New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-26
FUNNY WAY OF DOING THINGS.

We hear a great deal about the formation OF a
Southern party the creation of Southern sentiment,
and the imperative necessity-fearful, absolute and
UNQUALIFIED necessity-that devoves upon the South
ern people to constitute themselves an organization
purely sectional for purposes of protection, defence
and preservation.
That there is necessity for a concert OF action,
union Of effort and concentration Of ideas, on the
part Of the Southern people, we do not by any means
DISPUTE Recent election occurrences at the North
are too fresh in the minds Of all, are too broad in
their scope to admit of nisconstruction as to the Ill
innate objects of our freesoil enemies Those enemies
will be satisfied with nothing more nor less than the
humiliation and subsection Of the South politically
and sectonally, with view to its utter destruction,
just so soon as the commercial, industrial, shipping
and trading interests of the North will allow. The
conservative element of the North may crush these
ncendiaries; but judging of the future by the past,
we cannot conceal our misgvngs, ourapprehensions,
our fears We see no wellfounded reason to lead us
to look forward hopefully to the time when the march
of Northern anaticsm will be backwards instead OF
forwards. On the contrary we have reason to be-
ieye that the march will be accelerated instead of
tarded, and that November, 1850, will witness the
election Of William H. Seward to the Presidency of
the United States.
with such surroundings and with such prospects
in the future it is well we should consult in regard to
the best policy to be adopted. We counsel union,
harmony aud moderation, while judicons and delib-
crate preparation should not be lost sight of.
But to dspassionate Observers as we profess to be,
the conduct Of many of those who ahead inhe So
called Southern movement-who are so intense" in
their Southernsm that they are ready to kick any
Ior 0f1 t1
| peculiar views, peculiarly expressed in pecu9r
phraseoogy-is excessively amusing. The newspaper
organs that are foremost in the movement generally
belong to the triumphant party; and they appear to
take savage delight in heaping all sorts Of abuse,
ugly epithets and unmeasured denunciaon, upon the
journals leaders, magistrates and members of the late
Fillmore party This, we repeat, is funny way Of
doing things.
One illustration will do for all the Southern States,
and we will take Louisiana for example In this
State Mr.. Fillmore was beaten something less than
fifteen hundred votes If there is anything in the cata
logue of hard names that has not been unsparingly
hurled at his supporters especially in New Orleans
we must profess to profound ignorance in the pre-
misses Now, isn't this pretty way to form South
ern party in Louisiana? We ask the question in all
seriousness Admit what is not true, for the sake Of
!
has been charged against them, and more too and
still the fact is evident to every intelligent man that
they own tree-fourths of the capital of the State
possess ninetenths Of its credit abroad-and nearly
equal their opponents in numbers If they hole
aloofand they will hold aloof, if they are to be viii
fed prosecuted and maligned to all eternity--tht
formation of what is popularity known as Southern
party, is an impossibilty in Louisiana.
i If Southern party-an organization capable O
et1ecting anything, is ever to be formed-a dderen
line of conduct must be pursued. Neither one of the
political parties must exclusively rule or lead There
must be complete ignoring Of the political past by
cones must be lookedupon as bygones, and the safes
men chosen as leaders, without any regard to preyi
GUS political predictions or associations.
On no other basis Southern pat.y ever bt
/ formed. At least such are our opinions, and WE
have thrown them before the public for what they
| worth.