New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-16
nrW YORK CORRESPONDENTS.
Special, IL H. Now Orleans crssesn,,l

, NEW YORK, Jan. ., looU.
I'D. Grescent--Justiee to myself and to the mem
bers OF the Company attached to the Winter Gar
den Of this city, as well as the regard personally
entertain towards the citizens Of New Orleans and
their principles, suggests to me the propriety q
disabusing their minds of an erroneous impression
they or at least some portion OF the Press q ING
South, seem to entertain with regard to the much
talked Of Play, the .0ctoroon,n as well as 70
those concerned in its production and performance
But few sensible persons could censure performer
Who from necessity, is compelled to give atterance
to sentiments often at variance with his own ana
often revolving to him. II play possesses ana
displays reasonable and ncendnry sentiments, the
author OF manager should alone suffer- as refusal
on the part 81 members Of the company 70 comply
TO the rules of the theater would enttle them 70
instant discharge and but few Of them could afford
| so expensive IN independence.
The manager III 4 theater never consults the
| political or religious views Of his company. he
dictates, and they bound to obey, or learn ron
sexperence that their services are no longer r.
/ CURED" Consequently, the members OF the winner
Garden company feel great regret that Their Posl.
tons should be misunderstood and that they shouid
be censured unjustIy BY those Of the South whose
hospitality and generosity they have enjoyed ana
whose principles find warm response IN the heart
Of every son and daughter Of Thespis. ! am mol
| aware Of single member Of the dramatic profess
sion whether of foreign or native BIRTH that ever
| felt or expressed an Abolition thought, and who,
when compelled to utter such sentiments probes
sionally but did SO with melancholy submission
These remarks are suggested from having read
some structures in q few Of the Southern papers
upon the manager, author, the play, and even the
performers OF 1t. Had the play really possessed
the reasonable and Abolition tendency awarded to
it BY the New York Herald, it would fully have
deserved all the odium that could be heaped upon
IL But your readers win readily perceive by the
affidavit made by Mr.. Stewart, the manager Of the
Garden,'' that he was desired by MIR. Bourccault,
the author, to use his influence to have II denounced
by the press an Abolition play, and thus create
an excitement which would ensure it, success not
that its antislayery reputation would obtain it, but
that the notoriety, discussion and almost unheard
Of advertising teditorally) would give it an ''Ame-
rican Couisinf run.
With regard to the play, I, who feel as i | we're
Southerner, id common with many citizens OF
the South who have witnessed its representation,
nnhesitatingly pronounce it free from the faint Of
Abolitonism. Not sentiment is expressed that
can possibly reflect upon the South or its nstitu-
tions. A few lines, which were thought might be
Offensive, have been expunged. and so far from any
slar Or odium upon the South being given, the Sc
verify Of its plot Or characters are grounded upon
the North. The villain Of the piece through whose
Vaccinations the catastrophe OF the play occurs,
is publicly advertised as piece of aConnecticut
ftor Hx-,.x, L e.
faithfully depicted; the aziness and happiness Of
the aniggers,' and their devotion and affection to
their masters and mistresses the feelings Of their
mistress towards them, and their sorrow at the
calamity which has befallen the plantation, caus-
ing It to be sold the lecture of the old darkie
tPeten to his tsculled brethren and ladies' {when
about being soId) warning them to put on their
best looks and try to cheer up old "missusn for
the pride Of old 'Terrebonne,n and his simple in
vocation of Gods blessing upon her and his heart
felt prayer to give them all as good home to 60
to would. am sure, cause no dissatisfaction to
the most exactng, especially as my knowledge Of
Southerners tells me that they do not object to life
at the South being faithfully and honestly de-
scribed or represented; but they do, and very
properly object tosshe gross and infamous misrep-
Aholitionists Of the notorious Uncle-Tom- Harriet
Ward Beecher-Stowe order.
The most Unsatisfactory portion Of the play is
the sale by auction of the "0ctoroon Cir, which
is simply absurd, as no one even here ever imag-
ines that such an occurrence could take place.
The incident is taken from Wayne Reds novel,
entitled the "Quadroon,'' and is introduced for
dramatic effect, and its purpose is Obtained SEN
sation is produced-the curtain descends, with
feeling Of regret that SO pretty woman as Mrs j.
4. Allen (the representative of the s.Octoroon,,
since Mrs. Bourcicanlts secessi0n) should be sold
especially to the rascally Yankee oyerseer-the
piece of Connecticut hardware It is not a
feeling regret that the slave is Sold but the ten
der susceptibilites of the softs,v both male and
female, Especially little children) are awakened,
because poor Zoe and poor George,u who hay.
ing been educated in Europe, and knowing nothing
Of the one-eighth Niger business falls maudlngly
IN love with her, and feels terribly bad about il
and when the villain Yankee, McCloskey, bids
s25 900 for her, which pile no one can top, some
enthusiastic old codger in the orchestra seats "a
sreat admirer Of Mrs. 0ctoroon Allen) invariably
lids $780, O0-mentally generaly-but sometimes
breaks out; and think the way in which he
you'd give $4,000, would be about as much upon
he Cincinnati platform as McClosky, or any
'ther rafian Of his stamp would be likely to do.
Again, whatever the authors sentiments may be
With regard to slavery, he has certainly refrained
rom giving expression to any speeches calculated
. give cause for dissatisfaction and as he truly
emarked privately, If it Is an Abolition piece, why
ont the Abolition people support it, which they
10 not.