New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-02-27
A Plea EoR prsuNIoN.

citation Of the wrongs which the South has endure
at the hands Of the North may well be termed ple
for disunion But the subject Is not to be spoke
Of lightly It should command the serious attention
and candid consideration of every true patriot, ever
sincere lover Of free and liberal institutions No
so much because ACKNOWLEDGMENT or dissolution 0
the Union would tend to the destruction Of republi
cansm or the snbverson Of civil and religious liberty
as because that we owe it duty to the heroes ant
statesmen whose valor and wisdom founded thi
Union, to perpetuate it, nyioate, as long as it car
be done honorably and consistently. And when Z
dissolution becomes really necessary we shall lool
upon that necessity as great calamity upon th,
whole people.
Besides this serious consideration it is greatly Il
be feared that two republics, only divided by geo
graphical line, cannot long exist on amicable terms
1t is reasonable to suppose that mutual jealousie
would arise between the citizens of two republics
situated contemplated by those who look to dis
solution Of the Union as inevitable, which upon tn,
slightest cashng Of interests or aggression of right
would lead TO open hostilites. We say these thing.
are to be feared and therefore that dissolution Of
the Union is dangerous experiment and should only
be adopted last resort. But if we are not greatly
mistaken in our reading Of the signs Of the times the
necessity absolute and binding for that last resort is
not as distant as some profess to believe
We are no advocates of disunion, nor secession for
mere sectional purposes nor are we alarmsts, but
dent friends of the Union whole and intact, so long
as il can be SO maintained without the sacrifice Of
| right and honor. But as much we love the Union
we are unwilling to maintain il at any and every
price And when the South is forced to the necessity
of seyeriDg the political ties which bind her to the
North, we shall be found as we now are, on the side
OF the former not because we love the Union less,
bat because we love the South more Whenever the
people Of section Of the Union cease to respect
the rights and liberties of another section and that
the weaker, and the Federal Government lacks the
will or the power to protect the weaker against the
agressons and outrages of the stronger, then the
Union has failed in its mission, and is no longer
worth preserving Whenever the South can no longer
remain in the Union without submitting to insult,
outrage and oppression, without having her rights
trampled upon and her interests dsregarded-
we say, it is time for her to withdraw from the
Union.
If go back to the early history of the fanatical
movement at the North in opposition to the South
and follow it through all its shiftings and changes
and consider its rapid increase in strength and i'm.
portanee, within the last few years. we shall find suf
icient for fearing that the South will be forced
TO withdraw from the Union, or yield cowardIy sub
mission TO the ''higher law of the North, which
oyerrides the Constitution. It will be remembered
that in 1885, 80 and 49, abolition lecturers were per-
mitted TO hold forth in scarcely Northern State.
Many the notices have seen in Northern papers
of abolition lecturers being peed with rotten eggs
and of their being prevented from ecturing by other
processes equally summary. During these years the
notorious fanatic Lovejoy had his printing establish
ment destroyed in Cincinnati Ohio. From that place
he went TO Alton Illinois, where he had three print
ing establishments destroyed, and where he lost his
life in the defence of the last one which he had never
used. These acts were performed by Northerners,
and showed the good feeling existing between the
North and the South at that time. They were I'M
willing that the friendly relations existing between
the two sections should be disturbed by reckless and
uuprincpled fanatics. But what change has come
over these two Cities (Alton and Cincnnati) since
then They are now the very hotbeds of Northern |
fanaticism.
Even late as 1910 the Abolitionists were not
sufficiently formidable TO merit serious contempt ::
but since then how rapid has been their increase In
1874 they had a Presidential ticket, and again in
ls4s, but did not carry single State. Since then
they have elected number of the State executives
they have had control Of the popular branch Of Con
gress; they have carried a number Of the Northern
States for the Black Republican candidate for the
Presidency they have resisted the law of Congress
providing for the arrest and return of fugitive slaves
they have refused TO permit the confinement Of fugi
tves in their jas they have made it penal offence
for any free State officer to aid ia arresting fugitive
slave they have made it forfeiture OF his commits |
sion for an attorney to assist the owner of slave in
recovering his property; they have gone even the /
length of wrestling fugitive slaves from the custody
Of Uuited States officers whose duty it was to arrest
them; and they have not only aided slaves in
escaping from their masters but encouraged them to
escape Are these not acts Of aggression against the
South Was this not tramplng upon her rights and
iisregarding her interests Can the South continue
10 tamely submit to these outrages and insults with.
put sacrificing her honor well as her rightswith-
put becoming contemplate and degraded
But Northern ianaticism did not stop its aggressive
measures here. 1t has denied to the people of the
South equal rights and privileges with those of the
North in territories belonging to the General Govern
nent, the common property of the whole people Of
The Union. 1t has declared that slavery shall not ex.
lend beyond its present limits and to eifectually
prevent its extension no more States are to be adj
mted into the Union with constitutions acknowledge
ing that institution. 1t is even now attempting to
engirdle the South with its fanatical hordes to pre-
vent her expansion render her helpless and steal her
slaves with greater facility. II opposes every meas
IRE brought before Congress- no matter how import.
ant or necessary, that will enure more to the benefit
Of the South than the North These are some of the
many aggressions and outrages upon the rights and
interests Of the South Of which she complains. How
much longer these are to be patiently and tamely
borne, is for the Southern people to determine If
hey are permitted to go unrebuked, and fanaticism
70 increase It's aggressons as rapidly it
las within the last few years the South will soon
ind herself powerless and with but few rights to
contend for If there is nothing in this showing to
cad to the fear that the perpetuity of the Union is
danger, then disunion is but the chimera of NOR.
bid fancy.
THALBERd AND YIEUxrEMPs.-The free concerts
given by the great wizards Of the piano and violin TO
he Second and Third District Schools, at the yarie.
hes theater yesterday afternoon, was decidedly the