New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-12

Il. He closed bic speech by an argument tn prove
that this course might in case OF admisso1, te the
| only proper one TO take.
Gen. Lane rose and made speech OF more
than usual ability. He said this announcement here
| TONIGHT was what he had been looking for for
| months; and that DOW, if necessary, he wa- pre-
pared to meet it and those who made 1t foot 10 foot
| and face TO face. He reviewed the past. He said
that the radical clement the dominant element had
stood in the breach IL was those who, IN the hour
Of trial had borne the burden and heat of the day.
| This radical element had been called on, time and
again by small minority, TO yield their beat ana
| siDcerest convictions TO secure the unity OF tue
| Free. State party. They did it last June. They
| did il in October In December even when the
| minority bOlted the decision of the Convention,
| many went in with them when they saw that they
we're determined 70 90. That of the seven thousand
| votes thrown for the State ticket under the LIE
| compton Constitution, 90 the 4th of January, not
one thousand could be got for the boiling ticket,
but for the radicals. He (the speaker and Others
OF the radical men had used all their influence 10
get vote. That was done under the express stlp'
uations that the men would not quahy, and non
| they nere told that these men had "speclhc Pnr'
| pose" and they intended TO accomplish 1t. The
speaker said the radical element had gone TO the
wall so far for unity, but tty noud go no Jnrner'
| They had wounded the hottest instincts OF their
hearts by voting at the October election. lhey
| had sacrificed the loved Topeka Constitution IN
order that all might unite on this Leavenw0rth
| Constitution. But they had recorded solemn
oath that the LecOmpton Constitution should never
| be the organic law of Kansas, and they would 60
| no furthfr The speaker continued, now IN flight
Of elOauence, and DOW in vein OF bitter sarcasm.
7 Judge Conway replied 10 the legal argument OF
| Mr.. Ewing by a cool and searching analysis Hls
legal points have already been referred to, ana
need not recapitulate them. Restraining his re, he
-. g. nod
| the impulses they awakened within hun and his al.
dence rushe past all bounds, and rose to positions
of the most lofty pathOs were varied by the most
| scathiDg criticism.
Mr.. J. s. Emery next spoke. He sustained the
| position Of Mr. Ewing. He assailed Gen. Lane for
| iDconsistecies. He said that at the old Big Springs
Convention the stand taken to resist the bogus
laws to bloody issue, and what had they done lie
derided the Topeka movement, and said 1t had only
| been political movement. He commenced assail'
| ing the Topeka Convention. He denied that 1t was
the choice of .tenhs of the people as had been
| asserted. People talked about principle" He
was one of those who thought that consistency and
| politics were not necessary. He was not wor-
shipper of principles" He sneered at this Conyen-
| ton. He even assaied the vote by which the del
egates 10 il had been elected, until the rising OF
members from different parts of the hall arrested
| this TRADE, and made him retract. He said the
"boters," as they were called did not intend to be
| driven from their position.
Mr.. S. n. Wood next spoke. His speech was a
series of sarcastic illusions. This Is his forte. lie
| sustained the position Of Mr.. Ewing. He said the
"boters of Browns Cellar Kitchen Committee had
"made up their minds what they were going TO do.
"They were not 10 be threatened" There was a
| good deal Of talk about hanging" They were not
afraid of it. He alluded sarcasticay to the posi-
| tions OF the FreeState party-repudlatlon OF the
bogus laws, the Topeka Constitution, and the solemn
& Al tba 1 mi fII-
| ton.
+. Dwight Thatcher made by far his ablest effort.
1t at once placed him where he has been gradually
approaching, in the foremost rank among prominent
Kansas men. Great necessity develops great effort.
Last night, OF the passages In. the speeches OF
| Lane, Conway and Thatcher reached point of the
| most lofty elequence. Mr.. Thatcher alluded to the
| proposal of these men 10 organize under the Lee
| compton Constitution. The people had repudlated
| that instrument by $1,000 votes, and rho should
dare TO say they would take it and thrust 1t over the
people who had rejected It Among the twelve
Apostles Of the Man of Galilee there was u JHfaS.
| Among those who had struggled IN the American
| Revolution, and who had borne lis honorable
wounds on their persons, was one who had betrayed
it.; and, in spite of these wounds, the people and
history had written trailer all over him.
Mr.. johnson of LeNenwOrh spoke. He had
once been PrO-Slavery man. He was astOnished
| to hear the sentiment avowed here tonight. He
reminded Mr.. Ewing and DR.. Davis of the object OF
the people of Leavenworth in going INTO that elections
| they had only done on certain representations;
| that a large number of them would never haye
| voted had those men told the people at that time
what they said here tonight. He SAID that the Peo-
pie had and uouid repudiate the LecOmpton Constr
| tuition.
| Gen. Lane rose to personal explanation against
| the assault made on him. lie was astOnlshed, ne
was tLunderstIuck to hear such sentiments as those
| avon I'd here t0-nght more was he astOnshed 10
| find men who bore such relations to Gov. Robinson
| as M.ssrs Wood and Emery, ayOw the sentiments
| they had here tonight What did it mean He
Wind Gated his own position and proved that it was
| Emery who had squeezed in the words bloody
issue' into the Big Springs Convention, against his
| Iancs) earnest protest.
| Mr.. Foster of Osawatame said that there was
| one fact of which he would remind those who pro-
| posed this scheme. 1t was supposed that certain
| persons who had been elected under the Lec0mptOn
| Constitution would qualify. He would tell them
| that be- knew Of some persons who would not quail
| fy-WhO would respect the vote OF the people
| against that instrument No matter what others
| might determine, they would nccer qualify. He
| knew his two colleagues from his county would not
| qualify Here several other gentlemen rose and
| said they were members elect and that they would
| nerer qualify. A suffciency OF those responded to
| hOid the Legislature.
Mr. Newton of NOarbur rose. Calmly and ably
| he reviewed the position taken He is an elderly
man, his hair silyered, but with all the patriotic fire
of those who remember the earlier aud better
days of the Republic he protested against the legal
| zation of the Lecompton swindle. He made some
scathiDg structures on the statements of Mr.. Emery
and compared them with the positions that gentle
man had formerly taken.
Mr. Fish of Shawnee spoke earnestly against the
policy proposed During all the speeches. the most