New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-09
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THE DAILY CRESCENT.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB1 9. 1854
ORR MISSION.

We see that the millennium must pc Close ~
hand, and, indeed, has already descended 10
the Ground, up at Baton Rouge For the hon
Il IA Focv;sm and the lamb of Young Amer
ica--that is, the Gazette ana the haVoca'e--
have suddenly ceased all their discussions and
laid themselves lovingly down, side by side.
They are charmed with each other: the lamb,
with his bed-fellows humanity of disposition /;
the lion, at his CO. dodgers weight of experience
and maturity of opinions
Both these parties rejoice, at last, in the same
conclusion namely, that we of the United
States have admission And, indeed, so had
Mr. Soule; but he don't execute it: so had
Robert Dale Owen but he disgraees it. Plenty
Of people wanted missions abroad. Of Mr.
Pierce, who were hardly fit even to stay at home
That, however, is not the sort of mission
which our two clever young editors intend
They mean g mission to mankind WE'LL SC
says Abby Kelly; and hers is very shallow
one: 50 says Mrs. Stowe; and hers is o very
bloody one Mahomet and Joe Smith had their
missions and SO has, days, every fellow
with more brains than principle or purse Mr.
Pecksniff had a mission; Parson Miller an
other Fools, fanatics, cheats and especially
madmen, have long been in the habit q having
such things;
So from the STRAW, where Bedlam's prophet mods
He hears loud cracles and talks with gods
In short, these missions are COMPOUNDED queer
things, and by no means safe to be taken upon
trust: for there's plenty of people who have
beautiful messages of benevolence to bring te
our negroes So, if it please you, young gen
tlemen, we should much better like to hear pre-.
cisely what this mission of America is, before
we give our voice for it. In short, we are nc
great nor ready believers in any of the missions
That we see on foot, except Gods own, and CON
Quoted in the most christian spirit, by the Holt
est men.
But even if we liked the mission, we might
find great reason to mislike the missionaries.
So please to let US know who they are to be- Is
Captain Walker one of them Ex-senator Doug
las--whose mission everybody knows to be af-
ter capital for the Presidency another 50,
we must object, upon sample. Master Kossuth
wanted to appoint mission for US: Mr..
John Mitchell has hardly touched our shores,
when he imperatiyely proclaims another for us
Garrison, Stowe s. Co. do the same; and, in a
word, every body insists upon our doing just
what he wants done and helping him to just
what he wants to get; in order to which grand
universal, patriotic end, he swears that it is our
Mission and our Manifest Destiny
W. FL, GARLAND, Eso.-It will be seen, by
reference to largely signed notice in another
column, that many Of the most influential and
prominent of our citizens belonging to the Demo
cratic party, having been pleased with the
ability of W. Il. Garland, ESQ.,, our present
efficient City Treasurer, have requested him to
allow himself to be named as q candidate for
the same office at the ensuing election. This is
q movement most creditable to the signers and
most complimentary to Mr.. Garland. Its pro-
priety will be judged by all those who know the
difficulties of the position and the able manner
in which Mr.. Garland has comprised them.
Jnasmuch, however, as it is movement from
gentlemen Of the opposite party and compli-
mentary to city officer whose competency,
integrity and ability have always been main
tanned by us, we prefer to leave it without
other remark than that we think Mr. Garland
has all the qualifications his friends have
claimed for him and all the ability that the
signers Of the notice to which we refer have
awarded him. For ourselves we do not think
more able or energetic individual could be
found for the responsible post which he occu-
pies