New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-29
THE soRrH-EAsT, Tue vosTH-wEsr
AND THE SOUTH.


There is merit, value and usefulness in consulting
practicalltlesin contemplating the results that flow
from the operation Of distinct and wedefned causes
-and IN considering those results, when It becomes
necessary, with an eye single to the future, If
would arise 1t jadicions and sound judgment. No
man Of sense will dispute the correctness Of this pro
position. And no man Of practical understanding
and experience will question that the events OF the
past, running through series Of years and bearing
upon given subject all the time constitute the only
secure guide and safe landmark for a citizen or the
citizens Of section Of country threatened with op
preston and degradation by their enemies, to govern
and protect themselves in the future.
Hence, as we profess to be practical men, we have
always, far as our power extended, endeavored to
spread before the Southern public such facts figures,
and commonsense arguments. as would best conserve
their own dearest interests and tend TO them
to proper idea Of their real condition. sectionsly
and otherwise, as well as to the designs Of their
Northern oppressors who now, without shame, re
morse or conceaiment, openly avow their determine
ton to rule, plnnder, snbjugate and despo them in
years that viii soon be marked on the calendar OF
time. They say in the Senate Chamber, and in the
Hall OF the House Of Representative that they will
possess the power after 1860, and that they will use
it, as as it passes into their hands.
These being patent facts, glance at the political
power according to the prescriptions OF the Federal
Constitution in the three sections of country specified
at the head Of this article may he both polite and
wise. and may at the same time stimulate the optics
OF obstinate old fogydou, until something like
clear perception of actualities beams upon its short
sighted, peryerse, and wtully unIearning vision
The Cincinnati Gazette-the prominent Freesol
organ Of the Northwest--not long ago published an
elaborate review Of the progress Of the Northwest
which we are inclined to look upon as possessing
commanding interest. The statistics presented lead
to suggestive reflections There are included in what
is styled the Northwest the States Of Ohio Indiana
Illinois, Michigan. Iowa. and Wisconsin, and the Ter
ritories Of Nebraska and Minnesota, already seeking
admission into the Union. Why Kansas, Oregon
and 0ntonagon we're left ont, we are unable to say
Possibly the Gazette did not wish to make its ex
hht too formidable lest 1t should alsrn the people
Of the South into taking decisive protective action
Kansas and Oregon are as much prepared for admis-
sion as are Nebraska and Minnesota; aud 0ntonagon
is not far behind either as demonstrated in these
columns not many days ago. Neither should Wash
ington be left unmentoned among the Freesol Terri
tories that aspiring to the attributes of State
sovereignty. We have little doubt, before the
Presidential election Of 1860, that she, with the rest
Of the Territories enumerated will be received as CO.
ordinate members Of this " glorious confederacy.
In the meantime, by way.of pling on the glory"
until it assumes the requisite proportions, would
suggest to Senator Seward and his satellites, that
Utah and the Choctaw Nation should not be over
looked. We are Of the decided and deliberate opa-
ion that there is much decency and intelligence in
them as be found in anyof the Territories named