Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-11-16

i~tehfhf Muff. ItAs. s. REESE,
And others.
Reply Of senator Hsossna.
M6vnur. La. Nov. y. 1850.
Terffemen-I have this moment re
reived yu,if letter Of lie goth tltitno. PRO
pounding TO me the three following inter
rogntories
hAte yot, IN Favot uf q dissolution OF thN
Union, iiot or hereafter, because Of tn,
legislation at The late session Of Congress
Are Won III favor Of establishing {
Southern C~onie1efatYs low Of hereafter
because Of Tie legislation at the late ses
sion IT Congress
"Afe yetl IN favor Of II secession Of the
State Of Louisiana from the Union, noa
or hereafter. hetnttse Of tie legislation IL
The late session Of Congress- r.
And fully recognizing Yotlr right, as &
portion Of my constituents 10 do so, | ah
swer, uiihesitatinEiy, TO eaeh and all d
them. decidedly mo"
My late Mobile letter, to Wiiiel. / refer
you, telitaitis my views III these points
more at large.
eilespettfully, your e~belieni servant
s. W. DOWNS.
Mpssrs. ?. X. Wagner. ]. {. tIarue, NJ. II Hey
nolls, j. NJ Bell, w. ". Ring, and others.
We s%uliioin lie letter to which Mr..
Downs refers
WAsHlNeroN, Sept 90, 1850.
Genticmea-l have just received your
letter Of The glst inst. inviting nie to Il
barbecue aud e|lotvter party proposed to
he given on tie sth If Detejef next, by
Tie citizens OF Mobile without distinction
Of rnrty, friendly - the adius @tett first
l~,roual,t forward w. tie Coton,liee oi
Thirteen Of the SENATE. of the United
States. ''That IN n social way they may
meet together and eonefatttnt eaeli other
on the cheering prospects Of returning
harmony and good feeling through tie
bfond extent Of the nation. and, rs FIR as
possible. cement those kindly feelings so
essential to the parpetulty Of the Union, .
aud regteat that n previous arrangement
to futiifn home by another route, will pre-
vent my being with you OH tlint occasion.
But | slihll lie with you III Spirit aud feel
Ing, md heartily cuttefhtu'ute you OH the
final success Of the adjustment, which has,
! hope and believe, given II iiaw cfiarae-
ter aud guarantee oF our glorious Union.
aud shown that If it is not perfect, il is is
near it as anything human, aud under the
protection aud gtlldaiioe Ut TINT kind Prov
idenee which lths so eften favored III otir
greatest dangers seems capable OF show
its manifold blessings upon lis for.
ever.
That we have not gailed all I've claim.
ed or were entitled To. Is not Il sufficient
why we should whf with otf breili-
reu Of other sections ineesFHntly. Ia II
repnblie-espeeiaily d eonfsislated repub-
lie-all cannot always have their "
way. There must often be dissatisfaction,
excitement and complaint, which can be
=ootl,ed ani quietfH only by that spirit Of
compromise aud concession IN Which our
institutions originated. but tl,is is no
why we should make WA on each
other OF secode from Tie Union. We do
not raze to tbs ground, or give TO the
flames, The holneateads OF our childhood,
all the family do not precisely
agree always IN the management of it.
do not sever the conjugal Ties iorevery
little satisfaction OF discomfort. Why
should we then dissolve the Union oil
slight ground! We of the South have
much by the adjustment it was
proved in the debates, and time will dem
it We have lost nothing GER
IalnIy Of principle.
But if we had lost in fact, what is 1t y!
it sufficient to justify civil war? This
g the issue raised in sotne quarters. Is
being prevented from going with our
slaves to California We were prohibit
led, not by Congress, but by the peopieof
he State, in the same way Ms we were
prevented from going to fifteen other
We were satisfied with fifteen
rec co.States, but the moment another
zones III shall we secede or fight! But
California, it is said, is II large State.
True, but she is not half SO large as Tex
a slave State, brought into the Union
I've years ago. ouE UOtlDGtu UIebH1eiI
complained OF that az we do of this, but
hey did not make war on rs. nor ought
to make war on them, no will we.
Why not secedc or fight because Illinois
md Indiana are free States, rs well as
because California is? Theye are much
more important and valuable to
IS than California with all her gold and
of the ether free States. But | will
,ursue the theme no further. II is too
lear to leave a doubt, Or make argument
necessary.
have the honor to remain, respectfully,
our most obedient servant.
S. W. DOWNS.
To Hon. A. T. Hopkins, and Others,
ommittee.
THE HEIeHr OF MoDEsrY.--A newly
married. lady requested her Siege lord
nd MASTER the other day when going
) market, to purchase a fat Of mutton
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