New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-12-21
DECISION OF A vTTALLT IMPORTANT
QUEsTrON.

DECISION OF Al vITALTzT IMPORTANT
| oUEsTION.
Al election, which Win decide vitality important
question, talss pacs III she Territory of Kansas to-
dAy and Il tho dsotion b, We hope IT will favor
abls othe South fke results and consequences that
muat insyita1b attach 10 ii Vim force open issues
dpcn the countly that wfll compel the North to
rspece the ilutional rights Of the Snth Of pre-
cspits&e dolation u the governmental partnership
which Nv % long existed between the Northern and
3cue = sections y tie confsderacy.
~ old conpaet
# Larss ssresms from iistis ioun;sns nov,
+ atdkingly illustrated By The present strange and
unprecedented state Of Affairs IN Kansas Territory
that ~ brought more trouble upon the Union than
a = worth, and which . destined, We apprehend to
prove ths Pandoss box from which Will emerge still
greater diaastsrs Ordinarily, tho transformation of
Territory into State Ii not matter Of much mo.
ment The mandate of the Federal Constitution il
simple and concise, and the admission of eighteen
new States since the formal and complete organiza
ton Of the government under which We now i've,
has furnished sufficient precedents to render the work
eesy and unobstrncted. Neither would there be diff
fculty F peril now ii fixing upon the mode BY which
Kansas Il TO become member Of the coniederacy
.tdt
were y not for the spirit Of envenoned hostility
wnlcn animAtes tne masses OF the Northern people
towards the Southern people, and the determination
O ne former on al occasions in and ont
ot Congress, % trample upon the inalienabe rights
Of the latter, and to render the supreme organic law
Of the land = worthless y sheet Of botting paper
% far = the vindcaticn Of Southern honor and the
protection Of Southern interests are concerned This
y what has made The little acorn Of dscord reach the
proportions Of : formidable oak. This is what has
as the srstwhile black fountain of freesoilism
reach the dimensions of mighty stream, threatening
every moment to overflow ia banks and whelm the
country under terrible food or bear it steadily and
rapidly onward 70 the gulf Of dissolution.
a iew years ago the Black Republicans constituted
~ Insignificant, contemplate party. At the last
election they controlled large majority
Of The Northern States, and came very near electng
their President; and now that Douglas, who was the
leading bfeakWater against Freesoilism ID 1856, has
gone over body and soul 70 that pestent political
4 y = clear y the sun It MONDAY to
- experienced vision that Black Republican
tliumph 1860 = inevitable We are unable to see
any means whereby such an inAuspicous result can
e prevented, unless, indeed, the Southern people
ake ap from their long sleep and say with voice
yon pursued course Of insult, outrage and oppres
sion. Ton shall pursue It no further. The alterna-
tive i final disruption Of tho bonds that have here
tciore held as togetherp position like this, unan
nous defiant and determined, might bring the
Northern people to their scnses, for continuance Of
ne Union y of infinitely more pecuniary value to
them than is to u.s. snd they are sstenishingy sen
sielve n the region of tie pocket nerve.
Vo
told Importance # It is favorable TO the South and
the clanse Of the Leccmpton Constitution permitting
slavery is ratified the popular voice. the National
democracy n Congress will be Obliged to reject her
application for admission g sovereign State, else
the aforesaid y National Democracy 7 North will be
shivered into ten million fragments and II she is re-
ected simply because Of the slavery feature Of her
Constitution, the threat long since uttered by the
freeson leaders that no slave State should ever be
admitted into the Union under any circumstances,
will have practical realization, and the further con-
tinuance OF this Cover nment in its present shape
will be placed in imminent jeopardy. So, IT will
be perceived at glance that the decision Of this mat
ter involves questions Of the most momentous char
acter. u 8 a l
We earnestly hope the slavery clause of the Kansas
nrfrar;s Ia ~ xvIl 20 rr., W. have 81 e., a
reasons hoth os which ara stonnch ard so,,a
Southern men we wish for favorable dec;s;on ~
Southern question sectional nr;da and sect;on.I
interest yery naturally lead 70 acb wav u thinrino
Fsnt tie other reason il h;pher and ,ors
siye. We are weary az tbs eternal
which has entafed nothing M lnaa narsec,tion ~
contumely mon the South Va wonld ii, i, ~ Il
stopped 81 forever stonped thara 4 mi ~ i,
IL which Il can be stunned and tbat i 4, =
stern issue Il The earliest nracticaba nonoant r.
the slavery clause carries and kansas an1liss for
admission with Il Il her organic law her annication
win be denied and This vii snnernduce tba is,a =.
have snoken If. II will amount - ~,
declaration on the part of the North that M more
slave States shall be admitted and that the Consttn
ton shall hereafter be regarded as dead
ever any question Of interest to the South comes nm
for consideration and determination in the National
Legislature 1t can have no other practical tendency
or bearing. and must and will be v;ewe In that obt
by all men Of intelligence and observation.
What conclusion the Southern people will arrive
at in the premises, it is not our province to nredict
We have and shall continue hereafter to furnish them
with the facts as they occur, accompanied bv snch