The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-08-29
From the New Orleans Crescent.
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT = THE COMPROMISE
BILL.

The Compromise has been defeated, and the la
Dor of months, and the sacrifices Of individual
opinion by the great minds Of the different sec
tons Of our common country, have been followed
by no suspicious omens. As yet the intelligence
only has reached us Of the fate of the bill Whose
votes have thus prevented the restoration of
peace are as yet unknown. On them, whoever
they are falls a stupendous responsibility. But
let us not be discouraged-on the contrary, the
friends Of the Union must initiate the example
set them by Webster and Clay, never to despair
Of the Republic California will be admitted
into the Union--every day is adding to her pop
ulation, and removing the objection that her pop
ulation was not sufficient to justify her admission
into the Union as a State, The boundary Of
Texas will be amicably adjusts& IGS 49, ~
Texas can have no desire TO retain population
unwilling TO remain united with them. This is
against the Democratic principle, and the people
residing in the extreme Northern portion will be
slaves They will be forced to live under Gov
eminent not Of their choice. All this must occur
70 the people of Texas. and they will readily ac-
| quiesce in an honorable and advantageous eession
The Territorial Government will be formed, or
| If not, the inhabitants must remain ras they are
for a few months, until their rapidly increasing
| population will enable them to form State Govern
ments. Their condition is certainly better than
| il was under the Mexican rule when they were
|
| tary misrule
The defeat of the Compromise, we repeat
| though disastrous, is not altogether fatal. The
words Traitors and Slaves are not particularly
| TO our taste, and we are not inclined to attach
either to any portion of our countrymen. A ven.
Grafton superstitious devotion even to the Union
does not make men slaves, nor does the expression
| Of right of secession of one sovereign State
make man a Traitor "Treason against the
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| against them, or in adhering to their enemies
| giving them aid and comfort
Without attempting TO defend the doctrine OF
State rights, in which we do not believe, it must
be admitted that a large portion Of the Southern
people believe in the Resolutions of '9S And al
treason is crime committed only by small mi
norites it may be difficult matter to determine
on which side of the line the treason rests. Az
a mere question of abstract logic, to be argued
out on the idea that the will of the people is the
basis of Government, and that the United States
is only a Confederacy of sovereign States, the
State Rights theory is the inevitable conclusion
Treated as all questions Of Government must
be, with a regard to results on the great mass
the State Rights theory must be repudated. Such
| at least is the conclusion Of our reasoning. AT
this time, the refusal of Congress to make appro-
| priations, parayzes the General Government
The soldiers and sailors, as well as the employees
in the civil departments, are turned away with.
out their money, while the Treasury itself is full
to overlooking A fsotious few, composed of the
ultras Of both sections, who unite only to ruin
have retarded the action Of Congress, and pre-
vented the passage of those laws necessary to
maintain the national character. This triumph OF
utraism, however, is only the precursor Of its de-
feat. When the people learn, as they will, the
cause of the present condition of affairs, they
will themselves apply the corrective.