New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-05

If the reader can enjoy the following letter,
which we copy from the New York Tribune, as
much as we did, we shall not regret the room it
occupies in our columns
WASHINGTON, March 26, 1961-To looker-on
in the United States Senate for the last two weeks,
the spectacle of an embarrassed and imp0tent
majority, constantly badgered aud spit upon by q
minority, insolent aud plucky is continually
present.
If Foster, of Connecticut, introduces resoln-
ton to expe Wigia, of Texas, because he has
said publicly that he owes no allegiance to the
attitude of defiance and says, 81 place myself be-
side the Senator from Texas. I owe no allegiance
to the Government of the United States, but only
t. Yirgiuia-now cNpel me. Come, my brave com
rides on the other sde-you that talk of enforcing
ltws aricularly-expel us now together! Sena-
tors from seven States have not only announced
the theory of Mr.. Wigtall but they have retired to
practice it; why not proceed against them? Are
Trey beyond your authority? One of those Sena-
tors is President of rival Republic is he too
strong for you? Then proceed against the Senator
ON reXas and if you talk of treason, and that is
it, then will be expelled Gith him. If you will
measure your disposition to Ffeat with treason by
the facility of reaching the authors least are
here Why NOT, you that propose to enforce the
laws, collect your revenue i'll Charleston! You
that propose to hold the national property, why
not hold the forts that are wrenched away from
ylu2 You that talk of national honor, your flag
his been fired upon, and you introduce resou-
ton here To eIpelae Senator from Texas! ~
This is the precise spirit and much of it in the
language of Mr.. Mason--not all said at one time,
hut the whole of itrepeated at all times. For I'M
til he left day two since to assist at the incu
baton Of treason in Virginia, he was always on
the floor, if it by any chance happened that it was
not held by Douglas or Ciingman.
As a matter of course Mr. Fosters resolution
| was not pressed.
| Mr.. Douglas gets on his legs twenty times day,
and never fails to emit some scoriac ebullition of
his spleen from that everlasting open crater of his;
and the other side, with no tme, g no stomach
for the fight" has to- suffer and be still.n His
manner is often that Of Satan cursi8g the brethren.
He taunts the Republican side with patronizng
sarcasm or beabors it with andaci0us malignity.
8 How are you to obtain revenue?2he axis. "Col-
lect it, says Clark of n. f. " Under the Morrill,
tariff, suppose" says Douglas. "Well, to under
take it at the South, if that is your determination,
means war; and yet yon reterate the statement
that you mean peace. You talk Of enforcing laws
in country which you do not possess and of en-
forcing laws where you cannot place single Fed
eral officer"
But suppose" he continues with laughing
sheer, that your Republican Administration III
tends to enforce the Laws in those States after the
Southern Contederacy shall have been dissolved
and those States send members of Congress here
and return to their allegiance. Brave party, bold
legislators, they will enforce the ldlcs when men
volunteer to obey them. You have not Il Federal
acting by your authority
Have We not postmasters.?" says Howe, of
Wisconsin.
Yes.n replies Douglas. "but they are not
there by your authority; they are there by the
condescending permission of those States.n
And that is granted, y says a Republican Sena-
tor, because the service costs four times more
than the income. II the revenue exceeded the
cost, they wauld not permit even postmasters.n
The above is a specimen of each day in the Sem
ate. Some patriots there have to bite their lips
under the scorn of the opposition, but they cannot
otherwise manifest the indignation that they feel.