New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-28
Aetu 0rleans 1ailp Grsstsnt,
LETTER FROM DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN.

We publish the following letter from one Of the
truest and most distinguished citizens of Louisiana
Cen Edward 3parrow-with much pleasure. The
General is spoken OF fayorably as candidate for
the Convention, and if such is actually the case his
election is certain. His talents eloguence, and de-
votion to the cause of Louisiana and the South
could nowhere be BITTER displayed than on the
floor Of the Convention, IT will be seen that he is
in favor of separate State action FIRST and then for
the only mode of honorable cooperation which can,
by any possibility, present ssef-c5operatio with
our sister Southern States-not that Wretched CO.
operation preached in New Orleans, which, if sue
cessfni, would prevent Louisiana from any eoopera
ton, save with the North, If norsinay slsvehoIdiBg
Delaware should decline the ''united Southern
action" profered! Such is well-nigh the uni
versal voice Of the country; and if the socalIed
edoperationists Of this city should happen to trie
umph, their ends will not be advsntaged in the
smallest degree thereby, but they will aroase a
bitter and lasting preiudice against the metropolis.
We will here, without further remark, submit
Gen. Sparrow's letter:
ARLINGTON, Dec. Goth, 1880.
GEORGE G. WILSON, Esq.-Uedr iSSy reply
with pleasure to yonr enquiries made on yesterday
as to what thought the Southern States, and par
ticulary Louisiana should do in the present unfor-
tunate e0ndltlon OF public affairs:
The result of the late election has proved that
abolitionism in the Northern States Is dominant.
and that the principles of the higher lawf' and
the "irrepressible conflict are fully inaugurated.
The South has yielded much and made many sacri-
fees to preserve the Union. Further concessions
are now demanded. She s required to recognize
the equality of the negro as advanced in the Chi
cago platform and to abandon all her rights in the
common territories which her blood and her money
assisted in securing. To these things she will never
submit We're she to do SO, she would well de-
serve every epithet of opprobrium which Black
| Republicanism has cast upon her, and she would
| be branded with infamy and dishonor
| What. then, should be done? The principles of
| Black Republicanism have swept away every bar
rier of the Constitution, and without them there is
no Union mo government, except that which may
/ emanate from the wild fanaticism of sectonalists
| who sympathize with the robbers of our property
| and the murderers Of our citizens. With the most
| gratifying unanimity our General Assembly re-
Gently enacted laws calling convention and pro-
| vidng for the military organization of the State.
Already the order has issued for the election OF
delegates to the Convention and on the Esd of next
month they are to assemble, and to that body rep
resentng the sovereignty of our State, is confded
the serious and responsible duty of asserting our
rights and guarding our interests and our honor.
To my mind, its duties are in some respects ceaI
and unquestionable. Its deliberations should be
calm and dispassionate, but its action firm. This
is no time for hesitation and timidity, The slight
est exhibition of either would only unite and en-
courage further aggression and wrong. If we are
to preserve any of the blessings inherited from the
patriots of the Revolution and the fathers of the
Constitution, it is by such action as will convince
the people of the North that F." we know our rights
and knowing dare maintain them" The Unior
now only exists in name. Let the Convention de
clare that fact and sever connection with thoss
who, regardless of the most sacred obligations
have conspired to ruin and degrade us. We shoult
not wait to see what other States or people may do
We are the best judges of what our own honor ant
our own interests require, and should speak ant
| n ha paiatn
States of the South should be invited to meet witt
us in a Southern Convention or Congress, to delib
crate upon and determine our future course
whether it be to return, if satisfactory atonement
acceptable guarantees given for the protection 0
our rights in the future, failing in these to estah
lish government which will unite us as confed
eracy of equals, and secure the blessings an
rights denied to us in the present Union.
? "-... .@M.. EDWARD SPARROW.