Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-11-09
'ro The Dem oeratit Party


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We invite yot,r attention td the annex.
cd eoffes spobdahce. 70 enable y6fi pfop.
stiy to understand the01otives tl,at hive
gtlded ctr course, ntd the eltjeets We
have sBHght 10 Altaih. Il Is necessary Ii
reset. briefly, to some events OF recent
occurrences. Mneh eseilanlent prevailed
In the lata Congress ef the tinted Sta.es
ms IN the Fights Of The savetiJlllng States,
nndT the duties Of 1on.slavelloldlnu States.
After n protfaeted and angry discussion.
tsrtHiu measures were pissed by Congress,
and IRE tott ths laws Of the land. Our
sehators took part III tSass discussions.
bit occupied different grounds. Mr..
Downs supported what was called the
Compromises bill. Mr. soue opposed IL
Mr.. soole with marked zeal and nndoubted
ability, was steady and violent il his
oppositl6n IN some 1T the sreesbss
,hnde Ivy Hill. his language Indicated that
50 ritihous did lie tegard tl,ese measures
10 tile safety Of the Soutlt--so disetaes.
FIJI 10 hef honor, that lie thought they
ought to be- and would be resisted Oar
political opponents, With unusual iiiH-
nilnify, construed The Views expressed by
Mr. 4ould rs tavofhbls 10 dissolution Of
the Union. sone Of our political friends,
neither few IN humber nor insignificant If,
position, placed similar Interpretation
Upon the speeches Of Mr.. Souls. Others
Of our pnt'y knew not Rhat to think, and
remained III doubt rs to his true position.
All Of us appiaoded his sineerity-none
Of lis zeal but Mt ths same
tinet ninny thought ii n duty Mr. Sonia
owed to the State which had honofed
him, and the pafty that had given him lis
sent ~ the Senate, that he should express
himself clearly aud definitely On tile stl,-
jsot Of the Union. Tie whin party
charged him openly with advocating dis
dnicn, ahl his political associates desired
10 be armed with the ineans Of rebutting
stich q chnrae against democratic sena-
tor. 10 this end every pfivate effort was
made 10 induss Mr.. Senls to quiet The
agitation on this subject, but without sic.
sess. No assurance could lie obtained
from bin that lie would give authority TO
publish that HE late aets Of Congress did
not Justify tie severance Of our Federal
Union lie seemed fesslHte in his deter.
10 permit 10 tlhe1uivoGal state
ment 10 appear i'll the public papers by
Which he could bs understood. Though
mortified at n silence to ns unnee6tintaide.
md 10 ottr whia opponents suspicious. we
yet entertained the hope tl1nt wiser conn
sels would soon convince him That il wasa
indispensable, that m Amer.
cat Senator should Conceal no opinion on
public affairs from his constituents, and
east OF hll, any opinions touching his fsal.
y to the Union.
In the meantime Mr.. Stanton. mem
5er Of the Legislature from The city Of ~
Jrleans. coinciding ia opinion with Mr.
soue. vlbdiGatine his course in the Senate
throughout, but who scented the thought
hat there was any thing in the past Iegis.
alton Of G Cpngfess that justified disuuion,
md who openly and boldly proclaimed his
that Mr.. souIs would not coun-
'el disunion, bat would eheerfllIy plaes
,pon record, IN few plain words, his SEN
iments, addressed him the accompanying
tote. kGter the lapse Of few days, as.
,ertaiuing that Mr.. Stanton had received
10 answer to his letter, We determined to
make formal application TO Mr.. Sou't.
rhe knowledge that Mr.. Stanton had sent
lis letter--the faet TINT no answer had
,esn reeeived, greatly increased the exis.
ing excitement III oaf own party AT
very social meeting. in private circles, At
,ubic resorts, Mr.. Soute's opinions were
nbjects Of excitement and dispute, Oar
riends were becoming strrayed against
aeti other and in the heated alterations
hat arose from Mr. Sone's studied avoid.
uce Of the subject Of tire Union, there was
fearful apprehension that those Of ns who
lad for years co.operated in a common
ause, who had trlumphed as our party
and suffered defeat ~ orr party
Uttered defent, would soon be arrayed
gainst each other.
Something was tobe done. Mr.. SouIeFs
Hence, from whatever cause it arose, must
,s broken. We must check by some
means the accamulating power with
Which the whig party was bearing down
Ipon us, aud making Mr.. souIe's alleged
dvocacy Of disunion the means by which
O SOW dissension IN our ranks, and work
he ruin Of orr party. A single line from
Ir. Soule could allay the storm--.a brief
eclaration that he neither couBselIed nor
Imported disunion, would bind together
'nr friends and win back alienated affec-
ions. This we knew Mr.. Soule could do
his was the task--his was the duty
md his was to be the triumph. And when
hat triumph was to be won by frank
less, that az public man was an obliga-
ion, and as private citizen ought 10 be
pleasure was TO be obtained without
acrifce, and enjoyed without a rcproach
hat would have won the plaudIts OF all
oen Of honor, and have sieBccd, il not
l,asficd, his political enemies, ard grati-
led, indeed delighted his political friends,
We felt that it was a duty TO him, To our
elves, TO our party, to our country, TO af-
ord him the opportunity. Undetermined
0 write to him. We did 50. The letter
on will find below. Before that letter
vas sent, we heard that Mr.. Stanton had
eceiyed a reply TO his. We at once con-
imIed to withhold our communication, in |
be expectation that the response to Mr. |
,tanton would be satisfactory We saw
Nj. Stanton; he had received nothing
,om Mr.. SouIe. We still delayed trans
hitting our letter, but finding HAT Mr.,
stanton had received no reply ON the NOR
ing Of the 10Th, we handed ours TO Mr.. /
'oule.
Il is proper here to observe, that had we
cen the letter received by Mr.. Stanton,