New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-26
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Fl other leading statesmen took prominent and patriotic
II Millard Fillmore, in message to Congress,
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The Of measures Compromise bils) to which have
alluded e regarded s BY me as ss'e ant SD
@ sIos Il these subjects indeed
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enes and connection they compromises the
eonong sctiona interests md Opinions i so
this reason adherence the adjust
shall Inc necessity further legislation gaard
4 against eyasiono or abuse. &f&@E
| Those Compromise bills although, perhaps, not
as perfect as could have been desired received the
warm support of the greatest and purest men Of the
/ day. Glorious old HENRY CLAY exhausted his last
energies in behalf Of the patriotic work Of con-
4 ciliation and when his eyes closed in death, he
fondly believed that harmony between the different
sections had been restored and that the
bonds Of union were az strong in the better days
Of the Republic. Those measures also received the
cordial sanction of vast majority Of the people of
Il Louisiana. In act,We may say, without exaggera-
ton that the leaders and the masses Of both the DO
itical parties concurre in their acceptabity wisdom
and policy. Senator Downs, Mr. Shden, Judge Larue
and many other leading Democrats of the State.
openly espoused the Compromises, while Messrs.
Hunt, benjamin, Roselius and scores Of leading
Wings, throughout the commonwealth were unhesi-
tating, able and eloquent in their advocacy. And
the sentiment prevailed universally among the con-
SENTATIVE, unionloving men, North and South. Good
citizens everywhere hailed the result with unbounded
satisfaction and the cheering impression went abroad
throu ghout the country and throughout the earth,
that the only cause for serious difficulty between the
Northern and Southern sections of the great Republic
Of the West had been finally, fairly and honoraby
adjusted. s ia, ss
What is true Of Louisiana in regard to the Compro-
mise bills, is true ofeVery other Southern State with
may be, % single exception. Allaequiesced, and most
OF them enthusiastically Of course it is not pretend
ed the extremists were satisfied. Extremists never
were and never will be satisfied If allowed to have
their own way they would be unable to arrange things
to their own liking, and would, the chances are ten
tosone, be quaTeing among themselves in less than
4 three months. We are speaking Of the masses and
4 majorties. Bill. III
So far as dissatisfaction went the extremists of the
South and the abolitionsts of the North were about
4 equally dissatisfied The extreme Soutierners vehc.
l nently averred that the South had been oppressed
and plundered and the Northern abolitionists loudly
and fercely maintained that the North had been op-
a pressed and plundered True, both sides could not
be correct but that made no difference and so the
discussion went on, neither section Of the Union pre-
senting evidence of having been oppressed plum
dered. On the contrary all indications denoted the
highest prosperity, the greatest amount Of social and
national happiness, and the largest rational liberty
It was under circumstances these that Mr.. Fill
more formally enunciated in a State paper: The
series Of measures to which have alluded are regard
ed BY me as settlement in principle and substance
t-a final settiemeat-of the dangerous and exciting
subjects which they embraced and that they form
ed system Of the most conciIatory and
best for the entire country that could be obanedn
| etc.
In addition to the reasons given above why Mr..
Fillmore should have regarded the Compromise meas
ures as final settlement Of the questions at issue in
consequence Of public expressions Of appreciation on
every hand, the events Of the two years which fol
lowed Justified the belief that the people were, almost
unanimously, Of the same opinion respecting the
aforesaid settlement In 1862, when Gen Scott was
nominated, the National Convention pledged the
Wing party to sustain and abide by the Compromises
of 1856; and when Gen. Pierce was nominated, the
National Convention pledged the Democratic party
to the substantial support and sustainment OF the
same Compromise Not quite four years ago the
two great opposing parties literally agreed on these
points. If our recollection does not serve us shabby
trick there was no material difference in the PROPOSE
tons Of the antagonstic parties-nothng of a vital
| nature. -*5i3 %s1@ #%&
1t would have been well for the country especially
for the South, if politicians would have allowed the
Compromise measures to have remained " final set
| tlementa for all time to come. But no. Ambitious
gentlemen desired to become Presidents, and so the
/ whole question, full of vexation, elimination and
reerimination, was opened again. There is no doubt
the principle embodied in the Nebraska Kansas bill
/ is constitutional and just-but what has been the
result of its application at an uncaed-for period
Has it done any good? No. It has lead to an meal
culabe amount Of mischief. Has it quieted and har-
moniZed the country? No. It has alienated and
distracted the country Has it strengthened bene-
fitted the South, in any particular? No. 1t has
weakened the South by raising question which has
enabled her enemies to largely strengthen themselves
Has it enhanced the probabilities Of Kansas becoming
slave State? No. The effect has been to the con-
trary, by directing the attention of abooniss and
freesoilers to that territory Had excitement been
raised the chances for slavery in Kansas would have
been better than they are now. .:
/, We have said thus much to slow some Of the evils
which may flow from a demagoguical application of
just and constitutional principle Wemight go and
produce any number of illustrations. For instance
IRE rs u uselul anu 1iuSeIlsaBe arlcle Inc people
of the earth would be in a sad plight without it.
Z So long as it is properly applied it is as harm,
less as it is invaluable. But, when misapplied
as it too often is in the hands of incendiaries
it becomes element Of death and destruction
The law Furnishes such misappicaton with the
severest penalties. We couldn't get along with.
cut water, and if the river should dry up or run
out, New Orleans would soon be inhabited only by
bats owls and reptiles Water and plenty of it, is
good and necessary thing but should any miscreant
cut the levees above the city and cause an overflow
he would soon find himself in the penitentiary, if he
escaped worse fate. Arsenic is valuable medicine
in the hands of sklful physician, but when misap
piled by a posoner, it leads to death.
4 So is it, sometimes, with good principle unneces
say brought into operation, and so has it been with
the Nebraska Kansas BILL But, if the political ma
neuyer succeeds in securing the nomination fol
] President to Senator Douglas Gen. Pierce, the
objects Of its author will have been accomplished
and then, it is to be hoped this politoian-cursed
people will be allowed perod for repose of two OF
three years duration.
BusINEss-Bu Business continues lively though the
sales Of cotton were not so large yesterday, that is
secondary affair for one day. There are sixty thous
1.1 M