New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-10
MISSOURI.

While Kentucky aisd Maryland seem 10 be,
daily, more and more inaolged In the meshes
of Lincolnism. and gradually shaking intofa CON
dision N ahject subaission, 1t Is gratifying to
see The spirit and pluck displayed by the people
of Missouri. The telegraph yesterday brought us
the news that tho State Convention Of Missouri
| had been called to meet On the nd of July, and
we may easily conclude lei what purpose the
| summons has been issued. & ys@aal5
It may bs that II kentucky had been treated like
Missosri44if Federal troops had been quartered on
her soil, had shos down innocent women and
children and marched over her territory, destroy
! ing LIFE and property before chem, she too would
have been moved by the spirit of resistance, 1t
may DO that the flame 81 patriotism and resent
ment burns more hrightly in Missouri only because
the provocation has been so much the greater.
Certain II is, that while the one State folds lis arms
fmeekly, and tamely yields to the Lincoln despot-
ism, the other raises defiant crest to the enemy
and By her spirit and discrimination challenges the
admiration and excites the sympathy Of every
State of the Southern Confedefacy.
The invasion of Virginia, q State no longer q
member of the Federal Union, is sufficiently Grim
inal and wicked. But the invasion Of Missouri
which Is yet one Of the United States, exceeds in
atrocity anything Of which civilized people could
be guilty. sftss
Missouri has done nothing to5indicate lack Of
fealty to- the Union, except that her gallant Gov
ernor refused to send men to subjugate the States
sof the South. She was vet ID the Union, and &C
knowled cling fidelity I'd the Union, when band Of
hired Hessians murdered the people sof the State,
in broad day-ligit in the streets of her principal
city. This was followed BY forcible seizure Of
arms from her citizens. Then, again, the streets
lof ST. Louis ran redswith tile blood OF inohensve
men, standing pesceabiy ii tile portico of d hall
of justice. Lastly these same Hessians, under the
lead of aft Instrument Of yillainy, have made
raid into the interior of the State, burning houses
pillaging property. terrifying peaGeable con1nlu-
mites, assassinatng citizens who presumed to de-
feHd their homes. and exacting compulsory ale
glance to the Federal Government from all who
swefe too tmi@ or too helpless TO spurn the de-
grading proposal In all history there is nothing
comparable, in swicAedness and sconndr elism, to
this outrageous invasion Of Missouri BIZ gang Of
hired Hessians, repaging the ahospitalities which
this country has Afforded them nurderous forays
upon people who, 81 far Hom having done them
any harm, have been their benefaetors and pro
teetors. sss
Illinois. too, has gone TO their aid. Regiments
Iof Illinois troops hare I,recipitated themselves
across the river to help toEnthtbe throat of sis
ter State! And these men are now in the very
heart Of Missouri two days march south Of Boon
yille ia the garden dstfiet al The State. They are
overrunning the country and dealing destruction
as they 60, the people Of Missouri being without
arms 10 repe the infamous invaders.
Can the Government and the people Of the Con
federate States look on quietly and see these
things done Can we consent, to sit calmly down
and see Missouri trampled upon, and subjected to
insult and humiliation and ruin Nm
! The people Of Missouri are peopleof Southern
blood and character, and are identified with the
South BY every tie Of kindred, 81 interest, and of
domestic and social institutions. Insighting for
afisBonri We would be lighting for ourselves for
oar own people, and the proper and natural in
mates Of Our own honsehofds They Hill making all
ths resistance that can be- made BIZ gallant peo-
pie without arms and without preparation. Shall
they Ne encourage, or shall they be met with cold
Indifference? The troops Of the United States
have invaded our soil and shall we hesitate any
longer to invade heirs particulafIy when 1t is
theirs, not by the. choice of the people, but by
compulsion and force? Fifty thousand Arkansans
and Tennssseeans will Leap to arms 10 morrow to
protect Missouri, if only the word be given.