The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-07-19


slHaost any exnaVasancs. Is any difsciion, and 10
amy extent Hlsn hava bsseus heated "a shsse
vain discussions 81 visionary theories, til, in tbe
walm and badly tempered friction Of mind upon
miad, passions havs blazad up, eason haa heen
Destroyed. end spirit ol insane intolerance Of
opinian aaaoiigely nanilasled iiaelE
MS. indsed, no uncommon Thing 70 End grave
ana digniaad i5nrnala. ioumala which a year or
two since would have seoinsd Tie very idea Of the
thing now deliberately setting out to meet and
argue some abolition scheme or anii-slavery ianati-
eisn a sensible man would as soon argue with q
ianaiie upon The changes Of the moon. A prudent
man would as readily pour water into red hot
coaldIon, As thus waste common sense and the
demonstration Of law and order upon fiery and
run mad thsofist, o. desperate and selfoudawed
aeisaior A man economical Of time, Of The wear
of human patience and the growth Of sensitive
prsjudeea, would Is quickly lay friendly hand
upon q torpedo But we have such knight Grants
IN om day, who are as ready TO make wager Of
battle aeainst the impudent and worthless nonsense
Of Abby Folsom, Garrison, Or even Fred. Douglass,
as ever was the vefiiable Don Qnixotte to charge
upon the basin.helmetof the barber Of Seville.
These would seem 20 Us to be scarcely fl foes
lor men Of largs intelligence and ebivairous self
respect; but, day after day, the most Idle and con
tempHble Of The socially outlawed abOlitionisis
have their vanity most literally gTatified BY the
serious notice and indignant denunciations Of men
who ought to be above such petty warfare. Il is
Ike firing cannon-balls at crows; when the laws
and the Consultation, setting up Rev. Nh May as
Z scare-cfoR, anBwer much better Ia securing all
practical ends. An aboliiionst in psnitsntiary is
Of moTs practical value than countless columns or
angry denuncation, or the endless unerance Of We
bemsnf inyective. Besides. dignfed good temper
is saved, and acknowledged raseals are not made
the recognised antagonists Of honorable gentlemen.
BUTT is argued that abOlitionism is a growing
influence, and thaf the ifeesoils anti-slayery dis.
coloFation, dseovsrable here and there in North
ern politics, is undeniabls evidence Of its Spreading
saint Hence. il Is further urged, that 70 meet,
and defy end grangle with aboliiionism, and every
demonstration Of aniisayery feeling, il g wise and
oonnsndabls course.
Herein, We thinks lies plain fallaoy, the unfor-
tunnte source Of much Of the sectional bitterness Of
the day. Abohtionism was a short time back, and
We believe y yet repulsive in every aspect to the
mass Of sober, thinking citizens Of the Northern
States. They were not accustomed to discuss it
They were no more willing, no more prepared,
mi nuiey to inspect it, than to touch and examine
the deadliest lepsr. L stood il plain defiance Of
the laws. Il was the embodiment Of the spirit Of
an lshmaelite. 1t waued, as i, wars, upon law
and religion. Il spal upon the Constitution and the
Bible. L sought to incendarizs the Uhian, and to
battle down ali regular and welleslablished social
principles. L allied itself to socialism. It dis
avowsd al recognition Of vested properly rights.
Il denied matrimony IS solemn and beautiful social
Institution, to laud and justify horrible and immoral
ffee-will union. Il was loathsome embodiment Of
flshy and odious theories, ehattering miserable
nonsense about refofm, which meant the destrue-
lion % al restraining laws and protective rsgula-
sions, and about progress, which meant a mad,
headlong, furious rush Of social Bacchanalians.
The mass Of Northern men, sensible, remarkably
practical, and naturally conservative, could not but
loot with aversion and contempt upon abolihonism
and its mad prauks-why, then, should intelligent
Southern gentlemen have stepped in 70 famiiiarize
and render it less disgusting
Unnoticed, because beneath contempt, abolition 4
ism would have vainlY worked itself into fury in
its native pool Of disgusting theories and social pro-
family. But Southern gentlemen stepped forward
and unfortunately there was opened to the country
a wide range Of proatess and unnecessary discus
sion, involving the most abstract and visionary
-eNe' At4~4all
lenged assault upon the institution Of slavery, and
volunteered able defence, whea the assault could
only Be effective By plain violation Of the Constitu
ton, and the institution Of slavery was 50 securely
sheltered under the very structure Of our Union, |
was bound up in protective guards SO essential to
an unbloken Union, was 50 necessarily an institu-
ton Of The country that the very question Of attack
and defence was a question Of our continued
existence az one nation.
This notice was unwise, and has largely eoniri-
bued TO the evils Of the political present as further
agitation notice must be disastrous to our national
future And for this plain reason the sentiment Of
the citizens Of the Northern or free States is natu
rally ant-slavsry. This is plain fact and one
that Of itself should breed no bitterness between
the different sections Of the Coniederaey, no more
than that in every community citizens are Of differ.
ent religious views But we cite this fact to shov,
the folly 81 opening debate, which must lead to
the unnecessary expression Of opinions upon a
subject which cannot be practically reached with
ops destroying the Union But the debate has
created bitterness. Latent anti-slavery feelings
have been By it drawn out into expressed, and
extensively expressed, convictions, which have fool
iahly been iestifed in Legislative resolves.
a singular evidence IF the result arrived IT. we
End thus recorded in the proceedings Of the New
York Legislature, had on the OH July, and thus
reported
The College Appropriation bin reported BY Mr..
Morgan.
Mr.. beeknan moved to re.eommit so as 10 ex-
eept from The operation Of the bill the Central Col
lego az Mctsfawville. He held report in hin
hand q that College, which took ground in oppo-
slsen % the Prsiudiees as they termed them,
against the common intermingling Of the sexes
L conlended that those prejudice should Be done
away with He read from the reports
M. Carroll said the report referred only to edu.
cation, Il contended only that woman was nos
sessed Of intellect as well as man---that was all
right
Mr. Beekman read on. The report ooatended
or 10 Distinction between the c0lors He hoped
the Senate woult consider well before thew cave
aid 70 such an institution At this college The two
sexes leeited together. He protested against that
u New York this was not allowed.
Mr.. CAIRO ] heard nothing from the extracts
showing chat the ground taken that they attempted
g g away with the distinction Of the sexes. was
theirs, He hoped the Senator would withdraw LIS
motion.
Mir Beelman--No sir.
Mr.. Dimmiek said If It was possible in New
ofk % keep the distinct be had vet 10 Learn
e lLaughter.l A. to the Central College. MI.
~ said he had good authority for saying that ais
institution was well and ably conducted. His arr
ihoEify was Mn " oolwofth, the teell known. cana
bic ane efficient principal Of the Homer Academy.
which was siinated three miles from this college.
ia gave him lAr. d. to understand that It was
an institution well worthy Of imitation 50 far as
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