New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-25
Neh 0rIeans 1allp Crescent.
EDNEsDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1860.
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tcoMMUEtCArED.
MR. BELLS RECORD.
The following appears as standing card in the
Bayou Sara Ledger:


The following appears as a standing card in the
Bayou Sara Ledger
"BEIr.'s RECORD.
"Keep it before the people, that John NJ. Bell,
the Union Candidate for President, on the ltth
September, 1850, said III relation to abolishing
slavery, or the slave trade in the District of Co
"lumbia that: a.
READING THE CoSsrITUTIoN FOR MYSELF IiE-
!" LGEvE THAT CoNGREss HAS AGL THE POWER OVER
1.-THE SUBJECT N THIS DISTRICT WHICH TIE STATES
!" NAVE WtTuIS THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS"
"Conld any abotionist, even Seward, have eN-
"pressed himself in stronger or more une4uivoeai
language? That he did aay 50, we refer our
readers to He Appendix to the Congressional
"Globe, vol %, part I'd, p. GGS.H
Now, will the Bayou Sara Ledger also keep it
before slIe people, that the Constitution of the
United States art. L. section S, clause Is, declares
that Congress shall have power "To exercise
texcllsigc legislation, in all cases whatsoever
:" over such District mot exceeding ten miles
fsquare) as may by cesson of particular States,
" and the acceptance of Congress, become the scat
" of Government Of the United Statcs"?
That, in the sentence Immediately preceding
that thus paFaded by the Ledger in small caps
Mr. Bell says the ouly donbt he has Of the exist
ence Of the power Of Congress oyer this subject is
inspired by the respect he has for the opinions Of
SO many distinguished and eminent men, both in
and out of Congress, who hold that Congress has
no such power, and that the language quoted is
merely the expression of his individual opinion
without reference to the opinions Of others, which
| he acknowledges have created doubt in his
mind.
| That Mr.. Bell made an able and extended argn-
ment against the bill, aud that Immediately follow
I ing the language quoted he goes on to say.
| '' 0S THE QUESTION oFTHE EXPEDiE&cs OF ENER-
c1sISG THIS POWER, when we consider the effect
| which it may have upon the interests Of the ad-
| Joining States, aud the limitations upon the power
which may be fairly inferred from the relative po-
! siton and circumstances of the District, have
! more doubt. CERTAINLY THE POWER MAY BE VERY
I CLEAR, AND YET THE EXERCISE OF II VERY UNJUST
1 AND OPPRESSIVE, AND VERY sfsoEIEvoIfs TOO"
| VIII the Ledger put that in small caps for the
| benefit OF its readers And especially, will ii
| keep it before the people from now till November
that when the bill in question, TO suppress tie
! slave trade in the District of Columbia, came up
for final passage, JoHS BELL VOTED AGAINST IT
| with eighteen other Southern Senator's as may be
| seen by reference TO the Congressional Globe, vol
| 2l, p. 1880.
Mr. Bell {his name is not John AZ. Bel, but John
4 Bell) occupies position on the slavery question
| and upon every phase of it, of which any Ameri
can statesman might well be proud. Before this
canvass is over, the friends of Breckenridge ant
Lane may have cause TO regret that the record o
their standard bearers is not so bright and clear
4 especially with reference to the dogmas of Con
4 gressonal intervention and squatter sovereignty.