The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-11-18


It's matter of interest to observe the peculiar
tactics of certain persons who claim, and to a
tain extent may be admitted, TO BE- the representa-
tiyes of public sentiment. At the North, we find
abolilionists, free.soers, and all those who through
sectional zeal or ianateal frenzy opposed to the
settlement of the great questions of the day con-
stitutinnal principles, continue still agitaie the
public mind by constant and bitter Trades against |
the moderation, wisdom and national spirit mani
tested in the preparation, discussion and final adop-
ton Of the I" Compromise" measures of the last
session Of Congress. These are the birds of prey |
that love the troubled and muddy waters OF lem |
pestuous sea. Their number seems great and their |
power immense, when considered by themselves
If regarded, however, in contrast with the vast |
mass of sober.minded thinking men, VINO love moi |
display aud seek no vain show, their numbers, as |
well as their power and influence dwlndle INTO IN
significance Yet, by repeated quotations from the
fiery speeches of certain southern gentlemen, and
the not less fierce denunciatiOns Of certain south
ern presses, they do in some measure succeed in
r,usjng narrow. minded, sectional feeling, even
in those not wont to yield to suchinhuences Every
word of ill.tempered zeal and sectional bitterness
hat emanaes from southern lips, or southern pen,
is Carefully noted and religiousy treasured for use
in this fanaiical warfare Such is one of the prom
irent evils at the North-lamented and deplored by
the sober minded and patriotic citizens of all parts
of the country.
But is the state of things any better at the South
Do we not here too, find headlong and furious
agilators Need we look to South Carolina, or
Georgia, or Mississippi, to find those who are now
boldly, and by every possible means, striving to
push the public impulses to a passionate excess
Why quote every furious speech and ultra anti
eli. ito tba
Why dwell with delight upon every active exhibit
ton of abolition zeal against the Fugitive Slave
bill? Surely this is not the course of those who
1--we their country! Matter of regret, deep regret
mast it be to every patriotic mind to witness these
ehullitons of a distempered brain and disordered
sentiment, which, in their ultimate tendencies,
| threaten not only the well being, but the very ex-
| i-snce ofthe national Union-that invaluable le-
gncy left us by our fathers Of 70 Thanks to the
| sober good sense and comprehensiveness of view
which characterize Lousianians, there is less of
this narrow bgotry and purblind fury among us,
| than in regions farther eastward The attempt
now being made to raise a hue and cry against
the whole North, on account Of the agitations OF
comparatively few, meets here with Indifference,
Or the smile Of quiet contempt.
Let u.s. North and South, have little more OF
faternal feeling and of the spirit ofpatrioism, and
less of jealousy and narrOw-minded sectionalism,
and we shall soon learn, and that, too, without
taking any long lessons in Political Economy, thai
reciprocity of good feeling and friendly intercourse
will best promote the true interests of each section
Of The whole country. The doctrine, now received
as a fundamental maxim by economists, teaches
that the whole world is but one great family, the
members of which must make some individual
concessions for the general good, With how muGi
fJrce the principle applies to these United States
AT the present crisis in national affairs, we neeC
n return to the principles on which is based the
Constitution of the COniederacy. The farther we
stray from them, and lose sight of the large and
comprehensive views which that noble instrument
Of human wisdom teaches, the more do our ideas
become narrowed into little circle of supposed
selEadvantage, which, unless arrested in their pro-
eress, might lead to disastrous results. Who, in
our war with Mexico, whether wing or democrat
did not admire the manly energy and spirit of those
brave men who cheerfuly exposed their lives in
the service of their country, though at the same
time believing their country engaged in an unjusti-
fable war? Our country has decided, and it is
for me to obey was the sentiment of each Of
those heroic men; and such is the sentiment Of
every good and loyal citizen, at all times. Oppose
as much as we may, by tongue and pen, the enact
ment of laws we think unconstitutional, impolitic
or unreasonable; but, when they become laws
and when on their enforcement the safety, perhaps
the existence, of the Union may depend, we SHOULD
hesitate no longer 1t is our duty, as American
citizens, to throw to the winds the petty vant
that may be wounded by the failure of cherishe
a schemes, and submit cheeriuIly and without hes
talion to the expressed will of the peoples repre-
sentatives in National Council. Is not this tn
spirit Of genuine patriotism