The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-09
VOLUME IH.-NUMBER 1876.

ssttlsment, represented there Z How much Of the
.2s Son.n M was represented there Was maioEifyof
@ ne people ofa single state except, perhsps, South
S,atolias, represented there Do You really think
1net aadsess Of that Conven non and the iiI,stratior
q o. = ~ its author in his speech when he returned
- seeulaled 70 lead me and Others 10 embrace
It Do you believe that one-tenth n he f -.
pie who sustained il would have dsn- i, n H.,
sad anticipated i would have takenF ths dSsnn;onn
given il? anu 'peecn nave
L nen you quoted .hs remark in my speech shout
,,osing our : foofhof in California Won oT,aht =,
have takea eaough Of ii 70 have 4 ~ ~
not 10 have garbled L. What did ssv s,,ssk;--
o. me clayton Compromise, was
~ Ssls.s that that coppsomi. Wa sut,y .,,.orv N
security ior sse S. = = W eassa y m polien 2 htan
as q lie y a., VIA has bssn ihs
oa % @ aPx ssa wIss I,,Dsct . s ssas q aoaS We nave
the tscs that tha, Compromise vas dssssa. = q
ding q s south s. s. ssss e ssss & as' s
bays "a * ,os sos ~ j1s' ssss course we s oa
was then Tins changes uk Va =. 4 @a,s 2sE =
How, then, can we regain our IootkoId A., -
releehng the Compromise biIl7 Slaverv 4 -
h5,ted there by the State Conssitutien. snd q <
m wln remain, whether we admit her or not But
you would have all or none Not 10 with M ,a5
the people Of the South generally. eonfsss -
Ssss.,f ..sf when fire is raging that has already
ess5oysa half my property viii extinou.I, e III
-. 'eI ps'ose y destroys the other half
AT, +. aow Ier some Of your facts:
misc =. '"es - you aIledge Of the Compro-
,;a.;,s few Of ysa se@ .la ssu,l.u s,,.,.. .,,,
measure 50 eSsaaisusa Z Z n n. e9esI 10 his
SONS anh2ppily ezniIns - 4z ksep alive the divi-
" mat the Southern peopls haws. - ,ks ,1,..s
no ,S msnneF put thsis ssaI sendsmnaon
No Southern Legislature has c,,a..5 I,
measure in terms There have been g,s-e s,'l sns
walls Of 1t given BY distinguished men r4 r1:
meetings and the press in the South tia .;..
~ nese expressions have been more una5s,,.,
IN Louisiana, than ever known on an osh
And in the Senate Che Question Ia. ~, ss9scs-
Ken up In the House,) where there are thirtv -.es
tors, thirteen are known TO be in favor az 4 S z
the remaining six there is reason 10 believe ,h-t
a. least enough OF them will ultimately 20 for 4 =
maze majority OF the thirty At any rate. no man
Is authorizeu to say that majority Of fheu 4.
againstit. sasaA ~
IL Is not fact as you allege, that am In e.
vor o. aboilshlng the slave trade IN the D;.s, r.
columbia There is nothing that / have aid ar
uone 'na. ae.norizes you TO say That provision
Is no part OF the Compromise bill proper. i vo,ed
against II in the committee and shall vots ,d I
| against it in the Senate. - 'Pe~~
II Is not iact you alleRe that bv the Hill
congress assumes to enter the States and IeosIate
tor sne slave, between him and his MASTERY There
Is not word about the rights Of tbe sls, = -
bill; and the clause which was reeov,sJ ~ II
the committee to be added to the fugitive .i. ri;
was aeceptabie to Mr.. Mason The aitbor ~ ~ Iii
and all the Southern members on the r,,,,,,,;t,
and was considered by all an advarts n, ~
South, which the northern member. vvorl5 -
| with if we did not desire it, 80 - e1'o
A. 1t is not fact az VIM alIs.. .A..Ia.
OF exas by the bill is enough to form two 49,
S'Ases. She loses nothing by the bill but what is
~ % alspuse, ane what she is amply paid for. And
wnat Is thus given up for fair Compensation i not
~ me Dill changed in its character as 10 slavery
ana, oesides this whole clause has no effect ,v;,5-
out me consent Of Texas; and think her Interest.
are keiy TO be as safe in the hands Of her se,slo-
ana hef legislature as ia those men who subscribe
% ana read the South Carolina pagers oulv.
| 0. 1t Is not fact, You alleQe that s.;d i,
my speech that large States should submit 4, -
gresslon, insult and wrong" | said no such thins
In curious and involved sentence near the lssr
of your letter, you insinuafe that have ip,;,ns,,
something to democrats that is unyortbs ~ .Ss
VINO bears the name OF democrat and hurl' 'b.ck ~
implied accusation Will you be good enonh =
inform me In your next epistle if YOU sbouId bno,
me with another, from what part Of NV sneecb ,o
draw such an inference where Won find n Il ~
attempt on my part 20 make a party Question m, z
the subject under debate? And az Won 49, - =.
many " EOhfgs and democrats . IN ri. .s-,s,ss I.
II would greatly crafty my curiosity to b. infcrsj
70 winch OF the parties whether to ne;tber ~ -
both, the signers of the letter belong. o' "
Respectfully, your obedient servant
tn M. s...,;- s. W. Downs
nmesssr1i STERLING r Searet, A L. Ards. W;IIia.
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