New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-12
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I'M recent letter to The Bonham Dinner Committee
giving reasons Why be could not attend ex Gov Jas,
y II Adams III South Carolina, himself the antipodes
of everything Wing or American in politics, enumer-
ates ID ibis wise the achievements Of the National
Democracyn We have only room for brief passage,
which We quote:
The password hereafter, il SEEMS is to be Nation
4 Ill De1noemcy--to which we are indebted for the
1 Pr0elanatien-Forc Bill-Vioation of Tariff Com
/ promise Present 1arif-Appcation Of Wilmot Pro
vis0 TO Decentralization of Slave Trade IN District
Of Columbia--Loss of CALIFORNIA; ismemherment Of
feXas-Annnal Expenditure of Seventy Millions
Submission OF Constitution to people OF kausas-the
black catalogue, in hot haste to be enlarged and EN-
beished by the admission Of Kansas with less than
ninetythree thousand inhabitants.
Whenever / get my consent to apologize for the
authors Of such wounds upon Southern interests and
Southern honor, "may my tongue oleaye to the root
Of my mouth and my right hand forget her cunning
What picture land limned, too, by friendly
hand-at all events, by hand that never failed to
shower blows, hard and heavy, upon old-line Wing,
gerry or political Americanism whenever either hap
pened to be in the way, We mention this fact by
way of explanation, to show that are not quoting
from source that eyer has been friendly to any par
tfsan organization to which we have belonged. This
may induce portion of the Southern National"
Democracy to serious reflection and if they can be
moments-iust a sufficient length of time to enable
them to obtain good glimpse Of things as they are
we shall be more than satisfied We have no objects
to accomplish Of public nature further than those
which are nseparaby connected with Southern honor
and welfare, and never expect to have.
Without taking the affirmative or negative side Of
the question in regard to the allegations against the
National Democracy made by exGov. Adams
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| that Kansas will be admitted into the Union at the
next session of Congress- if she applies with or with
out the requisite population and if she applies with
out, that the population clause in the English bill
which alone secured its passage through both branch
es of Congress will be trampled under foot without
hestancy-wil be treated as of no more account than
dcer's oaths or pirates pledges. The Northern Ma.
tional" Democracy must be saved and as it can only
be saved at the expense of the South, violation upon
violation of plighted faith will follow each other as
natural, inevitable consequence. Indeed, that the
South is to be cheated again is seEevdent for we do
not know now, nor have we known throughout the
summer either in the elections that have passed or
the elections that are to come, of single Northern
" National Democratic candidate for Congress, or
any other candidate for Congress- who is not solemnly
pledged to his constituents to spurn under his heel
the positive compact entered into last wnter Even
English the father Of the measure, has repudiated
his own offspring and boldly declares that if elected,
he viii do next winter what he solemnIy promised
be would not do last winter! All this looks very
bad and is very bad, but our people should not vent
all their indignation upon the apparently aithless
public men of the North. They, even the honest
among them, are but following current which they
cannot control Ifthey wish to remain in public life
they must follow the masses, and if such following
requires an absolute reputation of honorable pledges
they must descend to the lowest depths Of reputation
or else 60 into retiracy. Hence We argue that the
Northern masses are equally to blame with the North
ern Ieaders-n fact, more SO, for masses can always
find leaders, while leaders cannot always find masses