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

,iev could not BE- made slaves. he coanseso tn'
men of Kansas 20 -tsId hru % niho 10 eOnc'''
..ors upgor,ay If freemen, bat ~ vlndic.> ','if
rieLt, ii need he. TO tbe lAs: srOp oi toe" eo"i'
Mr.. DOT r.1. deplct.d tho character " 10"
Borier.Ruffln party IN kansas-.heif md'ast-'
heir rapines Their arso1s. ther hauh Ani -oo,'
forser;es. Wis Were they not denounced az 'eoe''
and out.sn. WY were they bsded "i'H e,'';
mark Of TXecutly. fayOr-re~arded Win the hc1's'
gifts Of Executive PATRONAGE Was there ever
ANYTHING IN hstor more shameful than has contrast
Ttr1e VS. rotllYg Hhs..yer IN thls becOnl lSh
business a. commend it = favor. |: Sas ElainOn-
sid uoustrous throughout. The speech oi De c"i'
league Judge COllsmerl, expo. ng its chaIao"5
had never been answered-could never b. ans"ered'
After thorc ugh ard skIlful examination aod re'lt"-
ton Of tue 90 eciIons 70 the course pursru q! te
Free-Stare men IN ksnsas, Mr.. DOT rehraFsed y :
pledges nat lad been made 10 them BY the fresidrI''
through Walker and stanton, that the LecomPt'n
Constitution should be submitted 10 them Tor Tas.i-
cation
Mr.. Green Of Missouri rose aud inquired Of hr.
Foot where be found The evidence ior s1rh
pledges, or for any understanding among he Peop'r
Of Kansas hat such pledges had been made Nj
Foot replied that the evidence bad been hid o.
tore the Senate az least a dozen times IN speeches
IN the floor. If the Senator from Missouri wished
TO hear il again, be would take 81 opportunity -
read il to lin. lie had not thought il necessary -
reproduce il on this occasion. because be supposed
il was well known 10 everybody.
Nr. Foot then went into remarkably ci-ar
ard conclusive exposure Of the pretended suom.s-
sion OF the slavery question 10 the vote of the
people If Kansas. He proved that i Tad not been
submitted, that The pretense of submission Wa
iuggIe and swinde-he used the word s1lndle de-
liberately and with full aud absolute meaning. The
Presidents assertion, that the Slavery question had
been submitted was al insult to the Intelligence of
the American people-was III assertion, the charac-
ter of which b. should forbear to characterize.
Thanks 10 Gov. Walker, the people of Kansas
had subsequently an opportunity 70 express at the
polls their opiuion of the Lecompton Constitution
And they had condemned il in the most explicit
manner by al Overwhelming malority-by vote Of
four TO one What has become Of the boasted doc
trine ofPopular Sovereignty The voice of the Peo-
pie # Kansas has been uttered-the mandate Of
Popular Sovereignty has been given against the Le-
compton Constitution. Why is il not regarded ?
Why this attempt to force Constitution upon Nan.
sas Those who are engaged in this attempt should
remember that there is point beyond which Il Il
not safe to 90. Ii will not do in this country to
de- pse the voice and spurn the will Of the people
Mr.. Foots uncommony fne personal appear
ance, hi. powerful Yet pleasant voice. perfect elo-
cution and grac. full and commanding action, while
Speaking added much To the effect of his speech,
which, however, without those aids, would have
held tie audience by its clearness' force aud admI-
rable arrangement