New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-11-16

01ststt y SIS isu tsst tOoJ ~ no very FSlpk
day.
As to the outside consequences Of separation
we apprehepd nothing serious. Should tue Cotton
i States conclude to go ont Of the Union in body
i no attempts viii be made to coerce them bacl
again. The standing army is so small that, were
4 it concentrated in single body and efficiently
welded, it could do nothing ana for volunteers
10 subdae the South, it would require special
I law OF Congress. men and money. to accomplish
that object supposing it susceptible of accomplish
ment- Two years, at least, must pass away, be
fore Congress- at present constituted, should its
sessions be continued, would pass the necessary
laws and appropriations to enable Mr.. President
Lincoln to wage war upon the South! This is O
I fact well worthy consideration. BY the expira.
ton Of that time, and long before, we would be in
condition Of absolute independence.
Coercion, however, is not possible under any
circumstances, if we unite ourselves together as
1 band Of brothers. Nor will il be attempted. Even
tile Abolitionists are too sensible to be guilty OF
such an act Of unmitigated absurdity They ayow
their Willingness to let ms depart peaceably, if we
have SO made up our minds. On this point the New
! York Tribune diseourses as follows:
We dare the Fire-eaters to submit the question
Of 6eeessione or No Secession because OF Lincolns
election to the popular vote of their own people.
They will be badly beaten in every State but
souih Carolina, ana probably beaten III her popu-
lar vote also. And let them be assured of this
that they cannot make feints Of Jumping out of the
Union and expect the North to hold them. Wfen-
ever any considerable section of this Union shall
really insist on getting out Of it, we shall insist
| they be allowed 70 60. And We feel assured that
| the North generally eherishes kindred determine
4 ton. So let there be no more bahble as to the
ability Of the Cotton States to whip the North. II
| they aei1 fight, they must hunt up some other
enemy, for we are not going to Fight them. IF
they insist on staying in the Union, they must of
course obey It's laws; hut if the PeopEe (not the
swashy poltcians1 Of the Cotton States shall ever
deliberately vote themselves ont of the Union, we
shall be in favor of letting them go in peace.
Then who is to fight and what for?
The Tribune need not trouble itself about tile
mode the Cotton States may select Of going out Of
the Union, when that alternative shall BE deter
mined upon. It's wishes will not be consulted in
the smallest particular will any regard be paid
to The desires Of the fanatically abominabe CON
stituency il represents. The people Of the Cotton
States, through their representatives or otherwise
viii determine upon what course Of action they
may deem proper. And, so far as the vote of our
people is concerned, let not the Tribune lay the
iattering JUNCTION to its soul that they will ever
vote IN favor Of submission to Black Republican
rule, The vote against submission. when taken,
win be well nigh unanimous.
Abiding to The foregoing from the Tribune, the
New York Herald Of the 10th says;
The Tribune admits the right o. any State to se-
cede and says coercion would be absurd, even if
the General Government had the constitutional
power to exercise it, This is equally sensible and
candid on the part Of our revolutionary contempo-
rary. The Government Of the United States is
very different from the monarchies Of Europe. It
consists Of q number of States, each sovereign
and independent, associating together for their
mutual protection and welfare, and carrying out
those objects by of agents elected by theIn-
selves called the Federal Government The mo-
ment that this arrangement ceases to answer the
original design Of the parties concerned, and that
the General Government no longer affords equal
protection to all the States but becomes an engine
Of oppression and despotism over one half of them
the compact is virtually dissolved, and the OPP
pressed States have clearly the right to retire.
There is no power given in the Constitution to keep
them in the confederagy BY force. The States did
not all become members of the Union together.
South Carolina did not join for some time nor did
Rhode Island, showing clearly that these States
had right to remain separated forever If they
pleased, and that they also possess the right to
Withdraw, for they have not surrendered their
right IN the instrument to which they have sub
soribed, and therefore it ID reserved to be exer-
cised at their own discretion.
The Herald then goes on to invoke the Black
Republican merchants of New York who voted
for lincoln to g hold d public meeting inmed-
diately, and make such statement Of their views
as will satisfy the Southern States that there is no
hostile intention towards them or their institutions,
and all may yet be well. But let action be taken
promptly, and before the Southern States arc too
far cousnlttted to reeede."
We do not thank the Herald for its advice. 1t
anything but a compliment to the intelli-
r II