New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-27
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WASHINGTON, Ap

ccr.ider the pOstpoDenent OF the Co1iertncs R"-
| mort unt;l the second Monday in May. gave ad-
! ci.icral cheer ard confidence to tie Opposite On,
| though the dsrgeri i, by 10 means pat no.Eith-
star Dig all the which have been sent to
| the country and protested upon teat vote. Ac-
cordrv 70 tie rulirg of the Speaker the adoption
| Of The ieccrd Monday in May was ohly an aucri-
| mel. 70 previous motion to postpone, and hence
the uct;cn az amended viii be the tsstto morrow.
A, soon as the Administration was defasted VS.
| t.-dsy % the foregoing division Mr. Hughes Il
Ini aha attempted o coup d'tGf. by which he hoped
70 coerce triumph This in moving the pr
yious question. " hich tie Speaker decided would
bring vote directly on the report of the Confer
euce. Hughes reasoned that if the alternatives
we're presented to the Southern recusants 81 taking
tie English swindle or RI ectins 1t, they would,
IA the present stage Of the question: accept the fJr
mer; and doubtless he Lad satisfactory evidence of
that disposition. Consequently, wnen this move.
ment was thus sprung Mr. Washburn of Maine
moved call Of the House in order to confer during
the propress Of the Yeas and Nays, and ascertain
whether the Southern Members who had united
With the Opposition on the previous test were pre-
pared for "a decisive vote. 1t was plainly pTecau-
tionary step. ind fully Justified Some exception
taken DN tLOst NLO cuulu HUI nave Coulptt-
hen1ed tie purpose, or have known that there was
crest danger if such test forced, that several
| Southern votes would recede, whereas nothing
could be- LOST BY reasonable prudence If they were
| determined to stard firm. The previous question
| was not sustsined Mr Hughes expected. for
majority Of twelve DECIDED against 1t, aud that ex-
pertinent tolled.
In regard 10 the issue of to-morroH's contest
| there is too much reason for doubt. Ofthe twenty
| two Anti ecompton Democrats who began this
| crusade go brayely, and who bound themselves
| morally. If not formally, to pursue prescribed
| policy to the end. but twelve can now be counted
with any reasonable certainty. They are Clark and
| IIaskin OF New York Montgomery, Hickman and
| Chapman of Pennsy lvania; Davis of Indiana; IIar
| rs, Shaw, Smith, Morris and Marshall of Illinois;
and McKibbn Of California. Cox and Lawrence
voted on Friday and yesterday with the Opposition
but if they should change front tomorrow it would
| excite no surprise. and thus turn the whole Demo
cratic dele CATION of Ohio over to Lecomp on after
| all their professions The deserters already re-
corded are Pendleton, Groesbeck Cockerl and
| Hall of Ohio; Owen Jones of Pennsylvania; En-
glish and Foley Of Indiana, aud Adrain of New-Jer-
| spy. Niblack of Indiana and Dewart AID Reilly
entered the Black Hole some time ago. and are
| likely to remain there
| If Cox aud Lawrence should default their votes
| would make tie, aid give the decision to the
| Speaker supposirg the House to stand as on the
|
| that there is one pair on which both parties may
| vote on the same side. If So the detection would
| not practically affect the result. The most des-
IeTate efforts making To revere the postpone
nent, and as the Deficiency bill will return to the
| House to morrow, its moral suaslOn' may exert
| certain de gree of Influence.
While il is melancholy to contemplate the dcser-
| ton of men who pledged their personal and political
| fidelity in the most sOema manner, TO this cause,
| there is still one source of consolation amid the
| painful emotions which such fragrant treachery cx-
| cites. With few exceptions, most OF these de-
aulters have justified share of suspicion through
ont from the absence of that drectness and cour-
| age which the occasion demanded. Their tamperlng
weakness or worse was well understood, but allowed
/ to pass unrebukcd from dictates Of policy. 1t was
| the intention Of the Republicans, notwithstanding
| these Known infrmities, to support every man who
should stand up in good Gath to the last. They are
now not only released from any such 0bllga'i0n oI
ale bound to depounce the traitors. And II is com
fortiDg TO know toe, that they will fare no better
at the hands Of those to whom they have now re-
| turned with the brand of double deception upon
| their broNs The recent detection, aud It's damag-
| ing consequences to the Democracy, VIII never be
forgiven though tie prodigl sons may be apparently
| welcomed with the fatted calf. Ard fer English
especially there is in store punishment IN his own
| District which will at least teach all instructive
lesson to such thimble-rigging iugslers hereafter.
| Mr.. Owen Jones was among the very first to de-
| nounce the scheme of the conference as worse than
the Lecompton fraud and yet he is now one of the
most roaring converts after the fashion OF all rene.
| gades.
The audacity with which the English swindle'
| is advocated exceeds any specimen of eifrontery
| ever attempted in a legislative body For months
| past the Administration side has clamOred and
shouted that Congress had 10 right to intervene III
| altering or amending the LecOmptOn Constitt-
| tiop. They know that the land ordinance was as
| much part of that instrument rs any other, and
vet if is not only amended, but peculiar stress is
| laid upon the modification, as If II possessed sub
stantia merit and not positive insult TO pubic
| intelligence English said in his lame and impotcnt
| defense, that the Lecompton ordinance appropriated
%, 500, Geo acres of land worth $40 800 OOO while
his bill appropriated only 100000 acres, worth
$4,000, COO, thus saving $25, 000, 900 TO the treas
| ury. According TO the same logic, if Calhoun AID
| bis confederates had grabbed 100 600 acres
| worth 1925, 000, 000 and the conference had re-
duced the grant TO % 100000, it stood IN their
| ordnance the Committee would have saved over
S93OCO,CCO Ii is a great pity that such patriotic
economists did not have TIE chance 10 exercise their
arithmetca faculties on a larger scale. The people
of Kansas spurned the large bribe in Lecompton,
aud they viii as surely sPurn tie small BRIDE II ever
! presented to popular vote.
After all the desperate attempts TO get Mr.: Dallas
out of the British mission, it is pretty well decided
that he is to hold on, unless the President should
change bis present purpose. Expectants and aux
ious seekers need not, therefore, make any urther
| investments in railroad excursions to Washington.
| They won't pay. INDEX.
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