Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-05-08
The Consequences.

IrlenoS Tell US, says the N. IL Ooy Ooon'
what effect, either for or against the nor
thern states, the admission Of Kansas as
a slave state will have? Will it add to
or diminish the influence of what they call
i" freedom in the United States
Did the admission of Missouri, as slave
state, have any effect, one way or the
other, upon the "cause Of freedom?"
Did the admission of California as free
state help our northern freesoilers any or
advance their cause or power one iota :!
Did the annexation Of Texas hurt them or
injure the North! We call upon the
Utica Herald to point out the advantages
the North derived from the admission OF
California as free state, and the disad-
vantages it suffered by the annexation of
Texas. When party is laboring to OBJ
tain an end, its organs ought certainly to
be able to point to the benefits the country
will derive from their success and the
evil consequences Of their failure. We
know that the republicans assert that
their success will be uery beneficial but
assertions are not necessarily facts, and
we would rather see some of the probable
benefits pointed out, than to take their pre-
dictions. Old ogies predicted ruin, and
dissolution, and all sorts Of evils if Texas
we're annexed, but none of the evils have
yet been witnessed. The freesoilers and
abolitionists were in ectacies when Cali
fornia was admitted as free state, and
talked largely about the triumph Of free
dom; but we see her senators and repre-
sentatives all voting with shareholders just
as they would if she was not free state.
Where is the benefit and where is the
harm? For the life of us we cannot see
that freedom has accomplished anything
more than to prevent the South from en-.
Toying the same rights in the territory, won
by their blood and bought with their
that the North have. They are
denied the privilege of going into Cali.
fornia with their constitution-recognized
Yet we are told daily that they
are aggressive! ...
Now, suppose that Kansas should hap
pen to get into the Union as slave State
what then? Think, Mr.. Republican just
reflect while and think, what then
Why Beecher and Greedy and few others
would howl and mourn and lament over
he downfall Of freedom" but what earth
y effect can you conceive such a result
would have upon the welfare or happiness
Or prospects Of one single northern human
being? Stretch your imagination to the
utmost, and you cannot conveive of any
possible effect whatever. The falling of
! sparrow to the ground would affect the
northern States just as much as the recog-
milton Of Africa slavery by the constitution
# Kansas. She would be just such a
State as Connecticut was when old Jona-
han Edwards preached and wrote theolo.
y there; when old Doctor Beecher was
educated; when Yale College was found
ID when Whiting, and Dwight and Doc.
or Strong were educated. Just such
State Is New York was when Robert
Fulton, and De Witt Clinton, and Jay,
Hamilton, and thousand other 'distin.
pushed men were educated and had con-
rol Of her government. Just such a
State As New Jersy was when Princeton
College was founded when President
edwards was educated when her Boudi.
lots, and Dickinsons, Hornblowers, &C.,
we're educated. Just such a State as
chef Justices Marshall and fancy, Sena.
mrs Clay, Calhoun. Benton, Langdon
;heeves, McDufie, Buchanan, Clayton,
Critlenden, Hayne, and such |,
tatesmen as Washington, Jefferson, Jack
on, Madison, William Writ, Patrick Hen.
y and Crawford were born and educated :
q. Gentlemen, is it worth your while
. join Beecher, Seward, Greeley, Dana,