The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-03-14
VOLUME III.-NUMBER 9.


Now, sir, thai sncl. a constitutional amendment as
the one iefe hunted may nc Desirable will pot
under'ske 70 deny itrieed, should feel il TO be
snewiIa pfrsumpiDnz i me 10 question the valne
OF an aIn~ndmeDt OF IIie pFeeise nature of which,
know nothing at presrJi. Whenever the honora, |
bic SenaIor shall choose 10 bring it forward in |
regular way for cur cfsttefatIo,I promise 10 look
Uto 10 dIspsssiGnaeiy and wifhout prejudice and
doubt no, may yield il my suppSrt. Bni, sir, at
this moment, when we are all struggling 10 adjust
all the pending questions growing Out Of the sub
ject Of siavery-wllen inpedimeDt on impediInsnt
has been thrust in the waY Of final adjust
ment Of all these questions when impedifnent
after impediment has been removed, and the
spirit Of broiheEIy Cancellation and compromise
are beginning 10 mark our own proceedings, and
still more sirkingly 10 mark large assemhages Of
our felow-eiiizcIs, the proceedings oi which are
now reaching us by every mail-at this moment
when 1, for one, had hoped, and confidently hoped,
that il special committee Uf ilGrieeDi could be
raised in this body, general schethe Of pacifica-
tion and settlement would speedily be agreed upon
that would certainly and forever pnt down iacuon
and fact onisIs secure lie honor and safety Of the
South secure The Union itseIf, without at all tarn-
ishing or olscurng the True honor IL The Norih--at
such time and under such cirrumstances, the
honorable Senator from South Carolina, without
consulting any Of US, ,Inprcmp'ed BY any Assem-
blage Of the people, North South, comes forward
With claim for a constitutional amendment, which
he asserts 10 he Indispensable 10 the preservation Of
The Union. j confess that do moi perfectly under
stand this part OF the honorable Senator's speech.
am not prepared 10 decide whether Re meant TO
insist on this alteration of the constitution az sine
qua non Hope not; ] hope las now see him 10
his sen,) he will explain to the country. But yet,
sir this proposition is additional obstruction to
| The Immediate settlement OF the questions now
pending it is a proposition which has not orgina-
ted with any portion Of the people Of the South );
and one which, If insisted on. will so procrastinnte
settlement as verify believe will make dtsunion
inevitable.
Now, sir, / beg leave TO say-and wish to say
it very earnestly and very sdlenfnly-that arm
quite satisfied with the constitution as framed by
our wise and patriotic ioreatheTs. am entirely
content with its existing provisions, il we eau hui
secure iber faithful enforcement ! am for the con
siitutIOn and its guaTanees. am for The uuiOn,
as provided for aud deliuca'ed in that sacred nstru
ment. IL is not new constitution, nor an amend
ed constitution for which have been all along con
| tending; not such Union may be hereafter
| provided by the wisdom of the present generation,
but the good old Union, the iruii Of sage eounses
by immortal ancesOrs, never surpassed IN all
| that is calculated to ennOble humanity and give
true glory nations must insist that the strong
ground Of the South has heretofore been, that we
| seek only what the constitution entities US to de-
/ mand /; we ask hut justice under the constitution,
and that protection and safety which its provisions
were intended tn secure. And, sir, am not pre-
| pared-indeed, am hy no means prepared to quit
this strong gTnund, and assert that we of the South
will have no settlement Of existing difficulties nm
| less we can effect nOdlhcatnn OF lle leuefa
| compact. | regret that we bad not at least SOM
little notice of lhis new demand, before II was s.
formally asserted in the Senate, and in a maUne
| 30 deliberate and imposing. do not aTraign III
intentions of the honorable Senator from Suui
Carolina. doubt not that thew were rnOsf patri0i
and praiseworihy No man will ever persuade m
to doubt his purity, his parioiism, or his arden
love of the Union. But regret that he has so un
necessarily supplied his waichfnl adyersariei
W Oh plausible pretext for the renewal Of their IN
Just and heafiless assaults upon his character az,
sensibililies. pgnt, if p'ssibe, still more deeply
that he has made il necessary that as one OF hi
most admiring and trusting friends, should thu
plainly, as have done, protest against his TFquisl
uon Of change in the constitution, which all mus
perceive to be at present impossible, and the de
InaDd for which is almost equivalent to pronoun
cling the Union at an end.