The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-06-14

1 me nsns az Sc Degrees 80 Minutes.
The so6llern opponents Of the Compromise bill
now beiors Tho Bnised States Senate seem 70
have fixed Oh he project Of the Missouri compro-
mice me the extension Of The line af SO deg so
min e he Faoiit-as the means " which they
can, VIII the strongest probability Of success,
aceomplish their object. We Sos that powerful
efforts, withthis view, are now being made in Con
grsss Of which the strongest Indications, perhaps,
are the propositions q MI. Soule % amend the
Compromise bill lpublishsa in this paper yesterday
mornna) and the speech recently delivered BY him,
fsxorine the establishment Of the 800 30 line and
| in serora opposiun 10 the Compromise measure Of
,hs fcn,nittee The Washington Union speaks of
/ b;n Is The leader in Congress Of this class Of
southern politicians Concurrent with this intelli-
eeuce from Washington we learn by telegraph from
4 Nashville that the Southern Convention have
anonymously adopted resolutions in favor of the
Missouri Compromise hne-that is, that there shall
Be no interference by Congress with tie subject of
slavery in territories lying South of that line.
What object is sought to be obtained, besides the
defeat Of the Compromise BILL by the bringing for
ward and strenuous advocacy, at this lime, Of the
Missouri Compromise. we cannot see. There is
nothing Of really practical character which can be
accomplished BY the adoption Of the Missouri Com
promise, in the settlement Of present difficulties,
that will not be accomplished by the passage Of the
Committees bill. The deciaion Of the people Of
California, both North and South Of the line OF 36o
80, on the subject of slavery is already maze, and
is incorporated in the Constitution which she
presents to Congress with her application for adj
mission as q State. Is it to be supposed that, on
aceounto of the adoption Of the Missouri Compromise
line, they will change their views on this subject
Il It in contemplation to force slavery on them
whether agreeable or not They are as free a
people as the citizens Of Louisiana !. they well
understand their interests; have thoroughly dis
cussed The question o. slavery, and have solemnly
determined TO reject it. No action, we suppose, Of
politicians at Washington City can change their
determination on this point
But these politicians would have the territory Of
California divided by the line of 1862 so, so as to
throw that portion of it, South Of the line, into a
separate and distinct territory to be known as the
Territory Of South California and hereafter as the
State Of California. We again refer to the propo-
sision Of Mr.. Sonle. This they intend to make a
slave State. There never was more impractica-
BE intention. In the Convention which framed
eit1 OoiStttAeoiJ every pofuOH Oh OatIOrnld was
represented-the Southern as well as the Northern
San Diego as well as San Francisco There
was entire concurrence Of sentiment in favor Of
the prohibition Of slavery. Il is perfectly clea that
i the territory Of California is ever erected into two
States they win both be free and Mr.. Soule and
those acting with him. win have the satisfaction Of
SEEING instead Of two, fur Senators in the u s.
Congress from the non-slaveholding States Of
California. This will not very materially contri-
butte to tie realization of their Iavorite idea of a
balance Of power
As to the subject Of slavery in New Mexico and
Utah the bill Of the Committee leaves that entirely
to the option Of the people Of those territories Ii
the Missouri Compromise line should be adopted.
will not the people of those territories still have the
right to decide this question for themselves? There
is clearly no practical difference Besides, the
North can never be got to agree to the Missouri
Compromise line as to our recently acquired terri
tories. There is no sacrifice Of principle. on the
part Of the North, in agreeing to an arrangement
by which the settlement Of the slavery question is
left entirely TO the people Of the territories they
would regard il sacrifice or principle to agree to
the Missouri Compromise or any arrangement
which denies them the right to interfere with the
subject Of slavery in territories belonging to the
United States in any latitude or longitude. They
may assent to the bill Of the Committee now before
the Senate, but never to the proposition of Mr..
Soule. This is well understood TO the concave of
persons al Nashville, who would move heaven and
earth to defeat the Compromise bill. The passage
Of this bill BY Congress, they well know, will put
40 end to their schemes Of sectional agitation.
Yesterday was fixed on, in the U. S. Senate, for
4 final vote on the Compromise bill. The rejection
BY decisive votes, on the 9th, Of the amendments
proposed by Mr. Davis and Mr.. Seward--the first
oprevent the territorial legislatures from passing
any laws foE the exclusion of slavery the second
embracing substantially the Wilmot Proviso-leads
Us to hope that the Compromise plan has received
a triumphant support In a few days we shall
know the result--whether for good or ill.,