind aud that any seton
Lunan trsfc would justly subject the Government and M
civilized and Christian people throughout the world
Mr.. Smith of Virginia objected. Mr. Orr OF
South Carolina said if the rules were suspended he
would move the following resolution:
"9el,ed Ta, it i. repeal the laws prohibiting
the saSe-trsde.'
The question was taken without debate, and Mr..
Kelly did not vote but said that if he had been in
the House he should have voted "No.' The rules
were suspended by vote of l4O against %. Mr..
Etherdge then called for the previous question: SO
as to have the vote on the main proposition at
once. The previous question was seconded. Mr..
Jones of Tennessee demanded the yeas and nays
on ordering the main question to be put. 1t was
decided that the question should be put by vote
of 125 yeas to 81 nays. Mr.. John Kelly voted in
the negative, against having the question put.
Mr.. Mcqueen moved to lay the subject on the
table, motion which the House rejected by vote
of 1877 against 72 Mr.. John Kelly voted to lay
the mhole subject on the table, The House having
now sustained the previous question. Hr. Kelly
was brought at last to direct vote on m question,
when he voted for the resolution.
1t is submitted to the late Free-Sol wing of the
Democratic party whether or not :" Honest john
did not try to evade the issue on the save.trade.
The friends of Mr. Douglas ought also to inquire
of some persons who were in Washington last
Winter about the hard expressions of Mr. Kelly
against the Senator from Illinois, because he ,ould
not sustain Mr.. Buchanan in his Lecompton policy.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Douglas would
not support the Lecompton Constitution, because
among other things II contained provision against
any person being Governor who had not been
twenty years citizen of the United States. Mr.
Kelly would not let the people of Kansas have a
State Government unless they submitted to this
Know Nothing policy, albeit he was the representa-
tive of the Irish Democracy of the Fourth, Sixth
and Fourteenth Wards. But all our adopted
citizens are not in the Custom. House, we do not
believe they will indorse, even by reelection to
Congress, much less to the Sherifrs Office their
representative, John Kelly.
Nr. Kelly Is worthy of the sympathy Oh DIT.
Buchsnan-whose soundness on the Slave question
made the Governor of Virginia give him the prefer
ence over every other man at the South. Here
was a member from Slave State offering resolu-
tion TO stihe the growing appetite for the slave
trade and there was all Irish Democrat, pretending
to represent the free City of New York, attempting
TO stihe the resolution This is democratic love OF
liberty!