Show mr C WE wn heard recently that mr cragin had prepared an elaborate speech upon the suba lotof the cullom bill which he was waa very anxious to deliver at an early daie date before the senate it was alleged in fact he had become so charged that unless ho he had bad an opportunity of delav ering erine himself he was in danger of exploding plo pio pl oling to prevent BO so dire a calamity the senate we suppose made the bill the order for the evening session of the instant to give mr cragin the desired opportunity to speak we learn this much from our telegraphic dispatches but for some reabon reason probably y because the matter wab waa thought to be of so little moment we did not riot learn by the dispatches whether he did speak or not but we now find by reference tootie to our ex change the washington globe that tha tho much coveted opportunity was afforded him and it will doubtless be gratifying to his hia friends to learn that he feels much relieved shenew york herald calls the occasion a special benefit tendered to mr cragin but we understand the house was a very thin one the smell was waa so strong honorable members could not endure ft it the vice president notwithstanding standing his pro propound profound round reverence for the speaker and his great interest in t the e subject vacated the chair which was occupied by mr patterson Pat terson the speech was principally composed I 1 of quotations from the books of john hyde mrs waite and john H brindle and the statements of john cradlebaugh john john forney and others famous inter with extracts many of them garbled ambled from discourses delivered here if if the thing were worth reviewing its false charges and inconsistencies could emily easily be shown up but the game is not worth the ammunition there aie aze certain noisome creatures that should be avoided and we have made it a rule to leave them severely alone there is one point however in connection with this subject that should not be overlooked Aless rs cullom cragin aco fe co have thus far been tile the most successful missionaries arles aries for the latter day saints cause canse that we have ever known had they been secretly employed by the people of this territory to give giva publicity to their views and to give them a widespread wide spread fame their work could not have been more efficiently performed it has been admitted on sli bli hands hanold that the tho excite ment which has been raised by the introduction of this bill has done the people of this territory more good than harm by this they have been brought prominently before the nati nation ono and people have become interested in the subject under discussion who had it not been for its agitation would probably never have given it a thought As an evidence of this the demand for hon hl on W H hoopers speech A plea for religious liberty I 1 is something unprecedented in congressional annals A new now edition of two thousand just issued with the of the remonstrance and resolutions glut ions lons adopted at the mass meeting in in this city ia is nearly dearly exhausted and the demand for it from thinking people both men and women continues unabated the wide circulation of this pamphlet for it is sent for from all pars parts of f the accomplish com a great missionary work in removing prejudice if nothing else the remonstrance and resolutions are said to have a very powerful effect upon thinking men and many candidly upon y admit the arguments to be unanswerable sw erable and the positions assumed impregnable in hon W H hoopers speech there is no abuse ru ne rehash of old lying books and state ants no attempt to substitute blackguardism and wholesale reckless 3 misrepresentation for argument but the subject ia Is discussed fairly and temperately and there 18 is a truthful sincerity and weighty reason in it that carries conviction to honest minds |