The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-03

The Compromise has been defeated, and the la
Dor Of months, and the sacrifices Of individual
opinion by The great minds Of the different sec
lions Of our common country, have been followed
by no suspicious omens. As yet the intelligence
only has reached us of the fate Of the bill Whose
votes have thus prevented the restoration Of peace
are as yet unknown. On them, whoever they are,
falls siupendous responsibility. But let Us not be
discouraged-on the contrary, the friends of the
Union must initiate The example sci Them by Web
sier and Clay, never to despair Of the Republic.
California will be admitted into the Union--every
day is adding to her population, and removing the
objection that her population was not sufficient to
justify her admission into the Union as a State
The boundary of Texas will be amcably adjusted.
The people Of Texas can have no desire TO retain
a population unwilling to remain united with mem,
This is against the Democratic principle, and tne
people residing in the extreme Northern pofuon
will be slaves. They will be forced TO hive under
| Government not of their choice, All tins must
occur to the people Of Texas, and they will readily
acquesce in an honorable and advantageous
cessi0n.
The Territorial Governments will be formed, or
If not the inhabitants must remain as they are for
few months, until their rapidly increasing popu-
laion will enable them TO form State Governments
Their condition is certainly better than it was I'M
der The Mexican rule, when they were subject to
forced loans and every species of military misrule
The defeatof the Compromise, we repeat, though
disastrous, is not altogether fatal. The words
Traitors and Slaves" not particularly 10 our
taste. and we not inclined TO attach either TO
any portion Of our counlrymen. A generation, a
supersiitious devotion even TO the Union, does not
make men slaves, nor does the expression of a right
Of secession Of one sovereign State, make man
a Traitor. Treason against the United States
shall consist only in levying war against them, or
in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and
comfort" Without attempting to defend the doc
trine Of State rights in which we do not believe it
must be admitted, that large portion of the South
ern people believe in the Resolutions of 49, And
as treason is a crime committed only by small mi
norities. it may be difficult matter to determine
on which side Of the line the treason rests. As
mere question Of abstract logic, to be argued out
on the idea that the will of the people is the basis
of Government, and that the United States is only
Confederacy of Sovereign States, the Slate
Rights theory is the inevitable conclusion. Treat
ed as allquesiions of Government must be, with re-
gard to results on the great mass the State Rights
theory must be repudated Such at least is the con-
clusion Of our reasoning AT this time, the refusal
Of Congress to make appropriations, paralyzes the
General Government. The soldiers and sailors, as
well as the employees ia the civil departments, are
turned away without their money, while the T'rea-
sury itself is full to overlooking A iactious few,
composed Of the ultras Of both sections, who unite
only TO ruin have retarded the action Of Congress,
aud prevented the passage of those laws necessary
to maintain the national character. This triumph
Of ultraism, however, is only the precursor Of its
defeat. When the people learn, as they will, the
causes Of the present condition of affairs, they
will themselves apply the corrective.