New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-08-18

FbRo@ q 80 ,.,s,;no of q State R;chts Demo.
Desf sssisrc nnmber Of YOUR personal friends
Sssss ~ we're appointed committee to
soe ~ - ~ imitation 10 soiourn with u.s. and
seauss sh nIhaie ;nner AZ d mark of the high ap-
P:.;s - nave NJ vour dstinguished talents high
nSS .olitical character and manly defense of South
~ i f12iits
w Esve lie honor 10 be- with high consideration.
vonr ifends and feIlow.citisens, N. Phillips, c. W.
iTIer! Il. ri Wheeler. N. G. McDuffie w. 81. Craw- |
ford. II Hamilton Henegan, A. L. Evans, A. Turpn |
Hsrilee. DUNCAN McIntyre, Thomas E. Stanley.
Marion G. h., S. C., July 23, 1857.
.,s3{5l 81 ------s as
& WHrrE SULPHUR, Va, August 8, 1851
GentIemen-I II have the honor to acknowledge your
note Uf TIE 2Sd nt in which you tender me public
dinner "a behalf Of the States Rights Democracy Of
Marion Tregret my inability to accept it, as lwould
most cheeully counsel with you, both as TO the cir
c1mstances which surround the cause q the South
and the policy which she should adopt in the present
exigency Of shAirs.
Events, in my Judgment, are hurrying to crisis.
in which the South will have to stake her rights and
safety upon her own union, and vindicate her exist
ence by her own resources.
The day Is passed when treacherous concession,
and huckstering compromises can stay back fanati'
cism and trust that the day Will never come when
unmeaning Or insultng hosannas to the Union will
10 abe 70 bind her arm when made bare 70 strike her
foe The rival forms Of society at the North and at
the South are about TO face each other and nor shv
ering cabinets, nor conyulsye admnistranons M nor
dying parties can avoid the conflict or mitigate the
synonymous with Pauperism and riot, y now ultng
down upon the pointed spears OF Southern slavery,
and either Northern license Or Southern law must
triumph. Never before have they fairly faced each
other but all artificial obstacles are now rapidly dis
appearing, and the contest ls beginning IN earnest.
Hopeful and patriotic men believe that this contest
would be into rivalry and restrained within
due bounds by the principles Of the Nebraska
bill Under its sheltering provisions they believe
thatAhe different forms Of society," North and South,
could expand and deyelope side BY side and that the
machinery of government might hence move on with
out being broken in pieces josted from its track.
The bill itself was founded upon the fact that the
forms Of society and labor 1t the North and at the
South were different, snd its provisions intend
ed to secue an honorable and amicable rivalry be.
tween them. The federal government, as the agent
of both was pledged to an infexibie neutrality,
while the champions Of each struggled to ad-
vance their respective causes This neutrality of the
government it was believed would allow legitimate
EXPANSION and development to the institutions Of
each section and thereby arrest all improper col
lisons. During Mr. Perce's administration this neu
trality vas maintained by The President althonph
periured Governors, hasely betrayinp their trusts
violated III They were removed and it is well known
that the administration did not sympathise with their
treachery. 8. 9l7a
Has tEe nresent administration fairiv carried ont
the provisions If the Kansas Nehraska hilI2 Have
4hev secnra5 fair NAV between fha North and the
Smtt, Tha first ' IN waa the anno;ntmest as Cow
ernor Of Kansas, Of man Of broken fortunes and
smiled name q needy adventurer who traded mon
the sincerity IF the Snnth and stola into her conf
encs tSog II dacetn nrofss;ons What was h;s
rst act? n debauch Kansas from allegiance to the
snat an, ae,;var her ;ntn the Hands ~ tha Erneso
fanaf;cs II saw that the csuse Of the South was
iost IN Kansas nrnr IN tha nf Walter
IL II nalliate f,and hv alsehood u main statement
Of facts viii show the truth in this narticular IJpon
fI,e MASSAGE of The Kansas. Nehraska hiJl an eort
ycas imeiatev made III hoth sections the Sonth To
estabish the North to nrah;b;t elaverv This ssne
alsoThed ali otbers and constlted the oravanen Of
eyerv contest Il that Territnrv omnan;es were or
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Sv Ierisatr,res and indiydnals II coionize Kansas
With Freeso incendaries and exne, slavery from its
inits The South was reused by tie fierce and plune
inr nronaoand;sn of the North and her sons went to
chsmninn her canse in he new Terr;torv and her
nnnap sgae g;ven n maintain tham in tbe srnag,a
Al tRa verS her;nn;ng IF ;ts frarror;ai ex;stenre
Kansas became tie battle-ground, where the forms Of
society and labor North and South, strove for The
nrassrv. Ttis was the on,y question agtated in the
Territorv Contest succeeded contest and the Sonth
won in each triumph followed trumph and each
+ WAS emhIazoned unon her banner Three times was
Cen whitfield elected fhe Delecate from fhe Terr;
tory and each time he was elected As the prosIaverv
REPRESENTATIVES, Al large majority Of the members Of
the Territorial Legislature have always been pro-
slavery men and tia Constitution which il eypeeted
to close The Territorial career Of Kansas and nan
nrafs, lar 4, q Staee Il ABSOLUTELY in the hands of
fhe same party. Public law makes this Convention
te ahconf aycb;tact nc fla const;tption ~ Kansas
and nsaue IN many similar c.ses d;snenses with tha
,u1hnissnn ~ tle Constitution III nonnIar atication
Why wele Commands Organized and money levied
AZ the North h1t Ia make Kansas a free State2 Wbv
were efforts made 1t the South to colonize Kansas
anii mnnev ciyen Ia accomnl;sh Ibis inf To make her
a slave State Every eff5rt. every strnerle every
movement on either side. were made 20 make Kansas
free or a slave State. The Federal Goyernment as
the agent Of both parties was pledged to absolute i'm
partiaty between tie contending parties The South
won on every phase Of the issue. and at every stem Of
thefrbt and now when the sceDtre Of control in her
yery rrasD II il suddenly and r1dey torn away from
her. HOW comes Il that this change has so suddenly
hapuened? How comes that the cause Of the Sonth
Ias 40 suddenly gone DOWN. Per;nred governors
have broken faith to blast her cause. and vet she
brayely struggles and wins the victory against ali
ada prostitsted patronage ;nsinnstes H. dehauch.
erv and vet the merves IF he South are nnsacanad
ana her energy nnonelled Year after year tia Ter.
r;trv il SHAKEN Win revot Is stained with hIood and
vannad r., fiapaes and vet the cause of the Sonth
prosars and her banner 4 strurnphant. The last And
cloS;rg strncgla ;s made and HE victoru il bers
,han II III fn;ts tnrn r. aches IN har Londs ana
desnair settles nnon ber ca,1se Why this 80 Sudden