New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-05
THAT ..ooNsE q ArIyE srnEr1Na.,'

which we were informed WAS uetns -
iesea "a an unusual manner throughout tne ohy
ae pssssose of obtaining signatures, WIN y Vae@
hold n,lblic meeting on some day notspecihed'
nd in some place not designated. upon 'his oal-
ular and the mode and manner OF lts eifeuiaeioh
Ne commented in betting terms, and now propose
q offer suck additional comments as we may deem
advisable,
Ii has Been stated since that these circulars
were NOT printed and issued until Friday morning,
In regard to this all that is necessary for us to say
is that the copy upon which eur remarks in satur-
days Crescent were founded, was put in our hands
the Thursday previous. The other explanations
arc, that the time aad place Of meeting were not
mentioned, because neither had been Determined
apon Sufficient excuse, in all conscience, for the
emissions but while onnitting these, wodid ~ mol
ihave been much better to have postponed the
printing and private circulation Of this document
in question altogether, until these indispensable
points had been decided It would seem SO. AZ
all events it would have looked better; and in our
opinion if the usual course in such matters had
been pursued, certain suspicious would not have
been engeHdered
We do not wish to reflect upon the motives OF
any man connected with this movement. But, we /
must say to thenl in all candor, that such wonder
ful production with omissions al fatal as would be
the play OF Richard III with the part of the crook
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81, ercpIateS document
u men M ,.os
sh1a y ~ desiona ~ ;ts eretters m who. doubt
~. sIi yvais,hed the binding nstt1re Of a sigma
80 10 ,nattar how hee4lessly affixed. LARGE
4o-, ,a,,4ht1asslx sion dacnments Of tbis kind
| ,vban nresaptea them by friends or respectable
o;t;usns 1vtbent bestowine any attention upon the
;ri5 or letter Of the paper thew sign and are fire.
a,entIv .staupded at seeing their names appended
/ = aalIs n tba nanera which calls contain senti
/ ,av,s tb., ra,,rolate and denounee n this Iyay
i ! -o +,oabt anite Iike1v that preat disnIay Of
/ as,eetabIa sionatI,res eond be made in the iour-
ols NJ ta ,av when in the Judgment OF the origin
a.ors ~ 4bs novement II should be deemed uolitic
4 s. s,,l+ the ,,snal channels of pnblie information
/ n,;e yarv oanaraly entertained inference NAV do
4 t,,a1, ,rso1e bpt # such Il the case the blame
4 r.sts oxc,nsyalv with and unon themselves
i The heading Of the call il alike objectionable
ann ;n,nra cticable. ssConseryatiye Meeting with
oy,s n;s,;netiou Of party,,i This imnI;es nnmis
ta,xahlv5 that none hut g conservatives, of all
narties are to participate in the proceedings of
4 The proposed meeting. This would exclude fully
ninety-nine hundredths of our citizens, SO diminu-
tive is the conservative " submission element in
\ our midst. Therefore, we regard the call as OBJ
iectionable and impracticable--obj be-
cause it repudiates vast majority of our citizens,
\ and denies them voice in any of the proceedings
it is proposed to have and impractcable, because
it Is altogether unlikely the mighty majority will
permit the insignificant minority to go forth before
the world al authorized exponnders of public sen
timent in this metropolis, their proceedings to be
| copied and appiauded by every Abolition journal
| Of the North from the diaboIeally great Tribune
to the lowest penny whistle defender Of the felon
and murderer, John Brown-who will chuek1e ani
laugh. and mediate new raids, murders outrage
and expressions upon the South, and encourage
their tanatical followers to perpetrate them, sim
! ply because there is an apparent not real diver
sity of opinion in the most important portion Of ou
section OF country All the Abolitionsts hope for
I, work Tor, and pray fer, IS DIVISION among ths
Southern people at TINS tlne Inc man or men
who promote these DIVISIONS, serve the cause g
i Abolitionism thoroughly, ana are enttied 70 tht
everlasting gratitude Of Lincoln ana ms adherents
ri Throughout the circular the word "conserya
tive" appears prominently and continually, ant
fully warrants what is said above In revolution
ary times the word is out OF place. We are il
revolutionary times. During the revolutionary er
4 our fathers were radicals and trators-advocate'
radicalism and freason-fought Tor radlcallsm an
$ treason-and won the battle against "conserva
T tiYe England for the side of radicalism and trea
{ son. The only Conservatives that then existe
this side the water were the tories and cowboys
r who were animated by such conservative sent
5 ments that they never failed to plumber and mul
> der the sshasty'' and "precipitatep radicals an
traitors led on by WASHINGTON and his illustriou
If compatriots. Washington, Greene, Marion, Gate
sumpter, and the long list of glorious radicals an
| traitors of that period, invariably hung, witho,
ceremony or computations of conscience, all snt
!. Conservatives, as came within their power.
y Aside from all this there ia no necessity for Il
! meetipo The voice of New Orleans has be,
!. faifbfniiv Expressed bv the LARGEST and noble
) assemhlaee ever gathered together in any cit
The executive Committee. appointed by th
= neat;nq have unfinished an address to the peopl
Is Tbaf address copnsels careful and iudicious acto