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

O'Clock this evening.
From Our Own Correspondent.
WAsIHNGToy Saturday, March 20, 1853.
The Senate met at the early hour of IL to-day.
Mr.. Wilson had the floor, but YIELDED it TO Mr..
Foot of Vermont, who began by saying that he
opposed the admission of Kansas under the Le-
compton Constitution, because that Constitution
was not approved or even tolerated by the people
of Kansas, but on the contrary was protested
against by them in the strongest and most emphatic
manLer. That Constitution was bOrn IN sin and
conceived in iniquity. Ii was the last result Of
fraud, OF devices, of outrage. To force it upon
IN unwilling and protesting people was 10 commit
crime hiterto unheard Of in our history.
In opposing the attempt to impose repugnant
Constitution upon the people of Kansas, hc as
Republican. joined hands With the great leaders of
the Northern Democracy with the men who had 80
often and ably led the Democratic party TO VIC
tory. He joined hands also, with the conservative
and patriotic Southern men who opposed it-with
Walker Stanton, Wise; with Crittenden and Bell,
the illustrious and venerable Senators from Ken
tucky and Tennessee Men who could not be
charged with abOlitlOnsm, and whose cooperation
gave to the opposition an unQuestOnable national
character
The Free.State party in Kansas was not made up
exclusively of Northern men. 1t embraces many
Southern men. So too the Pro-Slsvery party
there was composed far too largely of Northern men.
Calhoun himself. the presiding officer and the pre-
sidipg genius of the Lec0mptOn Convention, was a
Massachusetts, man. Gov. Ransom. the late candi-
date Of the PrOSlayery party for Delegate to Con.
gress was nstiye Of his own State of Vermont,
| and had more lately been resident OF Michigan.
The worst Border Rufians IN Kansas, the con
triyers Of the frauds and yllaines " ich had dis
=. -f.r -
| He was ashamed 10 confess Il; but such Was the
fact. The Slave Power WAS always accustomed 10
| do It's most daring ss we'll a. is most cOwardly
| acts by the agency Of Northern men. On the other
hand. as Mr.. Stanton himself lad tod him person.
ally. large number of the most Jealous Free.State
m,n IN Kansas We're from the South. They we're
men born and reared in the midst of slavery and
| they knew that Kansas was certsln 20 suffer rom
the Introduction N the institution lie was in-
formed by good autlorin that. if vote should be
taken in Kansas on the LecomPtOn Constitution il
would be rejected by large usjorty, even though
not Northern msn voted. \ majority of the
southern men there were oppcied 10 it.
Nh Foot sdduced those facts to show that L..
COMPTON was not sectional question Ii was
hardly party question, as the old parties had been
constituted. The great mas Of the Northern De.
mocracy opposed il. II was truly all Admiuistra-
t;ou n.,a ,a.ure-most ruphatically an Admiulstra.
Il
fidelity To- the Administration, and Was urged on
with zesl and ptr.nacty which Illustrated the Old
a,isee .hs. whom the gods would destroy they first
make mnd.
The Lecompton Constitution was the elimination
e \ lonc-contli,ed snd long-cont.nued scheme of
fraud ana yolcnce of which II Was the fitting con.
| summation The first step vas the Invasion If
Kansas hy armed Iufiians tom Missouri, Who in
their own phrase. made clean sweep Of the legis.
latiye cl, elton of the Territory. This had been
nroytd hy Conclusive. unanSwerabe aud unanswer-
ad evidence II was fact as notorious as the d,y
tself lie would ask the Senate what il organized
bands from Pennsyyauia should march INTO Dels
ware or Maryland OF Nircina, and make clean
sv,ep Of tie J, I,iatve elections of those States
Whai Uoald be said then He would leave the
question unanswered. because rs mere statement
Was ficie!t 10 suggest the considerations that
naturally flowed from il. Yet the case Of Terri.
tory thus outraged sppealed 10 Congress more
,rc, oy even than that OF State, because the Ter
rt,ry vas under thtr special care and protection
Tie senator from Vermont then entered into q
vivid and hi. his eloquent deIreatoa Of the wrobgs
and .uaerires of the people OF Kansas, whom BE-
warmly d, ended a. peaceful, moral, lit, t,ligen
lo,sl. AID hw-sbidiDg people, as loyal AMI
49, lav.at:diug a. any portion of the Amer
lean r,orle. II they were rebels so were the men
Of the Revelation he gloried in such rebels and in
,uch rebeious. They were gallant, noble pecplr
They n eh. be rade martyrs, b.; -s God lye.h