New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-11

Engiith bL ID with Mr.. Warren Of hfkMse@ =,
who was psir, -sr have an interview with the Presi-
Q. Did yeu . the Lecomvton question A. Y~,
dent IN RELATION 20 Il interview.
q. If there rs no iSy A. had an iDssgiew win
will you please to DO g., or second meeting OK tho
the President, after the W. W. whom have named =
na .;ee"npon ZEN bs great eea' o. s"no
tude a, he time to have Mr. S n,oS tbs Ksnsas snb
ton successful one, esp ~ lss daughter was with
mo lance upon pm essnt 10 his special message
| upon kans@ Told linn Tn rouId not support what
OF Northern DEMOCRATS who "o",. .omme-ths al
was understood to he the Kama cpm5ton constitution.
W. e hnd u nansas under zoe "a uhect at that time
He asked me what PROPOSED ebo, sad bs wcuh ma
told him very frankly that trn mnton. but would
make an administration tee. Of Les. Congress from
the hands Of John Calhoun, who has Ssvs framed T.
the Convention which alleged toll iii d;srose az
to transmit tito Congress and congresw distration
measure. The President said Chat he has = xIshams
upon bic policy upOn that question, ane ';na nnles,
Mississippi and Georgia, were about sess1 r bs bsd
Kansas was admitted under tba Cossfieass "a oars
determined to send the message 70 Congress. 20 hat
il On Administration measure. Subsequently !. Anti;
Committee appointed, at a meeting es ;o a" Of
Leeompton Democrats at my house, eofsN Saa
Messrs. James d. Clay, Dewart and myssf az ."
upon the President and beg him not 70 makst ~ az
Administration measure and tes Mr. Dews7sa -"
70, owing to bis peculiar relations fheretotore VA ,
Preriden and Mr. Cox went ia he Place Thsh ,' 81.
view short time before tho President sens ~
Lscompton message. Mr.. Clay was the Chairmu IN
The Committee but each Of ne made our argumerA IN, ~,
as forcibe manner as possibie to avoid the difss.
which subsequently, grew out OF this SUBJECT Of
compton in the House.
Q. Do you know any other matters things peyA =
nept to this investigation useful to the eountryf
go, you will please state II. A. All can say that
felt anxious, it had been insiruated that al
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put put myself night hers. suppossd that there WAS
any man in the XxXVth Conersss who hal been par
tienlarly active in deposition 70 LeeomPton i was my
self. I took ground in the Bono early against IT, I
think made speech against il early IN March. And
when read in the New. York papers what purporedto
he the evidence given by Mr.. Bufterworh before this
Committee, which nsnuaisd that had been in favor
Of the Lecompton policy Of the President, felt very
indignant and had desire 10 vnii:ate mysek ard TO
make the statement upon the whole snbjest whsch l
have made here. do it with an assurance 70 70 \
Committee that the letters which wrote TO M Bnt-
terworth, ard which he said with my cousent, he \.
would publish, will prove that wss alwsI2 amisp -
LeeoTptcn, and his letters 70 ma xa b :
- There il one question which cmitteato AJAX you.
and that 70 whether in these interviews with the Pres
dent, with any officer Of the Government there
any Inducements held to you to get yer change
your course upon the Lecompton question A. None
by the President, except in the way Of argument The
President expressed great deal OF regret that should
take ground against him. saying that from forty years
experience be WAS satisfied that any man who went
against the administration Of bis party would be with
ont the pale Of bis party, and that would be end Of
him. He said that he appreciated nv hanknees, but
no Inducements held out by the Presdenf eroept
those Of friendly argument.
Queston by Mr.. Winslow-Yoa have stated in yorr
testimony that the interview you had with the Presi-
dent before the sending IN Of his special messagef
A. Yes Sir had two interviews with him, end both
Of them before that time. One was early in
January, and the other, think, about the latter
part Of January. His special message on Lecompton
came into Congress on the I'd OF February. The
second interview was q short time before the message
J. Q. DO you mean that those letters which you have
left here with the Chairman Of the Committee, 10
be published now, only IN the others pub
hshedi A. Mr.. Butterworth having said In his testi-
uony that be would consent TO the publication of bis
letters if woud consent to the publication of mine.
leave those with the Chairman Of the Committee to
meet the challenge of Mr. Butterworth TO be published
if ne furnishes the others for publication. ,fs,-
O. You express your Willingness TO have yours
published A. Yes sir 7
O. But you do not want that done unless the others
are published A. No, sir; mean this 10 meet the
challenge Of Mr.. Buterwortb In the f1t part Of his
testimony he says be ia willing to have his letters pub
shed, in which case am willing to have these pub
lished.
VIM. c. Patterson of philadelphia, who received the
celebrated a. B." letter. testified relative to the
Custom House stores, but only of local interest
to Philadelphia.