New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-08

The above verses embody the sentiments of
majority of the people Of Texas in regard to
South Carolina. She has gone. So far as she
could, she has declared to the world that Repub-
5lican Government, the work of George Washing
ton and his illustrious Gompatfiots is failure. It
with sorrow and with shame that history will re-
cord the fact.
She has broken the pledges to her sister States
Of the Union; she has deserted her friends, who
stood by her through good and through evil re-
port,i the North !; she has abandoned the border
slave States that shield her.
When the King of France had sustained disas-
trous defeat upon the field of Pavia, still he had
borne himself SO gallantly in the fight that he
could write backto his capitol: All is lost except
HONOR
South Carolina, after having inglorionsly fled
when securely guarded by other Southern States,
and before gun was fred, can put forth no such
proud dispatchto the world. From time to time
She has shown the lveliest apprehensions of evils
yell to come, but which if firmly met might be
ayerfed. AT last, forgetfu of her obligations to
her friends in the North obliyious Of what is due
TO the Border she has left the gallant array of the
Southern States as deserter.
Let her go in peace! While we sorrow over
her shame. we can but feel manly pride when
we reflect that Texas cannot be brought TO like
dishonor. Neither bad example, nor dictaton
at home and abroad, nor all combined, can force
her To swerve from the path Of recdtude. Least
Of all can she be moved by appeals to fear.
We are told that when an excavation was made
at the outskirts Of the city of Herculaneum a
guard house was discovered. and near it was found
the skeleton of sentinel in his arInor. When the
fiery flood of the volcano rolled on and the dir
darkened by tempest of scoriae and ashes, in the
confusion he was forgotten-he was not relieved.
He must have known what would be his fate, and
that he could escape, as did many of the iuhabi-
tants Of the city, BY flight but his sense of mill
tary honor was such that he remained and per-
ished this post
Texas stands as sentinel on the outskirts of the
Union. Come what may she will never desert her
post.
Poo, So.at CdroEinat
We would not copy the above, only that we
wish to show how it acted upon the hitherto quiet
people of Galveston.
On Saturday night, Che evening of the day on
which the above was published) as Mr.. Tidmarsh
informs US, a multitude of the citizens, including
merchants and members of all the other respectable
classes of the city, went to the office Of " Die
Union. broke in and destroyed the printing press
and forms, scattered the types, and in fact
thoroughly Quilted the building. After this they
built bonfire of tar-barrels in the backyard, and
the fremen being on hand, they played around the
bonfire in such manner as to keep it from de-
stroying the building or damaging the neighboring
property.
This done, large sign was posted in front Of tie
building bearing the words Quoted from the arti-
Gle in the German paper) Poor South Carolina y
Next morning, Sunday, underneath the above
sign was another, bearing the words, Hang
them ! =
When the orizaba left, The people were still
much excited, and were organizing to catch the
German, editor, r. Flake, Git possible) and all
other abolitionists thereabout, in order to treat
them to the @rail-spltting ordeal, and suits Of
tar and cotton.
Itwould seem by this, that the Galveston people
paid lille attention to what DE Union printed
ID Dutch, but concluded to manifest their sent
ments upon reading in the paper an article il
English SO audacous as the above.