New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-05
THAT .CONsE ~ ATIVE MEETING.

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in sseuIuay .rescent we alluded to circular
$3.50 I "Op eegvatise Meeting without Distinction
!. rar,s, watch we were informed was being cir
'a'a.sa "A an unusual manner throughout the city
o. ~ pafpoae Of obtaining signatures, with view
o hold public rsceting on some day notspecfed,
ard IN some place not designated. Upon this cir
cular and the mode ana manner Of its circulation
We commented in beftting terms, and now propose
to offer such additional comments as we may deem
sdysable.
1t has been stated since that these circulars |
were NOT printed and issued until Friday morning
In regard TO this, all that is necessary for to say
is that the copy upon which eur remarks in SatuEs
days Crescent were founded, put in our hands
the Thursday previous. the other explanations
are, that the time and place of meeting were not
mentioned because neither had been determined
upon Sufficient excuse, in all conscience, for the
omissions but, while emitting these would it not
|fhaye been much better to have postponed the
printing and private circulation of this document
in question altogether, until these Indispensable
| points had been decided 1t would seem so. AT
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 engendered-
We do not wish to reflect upon the motives Of
a,,x,, ,,a, coroarsed with this movement Rut we
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to ,,lav n frhard m nth tbe mart of mo crool
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p;tt ~ 1870, tb ba,;of
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a., ,,tor;or ot;ao
o,,te;n ~
nract;eahe to ,this privately circnlated document
60 as to commit as MANY unsuspectine men a. nos
sibIe to the designs of its eetters up. who doubt
less. ven weighed the binding nature OF a sigma
ture no matter how heedlessly affixed. Large
numbers thoughtlesslv sign documents Of this kind
when presented them by friends or respectable
citizens, without bestowing any attention upon the
snrt OF letter of the paper they sign and are fire.
ouently astouRded at seeing their names appended
ia calls in the papers, which calls contain senti
ments tbev reprobate and denounee. In this yvav9
Ii was thought uuite likely that great displav Of
respectable signatures could be made id the iour-
mails Of the day when in the Judgment of the origin
ators of tlae movement it should be deemed nolitie
to consult The usual channels of public information
This yery generally entertained inference NAV do
| them wrong; but if such is the case. the blame
rests exclusively with and upon themselves.
The heading Of the call is alike Objectionable
| and in,praeticable. Conservative Meeting with
1 out Distinction of Partys'! This implies. unmis.
| takably, that none but g conservatives, Of all
parties are to participate in the proceedings Of
! the proposed meeting. This would exclude fully
ninety y-nne hundredths Of our citizens SO dininu
tive il the Z conservative 7 submission element in
our midst. Therefore, we regard the call as Oh
jectionable and impracticabe-obj objectionable, be-
cause it repudiates vast majority Of citizens
and denies them voice in any of the proceedings
it is proposed to have; and impraetcable because
it is altogether unlikely the mighty majority will
permit the insignificant minority TO go forth before
the world as authorized expounders Of public sem
timent in this metropolis, their proceedings to be
copied and applauded BY every Abolition journal
of the North, from the diaboiically great Tribune
to the lowest penny whistle defender of the felon
and murderer, John Brown-who will chuckle and
laugh, and mediate new raids, murders, outrages
aha expressions upon tne south, and encourage
lhelr lanatlcal fohoWers 70 perpefrafe them, sim
Ply because thefe is an apparent, not real, diver
sly q OPINION N tne most portion OF our
secsoh Oh country. All the Anohttonsts hope for,
Work iof, ana pray Ior, is DIVISION among the
ooutnerh people ~ TINS time, Inc man Or men,
Wno promote .hese DIVISIONS, serve the cause OF
Aoohslohish ehorousaiy' ana are emitted % the
everias'ing gtas'aae q Lincoln ana ms adherents.
AnronBaohss ing creaaaf the ~ofd sconserVa-
we appesrs prominently ana continually, and
tuiiy warrants What y SAID above. In revolution
ary limes the WORD e out OF place. We are in
revolutionary times. During the revolutionary era
our fathers were RADICALS ana traitors-adyoeated
| radlcaiisrn and tfeason-fought Tor radicasm and
treason-and won the battle against "eonserva
tiye' England for the side Of radicalism and trea-
SON me only conservatives" that then existed
this side the water were the tories and cowboys,
who were animated by such conservative sent
ments that they never failed to pnnder and muir
der the .hastys and "preciptaten radicals and
traitors led on by WASHINGTON and his illustrious
compatriots. Washington Greene, Marion, Gates,
Sumpter, and the long list of glorious radicals and
traitors Of that period, invariably hung, without
ceremony or computations of conscience, all such
Conservatives as came within their power
Aside from all this, there is no necessity for the
meeting. The voice Of New Orleans has been
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