New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-04-15
LET Us ALONE.

The following is the opening paragraph Of long
article the vicksburg Sentinel, Of the It'll inst
We were not at all surprised to find the late article
in the Natchez Free Trader, in which unnecessary
an assault was made upon the new Administration,
transferred with an eulogstic notice. to the columns
Of such paper as the New Orleans Crescent. All
evidence of discord and dissatisfaction in our ranks
are of course hailed with infinite pleasure by the
enemies of our principles and it is natural enough
that they should endeayor to make the existence OF
them as widely known as possible. But whetner
true Democrat, when he sees himself thus commended
and patted on the back by Q sworn foe OF MS
party, should take it an incentive to persevere IN
his COURSE good reason to review and reverse It,
seems to as question whose proper solution can be
matter of no great difficulty. II, by mistake, Or
chance or any other cause it should happen to u.s.
it has never yet happened to find ourselves lighting
side by side with che lifelong antagonists of our
cause our first impulse would be-and we are quite
sure we would act upon ito take somewhat
hasty and perhaps unceremonious leave OF cur new
associates.
The yicksburg Sentinel will find its hands full by
attending to the Natehez Free Trader without lug
ging the Crescent into its domestic controversies or
else we are very much mistaken. There was no call
for Of the Crescents name in the above
ton We quoted from the Free Traders article be-
cause the quotations suited us because we thought
they enunciated sound Southern doctrine, and COM
mented thereupon accordingly. We made no euo-
CYSTIC notice of the Free Trader. We are not in the
habit of eulogizing anybody Eulogies are so COM
mon and so cheap nowadays, that rarely venture
upon them except in obituary notices. for fear Of in
sulting some gentleman or other,
But the Sentinel goes farther than this and, with
manifest improperly, speaks of the Crescent the
sworn foe Of his (he Free Traders) party. Such is
not the case. We are not the q sworn foe, or any
other kind of " foe," to the Free Traders party the
Sentnels party, the Democratic party, or any other
party We claim to be and are absolutely independent
in political position and, if We accord our sup.
port to any popular organization in future, it will be
to that organization that holds out the strongest and
most honest proofs that it is best calculated to pro-
tect and secure Southern rights honor, interests and
safety in the monlentous crisis that will be upon the
country in less than four years. We care very little
about names under any circumstances, and only re-
gard substances as worth struggle Hence, we shall
continue to warn the Southern people whenever we
think proper against further pursuit of fleeing and
deceptive shadows. They are now very near, and
will be standing upon the verge of an abyss If
they madly follow the shadow reflected by the tat
tered fragments of once honored name, they will
right speedily precpitate themselves into it, and be
lost forever Nothing will be left Of them but story
:" to point moral and adorn a tale!"
We have no idea that the leading organs of the adj
ministraton throughout the South will chime in with
public sentiment for two or three years. Their
ton forbids Nor is it necessary they should. News.
paper "organs' are far below par with the people.
They are thoroughly understood now; and, conse-
quently their capacity for harm is largely curailed
They are known to be machines-just as much so as
regular italian hand organs-bound to play just such
tunes the leaders of the grand political orchestra
in Washington indicate. And many of the people,
unlike the monkeys attached to the train of the
Italian organ-grinder, refuse to dance to the stale,
old, discordant music This refusal will become uni
versal outside the office holding ranks before the
lapse of many months. Mark the prediction. We
willingly venture our reputation on the prophecy.