The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-26
The California slavery Question In

Congress.
The treatment Of this subject in the next Con-
gtess has become matter Of much and varions
specuiatonb By the press, chiefly in their Washing
ton correspondence. We copy few Of the com
ments and anticipations Of those who are usually
held to be best informed and most reliable. '~1on'
Of the BaftiInore Sun writes
4" We are only at the Threshold Of the California
controversy. Il is mistake to suppose that even
the California Convention has disposed Of the sla-
very question. 1t turns out that the article Of re-
stricting slavery had'ony passed the committee OF
the whole, and S1lh siisatiO, 1t had not beed re-
ported-to the house at the date Of the last advices
1t is manifest that there is be an opposition to il
at the next stage Of proceeding Not even DR.;
tIlFin, OF Mississippi, offered any opposition &c it
IN the. preliminary stage but a6cofding to the
New York Tribune Dr. Owns special mission 70
California was to defeat the proyiso But there is
still another difficulty in the rear Anotheraporti01
Of California, embracing the Mormon settlements,
now contains few slaves, and the Mormons, in
their form OF government, have not excluded sla-
very. When they come forward with a State
stitution, then there viii be another controversy
Fhe South viii be really in helpless predeament.
First, they whl be forced to permit the ADMISSION
OF one State with restriction Of slavery; and
next they must consent to the exclusion Of another
State, because II does not restrict slavery. The
South is. in fact, called upon to admit three non
slavehoding States, from the newly-acquired terri
tory, to say nothing of Minnesota, Nebraska and
Oregon. which will be at our doors. The
South now on the footing Of something near
equalityin the Senate, will soon be thrown into
hopeless and helpless minority. -
g Faish IKE gallant horsa ia frontranE
paYemsnt Ton che absct rearo oeErin all JaaPie ON
The correspondent Of the n. Y. Journal of Com
merce gives the following statement with which he
connects the names Of Messrs Calhoun and Butler
Of s. c.; Atchison, of Mo; Yulee and Morton, of
Florida; and King, Of Alabama-Senators. Mr.
King, however, IT may be mentioned is not now
Senator. His term expired on the 18th March last
and the election for his successor has not been been
He IS, however, candidate, with good prospects
of success: &" If felt myself quite authorized,
might state the details of certain private oraani-
zatioh that has been made on this subject. / may
say however, that the admission Of California into
| the Union is to be resisted by portion Of the
South even unto the secession Of some Of the
the Southern States. | have seen and read the
argument or statement, which this movement is
! founded. If youswill read Judge Sharkey's adj
dress to the Southern convention held in Missis-
! sippI you will see what the argument is and if
you wll then read the resolutions adopted by the
| convention, you will know what the course of some
hot-heads Of the South IS to be. know too, that
some Of my southern friends, of the highest char
aceT look upon the whole plot as silly, aud that it
must end in disgrace and failure. Others, again,
have insisted that it isa good plot with very good
/ friends, and full Of expectation This over
! supercilous language in which to speak Of such
men as are named above.
! The correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger
says: The South appear to be more united on
/ slavery than they ever were, and determined to
make a last effort against the crushing preponder-
| aneeyofr the Northern and Northwestern States.
| L Is not the Calhoun party alone, but the whole
| South -Calhounmen, conservatives and wings,
| which are united in this movement-the evidence
of which will soon be made public in advance oil
the session of Congress.
| That Gen Taylor is suspected Of favoring the
| Wilmot Proviso, and that his Cabinet win advise
| him to sign it, if passed by both Houses Is evideu
from the result OF the Southern elections. Nv ha
! Gen. Haylof will do when the question shaIf-b
| presented to him for his final decision, no one ca
as yet tell Gen. Taylor is a slave owner, and
known to be fond Of property. He is, moreover,
native OF the South, surrounded by Southerner
when at home, and may thus be reasonably SUI
| posed to cOvet the good opinions of his neighbour
He is, in addition TO all that, practical man an
may, after all, have a little relish for the persona
exercise Of power He may, therefore, in opposi
ton to his Cabinet, Cet0 the PrOviso, il presente
to INN but the chances now are that he will not
& " The opposition to Gen. Taylors Cabinet vii
be very great in the wing ranks themselves Tn
indictments of that party insist already on a chang
in the Generals advisers, and on the organization
Of a Constitutional Cabinet. Mr.. Clayton seem
to give the greatest umbrage though the Southern
wings are equally bitter against Mr.. Meredith, t,
| whom they ascrlbe great powers of dialectics 70
upsethng the opinions OF others; but no strength
in affirming his own.
4" As to MIR. Ewing the plan is to legislate hin
out of the Cabinet, ny abolshing the SecretaryshiI
of tile Interior created during the last session II
this movement democrats and a portion Of tn,
wings will cheerully coaesce to get rid of a func
tionary odiousto their tastes and tenpers."