New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-05

4 re AneAdi0Aa eoo1SA1 ~ stA
Tbe virrinin state Council Of the American
psrty assembled az Richmond on the $50 uitiro,
We and in the proceedings much that is Of inter-
oat and much thatwe approve, although circum-
ztances prevented the transaction Of any great
general business The following abb
strsct 81 what was done, furnished by corre-
suondent Of the Lynohburg Virginian, will be
nerusea with satisfaction:
Not much business transacted owing 70 the fact
that i was ob both the Eastern and western
Councils win BE- represented IL was Thought that business
q object of the specal Council is to bring
anagamaton Of the two State Councils which
4ssoncn disappearing Of the time selected by the
Nsona Ssuae iSs 1or IN, the pses
July 1856 was passed ana the President Of the Council
was ordered to TRANSMIT - to all other state Councils
sssented BY Hon John Bolts embracing the sentiment
both the and the religious h test Of the party
should be- totally repealed The obieot merely to
.hs On the
resolution, approving the Convention which is e
nrsinn large sttsnasncs was sdoptea
Had the amalramation'' spoken Of been
consummsted six months ago, and had the anti
American orators been confronted on every ros-
trnm the victory would have inclined to the
aida a r;obt. and the black Gag Of anti Ameri-
can;sm would not now wave in triumph over the
& Old Dominion The error as followed out,
wo. a fatal one II lost us yirrinia-it dam
a,ad M badlv Ii Alabama--and it Injured us
seriousIv in Texas But. these causes have not
baan o,lowaa IN onerate n I,ou;siana. We have
MA The enemy syervwbere-on every stump
whare opportunity was youchsafed, and over
chained him g11r forces in the field far out
Number his. in character, ability and strength,
and the sun does not dawn upon a day that does
not see formidable reinforcements go into the
Hald
But. truce to DEPRESSION, and to the pro-
ceedines Of the Virginia Council. We agree
with our Virginia friends thal it would be bet
Ter % nominate 4 candidate for the Presidency
on the Fourth of July, than on the 22d of Feb
mary, the period recommended by the National
Council. Why. The reason is obvious The
former period opens altogether too long o cam
[gass which promises to be prosecuted with ire
lnendeus zeal-while the latter, though much
shorter, affords ample time. We shave no doubt,
copsaonentlv. that the resolution adopted on the
IN h;ect will meet with the sanction of many of
tha STATE Gonncils We have never known d
rotracsef, canvass Ia he productive of valuable
resp,ta
Tia resolution in regard to the religious
question meets our unqualified approval, as it
does that IL every true member Of the Order in
Ionisiana. That resolution, or, rather, the
nr;ncinles IL ;nferentially emhodies, have ever
been recognized in every section of the Union
Religious intolerance can have no abiding place
on American soil. Here we are all equal,
under the laws, with full power to govern our
selves according to the unrestrained dictates of
our own oonsciences. Neither visions Of the fag-
got, the stake Or theinquisition, blister any ones
IeyebaIls in this free and happy land Complete
and perfect liberty, in these respects, is guaran-
| teed to all by the mstchless constitution under
which we have grown and prospered, as never
before nation grew or prospered. Virginia has
nobly seconded the action Of Louisiana in regard
| to the matter referred to. South Carolina has
followed suit. Sectarian tests are practically
repudiated in Mississippi and Alabama, and
there is hardly shadow of doubt that. before six
months eiapse, the example thus set will be fol
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