The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-30
LOUISIANA.
rrERRE souLE oN HIH oRrsIs.


Ny name having been mentioned among those that
may be proposed represent this city In the state Con
vcnton 70 BE- held on the ssd q January next deem I
the following declaration that there may be misun
deGsandng az 10 The position which occupy with rcfc
behocves this state pursue, in view Of the crss,
which thor diascultscs have brcasht forth.
am suOmi-e0nirt. hold that sance to actual
wrong paramount duty with States, well As with
Conceyinx that the Union which the constitution ~
the United states had for its object 10 establish is a
tnion q fovereigns IN ooufederaU d equals, cannot
the conlesra,es % remain in longer than his interest
or even his pleasure, win admit.
That State would withdraw from the Union
without st and sufcis nt canse must have been, ~ "
actually In the contemplation OF those who framei
national government but cannot have entered the
might with irnparty violate tn. common compact the
other portion could he eosiced TO endure the transgre
son. and submit TO bear alone ~ burtheus and obIga
tons
None Of the associates have any rights which the others
do equally and individually possess.
A. long the respective rights Of each remain min
fringed II NAV be conceded that has good grouni
for sbsolvng himself from the oslistions which the
Bn a. soon as the compact ceases to be respected the
bond s broken and the are liberty 20 return
TO their individual and sep,rate political existence IN
the impressive language Of Daniel Webster "a b~gain
broken side IL broken on all sidca'
wee oo late now, and utterly unprohtablc, 70 dwt
the immediate which have brought about the
present crisis. though may not be out of place 30
mark that this national government ef ours, which has
ntopd many storms ana periF, and which, IN te
iestic workings, vindcatnk 50 triumphaDty the
genius and wisdom Of the saEes who crertcd itf this
be ovcrthrown aud the south to organ
Ire self into distinct and separate confcderay,
hardly act of discretion part TO commit the
trust of erecting the latter 10 tho very who. with
all the federal power al their bidding with the purse and
the sword In their hands 10 sustain themselves have IN
less than four years not only destroyed the most power
ful patty that organized In any government
but snbverted that noble structure, " which John G.
Calhoun has said that 4" exceeded 10 subIimy any work
tha, ever cmanated from the hands o. man"
These are. however, the men who urge tho expe-
dcpcy of separate action tho part of the states and
who advocate openly the policy Of precpitating Loli
OF herself, and without seeking with other
ststes into the vortex cf rcvolutionl
That the present isracicd condition Of the country
the complexion f of meaning and slgnicancy Of the
late Presidential canvm~thc attitude perhaps pre-
opi,ate of majority Of the southern saiesthe crisis
- hufredy brought sbout by the willy and
thc reckless aspirations of unprincipei poclahave
placed the South IN the unavoidable dilemma Of abiect
s,bnisson or open resistance, n but too obvious.
Having therefore 10 chonee between iVnominy or rcvo
nton, am for rcvolutIonbu mot an inconssderafe
and dIshevelIet revolution like thu which miserably
transformed the gr~ and potent empire poesaxsed
BY Spain on this continent into those nnumerae petty
scveregnties constantly ~ with each other which
have sunk n dcsciaoM and ruth the brightest spps
which the sun of 6od ever shed its lxht.
am for keeping louisiana in concert and Union with
her sister states the south. II too much OF
the united wisdom cf them an 70 consider and decide
how the contemplated separation s 70 he effected anl
wncn effected, on what principle . new confcderary
rhouid he wRansed and Institnted In other words am
10 favor c the etase Convention seong discrcet and cx
experepced commissocsrs 70 commune with tbs csher
esses, and sdops, u oopcst with Asn, zach nsasTv1