New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-18
BACKING DOWN.

BACKING DOWN. ~4
The following is from the Chicago Tribune Of
the 9th inst. As the Tribune Is probably the most
radical, as wei the most influential, of the Abo.
lition journals published in the State of Illinois,
the subjoined specimen of unmitigated 1" backing
down " may prove q source of amusement to our
Ireaders:
We give in another column a variety of interest
i ing Southern news. Latest and most reliable ad-
vices from Charleston represent them confident
that they can gather forces rapidly enough to
/ meet us at any point on the mainland we may
/ choose, at least with equal numbers. Drawing
i from Georgia and North Carolina pretty freely,
| and expecting to have soon portion of their own
men IN virginia to count upon, they are perfectly
/ quiet now, nd7have not yet withdrawn single
company from the general Confederate service.
/ This looks as If we might have to whip them yet
| on the Potomac, instead of having easy days
work of exploration of deserted camps Two
things have already been demonstrated the
government will not, by any blockade, sta,ue out
territory the most fertile agricultural region on
the face OF the globe; and that it will not scare
ont of existence the Confederaey The loyal
people OF the North are ready to accept, to the
fullest extent, the third mode, the bayonet, in
which We shall be successful, Just when we accept
ana use all the means ready to our hands. The
slaves ofrebels must either fs bit with u.s. against
| US. We shall see all squeamishness on the point
| given up directly. .gGHa
Some months ago-shortly after the act of seces-
sion was passed by the Convention of the people
Of Louisiana the Chicago Tribune, then regular
exchange, declared that the star-spangled banner
would soon float in triumph in New Orleans aud
all over the seeded States, and it was all to be
| brought about by a " short, sharp and decisive y
| campaign. The words quoted were used in reply
to an article in the Crescent. In our response we
observed that we wished the war to be /" short,
/ sharp and decisive" aud told our whilom cotem.
porary that We would whip. them in every battle
where the numbers against US were not more than.
two to one, and that when we concluded to make
peace with them the basis Of an absolute politi
cal and commercial independence, that they,
groyellng, whining and walowing in the depths of
defeat, bankruptcy and humiliation, would be'only
too glad 70 accept such terms as we in our mag
nanimity might condescend to offer. IA
The history of the past seven or eight months
shows concusively that we were right in our pre-
dictions and the above extract from the Tribune
proves that it is preparing to dsmount from the
high horse it once proudly, bestrode with wonder
full celebrity. We were to be whipped into subjec-
ton; we were to he starved into loyalty to the,
Federal Union; we were to be blockaded into the
support of a Government that was hateful to us;
we were to be scared back into allegiance to
Constitution which had been perverted and pros
tituted until its authors could notrecognize it; and
all this was to be done inssixty or ninety days. by
the oFerpowering force Abolihondom could and
would bring to bear against US! ..
The result has been that we have defeated the
Abolitionists wherever we got a fair chance at
them on the field of battle; that, instead of being
starved we are fat, well clothed, comfortable, and
rather inclined to be saucy; that Washington City
4iS effe uaIIv Ea5a Mr.
and that the meanest of our foes will not presume
to charge us with being scared or in anywise |
frightened ,., E..Sg
Our armies on the Potomac, we have the salts |
faction of observing instead Of being depleted by
the Abolition raid upon South Carolina and Geor-
gia, have been largely increased leaving ample |
force to " crush out U the Linconites the moment
they venture into the interior beyond the protec
ton of their war ships. The same thing may be |
truthfully said Of Alabama, Mississippi and Louis
lana, whose coasts are threatened with marauding
inenrsions from the Gorillas fleets. We are con- |
tinualy Strengthening our armies in Virginia and
the West, and are growing stronger for home de- |
fence every day. This result has been brought
about by the fact that a remorseless enemy has |
wantonly forced upon us an issue involving honor |
liberty, life, propertyail that honorable men hold
valuable, worth fighting for, living for, and dying
for Consequently, the universal rallying cry with
Is is--'"Liberty or death.'' We prefer to eneoun-
ter the last hazard Of 'vindictive war, waged by
a ruthless enemy, rather than surrender one lot or
little Of honest Independence .ses.. |
We wish the Chicago Tribune would urge the |
Federals to attempt to whip the Confederate army
/" on the Potomac" cur army in Kentucky,
Tennessee or anywhere else. That is precisely |
what eur soldiers want, and as the Tribune
has admitted that the Gorilla Government cannot |
" starye'' us or /" scare us, it should be particu-
larly Jealous in the premises. The policy Of the
Confederate Government is bringing ruin upon the /
North-their expenses being nearly two millions of |
dollars per day--is weakening them in every re-
spect, while we are augmenting our strength-and
II they would only give our boys chance at them
a few more Manassas and Leesburgs might beat
some common sense, if not ordinary deceney, into
their fanatical skulls. aH As.-
As for the g slaves of rebels' it seems to us that
the most obtnse Abolitionist should be satisfied in
regard to their wishes The " slaves will ssfght''
ifneed be, IS against the miserable fanatics OF the
North, AID for their 1ightful owners The loyalty
of the slave population has been remarkable Two
hundred thousand of them, at the lowest estimate,
could have obtained their freedom in MARYLAND
Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri, had they been so
disposed, but not more than five hundred Of them
have, proved false. The four or five thousands the
Abolitionists have in their possession are CON
strained by force, and would arejoce with ex-
ceeding great joy" if they could be permitted to
return to their masters. 2r >, = $500
E A STAY-LAVy---NEW SUGGESTION. ,,u /
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