New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-21
THE DAILY CRESCENT.

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at the present time
''The Abolitionsts, let me suppose, succeed
IN their present aim of uniting the inhabitants
OF the free States as one man against the inhab-
ltants of the slave States. Union on the one side
Will beget union on the other. And this process
OF reciprocal consolidation will be attended with
all the violent prejudices, embittered passions,
and lmplacable animosities which ever degraded
or detormed human nature. A mutual dissolu-
ton OF the Union will have taken place, while
the forms of its existence remain. The most
valuable element of union mutual kindness, the
feelings OF sympathy, the fraternal bonds, which
now happily unite u.s. will have been extin-
gushed One section will stand in menacing
and hostile array against the other. The COLI
sion OF opinion will be quickly followed by the
clash OF arms. l will not attempt to describe
scenes which now happily lie concealed from our
view. Aboitlonlss themselves would shrink
back in dismay and horror Of the contemplation
OF desolated fields, c0ntagrated cities, murdered
inhabitants. and the overthrow Of the fairest
fabric of human government that ever rose to
animate the hopes Of civilized man. Nor should
these Abolltloulsts fatter themselves that, if
they can succeed in their object of uniting the
people Of the free States, they will enter the
contest with a numerical superiority that must
ensure victory, All history and experience
proves the hazard and uncertainty of war. Aud
we are admonished by Holy Writ that the race
IS not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong
But it they We're to conquer, whom would they
conquer? A foreign foe one who had insuted
our lag, invaded our shores, and laid our coun-
try waste: No, SIR no, sir. 1t would be a
conquest without laurels, without glory self,
suicidal conquest; a conquest of brothers over
brothers, achieved by one over another portion
OF the descendants of common ancestors who
nobly pledging their lives, their fortunes, and
their sacred honor, had fought and bled side by
side, IN many hard battle on land and ocean,
severed cur country from the British crown, and
established our national Independence
Let every man reflect on this, for it is no vi
sion but the prophecy of a wise and patriotic
statesman As long as Abolitionsm was con-
fined to a few fanatics, there was little danger
but when honest and sensible citizens allow their
feelings to interfere with their regard for the
law OF the land, our existence as a nation is in
danger Boston Post
SINGULAR CASE or ADDICTION IN NEWARK
A curious case Of abduction occurred in this
city yesterday morning. The circumstances Of
the case, IS far as we have ascertaned them,
are as follows: Some six years ago an Irish
woman named Ann WEIGH residing in Academy
n street, maltreated grand daughter living
#@ith her, in such a shameful and brutal man
ffr that the child, then but six years Of age,
conceived and effected her escape from the
hands of the cruel tyrant. Search was imme-
diatelY instituted, and every means were resort
ed to IN order to discover the wanderer but
without avail: and she was finally given up as
lost, by Nil concerned. Within the last three
years, however, the Irish woman, animated by
some mex plicable purpose, has frequently laid
claim to a little daughter of Mr.. John H. Fen
ton, No l03 Academy street, as her grand
daughter who was missed and on one or two
occasions has attempted forciby to abduct her
On one occasion, the husband of the woman
called at the residence of MIR Feuton, and
claiming the child as his threatened forcible
measures if she were not delivered into his
charge; but knowing the entire injustice of the
claim the family paid no attention whatever to
the threats, except to warn the intruder against
perssting in his atrocious proceedings The
affair passed off thus, and the family of Mr.
Fent0n had almost forgotten the absurd claims
which had been asserted to one of their number,
when, yesterday morning, the woman WEIGH,
meeting the little girl, about twelve years of
hge,) in the street, seized and forcibly carried
her to her residence, where for time she de-
tanned her. The father however, the moment
he heard of the abduction, had a warrant is
sued for the woman, and she was shortly appre-
hended and taken before Justice Wilcox, who
committed her to prison, after the examination.
She was subsequently released on giving bail in
the sum Of ~ 600 The girl was of course re-
covered. The case is ono which excites consid-
era BILE remark, snd is certainly somewhat curl
> Gus There can be no doubt, however, of the
! total injustice and tasity of the claim set up by
the woman Welch Mr.. Fentons affidavit being
positive on all the points involved. He swcarS
to the precise age of the child-that she always
lived at home, and has never been separated for
: any perod of time from the fanily and the girl
herself denies all knowledge of the claimants,
except as they have appeared to her in their at
tempts at kidnapping. What could have iu-
duced them to proceed us they have done is and
must remain mystery. Newark Mercury,
June TO-
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