New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-29
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see expressed himself thus
,v,,,,sl Mn lays the South truckie Or surrender
any 81 their rights. would not have them yield
one ;ot Or title Of their rights; but would hass
N, "a Write upon unnecessary, abstract questions
having NO practical value, but to DO aiWa2s Mfas3
Il inst and right upon all questions iten Z
people or Territory applies foT lae s ss
Union under Constitution fairly Win alss
esssrt 81 lie peor,le, excluding slavery, would
Admit ii promptly and when an applieaas,l s.
comes Iii The other hnAd, from people 81 z ieIT
ritory who have fairly fegRsd q Cons re-
cognzng eo Sss Naat a sh iss a nat
agree to this, It would w tpae enough % coisoei
the remedy
If this il not sound doctrine, then We are unable
e understand whaf sound doctrine Is. Mr.. Bell
here plants himself distiaatiy and firmly upon the
ground advocated BIZ nIrety nine Southern men in
every hundred without respect of party. He will
admit a State with an sntisslavery Constitution, il
that Intuition he fairly fnrmed by the people.
BIC viii admit State with Constitution recognize
ing slavery, If II be the wish Of the people who
compose II. He will not only admit such State
into the Union but he will i" insist upon its ad
mission. And he Is ready to consider the RENE
dy y Il n Northern majority, because Of slavery,
shall exclude such a State from the Union.
Mr.. Breckinridge goes no further than this.
Very Hkeiy he has expressed the same sentiments
II IL has nos such is undoubtedly the position of
thAf portion Of the Democratic party Of which he
ii HE representative
II is hardly necessary to specify the points of
difference between this position Of Mr.. Bell and
that occupied BY Mr. Lincoln. The latter atirms
the unlimited right Of Congress to refuse. or CON
sent to, the admission of a new State into the
sovereignty Congress is supreme over the
Territories, and has the power to refuse admission
to state, either because Of slavery, or for any
other cause. Mr.. Bell. on the contrary, affirnls
the right Of the people to final decision of this
question for themselves, no matter how that de-
cision may be; and the duty of Congress to grant
them admission with such Constitution as may
be fairly and legally made.
Yet there are some Southern opponents of Mr..
Bell who affect to believe that there is no difference
Of any consequence, SO far as this question is CON
cerned, between Mr.. Bell and Mr.. Lincoln. And
they point to the fact that Mr.. Bells name was
mentioned, in some obscure and unauthorized
quarters, in connection with the Chicago nominal
ton Mr.. Bells name was not hreathed in the
Chicago Convention, and we doubt if there was a
man there who could have been induced, under
any circumstances. to propose his name to that as
sembly as a candidate for the nomination.
In the extract from Mr.. Bells speech in 1850,
which We published yesterday, he affirmed the
right of shareholders to protection, and made a
strong argument in favor Of slavery as an econom-
ical and social institution. He claimed the pros
perity of this country and its material wealth and
political power, as being due, in great measure,
to the influence Of this Institution. Add to this
that he is largely interested in it personally and
No cannot believe that this old hackneyed charge
OF unsoundDess," against any candidate that the
! opposition to the Democracy may bring forward,
I win be urged against Mr.. Bell in the ensuing
| canvass.
4 In thus defending Mr.. Bell we make no attack
4 upon MI. Breckenridge. We have yet to learn that
| in the poIemics of politics. defense on one side
necessarily involves attack on the other. We
| frankly admit that the platform Of the Convention
! which nominated Mr.. Breckinridge, SO far as its
assertion at the rights of the South In the Terrific
RES is concerned, is not open to objection. If the
slavery question alone were involved in the present
| canvass, the issue would be narrowed down at
/ once to a question of personal preference. And
after all, people in these days take as much &C
4 cunnt of men as Of platforms in making up Their
! minds how they shall vote.
But there are other issues involved, and Other
interests to be consulted. The times demand thai
| some one should be at the head Of affairs whose
administration, while securing justice to all would
I have tendency To repress aud destroy the fol
spirit Of sectionalism that bids fair to overthrow
| the Government If stimulated and kept up few
wears longer. We believe that, of all the candi
dates before the people, the election of MIR. Bell
xvauId have the manifest effect in rpetoriup 4bp