New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-20
FROM WASHING TON.

FROM Our Own Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Thursday. Feb. l8, 1853.
One of the greatest, meanest and most infamous
outrsges yet perpetrsted BY the Lecompton party
has lust been committed in the Senate.
telegraphed to you two days ago that the Sen
ate Committee on Territories would submit three
reports on Kansss--ons by Judge Douglas, another
written BY Mr.. Green of Missouri, and third by
Mr.. Collamer, which would be signed also BY Mr..
Wade, and that these reports would be made to the
Senate on Monday next. Douglas is Chairman OF
the Committee; the other members, beside those
have mentioned are Jones of lows Sebastian OF
Arkansas, and Fitzpatrick of Alabama. These
three, with Green of Missouri, constitute the ma
jority of the Committee and are Lecomptonites
The Committee met on Tuesday, and the majority
proposed to report on Thursday. Douglas stated
that, in consequence of the dangerous illness Of bis
wife, it would be impos sible for him to get ready to
report on Thursday The majority accordingly
agreed to defer the reports until Monday. They
pledged themselves fully and distinctly to this post
ponement. They we're bound to adhere to the
agreement BY every consideration of truth, honor
and sood faith. Not merely as Senators, but as
men and gentlemen. they were bound to abide
by their plighted words. Those words were
scarcely pEgnttu Dcioic tuo} WIZ
broken The meauness, the treachery the
falsehood and the fraud that have characterized
from its inception to the present time the Lecomp
ton swindle and all its abettOrs, invaded aud con
tamnated with their lOathsOme influence Com
mittee of the Senate. On Tuesday evening, Mr..
Green sent q note to Douglas, coolly informing nun
that majority of the Committee had concluded 10
report on Thursday morning. To Mes'rs. Colamer
and Wade no intimatOn whatever was given OF thls
change Of purpose rather of this breach OF faith
AT lO o'clock last night Judge Wade had received
no notice Of the change of programme and was con-
hdent as an honorable msn might we'll be, that the
majority would abide by their pledges. Douglas,
on receiving Green's note set to work with his usual
energy, although be had hardly closed his eyes for
three nghts and by sunrise this morning his report
was ready, and copy Of it, made sheet BY sheet as
| twas written, was IN the mail on ts way to THE
! n. Y. TRIBUNE. Collsmers report was also ready.
and the evident purpose of the Lecompton majority
| TO get their own report before the Senate in ad.
vance Of the minority, and thus compel snap
Judgment, was defeated. Mr. Green to-day openly
ventilated his chagrin at the promptness with which
| his stratagem had been coanteracted.
The reckless determination OF the majority Of the
Committee to dsr gard the rights OF their associate
Senators, and the cOmmonest rules OF proprety in
their eaperness to tyrannze over the people OF Kan
sss ia shown by the fact that they did not
ds;op TO communicate their report to their Chair
MAJ Judge Douglss, who remarked, on ITS presenta-
ticn 10 the Senate to-day. that be had no knowledge
nc Ia contents A private statement on Kansas
| sf.;rs bsd been made TO the COMMITTEE Oy John
| Cslbouo who gaze it 70 Nj. Green instead o' 20
| tbo Chairman. Greca uSed a u tna4iAs Us 'rP't''