Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17

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which they will not and cannot recede. IA
~vioInte The very authority which they claim
to upheld would be TO take from them al the
advantages Of the position they hold, and
give A nreteEt for the unconstitutional atts
Of some Northern States.
We had desired to 40 further into this mat
tsr, but have sp11 ont our remarks Too much
already to impose any further on the patience
Of ous readers. To The latter we recommend
Il careful study Of this whole subject, conFtn-
cel as we are that they "!Ii Use from It's
consideration with e full conviction OF its il"
legality and bad policy. 4
In this dsc Of progress and Science, We are
accustomed to LOOK upon consistency as q
jewel of extraordinary value. Whenever We
| find it we'll preserved and taken care Of, we
look upon she hefder as one OF the n'oss for
| tuuate persons in exIstance. Indeed 50 EaTt
has it become, and SO extremely difficult ta
find. that whenever it is discovered, we can
not ~refIair, desCite our best attempts, from
throwing up our hat and shouting" Eareka''
Our contemporary Of the Crescent arrogates &c
itself L cosasit!erabl: quantity OF this gem
I WITHOUT tFIItE afni ~ t5 t*sA@ a. S'"""
ure 10 note the extraordinary circumstance
The Crescent is a warm friend Of The famous
bin, known Is The "AGiican Apprentice BLY,
aud exercises consistently Of course itS ahsli-
ties in its behalf. So far, SO good, the C,es-
eeu! has All undoubted right to favor the
measure o. NOT, as it feels disposed. But
az. -,rt1s aet- tra t7.sSea1t hnsE IL ts That
son1e sixteen or eighteen months have work
Ell 4 complete revolution III the sentiments
Of that paper In reference 10 the re-oprning
Of the slave tradei We confess we dc not
understand it, but are charitable enough to
attribute the cnange to GONE erra;ic wEim
OF other
IN locking over an old file Of the Crescent
Of 1856, NE find The following extract. The
exact date we cannot give, but it wss some-
time during the month Of December Of that
year. Our friends, who have been atten-
tive readers OF that paper for some time past,
will no doubt be asto nished at the change in
he sentiments OF the Crescent. Our cotem-
DlGt Y iaiSE - Ai3I saA y va e1AE
at-any-price gentIenen-bnt this inconsist-
ancy gees straight nome. The Crescent should
never speak Of consistency, in this matter at
least.
The OPENING OF THE SLAVE TRApE.-The
wild, useless and lmpracticable re~con:menia-
ton Of Gov. Adams, of South Carolina, to
the Legislature Of that Stale, advising 4 re-
-t ~, SILVIA +1nIa t.-r anrS.,to.,s
the late we predicted it would encounter, as
soon as it came Under our observation. On
all hands, with scarcely an exception. it has
been disrountenanced.
In the FIST place, the Southern press as a
mass. without distinction Of party, Teprobated
the proposition. The Southern neople. as a
body. have approved Of the course Of their
press. Then. in the second place, the South
ern Commercial Convention, recently is SEES
sion in Savannah, declined entertaining the
question, even when Indirectly proposed, by
an overwhelming majority, Throughout the
entire South the disappearing voice Of the
masses has been expressed in unqualified
terms against the impolitie and suicidal meas
ure. Even the Legislature Of capricious,
YET heightened and chivatric
South Carolina, has refused, as yet, to endorse
the recommendations OF her late Chief Exc
cutiTe. 49,
But The coap dc grace TO the proposition
was given il the National House OF Repre-
at Washington. on tne 25th inst. |
a full account Of which was published in the
Crescent Of yesterday. Mr.. Etheridgs, Of
Tennessee, introduced 4 terrible resolution
the revival of the siare-trade. His
resolution was Extensively wordel, and was
uncalfed for III many respects. Notwitbstan-
ding its offensive wording, it passed by Il
vote Of 1872 yeas to 81 nays. Afterwards.
Mr.. Orr, Of South Carolina, proposed the |
resolution, which was adopted by
a vota os ls3 yeas to S nays:
Resolrs5, That It'll mex resllcnt, unwise and con
trary 10 the settled policy of the United States to
repeal the laws prohibiting tie African slave trade. (
After this, we presume, few will be found
who possess the hardihocd, not to say the ef-
to advocate the re-opening of the |
slave trade, Condemned, as it is, in all res
aud responsible directions, let its
advocates. hang their heads and keep |
closed their lips. The times and the circunn- |
stances afford them no other decent refuge. !
The impression strikes US with s|edge-
violence, that there is a great want
Of consistency somewhere-where, the rea-
der must divine. TT won't charge the C5ss-
with a want Of coasisteney-no, not a
bit Of itl~-that others must do.
IN our opinion, the recommendation or
suggestion Of Gov. Adams, to reopen the
trade, was open, candid, honest, and
q determination to do it fairly and
Fearless!y. There was no humbug about it |
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nc whipping the venerable Nicholas around
the stump~no lodging and squirming to
evade our National laws and violate our
National Treaties. It was characteristic Of
the man; and won for him the adnnirati N |
If his feIlow~citizens by it's boldness, al |
they could not endorse the princi-
pie. How vivid is the contrast between |