The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-11-10
From the Delta of Saturday.
Letter from Hon. Pierre Soule.

Editors Of the Daily Delta:
GRNTLEMEN-HavIng been most wantonly as |
sailed in speech delivered by my colleague, the |
Hon. S. w. Downs, on the 7th of last month, l |
addressed myself to the only paper which had
published the speech, in order to obtain space for
a reply. This has been denied me, and am COM
pelled to throw myself on your liberality, and to
ask you to give credit in your columns to the CON-
munication l had addressed to the paper above
referred to, and also send you the slip from the
NewYork Mirror, which l had enclosed in their
communication, that il may be consulted BY whom
shall desire it, and be afterwards returned
to me.
Your very hsmbIs and obsd5sni servant:
NzwORLEAss, November 5. 1851.
Conference.-The publication in your yesterdays
number, of the speech delivered by my honorable
colleague, General Solomon w. Downs, at Mon
roe, La, on the 7th of October last, and the Pc
culiar complexion which charaeterizes some por-
tions OF it. are my excuse and my title to ask some
little space, in your next number, for the few
remarks which the occasion calls for.
To the arguments, through which seeming
attempt is made at something like an answer to
my Opelousas speech, cannot have the remotest
objection. They are fair specimen of the ratioci-
nation peculiar to the distinguished Senator, and
do full justice to the high repute he has earned as
q polished and forcible debater.
Against the abuse 20 bitterly, yet somewhat
timdly aimed at me in almost every sentence Of
the better half of his speech, have still less to
say, particularly if by such an offering my col
league succeeds in propitating party which can.
not fail to consider itself wooed through, and will
certainly derive great relief and comfort from every
stab that may be directed against one of its mort
| obnoxious opponents.
But the honorable Senator denies the correctness
| Of the quotations have made from his NewYork
| speech and, alluding to my course on the Com
promise, goes on to say, that "if he (meaning y
did not kear IN the private circles Of the capital
a motivs attributed to him (meaning mo- for his
course Oh that measure, very suddenly and so
unsrpsctsd!y taken, Iprssun's he IS the only Sen
ator that did not"
This requires word of answer, and shall have
it, The remarks in Gen. Downs's speech, with
respect to the quotations, are as follows:
| Mr.. Soule quotes these words as coming from
my New York speech: Convinced BY the patriot
ism Of their Representatives that the Northern peo.
the Compromise And again, thus: AS Nsw York
goes, so goes the North the North goes, so goes
The South, and in the end, shall all go together.
l used no such language. have never seen it in
any report OF my speech, though have seen many.
do not believe it is to be found in any fail
report made and published in good faith anywhere
at any rate, if it is, should liks to see it,
81 made no allusion to representatives. There
is nothing 10 my speech at all like these words
quoted by Mr.. Soule: That abolitionism uos M
longer to bs preached and practiced at the North
that aggression upon them ,Dds put an end to from
that quarter.'"
Now, gentlemen, in order to give some satisfac
tion to the worthy General, | send you herewith
THAT HE MAY SEE 1T, a slip from the New YOrl
| Mirror of the 10Th of December last, wherein the
speech and ceremony on the question of which tn,
speech was delivered, are reported with the mos
laudatory Communications, and sent, AS it was sent
me, as then thought, by Mr.. Downs himself; an,
: beg leave to direct your attention to the thir
| column, at line sixty-three, where you will dis
| cover the very words quoted by me CONVINCE
BY THE PATRIOTISM OF THEIR REPRKsENTATIvE
: THAT THE NORTHERN PEOPLE WERE SOUND,
9 PLEDGED MYSELF TO THE SUPPORT OF THE Com
e PROMISE"
!. And, if you proceed on, until you reach tn
ftysecond line in the fourth column, you will ais
' find in the very words of my quotation, that " A
: New YORK GOES, SO WILL GO THE NORTH; A
. THE NORTH GOES, so WILL GO THE SOUTH; AM
q IN THE END. WE SHALL ALL GO ToGErHER."+
}. And, following me back to line one hundred an
!, thirty-ive, in the third column, note, gentlemen
i | if you please, whether you do not read with n
precisely this language: We HAVE TOLD TIL
s. SOUTHERN PEOPLE THAT ABoLITIoNIsM is N
y LONGER TO BE PREACHED AND PRACTIcED A
Ie THE NORTH THAT AGGRESSION UPON THEN
|. FROM THAT QUARTER, WERE PUT AN END TO |!
a Most clearly. then, my honorable colleague h,
~ forgotten his speech, or he could not boldly ha,
r, asserted that it contained word of what ht
r. extracted from it. 1t may be that, in order to
fresh his memory, ought 10 have quoted also fro
Il the same document the extraordinary sentiment e
~ pressed at line seventy, OF the fourth column
" "WHAT, If MY PARTY is PUT DOWN! ANoTHl
ny AND BETTER ONE WILL START UP TO- MORROW
he Hereafter, my colleague, l hope, will show hi
nj self little more considerate before he hurls denu
!. Citations of unfairnsss at those who may wish
s -, profit and be enlightened by his discourses.
's' If my quotations from the New York speech 8
correct, by looking the first of them, and to II
to part of my Opelousas speech whore l alluded to
a you will perceive at once, gentlemen, that att
m. buted no motives to my colleagues course on
Compromise question. l merely commented