New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-24


| Constitution, all the pretensons put forth in the
different quarters of the nation of any right in any
part or portion of the people Of any State or States
to disregard or violate at their will and pleasure
any clause OF the Constitution any principle OF
the sacred compact of the Union, to violate any
law made in pursuance Of the Constitution, must
be dissipated and vanish in thin air beneath tho
glorious light of the principles Of the Union, the
Constitution and the Enforcement Of the Laws, as
expounded by the Supreme Court Of the United
States. -. ....s-. .l.=-5...s.5 ~
Nor is this to be deemed hardship in any res
| pect whatsoever. For as is well said by Chief
Justice Marshall, in the case of Marbury vs.. Madi
son, Cranch 1877, q Cond R, 2s4); "It is emphat-
cally the province and duty of the judicial depart
ment to say what the law Is"
And in previous part Of this same case Il Cond.
r. 275) it Is well said by the Court: " The Govern
ment of the United States has been emphatically
termed Government Of laws, and not Of men"
/ 1t is to this sovereign panopy Of the Union, the
Constitution and thelaw then, that we would invite
one and all to rally. 5.#- ...55m a5@....= :
Beneath the broad and ample folds Of the flag Of
the Union, the Constitution and the Enforcement of
the Laws, all, all will find repose and full and COM
pete protection for all their Constitutional rights
well and beautifully said, that:
! q 4 thousand yearssearee serve 10 build State
An hour uiny lay Il in The DUST
And VIXEN It's SHATTERED splendor renosae,
Recall it's virtues back and yauquish time and fate'
Let every one, then, who is true patriot and
friend of the Union say with the god-like Webster
when advocating before the Senate the Compro-
mise measures Of 1850 fand which gave peace,
| repose and quiet to the country) 81 shall stand
by the Union and all who stand by it. | shall do
Justice to the whole country, according to the best
of my ability in all say, and act for the good7Sf
the whole in ali do. mean to stand upon the
Constitution. | need no other platform. ! shall
know but one country. The ends aim at shall
be my Country's, my Gods and Truths"
Let US, too, cherish aud exelaim, with the
dying but glorious Clay, as follows: Imay be
| asked, as have been, when would consent to q
dissolution Of the Union / answer, Never! Never
Never!"
And let us cherish with more than filial affection
the following patriotic advice from the Farewell
Address Of the Father Of his Country:
z The unity Of Government which constitutes
you one people, is also now dear to you. 1t is
justly for main pillar inthe edifce Of your
real independence, the support Of your tranquil
ity at home, your peace abroad OF your safety, Of
your prosperity, of that very liberty which you
highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that from
different causes, and from different quarters, much
pains will be taken, many articles employed, to
weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth
as this is the point in your political fortress
against which the batteries Of internal and exter
nal enemies will be most constantly (thongh often
coverty and insiiuously) directedit is Of infinite
moment that you should properly estimate the i'm
mense value of your national Union to your collec
tive and individual happiness; that you should
cherish n cordial, habtual and immovahic attach
ment to it, accustoming yourselves to think
and to speak Of it as palladium of your po-
litical safety and prosperity; watching for its pre-
servation with jealous anxiety; diseountenancing
whatever may suggest even q suspicion that it can
in any event be abandoned; and Indignantly
frowping upon the first dawning of every attempt
to ALLEVIATE any portion of our country from the
rest, or to enfeebe the sacred ties which now link
together the various parts"
Of this fatherly advice let us also cherish and
foreverremember what that great patriot, General
jackson, says: -
The lessons contained in this invaluable legacy
of Washington to his countrymen should be cher
ished in the heart of every citizen to the latest
generation; and, perhaps, at no period of time
the present moment. For when we look upon the
scenes that are passing around US, and dwell upon
the pages of his parting address, his paterna
sells would seem to be not merely the offspring Of
wisdom and foresight, but the voice of prophecy
foretelling events and warning us of the evil to
come.'
Let us remember, too, that General jackson has
said
If the UNION is once SEVERED, the line of sep
aration will grow WIDER and WIDER, and the con-
troyersies which now debated and settled in
the halls of legislation, will then be TRIED IN
FIELDS OF BATTLE, and determined by the
swerd.n
Letus one and all exclaim with the hero Of New
Orleans to the patriots of our opponents;
"Leaoe gosu friends and stand By yogr o0GN
TRY4n
q Tie 61t94aa "A MT ~ MUST BE PREsERFEDM
And fnaIssn{ 3 sqfigysry true patriots voice be
heard, and q y sRb5ined shout, "Iike the ming
l;,,r, ~ provided thai an ,Indvin1 To freedomts
ing OIL lsto Road Of DiFeefd2h ullatlis W iAesu9
farthest sio&I1g1E KIN. in one Joyous and mar
monious strain to rfbBigeaaaal--
ssI.ong shall 1t live and every blast defy,
Tifl Times last whirlwind sweep the vaulted sky