New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-05
Literature and Slavery.

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Literature and Slavery.
putnan's Magazine for the present month con- |
tains an article Of character we assuredly did |
not expect. That periodical has been somewhat
noted heretofore, for the boldness of its opin-
ions and the strong desire it has manifested for
publishing, not what was sound nor what was
true. but what was startling and consequently
notable and talk-worthy. With this view it
pitched bitterly into the administration Of Pre-
sident Pierce and succeeded in saying great
many satirical and some few sensible things
it dipped into literature in the same manner
and made itsreviews readable rather on account
Of their singularity than their solidiW. just
now it has undertaken religion and mofais. and
settled in one sentence what some generations
of statesmen have been unable to. In fact 1t
has settled the slavery question!
psrbaps IL would be sufficient for the majority
of our readers were we only to announce that
Putsan,'s has won the unqualified commenda-
ton IL the Tribune. That, however, would
hardly be doing justice to the great exponent
and embodiment Of modern American literature
putnana's has accomplished more than even the
Tribune has given it credit for; has exhibited
j perspicuity as yet unacknowledged and pa
triotisn 80 far unappreciated. 1t has found ON
a means for settling forever the great reTafa
o,tnesfi0 Of existing civilization aud fraterniz-
inr the different interests Of the States. We
quote the closing words Of the article to which
we refer.
auntil the sentiments Of slavery is driven back
to its original bounds, to the States to which II
legitimately belongs, the people Of the North
are yassais. Yet their emancipation is practi-
cable if not easy. They have only to eyince a
determination to be free, and they are free,
They are to discard all past alliances, to put
aside all present fears, to dread no future coali-
tions, in the single hope Of carrying to speedy
victogy banner inscribed with these devices ;
The Repeal Of the Fugitive Slave Law The
Restoration Of the Missouri Compromise; No
more Slave States; No more Slave Territories !;
The Homestead for Free Men on the Public
Lands.
If this is NOT ga pretty dish to set before a
King J, we are unaware what style of cookery IS
fitting to royal appetite. Disunion, secession
abolition, treason, 8 repeal Of the Constitution
and disregard of solemnly enacted laws are
herein as calmly advocated as though they were
every day and altogether proper procedures
as cooily discussed as theft at Five Points or
a murder in Alsatia. We recommend our
Northern friends to say less on morality and
religion. It neither sounds considerable or con-
sistent. The Northern "yassalso are advised
to disregard all past alliances which, we take
it. is a circumlocution for telling the South that
the alliance called the C Constitution is an un-
recognized nullity and not to be longer lived up
to. They are entreated to ssput aside all pre-
sent fears and dread no future coalitions, Y
which ii tantamount to q recommendation that
disunion and another republic be treated as
impossibilities until aggression after aggression
has forced them upon the South,
The compromising result Of all this is to be a
banner inscribed with devices equally absurd
and impracticable. The repeal Of the Fugitive
Slave Law cannot be carried, nor the restora-
tion Of the Missouri Compromise. As to Slave
States, the South claims as great q right tt
populate portion of the new Territories with
her institutions, as the North has to Introduce
its aud to order homesteads in accordance with
the rules and customs that obtain in the section
from which the emigrants remove. All that j
asked here is an equality Of rights in law ant
legislation. There is justice in the demand
and it will be maintained in spite Of Garrison
Greeley and Putnam
we are interested, however, to observe th
tone Of this 7 literary magazine" upon point
wholly out Of its scope and beyond its prope
range It shows that no considerations can re
strain the fanaticism Of some people; but that
like smoldering FIRE, it will occasionally breal
forth and burn. Something. in the present in
stance, may be attributable to the fact tina
among all the magazines published in Englan
or America, there is no one having 80 small
circulation in the Southern States as Putnam
---or likely to have a smaller. If, however, tn
enterprising publisher expects to benefit himse
greatly, he should have better written article
for neither Gods or men can stand bad sense, ba
logic and bad grammar-all at once. He
&c. that inspired Withers, Prynne and yichers
Though In spite Of nature and their stars, to Wrte
assuredly had something to do with the autho
ship Of this profound and poetic literary pc
formance. Peace to it.
REcoRDER's CARD. We would call attentie
to the card Of Recorder Summers in anotht
column, exeulpating himself from the charg
which some Of the city press have seen fit
make against him, and defending the course
has adopted concerning the office Of Chief
Police. 1t is an exceedingly dignifed, gentl
manly and conclusive paper, and shows clear
that sense Of duty and not personal feelir
prompted him to the course he has pursued.
proves, also, that there has been no inconsi
tency in his policy. but that the same doctrin
4 !. a. o,sso has ,,te,.severeS Il .ro;nst -,