New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-05

here whether such he not The case in lis own State
OF its truth give no stronger Illustration than
the vote in tie Louisira Convention Of 100 members
every delegate b. ipa in Lie seat Is voted for immediate
&c, esson ard OF The seventeen who voted Sgainst It,
there weTe not more than four or five who did not
admit the pef ee'y of operation, and only differed rs
10 the time and mode Of is Accomplishment. Nor ,.
tho mere ectTon by the forms Of the Constitution Of
President drtatol 10 the cause ga is so often and
SO confidently asserted of action II i this: We all
consider the election Of Mr. LncC In, with bis we'll
known anteoed-nts and avov cd principles ana pur'
pOsee by decided majority over AL other canl0afes
coubined il evcry Free Stale this eide OF The Pacific
flope-nOhle gallant New-Jereey excepted--as con-
elusive evidence of the determined hostility Of the
Northern TO institutions: We believe that
be conscentioury eneralns the opinions when ne is
10 often and 80 explicitly declared end that nav
ing been elected on the Issues thus presented,
he will honestly endeayor TO carry them into cXecu-
tim. While uOw we have no fears Of ecrvilG iusur-
rectiCn, Of partial character, we know that Inc
Inauguration President Of the United States would
have been dercd by many Of slaves the day
Of their emauipao1, aud that the 18th OF March would
have witnessed in various quarters outbreaks which,
although they would have been promptly suppressed,
would have carried ruin and devastation to many
Southern home 0nd have cost the lives Of hundreds OF
the ni.guided victims Of Northern nogrophsro. SEN
ators from elk States have now seyeIed tie
links that bound them to Union to which we
wero all attached, as well by many lleo Oh
material well.heiIg as by the inheritance
of comon goes il the past, and well-fcundcd hopes
Of sill more brilliant desiilies ia the future Twelve
scat. are now vacant or this floor The Work Is only
yet begun ii reQhes no Split OF prophecy to point
TO MANY many chairs around us that viii soon, Ike
ours DO unified al if tho weird sisters OF the great
dramatic poet could be ooniued up, they would
pIosen 20 the aliigbed vision Of those ca the 0her
eide Of the chamber, who have so largely contributed
to the deep campalon OF the taxing on gas 10
murdered tho Constitution and the Union, VIII ind,
when too late, that like TIE scottish Thano that
For Banqaos Issue they have tied Their niad,'
Have place. upon thri head; hnile' eio"h
A. POT bsrTcu EcepieI 10 tbciT siPo-
No sen Of their 5 succeeding"
H. tai Ing leave Of tho Senate while we shall carry
with us MANY agreeable recolleciono OF intercourse,
social aud official with geutlmen who have differed
from us Oh this the great question Of tbeage we would
thar We could IN fitting language express the mingled
feelings e admiration and regret with which we look
back TO aesociaons on 1e ho0r WIN many OF our
Northern Colleagues They have one after the other,
fallen 10 their heroic struggle against blind fanati.
csm until now but few rcuain 10 tight the battle OF
tic Constitution. Several, oven Of these, VIII teInl-
nate thcir official career IN one short month,
and will give place TO men holding opin,
ious dramatically opposite, which have recommended
them TO the suffrages If their Staies Had we re-
manned here the same fate would have AWAITED at
tire next election, tho four or I'VE igst SURVIVORS, % n,
gallant baud. But now we should carry with ns at
least this consoug IefectoE-Our departuro-reaIlDg
all their predic ious of i'll to the Repubhc-ofen5
new err OF triumph for the Democratic party Of the
North. and Will wo firmly believe, reesta6lisA ITS
Lost asceudency In most Of the Free States.
ar. BENJAMIN Dem, Ia. Mr. President If we
yoio engaged IN the performance OF accustomed legs-
a,ive dnties iaht we'll rest content with tho sGpe
statement Of my concurrence IA mo renal 10 ~ mace
by nv colloaiuo. Profoundly Impressed, however,
with tie soemuliy Of tic occasion, lcannOt be uaen-
sibe TO the duty Of leaving among the authentic nc.
ports Of yOur proceedings, the recorded expression Of
NV conviction that The State OF Louisiana has Jagged
md acted well and wisely this crisis OF her destiny.
Sic in tho course ofthe Excursions here and Elsewhere,
II lss been urged on moro than ono occasion that
Loui. Ina stands on an exceptional fooung'
IL has Teen said that Whatever may oo
the rights Of tho States that were original parties TO
tie Constitu ion that even granting their night TO re-
fume for sufficient cause those restricted powers which
they delegated 70 the Federal Government IN trust for
their ov1 use and benefit stil Louisiana can have no
inch righ, because sire acquired by purchase
Genemon have not hcsilaied TO speak N the soyer..
State formed Of tie territory ccds@ oy France rs
property bought VIII ,,- moncy Of the United States
20 tltmas purchaser, i,u @hou2n thsy ua's
not taalied their doctrine tote legitimate result
must con ude tia. they ALEC mean on the same principle,
10 assert the right Of selling for pncc, what
was bought for price," Pause not 10 comment on
the rpul-ive dogMas of party which thus asserts
right Of prof. in freedom white men, IN order 20
reach ts cherished object Of destroying the right Of
properly 10 slaye-bOTn black men, Nor sbal detain
The Seuato by demonstrating how shedowy the dstinC-
ton between the condition OF tho seTYile Africans and
that TO which tie white frecmeu my State would be
Federal Govcmn en-, by ties ta, cannot logiiimately
DC severed without The consent Of that very majority
which welds lbs powers for tleir oppression. simply
deny the fact on which tie argument is founded. /
deny that the province OF Louisiana the people Of
Louisiana, were ever conveyed 70 the UuitCd States
for a price as property that could be bought or sold
AZ win. Wthout entering into the ie'al- Of
tho negotiation, the archives IT your State
Department demonstrate tho simplg fact 10 DO
;hat although the domain the publie iands and other
property OF Franco In the cCtod province, were
veyod BY absolute title 10 tho Government Of the
ubied STATES, tho sovereignty Was not conveyed
oherWi.e than in trust. hundred fold Sir has the
Government been reimbursed by the sales Of property,
az public d for the yri,o Of il, acqusi.ion hut nor
with he fidelity Of the honest trustee has II discharged
ils obhgsliOn5 as TeV.idS Tho sovereignty. / have
said Sir that the Government assumed 70 act as trus-
tee or guardian Of tho people Of the Cedcd province
ana c0venanted 10 transfcT TO them the sovereignty
thus held in trust for their use and benefit As soon as
they were capable Of eXerisiDg II. What Is tho c&-
Iress language Of the treaty The inhabitants If
The coded teri iory shall be Incorporated in the Union
of the United S,aes and admitted soon as possible
according the prnl Of the Federal Constitution
10 the enjoyment Of all the rights advantages, and
muniiics OF citizens OF the United States, and in the
mean time they shall be maintained and protected in
the enjoyment OF their liberty property and the relg
ion witch they profess And. Sir il TO mark the
nature OF the cession in manner too significant
TO admit Of ri7Conslruci2n, the treaty stpu2tes 10
price and the cole consideration for the conveyance %
stated on it, face ia the desire 20 afford strong proof
OF the friendship Of France for tho United States BY the
terms a q separate convention STIMULATING the pey
ment oi a sum Of money the precsution is again OBJ
served OF stating that the payment D. 10 be made not
as q ousid,ra,on, o. price, condition precedent
If tho cession, but II IL carefully distinguished rs
being a consequence Of tho cesli0n Ii was by words
thus studiously chosen, Sir, tla. james MoRoo
and Thomas Jefferson marked their understand
ing of a contract now misc1nstrGed as being
bargain and sale OF soye,egnfy over frcemeu.
With what Indignant scorn would thOso saunch adv0
Gates of the Inherent right Of scgoyernmen have
undated the savish doctrine now dedEcsd from cir
ctinn How rrarn nm nh,ai inna of This irnntY III.