New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-11
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Mr.. Speaker Pennington, Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, has appointed the Union,sayiag Com
mittee of thirty.three-~one from esch Stateas
provided for BY the resolution Of Mr., Boteler Of
Virginia, and their names are annoaaced to the
public, This committee, osensbly, Is !. to consider
questions connected with the perloas condition Of
the country This Is the obiectof the movement
as it appears upon the surface. The real object .
to patch up sort Of comprerase or adjustment,
with d view Of luring the South back into Union
which she has frmly made up her mind to aban-
don. 1t ii, in short, Union-saying expedient. q
dodge, plot set on foot to entrap tho South once
moro into submission, which is but another name
fol dishonor and disgrace. Such, we know, was
not the motive which prompted Mr. Boteler to
move the resolution-but that such would be its
effect If Southern Representatives had not made
up their minds to have nothing to do with it, we
have not the shadow Of doubt.
When we say "Southern Representatives. we
mean those who represent the sentiment Of the
South--a sentiment almost unanimous for with
drawal. There are members upon this committee
who have been chosen by Southern constituencies
but they are not representatives of Southern senh
ment III for any reason, they yield one jot or title
to the demands of Northern fanaticism, on the
miserable pretext of 'ssaving the Union.a
Look at the names upon the committee. Whom
has the Speaker selected? Atllson of Virginia, an
ayowed Union man; Davis, Of Maryland--a Union
atany price man, and o semi-Black Republican !;
Winslow, Of North Carolina, an easy-going old
gentleman, with no decided political tendencies,
one way or another; Boyee, OF South Carolina
less Of disunionist, perhaps, than any Of his dele
cation; Nelson, Of Tennessee, who made, at the
last session, regular spread-eage, Fourth Of July
speech, circulated ut the North by thousands. as
evidence ofsouthern sentiment; Houston, of Ala
bama, Taylor, of Louisiana, Rust, of Arkansas,
Phelps, Of Missouri, and Hamilton, of Texas all
supporters Of Douglas at the last election. The
friends Of Breckinridge have no representatives
upon the committee, except from States like
Florida, Mississippi, ETC., where no other sort of
accorded two representatives only.
Without any disrespect to those gentlemen, we
may ask if anybody believes that Mr.. Hamilton, Of
Texas, and MIR. Taylor, Of Louisiana, represent the
predominant public sentiment Of these two States2
If they are for unconditional submisson--if they
are for compromise even-they do not correctly
represent the people. Mr. Pennington, obviously,
has framed the committee with view to Union
saving report. It was for this reason no doubt,
| that Mr.. Hawkins Of Florida-who, being the only
| representative Of that State, was obliged to be
chosen asked to be excused from service for
which, he foresaw, he would have no heart. And
when the report is made, it will appear for what
precise object the committee was framed, even il
| there be q doubt Of it at present.
The whole thing will come to nothing. The day
for compromises is gene. The experiment, how
ever, will be harmless, and therefore let them 60
| ahead. As well attempt to bring to life an Egyp-
tan mummy, thousands Of years dead, as to re-
store the Union upon its former foundations. The
soul Of the Union is dead, and now let its body be
buried.