New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-19

AZ n 4 AT i
TheEa Il Akseiss " insanity blended With theE |
moral oblisyo Of Tho leading olitionists ct the
North which pnerile the intellects Of the %.
tptest; and sases them to take positions only
ihvoY denle and contempt md which destroy
theif Influence decent thinking mem sfhen,
BIZ assuming other grounds, they might aspire 70
some degree of responsibility and some amount OF
power aIang neili classes Of their own sec
tor raks where blind fanatici snl rules
and Ignorant, reckless hordes, m the wake q g
Greeley, a Beecher or a Seward
This insanity consists writing and publishing the
most improbable statements in taking positions di
srecty In conflict with truth and history in holding
p one side of question as developing untold enor
mites when to the yeriest tyro6n logic tits evident
that plain statement on the other side would con
found them and put them TO shame, were they capable
of feeling shame |; and iii Dining brazen, palpable
alsehoods into the public though that ear
made for nothing else except to take in their
surdties, ealuinnies and inconsiste neies. Nj s
Althoagh rebuked gain and again BY the ln1el
gent public they insanely persist il N alnalnlng tat
black is white, day night falsehood truth ylllalny
honor-and then urbIushingly call upon the people to
swallow all believe in all and act accordingly unless
I they would hazard i fefocous fanatcal anathema
This stIie sum and substance, the beginning and the
end of the insanity Of fanatieism in the Northern
States at the present time
Those afflicted with this disease claim tile right to
strike down their differing neighhors, but obiectto
those ghbors striking back again. They arrogate
to themselves the prerogative of vitnperating the
Southern people to any extent but, if a Southern
returns blow or unbearable Yitupe he at
once becomes arufian if not deliberate assassin
And, if the Southern people discover a dangerous
man in their nlidst-a wretch who is eating their
bread and drinking their wine andat the same time
Is secretly Installing into the minds Of the servile
population deeds Of murder and Iapine, and warn
him to leave and make him leave, they are immedi-
atey branded as brutal soulless oligarchiss while
the expatrated scounrel is held martyr worthy
an ample nlodicum Of abolition praise and sympathy
| Not long since one j. g. Underwood, o recent
Northern settler in Virginia. attended Freesol Con-
venton in Pittsburgh representing himself as dele
gate from the Old Dominion. Id that Convention he
used language and gave nterance sentiments which
made his residence in slave State incompatible with
its safety According on his return, meeting was
held and he ordered to leave the State. He left
And then Che Abolitionsts took him to their breasts
as marty swore he was q marty and dared any
body to say he wasn't just as much Of martyras any
of the primitive fathers who sealed their devotion to
Sour holy religion BY suffering at the stake! At the
same time their denllciations Of Virginia in particu-
lar and Of the South il general were savage and viru-
\ lent beyond precedent Every imaginable evil was
charged to the account of slavery, and all sorts Of
excavations were heaped upon the devoted heads Of
shareholders. And what for Simply because the
yirgnians had taken step they deemed indispensa-
bic to their own protection in the removal Of Under
i wood M Is ID.
Had the Abotionists reflected a nloment-pre.
missing them to be capable Of reflection at all-they
would have seen that their own fuminations convicted
them Of falsehood and duplicity, wellas desire
to impose their falsehoods and dupcities upon the
community H w N
Why, the poorest dolt in the whole land under.
stands and admits the truth Of the maxim: Self
preservation is the first law of nature and all law
divine and statutory, sustans and enfoces it, Is that
fright to be taken from the Southern people2 When
they find a dangerous man among thenl--a man who
is seeking to bring desoaton upon their homes, and
1 death and worse than death into their households
shall the privilege Of removing him be denied them?
ESuch is the logic Of the lunatcs to whom we have
referred.
If the reasoning Of the Abohtionists be colreet-if
it be founded in truth and Justice ailsand peniten
tiares in the South at least should be abolished and
no punishment should be meted out to criminals. Il
we have no right to render harmless the monstrous
villain who would stir up our slaves to murder oul
wives and children what right have we to punish the
lesser villain who is only guilty of burglary robbery
aud other crimes Of smaller magnitude #
/ None at all! The major proposition being yielded
the minor as matter of course, cannot be brought
to bear What would be the result of the practical
working of the doctrine Of the Abolitionists2 Why,
society would be reduced to state Of chaos and
anarchy Confusion and insecurity would prevail
everywhere. Anybody but a reckless, crazy fanatic
could see all this, and none but persons half dementcd
by passion and bigotry would resort to system Of
augmentation that can be 50 easily turned against
| themselves with fatal effect
The New York Evening Post is strongly exercised
concerning Underwood's case. Among other things
itsays 5
sf hs un'sd saes dessEss at cn
lies Of citizens Of other States The practices q Virginia
gss NJ ss Ss$
I'M o s & nensnR
public meetings and ofspeHking his mind aud in an instant he
finds himself into Punishment told that he deserves TO be
hanged, and Threatened with the aerf he attempts
The Post does not state the case fairly. Its show
ing is grossly en parte. The Constitution Of the
United States does not guarantee anything of the
sort. The" privileges immunties spoken Of are
only guaranteed to peaceable, law and Constitution
abiding citizens mot to disturbers of the peace and
dangerous and suspicious characters generally, such
rs this New York Underwood has proved himself
| to be-.
Let us reverse the case, and see how the fanatics
would like their own doctrine applied to themselves
Suppose Virginian should emigrate to New York
and commence preaching to the white servants and
laborng there that property is robbery that
they are worked to the death by cruel taskmasters
that ut the end Of years hard labor they are nc
better off than at the commencement that the profits
their toll have gone the pockets Of the wealthy
that they have the strengthto improve their condi
ton; and that it was a duty they owed themselves
humanity and liberty, to hur their employers from
their af1luent heights and divide the spoil among the
i own class
Wouldn't such Virginian emigrant be soon de
prived of all s'privilegesor immunties?" Wouldn't
he be speedily" sent into Punishment told that hs
" ~ = 1t