The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-08-12

TRrcntRr III
4 humber of the citizens Of New
Orleans. Iesiriyus. IT, have The opin-
ION of the Hon ] 7 benjamin, e
The politics Of The day, addressed him
a Joint letter, t. which the Hon.
gentleman has given lengthl Oeply
published III full, br The daily pa
pers Of New Orleans. and to Which
we commend the attention ,fJhe pre-
prs as well as their political lead
ers.
The political question Of the day,
vastly ovetshalowing al others in
/ its Influence, MI benjamin con
cludes, to be, the slavery luesr'h.
He lays stress 81 The fatt, that d pro
position to repeal the tigatiFe slave
law. commanded eleven vbtes il the
| Senate, at the last session Of Con
gress aud hlF. benjamin says, that
he has no doubt that d proposition
now. to repeal that law, would find
t,beisty advocates il The Senate Mr..
BENJAMIN, asks the question
How stands the ease in The othpr branch
of the National Congress Intimately Y
worse.
A majority Of the next House ol He
ryesentatiyss will he Fteescilefs, Prom
;nert members Of the last House, leaders
Of that faelions minority 7yhtl sought, hy
an abuse Of Parliamentary rules. to defeat
the ascertained will of the nain,ity, were
he ard to threaten that they would return
10 Tie nsyt Congress prepared to repeal!
The Nebraska law and the fugitive slave
law. or break NJ the government in the at
tempt. Most rf these men have been 1e-
elected after plpdaing themselves to The
people of thei, districts, 'p carry ont their
trpasat4ablp designs bv means Of amend
ments to he Uttered to the appropriation
bill at the next session of Congress
Thus. the very existence Of this Gevefn-
ment will be put at issue within the
next twelve months.
And why is ,hisf because faction
and fanatiei=m have arrived At their
eliminating point, and there Is evi-
dent|y a movement un The part OF the
people. to put an end TO demagogne.
Ism o,,t of Which. all The intolerance
and prescription of The day has arisen
We honestly believe. that a. far as M
mass of fhp people Of this Union arc
concerned. there is but little ditEsr
ence Of opinion on the slavery, or any
9ther question and when the people
ehall be fully aroused to the impor
tance Of placing men in Office, for 9th
er merits than That Of being able IL
make buncomo apeohes thon q healthy
reaction will take place to Fet the ehll
of state right again Mr. Benlami1
fses the death Of the Wing Nationa
party, to the esit OF Henry Clay ant
Danl. Webster, from the theatre ofez
istcnee. Of the Democratic My
Mr. benjamin says
Although the Democratic rarty ls no
vet 90 thoroughly dlsorgan,zea as the Whl'
! party, il requi,es no political sagacity t
perceive that it eahnss maintain Itself as
#atsa,,ai party
We could not expect Mr. Benjamin
to speak very favorably Of the Ameri
can Party. He dispatches il with
few dashes of the pen, of Yfseh tn
following paragraph is a sample:
IL hot one of all these objections, insupet
able in my opinion, existed against this OF
gantzation repeat that | would refuse I
Join body held together, not by the tie
OF common belief in certain principles an
measures Of public policy, but .smply b
thetr preference ef themselves as thsS,tght eias
n saep for ofiiceholias Even il this prefer
ence was wise and iudicieus, such an asso
citation does not deserve the name of pa,
ty in republic it lacks the essential el.
ments of one; it is a baseless fabric. uns,,l