New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-14
A Notable Debate.

A Notable Debate.
On the third Of February, in the U.
Honse Of Representatives, there was q ho9aol''
md cnr;ous debate. Some Of the most prom-
-. rs,t,amen connected with Northern on
sss.,.hs,, ;,,terests we're engaged in it, and thu
. made were worthy of the notice of the
country at large. !,
M. Cabell led eff Mr.. Cabell is well known
= Representative from Florida. He tool!
a -, to say that he had believed the Wing
narty conservative, except upon the Compromlsi
,ost;on Subsequent reflection and examina
+;on had convinced him of his error in this
matter, He expressed himself clearly Of the
on;nion that the determination of an overwhelm-
inc majority Of the Wing party in the South
was, without regard to party, to stand BY, up
mid and vote for. friend of the Compromise
,,,easures, and for none other. We know this to
he the feeling Of the Wings of the South. Recent
events had convinced him that he was mistaken
in his unlimited confidence in the pseudo 1rlenas
of Union and the Compromise elected as Demo
Gratis. They had clearly shown to him. that II
thev loved the Union much, they loved their
party more.
He had expected to act with them, but, he
now felt convinced that in so doing he would
only betray the Wing party, without gaining
any compromising support in behalf OF the
Union. He would stand by the Union, stand by
nonular reverence and honor and love for the
cause Of the Union; but, he would not sacrifice
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his honest convictions of political principles to
the selfish and treacherous views of gentlemen
who came into the halls. of Congress, nomi-
nally as Union men, but, in fact, acting as the
most hitter, unscrupulons, violent and yitupera-
tive of Democrats. He was willing to stand by
them and with them as Union men; but he was
MT to be deceived, he was not to be PREACHER
ously sold in the name of the Union, to the
maintainance of principles totally repugnant to
III political faith. It had been, it was yet, a
matter Of the greatest surprise to him, that the
most avowed Union-men upon the floor were at
the same time the NEST virulent and unscrupu-
lous partisans, ..-
In the course Of his remarks, Mr.. Rantoul,
The celebrated. Massachusetts free soiler, felt
himself called upon to reply. He declared, in
substance, that if he was not Democrat there
was no such thing as a Democratic party in the
State Of Massachusetts,. Mr.. Rantoul, it will be
recollected, was elected by the joint vote and
united nomination of the Massachusetts, free
sellers and democrats
Mr. Disney of Ohio, also felt himself called
upon to reply Mr.. Disney acknowledged that
he had voted for the Wilmot Proviso and against
the Fugitive Slave Bill. Very amusingly he Of
fared as an explanation, that he, a member from
Ohio, was more Southern in feeling than South
ern gentlemen themselves, and therefore he had
voted as he had.
Of course, Mr.. Giddings was entitled to say
after this. He said, very frankly,
that free soil wings, of his own kidney, had been
brought up by the democrats.
Mr.. Cabell replied, with great point and force,
that the pledge to abide by the Compromise had
been signed by every Southern wing but two,
and that it had not been signed by any Southern
democrat but one-Mr. Cobb He added that
Mr.. Fillmore and Mr. Webster were only two Of
the many prominent wings who had solemnly
pledged themselves, in good fortune or in bad
fortune, in brightning or beclouded popular
opinion, to stand fast and firm by the Compro-
mise measures, and to sustain them regardless
Of all personal results. He then alluded to the
character of the delegates appointed to the
Democratic Presidential Convention. He found
the Southern ultraist, the ayowed unionist, and
the professed and active freesoiler. all delegated
to harmonic in the selection of q Presidential
candidate. He desired to know what such con
appointments meant
So, Union democrats answered: they, elected
BY the Joint vote of wings and democrats, peremp
torily and positively declared themselves, in will
and action, the most uncompromising of tn
Democratic party, They charged upon Mr.
Cabell that he had voted for Gen Taylor. HI
answered briefly and emphatically- did
the Lord forgive mel" He then said that HI
and other Southern Union wings would, h,
knew, vote enthusiastically for President Fill
more for reelection, as he hoped and believed
every Southern Union man would. For Gen
Scott they had no earthly disposition to vote
The gentlemen of the other side could vote fol
Gen. Butler, or some other gentleman of uncer
tain and unknown opinions, and he expected
that certain loudly protesting Union men would
with them. He appealed from then
10 the common sentiment of a people ever faith
jul to the Constitution and the Union, and
corning all trickery for mere party ends.
The people were faithful to Union sentiments,
r ,,n1iticians were not He would re1y unou
hem; he would appeal to them. and, confident
IN them, he would defy managing politicians. m-
corrupted by Mr.. Murphy, Mr.. Cabell asked him
if the democrats adopted the unanimous resolu
tions of '4s, and the resolutions of '9S and 90,
and refused to put themselves on the Georgia
platform, would the gentlemen vote for the whig
candidate' Mr. Murphy answered on behalf of
himself and other Union democrats, that they
would vote against any wing candidate who re
fused to subscribe to their principles, without
regard to support or opposition to Compromise
measures So much for Union democrats. So
much for Union organization.
In this style, the debate continued We shall
have something hereafter to say in yiudication
of views we have heretofore advanced in refer
ence to the Union organization in the South.
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