New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-26

In the fine old English comedy of "speed the
Plough which Manager Owens gave at the
Varieties theater last week. one of the characters
is an old gentleman who was great on new inven-
tons. He had taken out patents for all Of them,
ard they looked well enough on the outside but
were ofno sort fuse when practically applied. So,
when his house took fire, none of the old gentle
mans patents for the extingushment Of flames
could be brought into use, and, in despair Of other
relief, he suggested that probably the fire would
Ego out Of itself"
BY parity of reasoning the friends Of a contin-
ued Union attempt to quiet the apprehensions, and
arrest the selfprotectye movements, of the South
ern people. The flames of Northern fanaticisrn
not only metaphoricay but literally are encircling
our Southern homes-and. although all of our
former contrivances, patented and unpatented
have failed to arrest their progress, there are still
those who cry to US to stop, and see if the fire will
not go ont, of itself! I
But the fire will not go out. A few years ago it
was but feeble fame; now it is q great blaze
The fire of fanaticsm, political or religious, is one
of those things against which it is useless to array
the engines of reason the streams of truth Once
kinded, it burns with brighter light day by day,
until it sweeps everything before it. unless timely
checked. War has usually beenthe only means Of
arresting its progress; but fortunately, the South
can now get beyond the reach Of the confagraton
without resorting to that remedy, unless she be
forced to it in self-defense. She can Withdraw
from the scene Of the flames, sooner than remain
where she is, and be utterly consumed by them.
We have been trying to put out the fire for many
years. We thought, once or twice, that we had
succeeded Mr.. Clay tried with all the powers of
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statesmen of the country have tried But all at
tempts have failed There have been concealed
embers covered up with ashes, that have never vet
been eXtinguished, and never can be by any of the
appliances heretofore made Mr.. Lincoln and Mr..
Seward have announced that they do not intend for
this confiagration to be stopped. They have pro-
claimed that the conflict between what they call
"freedom" and slavery is an irrepressible one
that they mean this conflict to continue until the
States of this Union shall be ali free or all slave
intending, of course, that they shall be all free
This is declaration of perpetual trouble and mis-
chief. This is declaration of their intention to
continue adding fuel to the flames until they shall
not only consume the curse of slavery" as they
call it, but shall destroy the rights and the liberties
along with the institutions of the Southern peopIe
This fire of antislayery and anti-southern fanat-
icsm, then not only will not go out Of ITSELF but
it cannot be put out. We had just as well settle
down into this belief at once. Our only remedy is
to get beyond its reach. 1t is already scorching
the borders of Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia,
and if we wait and delay itmay extend until incen-
diaries may take possession of our homes, and we
become powerless for defence. The Southern peo-
pie have come to the conclusion, reluctantly and
against their wishes, that this warfare upon them
will never ce cease-and having reached that conclu-
sion, they would be recreant to their manhood if
they failed to meet the responsibilities of their
position.