New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-30
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i' fgler to provide for the ssspprs.sio ~ j..
asA7ioh n oi one State by Or from another ~ 4.
lAp5 " ps9yoEe sharp debate, besides raisiss,
soale sFase Issues " constitutional law. tn 81
aennes sach military expeditions a. trea.o, 81,
appears IA fhc following seetton a1
sFr. z. THAT any person r ,,erss,,. s,y.,s.
territory or iaffsictioa of tie gBed ssfSs s, II
iound acssiaiiy engaged partieip4tinr IN dc - s.
rypg on of hostile military 4. II w -
PRISE from cfe SHsfe VIZ TsTFitnrv M fls Jsssr
STATES against aH9tsY, or fhc dDn1is1isf AZ 49,
o. nls same, Or any part sssscof, or "a Inc cols-
fnss'oh oI tne INVASION Of oHe State oz Tery}trx<
of tbe United States from anfSheg every srl
II son ~ offending saII be aiysgrnd ysgsIfy a sa ns
asainst the United states and shat suffer tseafI
fae act also provides IN it, sollowing sections.
that persons having knowledge sf the corurafssfr,
Ct cfienses described above, arss eonccaIira 81
wlthsofaafg the same shall be dsemed ruiitv or
mispf'sson o. treason; and also, that those co.s
lrpdiia money Of means for military invasions of
any state oF Territory, by from another, slsalf
ne eonSaered guilty Of felony, and be fined .at
eAaeea,is three thousand dollars, and be ina-
prisened MT exceeding ten years
i # the Black Republicans ever ser;n,,s,,, .a..-
tanned the purpese of adopting NJ. Iacsn... s,
"a. as their candidate for Speaker, have bee,,
constrained ts ahansssn it, since ts abaa,fc Ie,,.
iIsicn oS that gentleman I'll tic debate 4 m
HOUSE exposing his rotsenness on all aaestiops and
ms inconsistencies r. every cause. IndeeS. tbs,.
y evidence to sliug Tint Hickman, daring n
Ffeem9ns campaigns was IN uncolnljra,.,f4;, " IS.
nouncer OF the Republican party as Aholitioniet.
and seetionalists. Now he speaks IL
the South, and declares that Tie whoBa co,,yxs III
that section has been ii violation of
Parties are too strictly defined now in tta Ho,ss
TO admit Of the possibility Of tile election. u. M.
| Speakers chair ef any traitor, black. brown 81
/ piebald.
It Ia, however, now well ascertained that the
Black Republican members have the nresent ana,
Ity 70 elect 70 the Speakers Office no ate
but they do not choose to adopt such q cand;date
being resolved to compass the darling aim Of ele.
waiting to the Gllasa Helper-ste and. II This man.
ner, 70 sgnalize their success. The plan of elee-
ton by niiuorities i well nigh abandoned !. and
the beMeerafc members have signifed their WILL
i'sness, ny virtae q necessity, to yield to- the
e.eo'ioh y moderate member Of the Republican
party, OF some one sharing less revolutionary vievs
than do Sherman and Hickman. Mr.. prvor,s
speech, with respect to Hicknaanss CLAIMS ay,5 ID
assumed censorship Of the course III tie rinor;t;sa
in the House, plainly Indicated the coueess;on e
the Democratic party to yield under the necessi.
ties of the case to some moderate Northern u,.r.
sharing Republican views. There ia no donbt h,,t
that if the Republican party should adopt either
M. CorWin, Of Ohio, or Mfr. Adrain, Of N. u. a.
their candidate IN the stead Of John Sherman thev
would elect HIM. organize the House, and seeure
TO themselves some general credit for ccnsery;np
the interests Of tue country by a ready orranixa
fon. but with them 1t "a Cesar ant memo Ii il
obvious TO see that as long they in this
aiiid' resolved 70 put an endorser of HeIner,s
manual into the Speakers chair, and to plant trere
the real tag Of treason, they viii BE- resisted ta
the END es both constitutional parties in the House
and the whole matter placed in deadlock.
i ihe action Of the Senate, in secret session mar
the nomination of Mr.. Faulkner Al Af;n;star IL
France, exhibited the fercest sectional cona;ct
that has ever been excited in that bo1v. M
4 fauikner,1n speech at MartInsburp. virginia I
lew weeks since, declared it To be the policy AMI
duty OF the SOUTH II Mr.. Seward should be electaa
Ifesasn. Y resist Il TO the last extremity and not
Y prejudice her own interests BY permitting lie
hafpefs Ferry armory, and the navy yards and
aisehats situated upon Southern soil. to pass into
rs hihus 81 an administration headed BY man so
iatai'y nsht upon mischief to her constitutional
rights. The Republicans made this position of II
Faulkner the justification for fierce assault nnon
his nomination, which at one time threatened 1
personal conflict between Senators from tbe Nnrti,
and South Such conflict, had it taken place.
shut out, as Senators were, from the nubIic v;a,v
by the secrecy Of the session, would have been 4
herce aud bloody one. Mr. Faulkner was finaltv
confirmed by a strict party Yote-eyery Reppbl5-
can voting against him. sa
me ARRIVAL OF Mr.. Memminger. Commissioners
fronl South Carolina to Virginia, at Richmond. ana
us speech before the Legislature on Yesterday
VIII nave powerful effect upon the North The
solemnity which the discharge Of such d mission
impresses upon the public mind taken In connee
ton with the almost unanimous sentiment Of t,,e
: ether Southern States to resist the election 81
Seward will have powerful effect Ii, ca,,sinc tha
masses North to retraee their steps, and avert the
catamitous crisis they have SO near precipitatea
upon the country. Unless they are mschieyously de-
termined upon adhering to Black Repnblicanism It
all hazards, such will inevitably be the result. If
+ on the contrary, the antislavery party continues
! its onward march, amount of effort will STAY !,
separation Of the South from The Union Such Il
+ the feeling here.
The insanity of the Hon. Clark B. Cochrane Of
, New York, the news Of whose confinement in tho
New York State Asylum reached here last night
complicates still further the prospects of an
ization. He had paired off with Mr. Jenkins OF
Virg mia, who has just returned and will vote on
Monday, to which day the House had adjourn. d.
This adds one more to the Democratic vote and
SAAN
Mr.. sherman fall still further shert Of an election
As the Republicans persist in adhering to Sherman,
and large number of Southern men have signed
a paper to resist by all parliamentary means his
election, an organization begins to look like an i'm
. possibility
The reply of Mr. Pryor to-day to an article in the
New. York Herald ofyesterday, one Of the mo.t
terrible pieces Of yective heard on the floor Of the
House since the days of Randolph. Ifthe cross
eyed Pagan of the Herald has the remotest rem.
nant Of social position left him, which is donhtfuI
/ Mr.. Pryors speech will drive him from it. X.
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