New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-20

plains Of Kansas with blood
This proposition, strange to say, met with earnest
opposition from several administration Senators
Their objections to it SO puerle and destitute of
force as to warrant the conclusion that political and
party objects alone influence them in their course.
Mason of Virginia, Brown of Mississippi, Toucey Of
Connecticut, and Mallory of Florida all opposed
it--and despite their attempts at concealment, op-
posed it, as was evident, on party grounds. Mr..
Crittenden quietly heard them all through, and then
rose to reply. His reonder was by far the most elo
qnen and powerful and effective speech yet deliver
ed in the present Congress. A crowded Senate and
crowded galleries hung breathess upon every word.
His elegant and polished periods his close and
pact argument and his whitening sarcasm, electrified
the entire Senate and audience. His words evident
ly came from his heart, and you could almost see
them penetrating the hearts of his listeners I have
heard, in my time, the best popular orators of the
country -and rank John ]. Crittenden below none
of them. The only representative of the great men
who made the Senate vocal with their eloquence,
that he feels the great responsibility of such
a postion-and combines, with the mature wisdom of
old age, all the patriotic fire and vigor Of youth.
Mason and Toucey, and others who are considered
great men at home, by the side of Crittenden appear
The opposition to this measure of Mr.. Crittenden,
disguised as it may be, proceeds from consdera-
ton only. The troubles in Kansas form threefourths
Of the political capital of the extreme Democracy of
the South, and the extreme fanatics of the North.
Let these disturbances be queled and almost the
party capital of the extremists of both sections
would be taken from them. 1t is sad reflection to
think that men are willing to see civil war raging
party purpose can be accomplished. It is humiliat-
ing thus to see the interests of the country made sub
seryient to the interests Of a party. Nothing is
better calculated to make dstrust the capacity of
the people for free government, or to doubt the
perpetuity of our free institutions. And yet we
cannot resist the conclusion that two of the poll
tcal parties of the country in their hearts rejoice
at the civil connections in Kansas, as so much cleo
pioneering capital for miserable and selfish party
purposes.
Without taking vote on the proposition the Senate
adjourned. To-day, Mr. Butler, of South Carolina,
has the floor in reply to Summer and in discussion of
the Massachusetts, resolutions calling for the expulsion
of Brooks Mr.. Butler has declared1h his determination
to observe the prophecies and courteses of debate
and to speak to the point.
Senator Trumbull, of Illinois, few days ago. in
tIUuuGeu " pIOElouuB loF duueAlnB IefTlG0fy
Of Kansas to that of Nebraska, and extending the
territorial laws of the latter over the whole The title
of the BILL and its object, as he says is to restore
peace and quiet in Kansas. The proposition meets
with little favor from either party and it is doubtful
whether it will receive vote beyond that of the
Senator who introduced it..
A member from New York, in the House, a few
days ago, gave notice of his intention to introduce
bill, providing for the removal of the Capitol from
Washington to Cincinnati. Sublime idea To talk
of abandoning public buildings that have cost one
hundred millions of dollars and to Illustrate the de-
sign Of the Father of his Country in establishing this
as the seat of the Federal Government betrays the
very excess of fanaticism. And all this, because
Southern representative thought proper to chastse
filthy vituperator for insult to his State and his
relative! Truly, we have fallen upon degenerate days
when trifing circumstance like the chassement of
one legislator by another, sufficient provocaton,
should set one half the country ablaze with indgna-
tion and lead to deliberate proposition to move the
National Capital.
The first Juror of enthusiasm at the nomination of
Mr.. Buchanan having subsidized the people are begin
ming to takea calmer and more collected view of the
political field, and to that all the foth and fume
of Democratic notifications betray more of the agony
of desperation than the confidence of success. The
weakness of the Cincinnati ticket already begins to
develope ITSELF and it will continue to do so more and
more to the day of the election. Mr. Buchanan never
has been the man to move the hearts of the people,
and never will be. His chameleonic career has de-
stroyed all confidence in his firmness. His political
vagaries have demonstrated him to be too much the
facile creature of circumstances. Not with Fillmore,
and the result will prove that the latter will steadily
advance, while the former will steadily recede in the
affections of the masses.
In this connection it is disgusting to observe the
overtures made by the Democracy to the old Henry
Clay Wings to unite with them in the support of Blu
chanan. If there ever was politician whom Mr..
Clay despised and whom he had reason to despise it
was Buchanan. 1t is well known that no one was
more implicated than Mr.. Buchanan in the gigantic
fraud practiced upon the people of Pennsylvania in
1874, when Mr.. Clay was candidate for the Presi-
dency, in representing that Mr.. Polk was batter
tariff man than Mr. Clay. Mr. Buchanan was a party
to this imposture; and Mr.. Clay, to the day of his
DEATH never forgave him for it, and never would
speak to him afterwards. He had forgiven Buchanan
forhis completely in the bargain and corruption charge
an act of magnanmity nobly becoming the great
heart of Henry Clay. But this latter offence was
than his generous nature could bear. Mr.. Clay
in his life, qualrelled with Randolph, and aimed
deadly weapon at his heart but he and Randolph be-
came reconciled and forgave each other He had per-
sonal difficulties with Calhoun, Webster, Richie, and
many others Of his day. but he died at peace with ALL
There must have been something essentially unjust
and discredtable in Mr. Buchanan's treatment of him
that his gallant and chyalrous spirit could not over
look it. To appeal to Wings, under these circum-
stances to vote for Buchanan is not only an insult to
all the manly resentmens of the human heart but is
insult to the memory of their great chietain. Let
the Wing who contemplates vote for Buchanan first
tear the memory of Clay from his heart Let him for
got all the proud associations and glorious memories
of the past conseatng to concert with the bitter
est revers and traducers and the deadliest enemies
of their great patriot and statesman. ESSEX.
P. SIN the Senate to-day Mr.. Hamlin, of Maine,
announced his withdrawal from the Democratic party
on account of the platform of principles recently
adopted at Cincinnati.
The letter of acceptance of Mr. Fillmore, written
from Paris breathes the true spirit of the patriot It
demonstrates him to be- in every essential respect,
national man. His declaration that, if elected, he
will conduct his administration according to the same
policy which distinguished it before, is a sufficient
guarantee of his fidelity and nationality. It is Just
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