The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-06-21

We think it our duty to keep readers CON
atshtly advised az 10 The progress Of the Compro-
mise bill incomparably the most important and
indeed, al.noss the only, question which has en-
gagged the attention Of Congress during It's present
session This must be our apology ct cur fire.
H qpent references to il.
4 We are glad t. notice disposition 70 give the.
i sls such shapes BY a,nsna az VII gain for
it the support q tEoss vkott<e heretofore opposed
some Of is provisions y :ts same time that these
i amsndmenss zeill ~ 10 any degree. impair the
efficacy of de ,rs.snre as q sghois. Mr. Soule on
the l7sh as w. publiahed yesterday in this paper
in tcleursriic dispatch, offered to amend the bill
u by pr<sasion that new States may be admitted
n into ~ Union with or without slavery as the
y rerpis Of said States may decide which amend
Asnt was adopted by vote Of So 10 IL This
4 vote decides no new principle, inassnuch as NO
State, up TO the present time, has been kept out Of
the Union on account Of its legislation on the sub
ject d slavery whether admitting or excluding II
still, i the bill shall become law with this mo-
vision, new States, scith slavery--whether New
Mexico, South California or Cuba-mav hereafter
come into the Union without being attended with
the usual excitement and difficulty. This, in the
course OF tune, may prove to be an important con-
cesslon, and we regard il such, on the part of the
North. In principle ii is clearly right; and we
nope that Mr. Soule and others, entertaining views
similar 70 those expressed by him, are now less
hostile to the passage Of the measure than thew
were before the adoption Of this provision
On the 18th Mr.. Foote proposed an amendment
70 the bill SO as to allow California to divide herself
INTO two States, at some future time with or with
out slavery, as the people may decide which
amendment was adopted by vote Of 50 to o. This
vote must disarm much opposition to the bill. II
renders wholly unnecessary the remanding the
question Of the boundaries Of California to the peo
pie Of that terrtory-which would be the effect Of
the adoption by Congress of the Missouri Compro-
mise line-and entirely obvates ali difficulty with
those Southern Senators who are impressed with
an idea Of the practcabiIity Of establishing slave
State on the Pacific coast.
We regard the Adoption OF these amendments. by
najoritss 20 decided a the most favorable ind,ca-
ton we have seen Of the ultimate passage Of the
bill. Il was introduced as a measure Of compro-
mise; and we are glad to see Senators endeavoripn
N good faith to comp romise on it their individual
differences Of opinion for the good Of the country
This is patriotic and statesmanlike. 1t is not pro-
babe that any mod cations Of the bill that can be
adopted will make it agreeable to Southern ultras
and Northern fanatic s. In any vent we shall ex-
nect to see The les of Seward and Davis (of
M ISL Hale and c Iernens recorded against Il.
III e WASHING. ron MONUMENT. We hear
with . leasure, tha' the Board Of Commissioners
have, til ough the U. S. Marshals, empowered the
various census tax ers throughout the Union, to
receive and collect subscriptions to aid in the cree
ton Of the N atiOna Monument.
A happier thou tght could not have been sug