New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-07-07
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We presume nsas Alaeshelss,s ase sIalliaF Nlih
tae nane and silaractsk 81 shs aaiEldaai ae Is Gig
5Gaet nealbsf IF the n4siuas House VI Represents
tigas aaa II aomesi@as galled The Father ct the
House a ID man Of considerable force and Eigor q
iasslIa1f; hs fa0ch experience which be makes ass
oF "a wage cqntaaa war upou the institution oi des
uaastie ags bates nc south Nth mora than
csfglagaaia hatfea and would probably rejoice
with d Iallass of jay tha language i too poor to
describe, vide spread, inme8icable ruin could be
hreasAt upon tue detested section Of country lying
belaw Mason aad Dixon's line, He is the man WHO
pFoclams hs belief that tho slaves woaid be acting
right they rose ana eas Gle Threats Of their masters
and mattresses, without regard to age Of sex. and
thins shat theft iape murder and arson are proper
weapons To employ against those who come within
Aa scene 81 his savage preiadices That his constt
dsnts believe wia1 him Ii quite apparent from Tie
faet that tey generally elaat him without serious OBJ
position, and that they have retained hl in Congress
FoF about ! if1h of century.
alike ln5st of tte members BID. Glddlngs returned
home shortly after the adjournment Of Congress
and like any Of them, especially from his own por
tion q 4hsconlederacy, be has written aud published
~ address fof local ana Northern consumption gen.
orally. The principal topics 81 bis address relate ID
Gle slavery and Kansas questions, in the determine
lion Of both 81 which, 50 ras tue last Congress was
concerned, It'll. Giddinga staatly maintains thai
his eva party she Abolition party essentially
tsiumphea As hfr.G. has been prominently spoken
Of f0r far higher position than be now holds, il
hat proper that tie Southern public should be aecu
EateiY advised Of the views laid down ia his latest
pfnnnnciamento we shall, therefore, make fail
synopsis and append some extracts from Che dozen
nentfeiened u.
Air. Giddings y very severe upon the President
but there s nothing strange i'd that, as the dominant
parry IN Ohio denounee everybody rot as fanatea
md INSCRIPTIONS as themselves. he claims aut
proves, aogry are we ID be- compelled to admit il, tina
she Black Republicans substantially trinmphed in ths
socaled settlement ii the Kansas controversy tha
The Lecompton Constitution was rejected BY Con
ggess; that Kansas was refused admission because
TIE slavery clause il her organic law ana That the
defeat III The bill for increasing the armg, ostensi
bly, to put down Tie Mormons, constituted the ffsi
sfep toward the overthrow of Tie slave Peweg.D I'll
then goes on to NV
The attemnts made in the Senate to Withdraw our
naval force from Africa iii order that pifntical com.
meTee ia human iesh may be there carried on, has
met With signal defeat Tie message Of the President
end ready To DO transmitted ID Congress recommend
inR acquisition Of teFfitaFf and annexation Of Cuba
How rests quietly ii the Executive portfolio. The
mad caxeer 81 t9a asaee Rolgey has been Stayed.
Our cause has reached It's eliminating point. The
enemies columns are broken uHd retiring from fRe
fisld. Those States and statesmen who III autumn
last declared their intention of disso8iBg the Jg9a
unless Kansas were Immediately admitted under the
Iecarnptol Constitution, now roar you gently az
Sucking doves That mock thunder so long the
tbs political heavens, and many Northern political
driTsler haslost bill entire stock ID trade.
There isa considerable amount Of truthin the fore
going luminous truth, that Should arrest the deep
attention " rejecting Aid Intelligent southerners.
II snstans and enforee the statements of Senators
Seward Haze, Wade, Hamiin, etc. openly made III
the Federal Senate ana of which frequent mention
las baan made in these columns. The application Of
the people Of Territory er admission info the great
family Of independent soveFeignties. formally and
legally made. and Id accordance with usual custom,
having been rejected BY Ng. Giddngs aud his asso-
catea Il y not surprising that be should indulge iii
iablation, We ara not prepared to admit, however,
that the power Of the South ii broken, or that cur
forces ars retiring frcm the ield but We are con-
ssraiued 70 confess, and we do 50 with profound
humiliation, that top many Of our lending men seem
principle Cor expedencys sake, and 60 sacrifice for
meFe paFty What g indispensable to tile security u
our immediate ssetions But, as tle people are all
5ighs no well informed, quiet determined, and ale
scanning Che progress Of events with seepess eyes
30 arpfehend ID danger from the derslictions Of
politicians When Tie csHseH Of fanatieism reaches
its eliminating point IS it probably win il 1880
oaF people win Be found prepared 70 face any haz
aEds, dare any exremties, make any struggles the
occasion may require
Further along Mf. Glddings confidently predicts
.he triumph Of The deiestabe party ia which he is
lttaehed. we qaote.
Hpaa Tho Republican party now deyoives The re-
possibility Of ending the future administration and
government. IL It continue 10 act anon tie tl0es
fnes enanciated At It's formation If il continue "a
let HI harnlanY with those great central truths II
si9ri8as destiny awaits il Its success will be az Ger
atn as Gods attribute 81 Justice Is inJa5le But II
psndeE to fas7ll2ea error # yield 70 stupid preia,
ices Or seek power hy modifying Its doctrines It
gl getard the progress 81 human Liberty it may,
IKE other parties, consent to be sh0fn 81 les moral
lower 6y tic aqit hand 81 conservatism, end leave
he glorious contamination of our enterprise 10 other
lands and another Organization. OF such results,
loMeyeE have no appreheusiens.
Well the Republican party may and probably will,
Peg obtain ths possession cf the government, butwe
pne the government, as il now exists, win not long
pfFiYe their accession 70 power It cannot exist
inieas oaF people are ready and willing to embrace
condition Of serfdom ana to become hewers Of wood
md drawers Of water to fanacal and ruthless task
masters.
We have now presented tie public fair idea Of
HE general conclusions Of the address 81 bIr Cid
lings 20 aF ~ they possess sectional bearing. He
eprssents portion 81 the third State ID population.
II the Union and The party Of which he an old,
eading and almost omnipotent member, governs that
state with rod Of steel Hence, deliberate pfoaal.
CATIONS from such man should not be traingly re
sordsd Ct lightly pissed over At all events I'VE have
faithfully performed what we deemed our bounaen
iuty as honest Southern journalists, and shall CON
.nue to do 50 hereafter
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