New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-24


tion Of three thousand preachers, from only one
section OF the North, to Congress in 1854 regard
ing slavery, and characterzing slavery as criminal
shows how the voters Of the North have been edu
Gated.
Mr.. Bonford reviewed the more violent demon"
strations of abolition hostility; such as Summers
speeches in Congress the violations of Federal
law; the election Of Andrews az Governor of Mas
sachasetts, man who has dared to justify Joh1
Brown, etc. These things, said Mr.. b., show me
that tie antagoasm Of the two sections CANNOT be
reconciled The condition resulting from this is,
that people SO divided cannot I've happily nnder
the same government. What is to be gained by
waiting for that which is ineYitable2 : Speedy and
prompt action is the duty of the Scnth. @
am not willing that this man Lincoln should
exercise Federal power in Louisiana. We are told
we ought to wait till the North does something to
Justify cur action--some overt act. ! tell yon !
fear their covert more than their overt acts. They
have their custom houses and post-offces to fill
with their emssares who will be committed to the
business Of secretly and insdously furthsring The
| interests Of their party.
| 70 what end should we wait? Is it that delay
/ Of four years more will improve our condition?
believe that delay of that length of time would
! put the Black Republicans more thoroughly in
| power than ever. Some people think that we
| should use moderation, in view Of the financial
and commercial crisis II the agitation il to be-
/ kept up four years more do not know when we
| may expect o return Of the normal healthy con
| dtion Of commercial affairs. a..@... a. M=
! As 10 the talk about coercion. Any attempt to
4 ooerce the Southern States will be met by the
/ most determined resistance in the North. have
| no reason 10 imagine that If the sovereign States
/ A.,
attempt will be made to cosrce them; but should
4 Northern fanaticisnl ever become SO desperate as
that, we shall teach them such Lesson as fanati-
/ cism has never yet received. "A. .#
Mr. Bonford concluded by urging the people of
New Orleans to elect the right kind Of men, true
men, to the coming State Convention. He was
SO repeatedly and boisterously applauded through
out his speech, that we have not deemed it neces-
sary to mark the periods where the applause
came in.
The next speaker introduced was Ex-Governor
Rannels, Of Texas who soon made himself known
as speaker Of no ordinary vfgor and ability
He said he was stranger here, but he had come
to witness the Inauguration of the only principle
that would ever save the South. He had been in
vited forward, but he felt more fattered by the
compliment for his State than he did for his hum
Bile self. Said he /" bring o heart as warm, a
tongue that will speak as loudly, and an arm that
will strike readily for the rights Of the South,
as the heart tongue and arm of any man in the
South.'' [Great applause.l
He said he had always been friend to the rights
Of the South, though in his own State he had been
called conservatiYe--conservativ word that
now begins to stink in the nostrils Of the people
Even now, when all hope of Northern recognf
ton of Southern rights is gone, we find men advo
eating delay. He could remember tho time Wher
the Abolition printing! presses were destroyed il
Cincinnati. There were but handful of Aboli
tionists then. =a
He pictured the steady growth Of the Abolition
party from that time till now, when it holds tn
national government in its grasp. The mutation
of politics, and the gradual absorption of Norther
Democrats and Wings by the Abolition party, a
well as of the political changes of the South
formed lively part of the ex-Governor's speech
He secuted the idea that there was any hope fo
the South in the present small majority in Con
gress against the Black Republican party. II,
:, alluded to Texas and what that State would do, ii
the present emergency; though he limited that oh
stacles might delay her action, and that the chic
= obstacle was the present Governor, Houston, VIII
might decline converting the Legislature. But
said he, should the Governor rise superior to tn
will of the people, the people would rise and erus
him. For every Breckinridge man that fails in hi
duty to the South in the present crisis he said, VI
will squeeze in a Bell man, and now and then
Douglas man. [Great applause and aughter.l
If we wait for all the Southern States TO moyi
together, we will never move. If we have no rgh
to secede, what right have we? 7 think we cal
secede. The idea of coercion is ridiculous. 1fan
of the Southern States should go out of the Unior
it has been said they will be forced back by TIL
United States navy. am for peaceable secession
wish TO withdraw from this partnership; and if
withdraw and my partner wants to whip me bac
again, let him try it if he feels like it. have
right to fight, any how Any man might get u
and talk about fighting me, but that wouldn't dt
stroy my right to fight More laughter and al
planse.
As to Texas, the Ex-Governor said that his Stat
wanted chvalrous old South Carolina, who COZ
cred herself with glory as Of the Old Thirteen
to take the lead now, as she was preparing to do
IL and should Northern coercion be attempted upo
IS that State in the event Of her secession he woul
pledge himself that the Lone Star State woul
march an army of $4,000 men to the fray. [Gres
IN shouting and cheering.I The ties between Texa
r. and Louisiana of long standing and the close
r. intimacy. If Louisiana takes her stand, TeXa
at will be with her.
n To-day heard that a man had been run out
as your city because it was discovered that he ha
" presided over Black Republican meeting at II
le North. He was probably some poor, sensele
re fool, who never understood what he was abon
Id And lately you were about TO hang poor dew
j because he was caught selling little medal
Abe Lincoln. Was this right or proper2 Was
manly or brave, to treat these poor devils in sue
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