The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-12

Of the brilliant oratory Of the eloquent Soule The
| insult to our common sense is deeper than to our
| moral sentiment.
The second offence is contained in the assertion
/ that the nature Of our complicated government
the delicate relations between the State and FEEDER
| Al powers like the dioms the accent OF lam
qriage. can never be acquired by foreigner" We
snail take IN the last first Our neighbors have
read eloquent homilies on this heresy. We have
| adopted as rule. through life, when we have com
mited an error to correct it, as as discovered
We will alter that sentence by substituting seldom
for never. We will further remark, that the
sentence was written while the mind was dwelling
on the foreigner alike to language and institu-
tons, who arrives here after the age of manhood
and has to master the difficulties of the language
as well to learn the peculiar character Of the peo-
pie and its institutions.
The subjects Of Great Britain, who come to this
country, are familiar with our -history-they are
themselves accustomed to discussions on political
affairs. They have, very many of them, taken a
deep interest in the progress of liberal principles,
and have looked to America as the model for the
social and political reforms in their own country.
They have taken the first lesson in selfgovernment
before they land on the shores Of America and are
thus prepared to understand our government. Our
people, too, are Of the same stock, and our nation
al character assmilates with theirs
But this is not the case with the Europeans.
They know little or nothing of the character or
institutions Of our country-there is no sympathy,
on their arrival between their feelings and those of
the great mass Of the nation.
But the Delta thinks our government is so sim
pie that it is easily understood; there is nothing
,,lav.- fhinrr is
enlighten us as the extent of the jurisdiction of
the Federal Judiciary Does the decision of the Su
preme Court, decide the oonstitutionalty of law
Is the question Of the right of Congress to char
ter bank settled by the decision of the Court, and
no more open to discussion on that point? Have
the people right to set aside the whole govern
ment, except by the mode pointed out by the Con-
stituton And if they do attempt it. has the Su-
preme Court the Jurisdiction to try and settle the
| question Which is the correct answer to the
Rhode Island difficulty Take the Mcleod az
fairly what tribunal ought he to have been tried
by that of the State, or of the United States Has
Congress the power to legisate on the subject of
the slave trade in the District Of Columbia? Mr.
Van Buren, said, that with all the lights before
me- lam not prepared to say that Congress has not
the right abolish slavery in the District of Colum.
bia. Has Congress right to legislate on the
subject of slavery in the Territories? Has Con-
gress right to pass Protective Tariff or make
internal improvements? II one of the frontier
States has dispute with foreign nation, in re
gard to its boundaries, has the Senate the right,
under the treaty-making power, to establish those
boundaries without the consent Of the State? Has
a State the right to nullify law of Congress and
yet remain in the Union Is this government
Of the people, or only confederacy of sovereign
States? Is sovereignty Invisible, and after the
States have yielded portion of its attributes, do
they still remain sovereign as to the rest? Has a
State under the Constitution, aside from revolu-
tion,) the right to secede from the Union, and
thus destroy the present Government?
These are few of the questions by which, in the
course of our studies, we have been perplexed in
the extreme" Our most experienced Statesmen
have differed en- many Of them, not only with each
other, but with themselves We shall be pleased
if The Della, from its excess of ight will iliume
our blindness. When he shall have answered
these questions, 10 US so Troublesome but which
be will unlo0se familiar as his CATER" we shall
present him $ few more of the same Sort
In the history OF this country, we know of but
few foreigners who have mastered our language,
and the peculiar policy Of our Governments these
are-Albert Galatin; Mr. Duponceau the dislin.
guiahsd lawyer Of Philadelphia; and Mr.. Mazu.
reau, Of this State. But, as a general remark, ii
wilt be admitted, that foreigners to our language,
arriving here after the age of manhood, never be.
come profound politicians. The hundreds of thou
sands of Germans, Swedes, Norwegians, and
other Europeans, who emigrate here, add greatly
TO the wealth and strength of the country; but
they are not, nor do they seek to be- safe guides in
affairs Of Government. This fact does not detract
from their merit or usefulness. 1t would be strange
il il were Otherwise
Judge Martin was never, to our knowledge, re-
garded as an authority on Constitutional law
VIII the Delta refer us TO any decisions made by
HIM, Calculating any Of these vexed questions!
Emmett, and Porter, and Shields, and host of
Others, !" eminent in war and peace we do not
include within our remark Now, as to Mr.. Soul6
the Detas think we have no right to express an
uniayoTabie opinion of Senator, when comment
ing on his course. A few weeks ago. the DELTA
contained leader, in which was given n sketch
OF Mr. Sone's life lin which, by.the-way. his nil.
grmage to Hayli is omiued) from the time he
landed on the Leyee, to his present eminent posi
hon. II was 10 the most exravagant terms of en-
loey The public was gravely Informed that Mr..
Souie, conscious Of his distant, but certain eleya
ton, carefully put away his only shirt, as relic
for poslerity 1t is unfortunate that other of our
great men were not equally president, that they,
too, might have preserved, for the admiration of
future generations, their foul linen
Well, the Delta has the right 10 make Mr. Soue
ridiculous, by this overpraiss, and by the fabrica
tion of absurd stories of this kind But. when the
Crescent attempts a candid criticism of The same
subject, it is severely censured 1t is well settled
oy judicial decision, that an audience at the The
a'Fe have right 10 applaud or hiss And this is
but carrying out The principle, that when we may
pass a judgement at all, we may pronounce favor
aoiy or uniavorablY The Delta has smeared the
senator from Louisiana with noisome fattery. We
nave wiped Il oh The Ultra papers of The South
nave had columns Of euogium but The moment a
single press submits his claims to The test of excel.
lenee, 1t is denounced making personal assault
We said that Mr.. Soule was possessed of "superior
oratorical and theatrical powers" Is this uniust
Mr. Soule has paid much attention 10 elocution ana
gesture, So did the great orators of antopitv. In
these essential attributes of the orator we do moi
know his equal.
We said, that before a French jury. IN n c,imi.
nal case, he was unriyalled. Is this compliment
No is justice. Mr. Soule understands Francb
character he knows how to appeal 10 their feel
lngs, and their reason French is different from |
English or American oratory Ii is unjust IN irda,