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noble speech-cear, logical. eloquent utuuh'''''i'
Of LecOmpton az fraud, an imposition, and an
Outrage; fraudulent in It's conception, growth and
fHlition; disgrace, an infamy bostered up oy
himsy pietexts and technical bubbles which no
man believed, which every man saw through The
Lecompton Constitution was rejected, abhorred oy
Q vast msOrity Of the people of Kansas. The ques-
ton before Cor gress was. lot whether Kansas
should be admired, but whether sham Con'ttu'
tion should be forced upon an unwilling people
After stating the facts and arraying the evidence
with mastery skill, TO prove 10 demonstration that
Lecompton was base cheat the gallant old states
man raised his tall form to its full height shook
his white locks, and epergeticaly declared that as
Southern man he would resist TO the last TINS IN
famous aggression on the North, this tyrannlcal
attempt TO trample on the rights of the people OF
Kansas. No good to the country no good TO the
South, could come from forcing the Lecompton IN
strument on Kansas, and he implOred the Senate
he mplored the friends of the Union not to bring
this disgrace, this evil on the country. AT the end
he gave notice of an amendment referring the
whole subject TO the people of Kansas for settle
ment.
Mr.. Crittenden spoke two hours. The Senate
was very full the chamber crowded with Rspre
sentatiyes and the galleries OyerfOwing lie was
heard with most perfect attention from the begin
Mig TO the close. and evidently made deep I'M
preston. A Democratic Senator said this afternoon
that it was impossible to pass LecOmpton after such
a speech. The LecOmptonites feel the blow keeny
comirg from such quarter, especially as Mr..
Crittenden took such high ground, speaking above
all reference to party or to partisan or sectional
considerations, but simply as an honest, patriotic
statesman, anxious TO save his country from the
disgrace and danger of great crime.
Gov Robinson of Kansas arrived here to-day.
FROM Special COrrepoHdent
WAsHISGToS, Wednesday, March IL, 1873.
Mr. Crittendens speech to-day was great sue
cess 1t was more directed to a careful exposition
of the subject than to oratorcal display. He
boldly charged that fraud was marked throughout
the whole proceedings in Kansas, from the lncep-
tion of the Convention down to the present act OF
the drama, and that the main effort had been to
crush out that popular sentiment which was the
only true basis of republican government.
While the Administration side expected his oppo-
sition they were not prepared for this scathing
review, and their new allies such as MIR. Kennedy,
under the excoriatng process. Every
social appliance had been brought to bear upon Mr.
Crittenden in the hope of subduing such demon
straton, and the Slave Power addressed its best
Establishments to conciate him-with what effect
is seen.
This declaration is more important than it ap-
pears on the surface. In their recent conferences
the Southern Americans had failed to agree upon
aHy fixed basis for future policy, and the Ten
see members Of the House withdrew, declining
any participation in opposition to Lecompton. Six
" ho voted in favor of Mr. Harriss movement on
Friday are now likely TO be confirmed in their OPP
position, and, if they stand resOlute, LecOmpton
cannot pass without additional recruits, though it
is still claimed that it can by the Administration
In any event the bill must be SO modified as to re-
move the sting and destroy the purpose of its con-
trivers.
Mr.. Bell will follow up the attack tomorrow
with speech worthy of his fame and of the oc-
cason.
Mrs, Senator G. win Issued several hundred cards
to-day for fancy ball on April 8, with notice that
a fancy costume was obligatory.
Mr.. Florences movement for an investigation
into the sale of the Pennsylvania Bank was made,
in order to relieve Mr.. Campbell from calumniOus
reflections and to fix the responsibility freceiving
S25, 900 on Mr.. Miller the late Postmaster of
Philadelphia, where it exclusively belongs.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis will hardly appear to vote
on Monday, unless an unexpected urgency occurs.
His sight is seriously endangered. Mr. Reid still
continues sick at Richmond, and Mr.. Bates in Del
aware. LecOmpton may thus lose three votes.
From an Occasional Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, March II, 1853.
Lecompton is dead. The report is that Calhoun
will tomorrow declare that Free-State Legisla-
ture of Kansas and Pro-Slayery State officers have
been elected; but saltpeter cannot cave LecOmp
ton The Anti-Lecompton forces in the House
now count l20. Horace F. Clark, PendletOn and
Dewart are all right
To the As,ocisted Press
WAsHISGToN Wednesday, March IL.
Recent information from Kansas removes all doubt
as to the election of the FreeStae ticket and there
fore Mr. Calhoun has declared his intention TO give
ceri fcates accordingly.
Mr. Crittendens speech in the Senate attracted the
largest audience OF any Kansas speech. Mr. Stocked
Lord Napier and many members Of the House Of Rep
resentatves on the floor, Mrs Crittenden and
several of the ladies of the Senators in the galleries
ard his friends crowded round him shortly after he had
CON cluded and congratulated him.
The Republican members of the House are in full
sucus tonight. They want reasonable time for dis
ussion-say from one 10 two weeks, after the kansas
i'll comes from the Senate when they will be willing
hat the question be taken.
The House Select Committee of Investon on Print
ing declares the fact that the printing of the two last