The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-01-23
ORLEANS, THURSDAY MORNING. %,

| TO abstain from interference in the internal police
| of every other This proceeds from the presumed
equality of nations as sOyerelgns, and II the protec
tion of smaller nations in the enjoyment of pol |
| cal rights In the organization Of federal gov
ernment the States lost rights civil POLITICAL
save those voluntarily surrendered for the pur- |
| poses of the Union. They stand affected towards |
each other civilly and politically upon all reserved
rights, as they did before the adoption of the Con-
stitntion. One State therefore may interfere with
the show of reason, with the affairs of another,
as she may interfere with the affairs of any foreign
| kingdom, with which she has simple commercial
| intercourse.
1t is not for the United States to demand from
| England repeal of her game laws nor OF Turkey
the abolition of her slave markets. Neither upon
| the same principle, can Massachusetts, demand of
Maryland the change of her laws upon any subject
whatever, which does not violate the common Con-
stitution. There is much in this attempt direct
and indirect at interfering with the subject of sla
very it exists. to irritae the South in sensitive
point. We look upon her as the party aggrieved,
the party injured by the uncalled for and inju-
rious agitation of question fraught with disastrous
consequences if the agitation shall be continued to
| her and the country at large. The South, how
ever, has not been without blame. She has agi-
tated too much. She has not acted with the dignity
| that became her. She has not reposed upon her
rights with the dignity that became her in view Of
great struggle that involved great issues. She
| has allowed herself to become excited; to be be-
| trayed into warmth Of feeling into undue ultra
| ism into factious recrmnation until she has
| contributed her due proportion to arouse spirit
which she finds it impossible to allay. We
fear, too, that there have been some in our midst
who have agitated for uterior purposes; who have
| agtated with view of dissolving the Union who
| have laboEed to widen the breach, altogether too
| great now, until the Union itself should be sunk
| into the chasm. We hope and trust that the
| danger to our Union is We hope and trust
and believe that the labors and sacrifices and
cessions made by both sections, will perpetuate our
| Government The laws recently enacted, if
| forced IN spirit as in letter, should command the
| obedience Of all. In reference to them, citizen
| has no other motive but to obey; citizen of the
| North or a citizen of the South. For any one to
| exalt his conscience or his Judgment into trbu-
nal more potent than that of the highest tribunal
| in the land, and declare law null and void, and
arrest is operation in the present state OF public
feeling, not to what State he belongs,
think him guilty of treason-treason to the dearest
and most sacred interests Of his country. In the
recent acts of Congress no article of the Constitu
ton has been violated, right of the States been
| lnfringed both parties conceded something, and
yet neither party conceded any thing which would
impair ts interests, or tarnish its honor. Every
| thing has been done which could be done in lofty
spirit of Cancellation. We look upon the called
Compromise as the triumph of principle over
| party the triumph OF virtue over faction as the
triumph OF right minded and conservative men,
| over the radical and disorganizng throughout the
| Union. We look upon it as great moral triumph
of law and order and constitutional government,
over anatcism and sediton, political and relig iOus
| Pals,ed be the arm, say we, that disturbs 1t.
| We natives of the South We know no
laws, no institutions, people but hers Our feel
ings, our associations, our interests our ties OF
! kindred and affection and family are hers. Here
| we have lived, and here expect o'ir ashes and
\ those of our children to repose when we no
; more 1t is to u.s. from Maryland to Louisiana, a
consecrated sofia soil intertwined with OF
1 our fondest memories and dearest assocation,-a
| soil haiowed by love and friendship and acquaint-
ance it is soil associated with the church of
atiectons-with some of the nobest heroes ant
noblest scenes of the Revolution. We no
from what State of the South he comes--from Vir
gnia, the nursery of heroes-from Mississippi, the
, | Hotspur of the South -west-trom South Carolina
| or hentucky-we look upon each of her sons as
our friend and brother; as one bound to us by an
| ndissouble tie of sympathy and friendship. 1t is
needless to say, that the honor Of the South is ours
i her interest is ours--her cause is ours. We canno,
l say now, as Southern man, what we would do or
1 counsel in the event OF repeal or disregard OF
| the recent laws, and continuance OF aggression
I upon rights and interests. We do not antci-
] pate such event. We will not lit the curtain
when that event occurs, to ascertain what is behind
1t. We will continue in ignorance. Sufficient
! unto the day, is the evil thereof" Bound we
are to the South by every tie of sympathy and as
soclatlon and love- allied to her in life, and expect
ing to be allied to her in death, by mingling our
/ ashes with her soil. we are yet member Of the
y mon, cltlZen oil the United StateS an hmeri-
/ | can We hope never to live to the day wher
this glorious confederacy Of States shall be broken
this g lorous arch of the Union, resting with on,
base upon the Atlantic and the other upon tn,
Pacific, shall have lost its keystone, and the who'll
! be in ruins. We hope never to the day Wher
f one OF our citizens may not be able when wander
ing upon any foreign shore, to look up with proud
| unbushns face, and say, am an American citizen
, We hope, when in far years, some piou,
lover OF science explores, like Lynch, that sea
whose waters death, and leaves, like him, upor
its waves, the ensign OF his country evidence
OF his success, i may not be the flag OF dsseverec
Union, bat the cd constellation of Stars and clus
ter OF Strpes-the stars beaming with the enduring
= lustre of the sun-the stripes still unfading. W.
hope never to live to the day when we cannot
recognize the children of any State of this widely
extended country our brothers-when we cannot
look upon the countrymen of Adams and of Han
cock, OF Hamilton and of Jay, OF Franklin and o
Rush, as our kindred the citizens OF common
=, country-we hope never to see the day when from
Maine to Texas may not feel that, as citizens
: of the same great Republic, we have a common in
| terest in our revolutionary fame-a common part
, | nership in our revolutionary history common
| sympathy with our revolutionary heroes-a com
mon right to visit Bunker Hill, and Brooklyn, anc
, | Brandywipe, and Yorktown, and Guilford, ant
Eutaw. Oh, let look upon the Union as per
petual. Let us look upon the recent triumph a.
, | the triumph of the nation. Let us regard it as
! new and indefinite guarantee from Heaven of tn,
, perpetuly OF our institutions, and let tongues
+ and hearts from end of the land to the other
; exclam, Now, therefore, God we thank thee
T. and praise thy glorious name"
In conclusion of our discourse, protracted by the
occasion to greater length than usual, may we, il
II view of all the dispensations of Gods providence
h whether sent in mercy in wrath, bow our spirit,
to the earth in silence and in awe. If the dispen
: sation has been in aiilcton, let us be humbled-i
n it has come to us in the form Of blessing, ou
hearts should respond in thankfulness, we SHOULD
d give Him the glory to whom it properly belongs
and while our hearts and tongues giving fortl
the utterance of praise for the many merces Of th
past year, let prayer be mingled with praise II
u God in humble invocation for continuance o
u blessing, that the approaching year may be one O
= happiness to our State, civil and socal-that W,
may be blest with fruitful seasons and abundan
u harvests--that our people may be best with con
y tinuance of life and health and our institution
preserved unmpaired as legacy precious an,
- esteemed, to the latest time.
=, SEED, FLORIST AND PLANT STORE
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