New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-01-20
NORTH AVID soUrH.


ton to systematically decry the civil, political nor
domestic institutions Of the North, but have never
shrunk from fair comparison Of those institutions
with their own. The people Of the North, on tne
oontrary-or quite large portion Of them-nave ior
many years manifested an opposite disposition ana
pursued an opposite course. They have heaped upon
The South. from the press, the pulpit the rostrum,
and through every available channel OF publicity, the
most unmitieated abuse, and the most Inscriptions
and infamous ISLANDERS; and, not content with this,
thew have deamed private character and endeavoTed
to place the stakeholder before the world in light
odous to humanity. II is but natural and just that
the aspersious Of this lying horde Of fanatics should
be answered-not precisely in their own STYLE with
ISLANDERS and abuse-but by holding up to view the
actual social and political deformites for which they
are responsible, exhibiting their motives and them
selves In the proper aspect and challenging the
parison to which we allude above.
This task has been undertaken by the Rev. W. G.
Brownlow, the well-known editor of the Knoxville
(Tenn) Whig, who proposes to perform it not only
in the South but In the North aud he is well quail
fed to perform it thoroughly. II the freedom-shrek-
ers hear much less than the truth from him. we are
mistaken in the man. We listened to portion Of
his lecture upon this subject last evening in Odd Eel
lows Hail. and could not help anticipating how, when
he shall arrive 10 the "modern Athens the black |
philanthropists thereof will wggle in their chairs
under the peculiar style in which he proclaims his
views Of their claims to morality and decency For
example, in giving history Of the church difficulties
North and South which have led to a complete sun
dering Of all relations between them, he remarked
that he was acquainted with many members of his
own church in the North but he had no sort Of CON
hdence in the best Of them /; the pious portion Of
abolition society no doubt the best portion Of it,
but in even that he had no confidence whatever bis
church had separated the South from the North but
be hazarded nothing in asserting that the Southern
portion was doing more for the temporal and eternal
welfare Of the negro than all the observation-disclosures
out Of hell ~ the "pous" Abolitionist would enter
his church on Sunday, " with face as long as the
moral law descsnt upon and bewail the wrongs and
miseries heapcd upon The downrodden son of Africa,
and On the following day, in his pcayune grocery or
candy store, would, il he could, swindle Louisiana
negro out Of the pewter ornament the head of his
walkngsstick, and do it in the name Of the Lord.
" When l get to heaven continued the reverend
gentleman, where expect to go, after my death,
if find regulaI-built Ahoonist there, shall con-
clude that he has practiced fraud upon the door
keeper for in my opinion Kansas agitator and
feedomhrieker has no more business in our Fathers
Kingdom than Commodore Pauldng had in Mica
ragua when he captured the iilibusters." Persons
who did not hear Mr.. Brownlow. reading this might
deem such style Of abiding to sacred things rather
Offensive; but we are satisfied, from the earnest and
impressive manner in which he delivered himself
that his somewhat peculiar figures and illustrations
were prompted by no feeling of leyity nor want of
respect for things having the odor Of sanctity He
felt and meant what he said and, very properly, ex
pressed himself in the most terse and vigorous style
he could command. If all lecturers would follow
his example, they would perhaps be surprised at
their own success.
Parson Brownlow as he is familiarity called, has
posted himself pretty thoroughly upon the subject of
slavery and the comparative morality Of the North
and South he recapitulated the arguments in sup
port of the Institution with great cIearness citing its
almost universal diffusion over the earth and its sane
tion by the Divine will as revealed in Holy Writ, as
the strongest evidences of its authentic and legitimate
character The great reormers Of the world he said
never made war upon the civil governments under
which they lived for the purpose of accomplishing
their ends as do our varabond Aboltonists Intbeir
Trades against slavery the Abolition Mehodists of the
North quote John Wesley against the Methodists Of