The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-29

From the ousehi,a Q.a) Register, June H.
Great Barbecue . General oo""s.
In compliance with the following invitation, General
Downs attended the barbecue near iiimy on 'he w
instant given TO him BY the people oil Tue parishes Oh
Catshous and Concodia without distinction oil parry
TnIsIrY, (LA) May II, 1881,
adjoining OF Cuahonla and Concordia fully APP
preciatng your services IN behalf 81 the Union ana ie
Sts,e n Which they resde respectfully solicit your pres
.ncs At Trinity, public barbecue on the IN June,
pro1imo slight demonstration of their respect for your
'"-'' Respectfully, your obsdient servants. &c.
n P Ps,yss ; ws $ A hn.sUs
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GEN. 5. w Downs, Monroe.
The barbecue was attended by about five hundred per.
sons-more than one hundred OF whom were ladies IL
prepared and conducted in the most agreeable ana
handsome style, and with the utmost good order and iee
ing. After the speaking and dinner were oyer, Tue
merry young persons present joined IN fufa dance
which continued until sunset, ana resumed ~ ana
kept it up al Captain Phps's unui late hour OF The
night.
Al IL o'clock, NJ General Downs, accompanied by
General Sparrow, who was also an invited guest was
conducted to the stand by me commiliee. non u -
Lddel as vice president After short address from the
PRESIDENT he Introduced to the meeting General Sparrow,
who had been requested to welcome General Downs ~
Concordia which he did in handsome and appropriate
MANNER in speech OF some half hour in favor OF the
CONFERENCE.-The expediency and Justice OF which to the
South he showed by the most convincing arguments.
After thanking his fellow citizens for the kind manner
in which be had been invited and received and The
ident and General Sparrow for the lasring terms in
which they had welcomed him in their name, General
Downs delivered the speech which follows II was list
ened to with the greatest attention and MARKED appropa
ton and three deafenng cheers were given tor HIM at Ills
conclusion We have neither room nor time Tor COM
ment, is necessarythe speech speaks Tor itself
Its important facts and unanswerabe arguments Will we
think carry conviction to the minds of all who read it, as
did TO all who heard it, to the few who had pre-
viously doubted that his course the ComProms was
emnenty wise and poc and had been rendered for the
honor and interests OF the State.
After making few preliminary remarks, Gen. Downs
said:
now proceed to the consideration OF what is gener
ally called the Compromise or the action OF the 3lst Con-
gress the various important subjects connected with
This course would seem to be called for by the follow
ing extracts from the Delta of May 30, 1851:
"The ultra southern party-the anti com promsers-
have been clearly proved be the friends OF toe
Union The Compromises which TO be the panacea to
ali the disorders of the body polite has proved to be
dangerous poison thar has seriously endangered the
tality of whole system. Before that measure wa
started on us destructive mission, the very word dsnnlon
revolving to all our people, save very small class Of
(then) obscure politicians IN South Caiona Secession
had been, at rare intervals discussed Ia me south as an
measure but no practical application oil 1t had
The words dIsunion and secession hav We become quite
familiar people They have realized he lines OF the
poet respecting Tie a,,racuons of vice, VIII CHI
-"s though of such hideous
But seen too OF, familiar with its face
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
ain every southern a strong secession party
The compromise has brought forth terrible and
powerful monster How ged rid of thar monster
out OF the question. S. Bartholomew the
lists would be far extensive and difficult than the bloody
|" From their own logic, well as from convic-
tons, we would say 10 the people of the South Elect no
rsscs y Of ,ss YOUR re"e.ennSe 70 b.
pledged other doctrines those which have produced
the safety Of the State 10 send the federal Congress
of com prom es-of concessions prolific OF
evil Their policy has proved bad they must aban-
con Il ere they recover confidence.
This 10 The proper course for louisiana. IL 1t be not
friends Of The S,u,b maintain altitude Which will ena
BILE them to iorce IL upon boh parties. Let them stand
spois and WELD ,he,f power 20 Ina, boh sarss win have
to come to their standard Of fidelity to the south Fa'
soil party Of the North be lost TO the Of the South
For the purpose of harmony in the party, have for
tine abslsned from discussing this subject can
do 30 no longer after such articles the above extracts
from source whence had been led to expec, different
course Other articles have appeared from the same
quarter, attacking me by name, as am certain every
body must have by innuendo IN the above article
How inconsistent this is with It's former will be
shown hereafter Now, | am willing 10 susm to The
people who the disunionss. But is il not the high
est presumption 10 ray that because The Compromise did
not satisfy the few dsorganzer of the South therefore
it was not favorable 10 the Union More OF this here
after.
Early in January. 1880, when these questions were
about to up all the members OF the Louisiana dele
CATION in Congress- except DESTROYS OF knowing the
views OF our legislature then about TO assemble, ad-
dressed letter to the governor on the subject with
request that should be submitted TO them II he deemed
il expedent Ii not first suggested by me- but, the
request Of the other gentlemen, drew il up, and they
sgned i
that the Legislature OF every northern State except
had acted the subiec, OF slavery, and had expressed
the opinion that ought 10 be prohibited IN all the
territory acquired OF Mexico; that 1t ought TO be abo-
ished in the District of Columbia, and the slave trade
between the States prohibited, and had instructed their
senators and requested their representatives 10 act in
conformity with those instructions; that many Of
the northern States had not only refused and ne.
elected TO comply with The provision OF the consti-
sttnon requiring the delivery OF fugitive slaves bat
had in contempt OF 1t, passed laws prohibiting their Cit.
zens and officers from acting in compliance with 1t and
the laws passed by Congress under il; that this
practical nulhcaton that the southern States had long
and patiently endured such aggessions and menaces
soothed by the suggestion that they only the work
OF fanatics and factonss, and confined TO small por-
ton OF the population but that they now found almost
the whole North engaged against themno, only abol.
honisb properly called, but governors, legislatures
and other public authorities; that ii was not under
such feelings the Union formed and il could be
preserved IT they were much longer continued. 1t then
proceeds as follows:
Impressed with these consider uon, the legislature
we believe, of southern STATE that has du
rnR tho last twelve months, have soemnly protested
against this aggressive the part of The North
now bseved mat in every whore such States have
nos aeed, they will do so IA The Of the few
n'n VIII no, louisiana follow tho example Of all her
undeI agsfession Wehopc not Silence under such cir.
eom~snces would imply acquiescence In wrong and in