New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-24
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~, r4,sstSafs tssid Eelascs GREENS
y nonls baye wished that the pleasing duty Of
a65ressjne sou 81 this occasion had devoyed upon
ssafsToise Who. bY tie power Of reasoning, the
6saatv Il Eli action, and The charm of his elo,
oaence, roabi have reaped golden and ever bloom
4 ss,r ia5rets il The neble and patriotic cause in
watch YOU arc engaged -one who could roll away
the miaty sapsfs Of sectional discord from the
lofgiess peaks Of cur mountains and open up 70
view tie pleasing sad enchanting prospect ot one
whole and common country smiling beneath the
ra0riDns Influence Of " tho Union, the Cons ttutaon,
ana sle Enforcement Of the Laws
iii fhe performance, however, OF the daty as
s;sned sne, Won must not expect an ambitious
parsde transformations display, gaudy exhibition,
or Il mastering o'er arid fields ID fancied flights
e<o Jul ! f7ower, 70 collect gem, Or to emhelsh
and sdssn for Tic cause If truth and Justice, like
4 beauty needs not Tie aid Of fiction and ornament
icE Il stands npoa is own merits and The primary
interest Of society, and deriving IL efalgent light
from tse radiations Of Heaven
III MI ages d the world leagues and govern
riefsas Aape been formed for the best and for the
worst Of purposes. And in proportion to the viz
tue Hra intelligence, or the baseness and depray-
lily af those who formed and composed them, have
They been Blessings Of nestimabe values in ameli-
craaing and improving the neral, the social and
tle palitieai condition Of their felowen. or have
exeftea aelefefious and eorrupting influence upon
soeial and civilized society. And az the eye
careers along the vista Of The past and sweeps
oser the present IL beholds no form Of government
more pleasing to The eve, more fascinating 70 the
understanding, OF more grateful to the sonl than
that heqneathed 10 as BY our patriotic and illus
tsious sires Bat, unhappily tic night and gloom
land has married the beauty and impaired the glory
ossunr free government. and now threatens ali
with more than Zimmerman darkness.
Ana why, fellow.cifizens, this agitation--th
y night anu gloom that now overshadows the lands
Weed u tel you fellowcitizens, that it Is an idle
sna useless agitation Of the subject Of slavery
Need TIL you. ii the recent language Of por-
lion 81 ihe Democracy of Humphreys county, in
she State Of Tennessee that It is question of lit
lilo practical Importance at the present timel
Fcow-eiiizsDs, this agitation, as now believe, il
Of ltsie pfactcal Importance. All our rights, III
der The Constitution arc more secure without il.
An chr rights. in a practical point of view, are
more safe without than vita this agitation. Every
pAn Of experience and Judgment knows that
wherever soil. climate and productions invite,
there slavery viii go and all know that where
sudh u NOT the case, no power can force it where
il u hot profitable. IL il, therefore. matter that
I'LL regulate itself, and needs no law to restrain
or expand it.
Pr0lbitory laws will not and cannot prevent
lis penetration into those regions where il will be
pFofiiabie. Nor Oh the other hand can fostering
lSws piant or establish il in uncongenial clines
Il the people want It they will have il. BIT o. tie
contrary Il they don't want II they wont have It,
and they went oountenance Il when they come to
form their Consultation. Now, fellow-citizens, it
seems ~ me that these views ought to be snffi-
sieiit W aay all agitation and excitement on this
subjeet But il there be those who entertain D
dihereng opinion, let them look 10 Che Union. the
Constisusion ma tie Enforcement Of the Laws' for
f1as sacariag IT alI their sacred rights.
Beneath ths glorious BAG of the Union, the shield
Of the Constitution, and the sword Of the execn-
Hcp Of tie LAWS, every Constitutional right is
sesure+
The oonstantonalty Of every law Of Congress Is
subject to The decision Of the supreme Court OF the
Uaited States. IT unconstitutional. they are void
and have 10 force or effect whatever, and any one
attempting u execute the same would be a tres
raassr.
Hence, II Congress should ever be SO unwise az
" pass lily law on tie subject or slavery, its con
q ~ pr i2 ~ AIN settieu
hT thu Supreme Court Of the United States, whose
decision q iaaa and conclusive on at parties Here
tAen, i the great source Of OUT safety. And here,
too, j. fbe great Dulwark, under the Constitution
"a which tie angry waves 81 sectional agitation
end unconstitutional legislation are broken, and
NasasFn back psnnefas0y TO the broad bosom Of the
ocean from whence they came. We should, then,
one Aaa a tarn deaf Fear to the syren song Of Sc
cession, which Is but another name for ReuoEutton
I'LL disunion.
Sscession md revolution il no remedy for any
esiis d Unconstitutional legislation. But 1t would
d6 more lnly Judgment, to accelerate the extinc-
4 ton If sIssery than anything that could possibly
Il nccnr.
ror bv secession and reyolution. il womb be
limited aud forever confined within ita nresent
bouuaaries. England. France and snain Toald
never consess d.. or allow Of ifs beyond
IL present limits,
Klsa MR. having naticuratea tha canse
81 secession ana revolution. even If successful no
aid against Till interference Of those powers eoula
~ Looked for frola those with whom we had dis.
selyea our social ana political connections
It i, therefore, wise for y t. adhere i, onr bood.
bansht uaion, and beaueathea "a ~ ~ M ,,atri.
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