New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-28
M. Fillmore ana t1se SOU


and calculating indifferer a. 4e sonseanentss' Snt
perhaps in nothing SO nasess rs IN he election O
Mr.. Lincon-hoWe" ee tAis NAV be esteemed o.
disesteenie0 Us " sufficient cause for disunion-
nave they so az ,tAerately and decidedly betrayed
q disuhlna sp .rit> II wSs the consummation of al
me snIece" enc Scts and the aftixiDg the seal of
oeterhhf d natpose TO pursue certain policy t
the end, he the fCoEs squences what they may. L
Is IN tie exhibition of this spirit SO generally ant
nersistenty that we realize the most painful hope
lessness with regard to the nation in this crisis
And we apprekend that the Southern States which
are withdrawing from the Union, do so under al
overwhelming sense of despalr-a total crushing
| hopelessness of ever enjoying peace and harmony
in the Union. We think we estimate their action
Alright, in the belief that, long convinced of tht
helplessRess of Maintaining their equality in the
Union, sud struggling to the last with all the aid
their Northern friends against fanatical aggression
they are forced to the conclusion that it is better
to pass through the revolution of the day, blood
iessly if they can, and seek peace under another
and independent national organization.
In relation TO the particular fact that the people
of the North had reason to believe that disuniOr
would be the consequence of the election of Mr.
lincoln we publish an extract from speech de-
iiyered by Mr. Fillmore, the American candidate
for the Presidency in 1856, when MI. Fremont was
the candidate of the Republicans. The speech
was delivered at Albany N. Y, and at the time
was freely circulated, possibly with some effect to
restrain the impetuous and disorganizing spirit Of
Republicanism at that time. 1t has been repub-
llSleQ curing the laEe campaign, anu tue passages
below haze most significant bearing upon the
present condition of AFFAIRS Mr.. Fillmore said
awe see q political party representing candidates
for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency selected,
for the first time, from the free States alone, with
the avowed purpose of electing these candidates
by sufrages of one part of the Union only, to rule
over the whole United States. Can it be possible
that those who are engaged in such measure can
have seriously reflected upon the consequences
which must inevitably follow in case of success
Can they have the madness or the folly to believe
that our Southern brethren would submit to be
governed by such . Chief Magistrate?
"Suppose that the South, having majority of
the electoral votes, should declare that they would
have only Shareholders for President and Vice
President and should elect such by their exclusive
suffrage to rule over US at the North, do you think
yoat 7ooad submit to 4 No, not for q moment.
And do you believe that your Southern brethren
are less sensitive this subject than you are, or
less jealous Of their rights? It you d. let me tell
you that you are mistaken; and, therefore, you
must see that if this sectional party succeeds it
leads iueUidJ{y TO the destruction Of this beautiful
fabric, reared by our forefathers, etc. l
tell you that we are treading on the brink of vol
cano, that is liable, at any moment to burst forth
and overwhelm the nation"
This is ineligible enough and reasonable, and
not to be misunderstood But the illustration is
much more forcble than at first sight appears.
Mr.. Fillmore turns to those he is addressing and
asks if they want to submit to q President and
Vice. President elected by the exclusive suffrage
that they would have none but shareholders in
those offices. And he answers fer the people
Sc No, not for moment!" But, we may ask, why
not? The slave States have never aimed at the
subiugation, humiliation or disqualification of the
free States either within their own borders in the
Territories. The slave States avoW no !" irrepres-
sible conflict" and mediate restraints upon the
Northern people in their persons and property
Yet, Mr. Fillmore declares that the Northern peo
pie would never have submitted to a Southern
President and Eice-Presdent elected under the
same circumstances as those which characterize
he election Of Lincoln and Hamlin.
The Richmond Dispatch, an earnest and popular
representative OF Southern rights, and conserya-
i've withal, has some remarks upon the language
If Mfr. Fillmore as quoted above. We append
portion of them as follows:
" Mr.. Fillmore was certainly right in bis estimate
If the spirit of the Northern people. They would
lot submit to such a tyranny from the South as
hat he described. And can we tor moment sup
rose, as he himself said that, the Southern people
are less sensitive on this subject less Jealous
f their rights, than the people of the North ?
VIII any Southern man make SO disgraceful an ad |
mission?
Washington predicted the breaking Up of the |
Union under circumstances precisely such as now |
xst. His prediction was based upon the spirit of |
Independence and honor which he knew to abide
i the hearts of the people of his country. = **#
g The South will be true to herself-to the esti-'
late of her spirit entertained by the Father of his
,ouhtry-to her past history and to her present in
ependence and honor. She will resist the out
ages Of the North. She will dissolve all connec-
ion with the North, or have an acknowledgment
nd practical respect of her rights from those
rho have denied and outraged them. She will not |
onger submit to be told that she shall have no
quality in Territories and that her right of prop
rty in slaves shall be nowhere recognzed-and to
e told that by the descendants of the importers Of
laUes, and of those who owned slaves and got rid |
f slavery by selling ont to our ancestors-descen-
ants of persons who got rid of slavery by having
commercial outlet for it, and whose posterity
ow say to us that we shall have no outlet but that
re shall be hemmed in by lines within which
avery will ultimately be eXtinguished, according
Mr.. Lincoln. To submit would bring national
isgrace upon us, and put our own race il course
ultimate extinction
The natural effects of these causes has begun.
ne State has withdrawn from. the Union-several
theirs are going. 1t is folly to denounce them. 1t
Standardization in any Southern man to do
}. There is no difference about the nature of
lr outrages and their degree. If some States
hoose to dissolve their connection with their as
iilants, we ought not to denounce them We may
agret that they had not shaped their measures and
he time of action differently; but we cannot deny
or depreciate the gravity of the PRovocArIoN.
They cannot be called back without the most
)mplete acknowledgment of their rights in the
Mon. If this acknowledgment does not take
ace before Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated, then
is not likely that it will ever be made. There is
irrepressible aversion in the South to remaining
lder the administration of Lincoln. Nothing but
re most thorough righting of wrongs and redress
g of grievances can induce Southern people to
limit to it. Without them Lincoln will never be
resident of the United States.
" War and all its attendant horrors must ensue
ithout 7tlited South. With union this may be
'evented. Division and discord here will but fix
e party in power at the North more firmly in its
termination to yield not an inch Of its usurpa-
ons-will but stimulate Black Republican bands
Id g Wide Awakes" in their measures for coer-
on and invasion of the South. Union and con
nd amongst us, if it does not promptly eXtort
stice to the South will at least stop the upIifted
m and end the preparation for coercion. The
aople are ahead of the Politicians and the Press,
I'd the Women God bless them) are ahead of the
ice They must suffer most from war and its
but they are most eager for resist
theirfor the maintenance of the rights and honor
For these the proud and noble
rifce. of the South are ready to endure any
yes to thes the public men but elevate them
be united level of popular feeling the South
It'll may insur4n a month from to-day A united
will certainly b reconstruction of the Union.
enable rights ofRindicate the honor and the in
the Southern States"
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