The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-11-26


publishes leader Of column for the purpose |
avowedly of q giving alarm of the :" insidous
and destructive efforts in which the North is en-
gagged against the South The article was evident
" prepared with elaboration, and must be regard
ed as the manifesto Of the principles which that
hitherto very good Union paper will be conducted
under its new administration. The Delta, the po-
sition Of which paper is well understood, in Its
edition Of yesterday evening, alluding to the new
ct aracer in which the editor of the Bulletin pre-
SCENTS himself, says:
This journal, of to-day. contains whole column Of
wholesome truth declarations and admonitions every word
aess which ths PAPER has been endsavsg impress
the minds of our citizens for weeks past.
Henceforth, il would seem, we shall have to class
the Bulletin with the Courier and the Della, which
papers have for some weeks, been laboring with so
much assiduity to contribute to the excitement al
ready existing in the South The Bulletin, unfortu-
naiely is Invested of all the glory of its posi-
ton by the fact that it is but following in the wake
Of the others. &c For weeks past" says the Delta,
Z" zoe have been endeavoring to impress these
truths upon the minds of our citizens"
We deprecate agitation" says the Bulletin
yet, beginning with this assertion, it proceeds
deliberately TO the preparation and publication of
an article which will contribute more to the agita.
ton OF puOllc III Tue SOuln IMAM any Olner
that has been issued for months from any quarter
Already it is warmly responded to by the Delta, and
cordially approved by it, word for word" and not
day will pass, for the next two weeks, but that we
shall find in our " secession . exchange papers,
quotations from the Bulletin, and expressions of
congratulation that they have found, though at a
late hour, SO able an ally.
The Bulletin says:
No al IN
innate existing among of the state Of
neS az ne North hs peace on
not killed. There is danger that the CompTomise will
Rno% from
and aucqsT experience A soJourn Of month in the west
England, satisfied rs q the fact that although law-ovng
to t6at Cardinal measure in The omnromise SYSTEM the
Fugitive Slave law and that united effort will be made
in this opinion
We ought not, perhaps, to oppose conclusions
| that have been arrived at " from ocular and
auricuar experience )" but, if the Bulletin intends
to be understood from its article that the North as
body, is opposed to the execution of the Fugitive
| Save law, we dissent wholly. Such a conclusion
has not been the result of our reading or our OBJ
Sc vations We have not had the advantage of a
m ,nth's soiour1 in Western New York but we
have had the happiness of conversing with some
of our most respectable and intelligent citizens
who passed the last summer in the Northern and
Eastern States and who assure us that there is nc
settled purpose on the part of the mass of the cit
Z5ns OF those States, to resist the enforcement Of
| tbs Fugitive Slave law, or to demand its uncon
| ditional repeal. The mass of the people are il
| favor of the restoration of slaves TO their owners
| they would not have them among them they are
annoyed by their presence and, so far from pro
tecting them against the law, they would be
rejoiced to get rid Of the whole negro population
amongst them, whether fugtiveslave or free.
From all the evidences we have been able tc
gather are fully satisfied that the agiiaions il
the Northern States are kept up alone by abolition
lists and free negroes, comparatively few in humble
and of little influence over the minds of the larg
mass of quiet, conservative, sober minded and in
telIigent citizens. Minorities are always noisy
and, as in this case, succeed not unfrequenty il
making themselves appear more numerous AM
powerful than they really are. Shall the sober
minded many be held responsible for the doings @
the noisy few! Are thousands to be held response
bla for the acts of scores, or, if you please hun
dreds! Is the whole North to be held responsible
for the conduct Of a small fraction of free soiler
and free negroes, who, by public meetings AM
| through the columns of few newspapers, sue
| ceeded in getting up considerable amount o
| thundert For as strong reason the whole Soutl
should be held responsible for the conduct of Perr
Soue, as the whole North for that of Horac
Mann or of the Courier or Bulletin, of New Oh
leans, as of the Tribune or Express, of New Yorl
IL is, in our opinion, the duty of all good either
, in the South, who love the Union and desire i
preservation, instead of attempting to lash ii
waves of public feeling into still greater commt
ton, to pour oil on the troubled waters to culuva
with each other and with the citizens of every por
ton of the country spirit Of harmony and eoncil
alton. These are the strongest reasons why Il
South should be satisfied with the compromi
measures, and not hurry into excuses on accou
: OF a disorderly opposition to any one of them,
few RESTLESS loud brawling agitators in the Mort
We should rest quietly, may well afford
n do, with the present state Of things, until we
It the execution of the Fugitive Slave Law put at
fance by the action of the North, or repealed or
modified to render impossible the reclamation
fugitive slaves. When matters have reached d
crisis (which we pray God they never may > /
!, whole South will readily unite to maintain @
j, rights, even if need be, to the uItimatum of d
union.
Il