The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-26

of Mr. Soule, by the assertion that he and MI
Downs voted together in opposition to all the mea-
sures originally embraced in the Compromise.
We had supposed it impossible for any partisan to
have the moral courage to undertake such de-
fence. 1t is but just TO Mr.. Soule to say that he
himself does not defend his conduct by any suck
perversion. He opposed the Compromise Bill in
its integrity. He opposed every measure in detail,
except the Fugitive Slave Bill. On August l2ib,
he thus spoke in the Senate:
But SIR we have at eas, gained something by bhnglg
the question in all its nakedness the test Il lsnow u
ing object Of compromise adjustment TINS nes nv on
pass have no doub but its consumma'Gs s w most revolving
and the unjustifsbe wrongs that can 1g l p5st
wR RSGh poDu as % e ws stee promote s goF
eral 5eGTe twill remain m b;.ioy 10 record H.
Sir DO not wish 10 heat marks Of mine ta ss s1
element which already prey d aone Knows to what pitch
il aS reach when the Official gdzeee sna eSTye Witch
IN he madness Of your mpaenee You seem sc " III IL
Yes viii lay SsqS al III naSe1e What does this
iii effect? amges upon he y. aanSa an Which
alone can Keep them in union It Pr9Sg Gse TIM e 6 sG1
d Of TIgab exoades Of The State omhe rights
and immunes extended to me 1ne 81 nssouGG Gi d%ig
IS an indemnify for the expenses OF the 2te war And
leaves seven millions OF people 70 Pc ta1 y twohas
on Of debt incurred in the 2edquoa q Territory over
ask ffe Senator'S 0aO compose the BCi0riiy, through
7hoss gStes tbs measure is 10 pass, ask them, do ttV
11 h se a nc s Do sy SPpos G" hat OE eg eod
guilty sa0s sS4 III s5 s e. ssl9es
ci condition chers 70 submit g disgrace Were
dsncs. and to be contemplate a necessity"
The subject matter of debate was the admission
of California This was the enornity, to which, if
the people of the South submitted, they deserved to
BE- slaues This declaration he repeated in his
Rampant speech the other night" You arc slgUss
to the NORTH"
His remarks, as avowed by himself in the Senate,
are of the most violent character. Mr. Foote and
other gentlemen understood him very differently
but then, there is always that convenient excuse oil
the ignorance of the language, which does as
good service as the deafness Of the oddly in Per
| egrine Pickle As they understood him, the Ian.
| guage was infinitely more violent. Mr., Clay, too
| in the discussion he had was so unfortunate as Il
| misunderstood the Senator, and the audience were
treated to a very pretty display of got-up indigna
ton. 1t certainly cannot be pretended that he was
| friend of these enormities which were to make
and have made, slaves of the South.
Mr.. Downs was one OF the Committee of Thir
| teen; he concurred in the Report and accompany
ing bills, and voted for the Compromise a singl,
measure lie afterwards voted for or against the
separate measures But it cannot be said, will
any sort of fairness, that he and Mr.. Sou6 pursued
a similar course, His letter to the Mobile meet
| ing is full and explicit He says, that though til
| South did not gain all it demanded, yet it game
much. His words are" We Of the South hav
gained much by the adjustment. TWAS proved i
the debate, and time will demonstrate it. w
have lost nothing certainly OF principle" Con
traSt this with the language OF Mr. Soue, an
then make the people believe that the two me
have thought and acted together. 1t is well know
that in the tactics of parliamentary debate, vote