New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-03-19
!. DrsuNroN IN THE SENATE"


Under this caption the Plaquemine Sentinel ar
raigns the Junior Editor OF the Crescent on charge
of "gross Inconsistency" ETC., by the following
specifications, towit; That in 1896 inc crescent
newspaper (said Junior being then and herewith
connected in an editorial capacity did print aud
publish certain articles setting forth and procaimng
the value excellence and greatness oil Tue Federal
Union, and at the same time rebuking the Demo
cratic party for its sectional ana dsumon tendencies
That, Notwithstanding tnis SAID junior mas, during
the recent session o. tne Louisiana Legislature intro
duced nto 'ne Stale senate series OF resolutions
"hoh contemplate u'feouy sectiohM orSahlza-
ton ergo the JUNIOR is grossly inconsistent"
we nave no dopnt that should the Junior deem i
eNpeulent OF necessary 70 90 So ne viii be able to
ueiena himself "sails' thls very grave charge, and
sihu'cate 'he propr'eH Oh Whatever ne may nave
oohe during ms term OF public service. he is still
aosep.' ou' ms speedy return IS anticipated, ana
wnen nc comes ne WIN pronaoiy speak Tor himself.
as REGARDS ehe opinions and weiestabilshed course
OF 'ne crescent tney nave not changed Its position
supporter Of tne Union WIN continue so fong as
nc oHion remains 'eorth pres9v'Hg It's views upon
puohc aa'fs ana tne pohtleai questions Oh the Jay
nave undergone no essential modincatlon
ne are at loss 70 perceive III ,ne resolutions
winch 50 exercise tne sentinel any fe efounu vi %
,ee''On rom 'ne mos. aroen1 onOnSafer' iney sun
ply provide for the calling OF convention In certain
contingency-me prudential measure, rendered
advisable bv the threatening aspect of the notieal
ho;.on va AZ no. balon,, ~, that o1,ss - c,,.,,
oi'~o" .. ~ ~ w '"os ei's9 " 9Vu'N'
erners who hold the pohtcal ties that unite these
States superior to every and all other considerations
we can see nothing wrong in proyidino beforehand
g. ...;o =; a., -. . q,
we can discover nothing reasonable in even prepar-
ing the means to sunder those ties when from rater
nal chords binding the States in harmonv or faeno
a,a ;ntaros. ,ta,, ,,,, $500 -
""u lucy sua onanse 70 ie''sfs ol tyranny
ana oppression. we love the Union, while 1t is the
Union that we inherited from our fathers and would
Heaven there could be any assurance any room to
hope that it might become pure as it once wasthat
It might remain So changeess forever and. bearing
through future ages its thousand glorious memories
become what its founders intended the hope and re-
fuge Of the oppressed the mightiest and most bene-
cent of nations. But, while the men of the South
love the Union and are sensible of the inestmabe
value which should attach to it, they cannot afford to
sacrifice to its preservation those vital rights which
are guaranteed by the Constitution of that Union
rights which have repeatedly been trampled in the
dust and which sectional and anatical hatred now
threatens to destroy forever
The Sentinel says:
Now is there not slight discrepancy in the posi-
tion Of the Senator in 56 and that of to-day 1t So
AL as see clanseal Is u because tne en-
filiated ia 5e have gone horse foot and draaoops
TO the ranks of the Black Republcans Is it because
ne Is chagnned that Mr. Buchanan is supported in
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