New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-26
aleu- Orleans 1ailp Crescent.
MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2G, 1859.
THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION.

Charleston, South Carolina, on the 23d of April
next.
| We are no Democrats-never have been, and
assuredly never expect to be--bnt still, as citi-
zens of the South, and identified with the South
in every possible particular that can bind men to
their section and knit their souls as with links of
steel to the honor and interests Of their locality
we have rights that no honest man will gansay or
any patriot dispute. To persons or parties placing
themselves without these plainly defined lines of
demarcation We do not address ourselves We
will not risk the chance of losing any portion of the
character we possess before an honorable public
we have never deceived, or forfeit the claims we
have earned as true prophets, by leading our CON
stituents astray by soft words honied phraseol-
ogy. -.-
The times ard circumstances require an united
South--a South moving as solid body-a South
acting as one mana South governed by one i'm
pulse directed by single arm--all controlled, as
it were by brain, the source OF all intellectual
strength and tile exclusive handspring OF every So
cal, elevating and industrial advantage the earth
has ever known in all the ages and eras of its
history.
That is what the South requires. 1t is great, a
vital want of hers. 1t is want that must be sup
Piled or else ultimate ruin-not very far off at
tnht-lS as SURE as scdoohS INV
accustomed rounds prescribed by the Creator, when
first the sons Of morning sang together for joy over
the creation OF newborn world.
Being impressed with this belief, and acting in
accordance with its dictates, we have advocated
union of the South for the sake Of the South"
We have manifested willingness to surrender our
party predictions, not because we abated one jot
or title of general principle, but because we loved
our section above all other earthly things and were
prepared to save that section, as we believe from
the bottom of our souls, not only from impending
neril but early destruction--to advise the whole
people of the South one and indvsible, to go into
the Charleston Convention and nominate a candi-
date for the Presidency, in whose behalf we could
make a fight which would show Abolitionism that
a practical recognition and enforcement OF our
constitutional rights was indispensable, or that
dissolution of our governmental cepartnership was
, inevitable.
, That was the point we made, and we did not
make it until prominent Democratic papers in
Louisiana, and the Democratic State Convention OF
Mississippi had enuncated and enforced the prn
ciple by leading editorials and resolutions, that
Union of the South for the sake of the South, was
r an indispensable prerequisite to safety.
" How have we been met? In what spirit has the
: honest profer we made been received! Generally
very we'll The people and the press seem dis
5 posed to act as become patriots and weil-Wlsher
y ~ of their portion of country None but those wh
evidently prefer party above their country--noh
: but the oficeholders and organs OF the pfeseh
o o imbecile Buchanan adrninstraton-and but few
Is except those who would consider Federal ono
lust as valuable and quite agreeable under Sew
= ard as under patriot-seem inclined to questlo
the soundness of the proposition first made in hig
| 1a1 Inv
ID Taking this truthful view of the case, we thin
70 we have reason for gratulaton-scarcely an
3 occasion for depression. The tide is rising, an
x sweeping on which will soon remove from positlo
NJ and influence all those who do not acknowledg
f. that their first duty belongs entirely to the prote
ton of the homes and fresides of the South. Qua
= John Brown-pkeites will not be tolerated 81
s months longer.
at But We find we are DEPRESSING, and writing
OF long article when we intended only to pen sho
one. Therefore we will conclude by quoting fro
4 the Plaauemine Magnolia of the oath instant q
y influential Democratic paper published in the pa
~ ish of Iberville. ~....
=. The Magnolia observes:
The Know Nothing party being in disorganzed condt
naYu s, wo pe%in & n
H. s e sna woa no
Pega by them ss sas:ss IS
sowd vete is il only those who are members Of
the sSs1, e sh
S se4e 't ss,ls The
Il. TO ss d such Pe
we are in favor allowing who feels interest in
ssa s he sa s s
9s
Re aneny the election of Black Rpnhle
If III IF s snss we
hen voice and M e@ m hh ne
ord | so dictated by the Democratic partyt
eur Truthful and patriotic. II you want an unit
South. that is the only way to accomplish your {
-, ject.
ock Further along the Magnolia remarks:
Whatever measures might be adopted by the Democrats
s T. their platform protection of slavery there is not
e s @ %0 s'
sss s as OF he y
s %erey % }sS"r Donslas
's w s'ass Sss
lie " Southern ss ali
Up I eas Viii sGs viii
ah hs TIC ahe
s. s
1 be s do a Of rsG5
only dor party but also By all
a are T"S sss tor" only
% Southern men are expected together under the
banner and repel anacal entertainments our rig
that are to be taken for the purpose OF
venting these would ii not be
allow ali Of who willing unite themselves to
Democratic party do and struggle together in opposite
a6 tho Black Rcpubcan If the Union is to be saved it viii
be by encouraging dssenson among those upon wio
eets pend lis safety But is only by uniting the
Odd form iii who oppose the and who
dear The interests of the South.
=. STEAM TRACTION ENGINES
-, The great obstacle to the rapid and entire
cultural development of the South has been al
nv, the lack of communication between markets
.S remote rural districts, the cost of getting the
Drills ducts of which to market lessons the value of la
n"N' discourages settlement, and dminishes the pr
ain. e ,,o1,oora Horse mule and OK mower ar