The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-09
From the As,o Orleans CO,.risr.

From the hslo Orleans Courier.
| POLITICS IN NEW ORLEANs.-THE Mass MEET
ING To-moRRow:-ln the whole course Of our con-
nection with politics, we have never ,,i,,essed a.
great reaction in the public mind, 49, has taksn
place within the last six weeks in Iou,san, in raI,
ton to the rights and interests fthe South Dnr;no
the late session Of Congress, while these great
| subjects were under discussion, the excitement
which agitated other portions of the Union, did
| not disturb this community; and so stagnant did
| every thing seem, that IL was ascrlbed, every
where out of the State, to a SubservlenCy and Ill
difference very incompatible with our position,
| and the dangers that environed Us. Not word
was heard against the measures Congress had
thought it best to adopt, and nine men out Of ten
believed that what had been done was right, and
that the evils complained of were more imaginary
than real. IL our delegates in Congress, all but
one Of whom General Downs) opposed those
measures, had been suffered to remain in peace
during the short recess allowed them, thus @tagna-
ton of the public mind might perhaps have con-
tnued, and Louisiana, like Sampson shorn Of
his strength, would have slept quietly in the lap Of
Della.
But the combined attacks Of the Wing PRESS,
aided by the Crescent and Picayune, on Messrs.
Soue, Morse and La Sere, manlfesting for the
former particularly the most violent aversion and
determination to mlsinterpret all his nets, and in
| volye him even IN personal difficulties have had
their effect, and so sauary is it that we shall not
now complain OF the motives that inSgated the
attacks. II they provoked powerful party to
array itself against him, they rouse at the same
time thousands Of generous spirits 10 stand up M
his defence. More than this, these attacks on
Mr.. Soule encouraged an enquiry throughout the
State into the proprIety Of his acts, alsd now We
find the PEOPLE every where, warmly defending
those acts for which he has been so erSevethg-
ly and violently impeached. Six weeks ago TO
have made rally in .Nelc Orleans against the mer-
its or the Compromise would have been lmpo3s-
ble-such was the irresistible force Of the ncu-
ence that supported it-such the nvectves heap
ed upon its few avowed Opponents-suCh the tor
ror produced by capital, patronage and the press,
associated to overaWe opinion INTO silence ana
submission. But to the honor of human nature
which though often blind to evil, is ever suECtpt-
be or generous impulses, even these could not pre-
avail, when employed for personal vengcnCc guIuHt
one who had stood up roySly for the rights Lieu
sIa ma, and the Constitution or tie Union, and
though defeated had won mpershNble h'ry IN
the unequal struggle. And now what sre We
Why, in this city, masses of patriotic men have
been reused up to defend their invaded rights, 10
resent the injustice done to Of their nbtst
champions, and to assert their sense "fthr dangers
that press upon us, and the course THAI LuUa!;,uL
will feel called on to pursue.
The first demonstration of this feeling WHi We
made To- nlorroto eusnng at the hall room Of t" 81,
Louis Exchange. That spacious SALOON wIA be
thronged with patriots, ever faithful and true;
with men whom no threats, nor motives "t lhir-
est nor fea of injuryto their business, nor row ~
OF rich employers nor persuasion OrartiuI leaGcr",
nor falsehoods Of INSCRIPTIONS dema@, gur9, c.or
seduce from their principles. They meet in def
ance OF all these influences they meet IN til { face
Of the late COALITION demonstration, got ~, no"
so much to do honor to Gen. Downs az to con-
denim Mr.. Soule-they meet, rs ID 'mocrat' and
loyal citizens ofLouislann, TO defend her wOunGcI
honor, and to express their determination, in nj!
contingencies, to stand by HER. As ihcW ancestors
spurned the cry of " traior,' when they rose N
arms against the tyranny Of George III as their
faith oopdh ar fnr IN q
as traitors, on the scafiolds Of Europe, and >"td
their blood and persisted in dungeons III iret,nd,
Austria, Spain and Italy, so they, the Democrats
Of Louisiana, will trent with contempt the some
epthet when applied TO them by the >u,ni,ns Of
ali abolition President, AVID the ser.lle Instruments
of Northern and hostile influence, in New Orleans.
Firm in their patriotism, faithful to their t'0Ncrn-
ment, conscious of its value, they nulntrat their
devotion to the Union by resisting the lntlHc'I"n3
Of the Constitution, and the emcrourhmemts ON 'e
States The Union is not safe inth" hu;.dA Ohm y,
who see its buwarks falling, enc by one, Gore
the assaults Of fanatclsm, and raise linear n'nl$ 20
STAY not the invaders, but those who w"DA Gt.,nd
it. From cravens like these tie ul"I a!IaU he
rescued.
1t is built upon the rights Of the States, and by
restoring and protecting these, it Only can l." i'rt-
served. 1t is not by tolera'ng Outrage un"n out
rage; it is not by submitting to NA@r"nt "suln'
tons; it is not by meeting deliberate and systemic
tsed warfare on our Institutions, with h,EI"d
persuasives, and milk and water rc$U'uUun&, ul't
the national Union can be saved from the rI'1S-
trophe tina, threatens it, WfCM"S us, he ~
dressed; usurpa.ion resisted; i,nauri>m rr'ukcj.
This feeling will be exhibited t"-ln"rrow rYrl~
ing; and it will reflect the true cil,,g Of t"c De-
mocracy of this State. Men, who kuow 'H.rr
rights and who know how to driud tl!rm, VIII
proclaim to the country, not the voice OF faction,
nor Of intrigue, nor Of crawling submission, "'d
passive obedience, but the VoIcE OF LoCisiANA--
Of her loyal sons and envroncd Democracy.
wi . M @ q H.
ion; no surrender Of political sentiments; y" toy
rolling or hucksterlrg; no resolutions for tue me-
rdian Of Boston, or for the fancy OF Il 'St"n III
New Orleans. But the sentiments Of the uilrrrj-
fled Democracy will be sNokem Il Democracy i1't
blends the laborer and the capitalist, the cd'u'"t i
and the iliterate, the native aud the nNturTrd IN
one great mass, and whose words viii 20 forth,
not like the Wing meeting of Wednesday ry'n-
ing, as gentle us the tones Of II lut", but as IT,"
rushing wiud, and like the voice of many waters.