New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-13
MONDAY MsioRSfNts. MARCH, a' IL, e'ffs W
WVS'rERJt5ITS RESoL D n o.srsS.

zS-.HfSIEEfOCiS hESOl@tI hCss -.
We have already expressed many doubts o. TO
the real meaning of Mr.. Douglass Nebraska
bill, and our strong fear that what couid NOT
helm might hurt US: that bill to LEI slavery "
vbera Il eouId only 90 in order to be speedily
abolished, can surely be no great penehe 70
those who avail themselves Of 1t ana no very
valuable boon to those who don't; that unless,
thar4fore. being the unpopular side, on this
Question. throughout the world, we wish to
make ourselves and slavery more unpopular,
and; being the weaker, think it our policy to
provoke with the stronger party quarrel, in
which all we can promise ourselves is the ben
eft and the boon already mentioned, the mean
ing of Mr. Douglas in his bill, is profound
enigma and the favor Of President Pierce
towards It riddle Of the darkest sort, if these
new s Northern men with Southern principles
did not intend (like all proceeding ones) to de
themselves good, not us, by their valuable
favors.
But we have before us set Of resolutions
lately introduced in the Senate by Gen. Cass-
another of these gentlemen, whose principles
live in one region and their persons in another !;
and these resolutions, again, offer political
puzzle, which no man in his senses can solve
They are as follows:
Resolced Su the Senate and House Of Rep
resenfatipes Of the United States OF america
in Co,sgre assembled, That the people Of this
Union have ever viewed with the deepest con-
Germ the renewed Intervention OF powers In the
affairs of countries not embraced within their
borders, particularly when such intervention
had ayoWedly for its object the repression Of
generous political sentiments; and that they
will never permit such an 90 currence upon this
continent without physical resistance to it.
Resolved, That while the United States Of
America are disposed to observe in spirit OF
good faith international obligations, they desire
o similar observance of such obligations by all
the nations of the earth, and that they can
never behold with Indifference the obliteration
Of independent States by third power, because
of the political freedom of such States
Resolped, That the President be, and he is
hereby, requested to cause copy Of these reso-
buttons to be communicated to each OF the dlplo-
matte agents of foreign nations residing near
this Government, and also copies thereof to be
transmitted to diplomatic agents in foreign
countries, in order that the sentiment and
purpose Of this Republic may be neither mis-
conceived nor misunderstood in any quarter Of
the globe.
Now, resolution the first, one would say
means intervention, or means nothing
while resolution the second, in like manner
squints entirely the other way after which
most happy establishment Of directly contra
dictory principles, resolution the third direct
most discrectly that this assertion Of opposite
doctrines shall be communicated to g the rest 0
y,,,5 IN MI
Of our purposes. s.
We have never seen better illustration o
the o5seurun, per obscnrius, of clearing up tn
unintelligibie by the incomprehensible. Th
world wanted Light on our intentions: Genera
Cass snuffs out the little there was, and thel
says, " Beholdn'
Rubbing its eyes, the bemazed earth will, o
course, sit, for awhile, confounded and agape
after which, slowly recovering itself, it will n
doubt pronounce very long, loud and emphati
whewf II
For, in addition to all the confusion Of idea
directly deriyable sfrom the bare context, tn
world, in attempting to cudgel its brains bael
to some comprehension, will say to itself: s'Why
bless eur souls is this General Cass, who,
little while ago, was such a flaming friend o
Kossuth and lntervention2 Is this the man VIII
brought forward and urged in the Senate I
measure for breaking off all diplomatic inter
course with Austria, because she maltreate'
Hungary, part Of her dominions " And the
will ensne, of course, a second commentary c
whistling
Was Hungary $ embraced within our boz
ders :" Have we right to intervene in Europe
but Europe none to intervene on this continent
If We NEEDLE with the serfs Of Russia, why shout
not people NEEDLE with our serfs Genere
Cass thinks (and we are sorry to soy man
others with him) that, because we are FIRE
people, we are not bound to the same Interna
tional Code as other people: while, in fact, tn
very reverse is true, and free nations should for
ever be the last to violate any of the obligation
which exist between people and people. Genera
Cass likes that other countries should be mora
to us but he is not for being moral to them
He likes morals inwards; but not outwards.