The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-10-20
Col Gadsden and Cen. Sam Houstop..


Gadsden, who, as one of the Executive COMMITTEES
of the Convention held in South Carolina last
May, forwarded to Gen. Houston a copy Of the
resolutions adopted there, accompanied by letter.
which in bitterness Of iHveelive and premeditated
insult could not easily be surpassed. He tells
Houston that he has been 4" iraterniZng and CO.
operating with Benton and the otherfree soil abo-
tionists in their nefariouB designs - that in his
address on the subject of the Southern meeting last
! winter, he " travelled beyond the record, and
lodged the truth and the argument in malicious
denunciatons of all who felt the force Of both -
The impulse Col. GadsdeR.treats as mere " saw
age instincE-which pHrsues al personal gratifca-
~tion at every hazard" Speaking Of the ineon-
sistency Of HOusion's devotion 10 tile views which
he did not scruple to abandon, the Celone's seorn
breaks out into the rough apOsirophe-" Why,
Sam, it is damned hypocrisy" He bints, too, at
some formidable disclosures tits in his power to
make, in the following mysterious terms:
have enjoyed relations which has placed my disposal
history which cannot dscTediti know il, and my
worthy member and contemporary Of Jackson staff
n9 more but who with prophetic yaion predicted every
oilers too have piarg and from which exirses as re-
history may at more convenient time induce me 10 record
what came under my own observation and knowledge For
are not 10 Be mPusned In your efforts 10 kHmbug
sat, b 5us y9gae not hlmbusgsd yourself By abO!i9n
tiOuE child with the toy Of the Presidency"
The letter concludes with the following passages /;
Now, before too late rscoi if yog sincere in your
4ame9t 70 ms gnlGn, unite win nose "ao Sa1 alone
which We Isoeived with p'ssge Of defending with our
common interests of common sympathas, common benefits
This Is he only Union recognize-sHe only one viii
stand By II yea are ioI submission to TIE deusiou and
brother because he viii not Se lis 5 re- 1t for mes Of
poitsge, he II So Depart in peace You were my
friend, but then will be my enemy and must be yours"
The style of this production, and the frequent
departures from dignity Of sentiment or language
would make us doubt whether it be really the pro-
duetion of the gallant gentleman whose signature
it bears but it is furnished for publication, with
the reply of Gen. HOuston-so that no doubt ap-
pears to have been entertained of.its authenticity.
1t bears date on the 21st of July. Houstons reply
is dated September 25ih. 1t is long, and must be
admitted TO be written with uncommon ability and
force, as a composition. It rises to An case and
dignity of style in some parts and quiet power o.
sarcasm in others, Of which we did not think the
| eccentric Senator capable.
The first portion of the letter, filing several
columns of The Texas paper in which we find it,
is occupied in replies to the personal taunts in the
letter of Col. Gadsden. We give the following, as
a specimen ofthe manner in which he TeteFts % an
expression in that letter, which he CONSTITUTES as
sneering at his I" common school educatona':
You are pleased tsqnt with defective sdusstiou
While sdmhtng the truth Of this charge nust say that
tune arising from my circumstances in early life As such
may acknowledge it bat the can be pr9prety in
l wa4 educated ct old fed school house, at small
DENY al comfortable expense poorly and at iHdigidSG
st;-yOu highly, and at public cost When entered
moR Ienlistea as private soldier prompted BY the de-
sire to yndoae Che honor endghts Of my country and
EFstutes-IO1ght for mine. on depended upon edu
which of ps has rendered tue most efficient service to The na
ton viii refer to your Diary and to your Forthcoming
| The large part of 4he letter is occupied with a
renewal of the charges which he made in his appeal
last summer against Mr.. Calhoun, as .disunion-
ist, and a severe apprehension of notification
and nullEiers. Ha then proceeds to defend his
own acts and votes, particularly on the Oregon
Bill, which was the subject of particular attack.
The main point Of his defence, as our readers
know, is that he voted for that Bill containing the
restrictive excluding slavery, on the principle of
supporting the Missouri Compromise and he ar
CUES that he was bound as Texas Senator to do
SO, because the line of the Missouri Compromise
was recognised, and enacted in the resolutions Of
Congress for the admission of Texas
The concluding passages, as affirming his own
opinions and purposes, in relation to the Wilmot
Proviso, we copy in full:
" have been charged by some uneandd persons with be;
ing IN favor Of the Wlmot Poygo Ih9 chags PIon9qnee
yiso than am aad sEfr have 6esn Tins aLovlso by ITS
oure by treaty or otherwise and not 70 that argady held
BY the United States hadHo connection wth OF bearing
msSsuie, The WilmOt POv,o had no Influence IsEsHi
Of tendency and doubt not that i ogndted
for the harmony ana well being OF the Union, n
viso or that it would be binding pen ths Stpes il
the event Of its adoption without their separate sanction
LegisisOn b. Congress on the subj ct of slavery in h
Is in my SPp0R ,s useless dsd G5S sGaSGus I'm
the compromise. The right OF States lying south Of IN
people akng such require it, lot be questioned
Tbs spirit OF the ne would in opinion be entinged
from any S tenory u south ofi6at line
assert the principle that Congress has right Z
lsgTlate pom the subject Of SldDsy Of the ItrE5
tories qf tbs Unon IS an Institution exclusively q do
and aa6Sg 81 he eYsia atss each acag
for ITSELF Congress would have ITO right to lmpo
slavery upon State unwilling 10 receive it, 10 exCude
from DESTROYS Of Tetaiaag IT, The sdopi0a or 9ban
donment o. the institution ~ NE mannf iels,j e s en-
Der of the COnfsderacy should New HoIk detern ns 81
sIevive benstuuton Of slavery within her limits Logls
ana resolve abolish inhs own, 50 l9Rg a. eaeh
TeVubORp form Of gOyernmf Mt, te Nau2eS ~ ss,bsT
n thu behalf than the Khan q Tartag Or me fSeh
o im nj slavery in th Union 10 iOTae the eondI.
ton of the slave abhfepate the era OF seIy ues ,
s-,r
gencs, never ress to Congress TO e1ses thef n
much as that body he guilty OF great usuTpa' VI
mower befSre ii coua their applications alaVe
labor must be rendered Improbable n lhe teT9fY WpIe
IA now adyspta geOJsy emDOged before IL will be aban
doned Whether the impro Of a1y age viii effect g
Tea revolution in social system, the intu must DIS
close Bnt until the change is peacstuly eFought ABOUT
with the operation and consent OF the people q ts
holding States the nt ituilOp will continue TO exist spsc
10 such notifications regulations an esugtOns' as tue 20
nestle Legislatures maysimpose go var however ~ w
subject under CONFEDERATION relates TO the existing etlo
OF the UHed States believe, that IN less than Two yeas
# will lie amicabysetled by their admission into ths UnoE
as States under constitutions with without slavery,
Inc peOplslusy desire Then he olns FIcyso Will BE- pa
10 rest forever NucGtsn viii have performed the las
i ACT OF her comedy and be hssed oil the stage
" You say that you my enemy. an MOI EonI loI
vh yog mspy years OF happiness and that your deehnln
sun ahed its last rays up0h ths stars anu 0
blem Of imperiShabls Union. A.. ~, -.
With these sentiments, nave the HOA1l 70 uI II
finally adea sA1 noosIoN'
RIOT IN PoRTLAND-They have had ano'he
) popular demonstration" at Portland Me- org'
7 mating in a fight among the captains and crews
sundry fishing vessels, stimulated by liquor. Find
. ! ,,olF,a Gnreo jnsufIi cipnt. the alarm he'll