The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-12-27
The slave Question.

|es The Slave Question
|sa being favorites with the telegraphic com
IL they never forward our dispatches until
= cease to be useful, and in some cases when
I'D advantage can be gained by stopping them,
are not forwarded at all for this reason we
|sess kiyen to the columns of the Picayune, which
re- = to be more highly favored, for an account of
roceedings in Congress upon the question Of /
Ina Iry in the District Of Columbia From this
~ ~ Of information it would seem that on some
|hs bot specified, Friday last we presume, resolu-
IL passed the House of Representatives by vote
bee to 81, instFucting the Committee on the Dis
III of Columbia to bring in bill abolishing the
trade III that District, whereupon 6 the |
ma $iern members retired in body-they sOere,
|sn- Der, soon pactfed" Another dispatch says |
at the Southern members except those from Della
S oa had meeting on Friday night, at which |
BY v speeches were made, and committee Of
|oae ON each State appointed to mature and bring
|. rd q report On the subject and submit resolu-
TO meet the exigency and that then, after
NE speaking, the meeting adjourned to the 18th
q #nuary.
| ics e crisis which all prudent men foresaw and
|css 6cted has come at last, and as usual it has
q 81 those most interested utterly unprepared to
ii. The movement Of Withdrawing in body
J childish and undignifed-the proper conduct
HE representative when the interests or rights of
constituents are assailed is not, we humbly sub
to initiate the waywardness of schoolgirl,
INTO pout and leave the room, but on the con-
fi to stand to his post and battle to the last, to
rtain whether something will not be yielded to
on, to honor and to right, or something be
L., Ached by vigilance or wrung by perseverance
Sc his opponents. We will venture to say that
az simultaneous retirement did not move the ma
|o N at allit only left it unoppossd to carry out
b. designs But it seems that the pouting fit
VT IL off. thew were soon pacifed and held
our Congress of their own at which they delivered
rs snselves of sundry speeches and appointed a
III smittee to draft resolutions!
|s fortunately the Southern members did not adopt
r. IA resolutions at once or in the humOr in which
|o gs retired from the house they might have as
ed the responsibility Of Withdrawing the States
|efi I'll tEiev represented from the Union; we have
IA of acts equally wise. Fortunately, too, they
~ rrel action upon any resolutions until they
Il, d hear from their constituents, and ascertain
van far the sober, thinking people of the country
proposed to sanction the projects Of secession
anah disurion which some are disposed to favor.
tbss our own part forming part Of that people. and
ressing the sentiments Of vast majority Of them,
|tstrywhefe, we can say 70 representatives that
ny Union cannot be dissolved aud that it is useless
ded them 10 think of it. reasonable to speak oft;
anvil ridiculous to threaten it that, whatever
|oi1lndly NAV determine to do, there is one thing
Re. Hich they must first determine not TO do--they
~ kst not raise their hands against the Ameri-
Pc Union-far better for the present and future
4 Mlherations that the District Of Columbia, its
now lie men and its negroes, were engulfed by an
Tesihauake than that the first step should be taken
weaken or dissolve the bonds of the Confederacy
ncg 81 while we and the people, for we here but ut
anthe honest sentiments Of the of the repub
~ shall interdict them from disturbing the Union
ac do not intend 10 advise them to remain inactive
niaiev have duty to perform which cannot be full
scosnled by pouting and running away, nor by lout
|vaia ster and senseess threats, commodities which
hs. are sorry to say, are too common in the Wash
ton market; but they must remain at their post
a men try the effects Of reason upon the mind
IN ou their adversaries, this would be something new
b SD Congress and might accomplish wonders; trl
h peas to the sense of justice and patriotism of tn
ssority, and it might be that some could still b
By nd possessed Of these questionable articles
|aka Bon 'vvkem such appeals would not be thrown
try to remove the subject from the juris
DER tion Of Congress by retroceding the Maryland pOr
dbn of the district as they have already dole wit
at of Virginia if, however, all these should fa
p rd majority Of both houses be found to pass tn
ll let them rely upon the veto of the presen
md II is believed that of the next president to pre-
|sbosnt its passage into law. There is no hurry nc
csa' aste about this thing.
ne Theres no great necessity for any present actor
her than to oppose legtmately the progress of Il
Measure. Let things take their course, relying onl
rs pom the principles Of right and justice, and firm
ut peacefully opposing wrong, and the Whole ma
th'eer will in the end be properly settled But Il
|na Extraordinary excitement Is got up now we sns
bas he navine into the hands Of the movers in q
me and accomplishing, while we labor TO oppos
go, heir p,ruoses. The political managers at Was
igton care nothing for the slave or the slave trad
q. reept TO use them as a means of securing pow
Ind influence to themselves of these they are {
|est klred if they can keep up the excitement upon
Question, and they have found It one Of the eas
ea hines to do this, by playing upon the irritable ie
3ngs of Southern men. Anti-Slavery agisauon
them what the Repeal agitation was to o'oS
hell, an instrument TO attain other ends than th'
:. hey affected to aim at-and the settlement OF
Cek question in any way would be death-blow to tn
| bas schemes. The matter is brought up now with
Earthly hope of adopting the measure-it Is men
|asrsloproduce fermentation in the public mind
| u divide the North with the South on the eve
hew Administration, and 70 secure for the Mort
Il. cbredominatng influence in its councils, or give
II Northern leaders groundwork for OPPOSITE
& srhe whole game is plain enough, and we hops I
he Senators and Repre- seniatives from the South
States viii not, BY zeal unsempered with wisdt
aelp The political triekstsn who haye stocked