New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-13
LOUISIANA AND ri1Ia I. ss7t,IsI.T1.,,=

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The New York 4 world newspaper, which was
at FIRST as mild spoken and meaig -nlouthe paper
any III the land, has lately become almost AZ s,,y.
age and bilious as the Tribune or Garrison,s LIB.
orator 1t started out, we believe as a sort Of
Isemireligous journal; but, finding that that dodge
did not pay, it has cut the church. and entered into
the service of Beezehub with the zeal and abandon
characteristic of all new converts.
See how the World abuses and yilifes the State
4 Of Louisiana:
II we may trust the telegraph, Louisiana has de.
termined to initiate her separate national" exist
Ience by robbery, exactly in the Mexican STYLE
She has. after preparing the way by some under
hand proceedings, seized the money belonging to
/ the United States, in the hands Of the Assistant
/ Treasurer at New Orleans. She is not content
with casting off her allegiance to the Government
Of the United States, but she despoiIs that Govern
ment to support her in her rebellion. Her leaders
In secession evidently have very lively apprecia.
| ton of the Inconvenience of setting mn business
without either cash or credit. So grave, indeed.
are their apprehensions on this score that thew
eoncinde that they can better do without honor
than without money. "Qae,'enda pecuaia r,i,aa
post alitaleos Uiftts.'' This is at once the most
pitiaIbe and most outrageous proceeding that has
yet sgraced the secession movement Here is a
state which is the mere creature of this Govern
ment her very lands bought by the United States;
her political existence having no other source than
the Congress of the United States; in debt 10 the
treasury Of the United States on every score and
yet she robs that treasury to enable her the more
successfully to set at naaght the provisions Of the
instrument BY which she became possessed of those
measurable political and commercial advantages
winch have secured her material prosperity, and
given her citizens an honorable position before the
world. We hope that there may be some satisfac-
tory explanation of this reported seizure; but we
fear that it will not be forthcoming.
E The World here declares that the State of Io,,is
lana IS I without either cash or credit'-and that
she has "robbedn the Federal Government of the
money in the Mint, G to support her in her rebel.
lion" Both of these assertions are UNANIMOUSLY
false. The State of Louisiana has money enougb
IN her Treasury at the present time, and has had
for several years, to protect herself against any
force that the North may send here to subdue ma |
But if she did not have dollar, she has credit |
enough with her own citizens, to raise all she il |
likely to need. The voluntary offers of money. by
cltlzens and banks to the Governor of the State
offers which were declined because the money was
not needed-shoW that we have the command of
any amount of money, without e robbing,'' as tile
World elegantly oalsit, the bankrupt Government
Of the late United States.
Bnt no robbery has been committed, The State
Of Louisiana, we venture to say, will account to
the last farthing for every dollar she has received
rom the Old Union, upon fair and honest settle
nenf OF accounts. But, while the Government
threatens coercion, the blockade Of our ports the
embarrassment of our foreign commerce. and tbe
laughter OF our people, we cannot permit the
means Of our own defence to pass into the hands
i our enemies. For this reason we have taken |
possession Of the forts-and, as to the money, we
epeat that the old Union will get every dollar to
Rhich it is fairly entitled.
The " orld, therefore, and all kindred sheets had
lst as well keep cool and not discover 50 passion
TO an exhibition Of their malignity and wrath.
ne cutlery it makes about this transaction shows
nat the classical rule it applies to us BELTS pre- :,
isely its oWG case. The seizure of the forts pro-
oked only subdued whine of remonstrance
he loud howl Of wrathfu Indignation vas heard
he moment we touched the money.
Equally untrue is it that the +" lands'' Of Louis
ma were bought by the United States.n Louis q
ina was eeded BY France without any condition
money. By subsequent agreement, the United
taEes paid certain sum, not for lands'' or peo- ~
ie-but simply to reimburse Napoleon the moneys c.
2 had expended in his efforts to plant here
olony. The prevalent belief that Louisiana was NJ
ought and paid for, is prevalent error We're it -
rue, the Federal Government has been repaid VI
ourfoid in actual cash, to say nothing of the in
irect advantages Of the association. 40
lecture on honor and honesty comes with ~ ~
eenliar grace from the representative of public oil
ointment which is an entire stranger to both of us
he virtues which it denies to us. Abotionism re
aik Of honor, much less of honesty! And get, nc
oH strange it is that these people seem so reluc-
ant to give Us upl # they believe US to be the RI
ogues and robbers that they say, if we are the IN
aWless and turbulent people that they declare,
Thy not, in Heavens name relieve themselves Of to
he association with us by letting us go in peace?
TALK. ON yCEIA Nc.E. Z