The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-09

called upon to
Tim its heat upon and melt
The h0dr, frost, whitening every green leaf:
In other words, to kill Mr.. Frost, on the sole
grounds, that he was a Seward man, and had been
appointed on the recommendation of Seward
Well, the Senate heard the call, and after
severe struggle, in which parties became mixed up
almost thoroughly well-beat batter, poor Mr..
Frost was knocked the head, by vote of some
% to some p, if Mistress Rumor tell the truth
and am inclined to believe that she does, ON the
present occasion.
A measure of a mans qualifications for office
having been adopted by this decision, measure in
which it is averred some of the whig Senators
from the North had large hand, because of their
hostility to Senator Seward the next appointment
said to have been brought up was that of Samuel
J. Peters, of New Orleans, as Collector of thai port
The great objection to this gentleman's conirma-
ton by the democratic party of New Orleans, was
his being large and extensive merchant and a
president of a bank 1t needs no revelation to tell
that this objection was urged against him by the
representatives OF the democratic party of Louisiana
in the Senate, nor to enable to suppose that
the southern wing Senators were earnest in his de-
fence, defence that Mr.. Peters was entitled to-
Well the question taken upon his confrma-
ton, and the vote is said, by every body 10 have
stood some where in the vicinity of 10 to 49, which
| think is not far out of the way but whether this
| be true or not, Mr.. Peters was killed, and the
wound he received, be it big little was sufficient
| to effect that object.
But the most remarkable part of this story is
that the vote upon the question of Peters confir-
nation is said TO have been a strictly party vote, all
| wings for, and democrats against. Even Seward,
| the obnoxious Senator from NewNOrk, voted fOr
| him! But, if YOU ask how the free soil Senators
vole echo replies, they wheeled into their old posi-
| tions upon this questjon-lhey became democrats
| for the nonce Is not this astonishing you will
ask again. What could have been the reason!
do NOT think that any considerable man can he aston.
ished at the result nor do think there is any diff
| Guilty about the reason therefor | venture to say
that the wing Senators from the South, who voted
| to reject poor miserable Appraiser in the Customs
| because he happened to be The friend of Northern
wing Senator, who might or might not have asked
| the place for him, discovered the reason why Mr.
Peters was rejected by a strictly party vote, before
| they left the Senate chamber.
But putting all circumlOcution aside, let us con
slider this thing in its true light. There is portion
| of The democratic Senators from the slave States
| and a very small portion too, who have spite
| against a Northern WING Senator because of his
| anti-savery sentiments, and these gentlemen enter
tanning this feeling against him, desire 10 be re-
venged upon him by rejecting friend of his for an
| unimportant office. This feeling was all very
natural for them TO entertain, but when portion Of
the WING Senators from the slave States partake OF
this hostility to brother whig, for the same rea-
son, does it stand to reason, that such comhi-
nation would not shock the democratic anti
slavery sentiment of the Senate, to cause thai
sentiment TO be felt and acknowledged upon the
question of confirming Southern nominee? Sure
ly not. | will venture to say that Mr. Peters would
have been confirmed without a division, if this al
tempt by Southern wing Senators to OBtracise a
nominee, because of his friendship for a Northern
wing Senator had not been successful. | would
ask whether the wing Senators from the South,
who were instrumental in killing Frost, suppose
this is the way to save the national wing party
from q killing frost in 1852 o, P F.