New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-29
VINO HEARS oFlD THE HoNoRs ;

When Parson Brown0w proclaimed in this city
last winter his intention of undertaking. during the
summer d crusade in the North against Abolition
ism, we felt decided impression that his labors
could not elevate him in public estimation nor add to
bis own selfrespect The disciples Of that anaticism
are unalterably fixed in their prejudices, against
which the most profound logic is idle as the idle
wind, the most burning eloquenee that ever fell from
the lips of poweress as words without rhyme or
reason, It seems to US that no sensible, rejecting
man, could fail to that tilt Of this kind against
Abotionism, prize-fght as it were with a parson
as rabd in his notions and violent and ranting in
his manner of discourse as himself, must bring dis
credit upon the cause of the South if it be admitted
that he is its accredited champion. We protest
against his assumption of that position on his present
mission. The South has no need of an advocate to
plead her cause before those classes of people in the
| North who have prejudged it from the commence
ment, and although Mr.. BrownloW's tactics Of fight
ing the Devil with fire may be very well in their
way, be is hardly the man who would be chosen
to preach repentance to Northern savesteales, even
if were necessary Much less would he be selected
as fit missionary to convince the masses of the
| North, who might be willing to listen to reason
that the institution of slavery is what claim it to
| be-a welEestablished and permanent social rela-
ton, beneficial alike to master and slave, under the
protection like other Institutions of the laws Of the
land, and eminently just, proper and right before
| God and man.
Mr. Brownlows favorite method of enforcing his
arguments, or opinions, by the most violent, ex.
raVagant and denuncatory style Of diction will not
do in either case. Even reasonable men, open to
conviction, will not be kicked into perception Of
the truth nor dragged to by the nose. In order to
obtain respectful patient and successful hearing an
expounder and reasoner should be forcible in argu
ment without violence in language; he should respect
himself and his audience if he wish to obtain their
respect and attention Mr. Brownlow, we are sorry
to say, too often pursues plan Of his own, directly
contrary to this, and during his present campaign be
will be likely to reap the benefit of it before he /
closes his debates in fremont Temple or on Bos |
ton Common as the case may be. He can hardly I
expect there even the small consideration extended
to him during his contest with Pryne in Phade-
phia where, we are told, his audiences were genet
ally " mixture Of whites and blacks-Southern |
students, Quakers, Black Republicans, and negro
BARRIERS and boot-blaCks, the Abolitionsts outnum-
herring the decent portion three to one"
1t was natural to expect that whatever might be
the character of Parson Brownlows discourses, the
majority Of Northern journals that should have any.
thing 10 ~ about tine matter would take the oppor.
tunity 70 abuse him without stint, They have done
SO, il malicious ridicule Of his logic and style
of oratory Others in sneering paragraphs and others
in abuse and vitHperation offensive as the worst
they charge upon the ParsOn. The New York Times
cudgels the redoubtabe Tennesseean peculiar
to itself it pitches into Parson Pryne for degrading
himself and his cloth by meeting Parson Brownlow
in debate at all. Now here we take issue with the
Times We consider the Southern Parson lust as
good the Northern Parson, and great deal better
II the former is blatant and denuncatory the latter
is sophstical Connected fanatical and full of cant and
nonsense. If Brownlow is boisterous and abusive
Pryne is snarling and spteul. When Brownlow bold
y charges home to his antagonist the practice of his
precept by asking him if he would be willing to marry
his daughter with buck niger Pryne sueaks
out of direct answer by saying that he would not
permit her to marry a Southerner. The question,
however oddly it sounds, may have been necessary
to the sort Of debate they were indugng in, and ex
ceedingly proper that occasion but whether il wis
or not, the reverend advocate Of negro stealing and
negro equality should have answered it decently or
passed it over in silence
Between the two as debaters and orators we have
no opinion to offer and should hardly think it worth
Offering il we had, Their style Of conducting ID
lemic warfare is beyond our comprehension, and we
have no desire to comprehend it. As gentleman
and minister of the Gospel, however, give lis Brown
loW-we will have nothing to do with Pryne.