New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-11
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF
48 8s esEnFxHIA.

Ell. MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF
f ES Ss GEORGIA..
We fnd In osr latest savannah exchanges the last
ann1al message ii Gov. Heschel NJ johnson 81
Gergia, toghe Legaatursef that State, now in reg
uisr session At Mfiledsrviie. n treats mostly Of
State policy, and ID, q We judge from cursory Pc
rasal an able and instructive document.
Tho conclusion Of the message, in which the sub.
lsa III Federal relations Is discussed, is extremely
acd ysnShle ma Interesting, and truly reflects, We
ming sllzens W she Empire st6ts
| x 10 6spth. Enapating from spchA distinguished
IIDaH6rAtt soqsxe. Il shosid W rid BY penocats
everywhere, especially in Louisiana, where party
drill party ctrscism, and party rewards and punish
ents have pretty nigh oblterated from recollection
the vital there d such section Of country
a. the South South r. be sawed from the ravages
81 Abolitiouism, OF South to be handed over man
acled hand and foot to encounter the tender mercies
Of Abolitionism. s5a8ss t. 3&as stx5o5Y3 Il
Without further preliminary, we submit what Gov.
the Federal relations. M. ,s 81
possession Of no information that does not meet the
eye OF every close observer Of passing events. We
have no indication of any abatement eof abolition
hostility 70 the institution Of Southern slavery The
the future which has disturbed the harmony Of the
Union for the last twenty-five years. Reckoning
pelaware, which we may safely do as virtually nom
sayeholdng State, the equilibrium between the North
and South In the Senate sof the United States, Is
already permanently destroyed This inequality will
be rapidly increased by the accession of the many
new States 10 be Termed. In quick succession, from
ths public domain What then Is the future security
constitutional guarantee, which the South has right
70 claim for the Freeso sentiment, already in the
ascendancy and totally regardless Of constitutional
Iobsations VIZ he still more potent and maddened
ness of power 1t Is, therefore, painful trnth that
IN the present aspect Of affairs surest ground Of
security ID to be found il political organization who,
iof Tho sake of the Union, viii respect our rights
Such an organization now exists It ID composed OF
the South and large portion Of the North, who,
Il whilst majority Of them differ from on the alb
stract question of slavery, yet cooperate with us in
maintaining our rights. So long as il eau preserve
fioke and unstable is such reliance How humiliat-
ing to feel that the constitution in its purity, has
ceased to be the bulwark Of our safety II s hoping
almost against hope to expect such an organization
to stand against the growing strength of Abolition
fanaticisms q Our friends in the non-slayehoding
States are annually becoming weaker, and 10 view Of
the large number OF non-slayeholding States which
must BE- carved out Of the Territories, they must in
eytably fall at last and lesvethe South in minority
4 to fighthher own battles. Who can say how boon
these events may not be precipated upon us Fana-
tGIS, ike tne GQeS OF tne ocean, never T6HIS Duh,
unlike the tides 81 the ocean II never ebbs It will
q roll on to triumph, unless it be baled by united
South, resolved to preserve her rights or die in the
struggle. Let such unanimity be encouraged and
promoted. As for Georgia. she has taken her posi-
ton We viii plead the constitution as long as there
Is hope; wewl cooperate with our Northern friends
as long o. by such We can preserve onr
rights; we will cling to the Union as long as il shall
shelter from aggression. But il all these fail and
we be compelled to choose between dishonor and the
alternative Of the q Georgia Platform" we will face
the storm with the unfinching rmness Of the martyrs
b courage M s
I There is much in the foregoing that should induce
careful, aye anxious reflection. II we are not mis-
taken, it is the first executive declaration that has
4 yet been made that the National Democracy" are
now, Or shortly will be, unable to guarantee the South
ern people the possession and enjoyment of their con-
stitutional rights owing to the prevalence of Abolition
anatcism in the North, and the certainty that four
Or Eve additional Freesol States will shortly be adj
mitted into the confederacy as sovereign and inde
pendent commonwealth. This is the identical ground
we have taken on many occasions during the past
i twelve months. Similar ground has been taken and
admirably sustained by the Charleston Mercury and
several other leading and influential journals.
In view of the permanent destruction of Southern
sectional strength in the National Legslature-in
view of the fact that the South must inevitably be-
come weaker just in proportion the North becomes
stronger view Of the events Of the past, the actu
alities Of the present, and the probabilities of the
future well may Gov. johnson ask, where, then, is
. the future security Of the south?" He might have
!, added, "echo answers, where?" 1t is clear the
Governor not acquainted with the locality of the
aforesaid security although he shortly afterwards
speaks of q political organization !" composed Of
the South and a large portion Of the North who,
luh a ifv nf Them no On hn