Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-10-26

? Press and people. private and public sen.
; tneht, were alike inarshalIed IN support
; of the Compromise These are FACTS,
: and if Mr.. SdnIe concluded igon them
that he has been rnInmniHted af,d ,fiisrep4
: resented his deductions ata illogical and
untehable. Louisiana Was ihterly ops
posed to tho course he chose 10 pursue,
: md the press of Louisiana reflected pub.
lie opinion, and echoed the eetstire Of the
, multitude
Mr. Soul6 doubts if there were dozen
men III this city who RneW What the
compromise was This is high conpli.
meht to the capacity mud Intelligence of
onr people. We triist they appreciate it
at its full value. Doubtless, tie learned
lnrtsts; the veteran politicians the men
who have grown grey in debating and
discussing subjects of national legislation
the editors who hive been doing nothing
else all theirsiyes ore set Of itnpenetra.
bic dots Their minds ARE ohfuscoted and
rhyIess Not beam Of that refulpent
bght that coruschtcd around the brow Of
the Senator from Louisiana ever itlnrnined
the Cluineran gloom and darkness Of
their Intellect. The lively scihtiations
from Foote could not dispol it /; the con.
centraed blaze that streamed from WEp-
sTER served only to make that dark ness
visible The mid splendef that etclreled
CLAY, the rich glow that ehyironed CAss
had no power to light up the thick aud
| palpal,le obscure. Unfortunate Bmotihus
Of New Orleans-not one dozen among.
| ,c 1.r, t,.i,
| Compromise; and the press too-4&sliat
naughty and iII-ununered press-4bf which
the Honorable Senator ST feelnplv com.
plains, helped to increase Your lghoranes
aud to treble and qnadfupe the folds ttIat
bound your eyes. For orr patt, we think
Senator Soale right, only he did not ro
far enough. Not only there were not a
dozen persons IL Louisiana WHO under.
stood tue compromise, but there is no one,
except The Senator Nay, we cannot
pause here As nobody IN Louisiana knew
about the Compromise. although the
speeches Of all the giauts Of the Senate
were circulated throughout the length
and breadth Of the State, we are to SUPP
pose that these giants themselves we're
hopslesIy ignorant Of The subject. CtAr,
WEBSTER, MANauM, Downs, CAss, Dtef.
tgsoN, hide your diminished heads Mr..
Soule and those who sided with Ain,
alone understand the Compromise
Mr. souje says he bad to protect his
constituents against themselves. This
was benlgnaut and disinterested His
unfortunate constituents did not under.
stand the compromise. Poor ignoram-
uses that they were, we hardIy know
what would have become Of them
if the honorable Senator had not stood
forward und defended them against them
selves and even now, we fear hugely
that his constituents fail to comprehend
the immense benefit conferred upon them.
Such is the lesotted blindness Of ieno.
ranee, that they yet think Mr. Downs
dl them real service and represented
them most ably and faithfully while they
uDgraiefniy condemn Mr.. Sonic for his
devotion
Tic concluding portion OF Mr. SoulG's
speech is thus given by the Delfa.
tie then referred to talnmny, in
which it was attempted to show that he
cowardly to evade the RESPONSE
biIity which wouId attach to him IN case
Of Il conflict between the North and
South When that time should come he
would like TO see who would be before him
IN obeying the call OF the 5tate which had
made him all he was, and for which he
'elt an ardent affection. lie believed tllat
lie people had been grossly deceived in
fls,t, 70 u I,,I
ated the country ior the last five months,
Ind lie looked with confidence to- The
me when the trttc sentiment Of Totlisi-
mn, 10 longer sfiaed by 3onkee influence,
Roud proclaim Itself in a manner worthy
# the high character Of the State"
There is much room fof comment OH
heSe remarks, but we shall be extremely
'rief rs our article has already exceeded
he usual limits. The caldmny which
dr. S5ouie refers to, was the mere rcpnb-
catlon Of 81 paragraph in one Of his Con.
.ressional speeches, which was consid.
red so e&ceptionab'e, that the Deltu it.
elf rehuked its author. Here is tile
eminent III the words of Mr.. Soule
"Yet, sir, bad as t8nk this measure,
'rcnnousiy rs may stfuaale against it
,iiIe it is open to debate, my opposition
, il will end here. / may thine no less
{ tie wrong it occasions, the injury it
idcts the oppression il menaces, and the
that awaits it but when-
YER that controversy passes beyond this
hanber. and scacies the 1oiut If collis-
m anil rurllre, q decp scuse If uX.I
,cc my a11optca cou,ltry mjI lm mr. aI-
af7 fy,m II, aud icnrc us. .fateio Usua-
re s0m8. aua tothat Nil qr5sc ProyiAeure
lot holdg in its h4nas tie aesilnies Of
HowMf Sonic explained the passage
italics, the report does not say. lie
tldentIy thinks differently now, and we
sc him ample credit for the change Of
Union. Il must have meant something
hen nttered--but let that pass.
The fling at Yankee influence comes
ith very. i'll grace from Mr.. Soulf.
Te viii not retort as we might. for we
G dcsirous Of avoiding all personal re-
,ctiona. Bit We wifi refGiffi the Sepa-
a u1Ifsssisjana owes her prosperity to
q gYMess: that Yankees are native born
mefican citizeus; that their ancestors
lght to obtain, establish aud cons o!idatc
G liberty Of the country; that they are
brave, as iligIfnInded, and as honorable
the people Of the South; that they
We the Union, comprehend It's lnestilna-
2 value, its ndnence on governments
,ewhere is manifold blessings onour-