New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-12
THE h0NDOs TIMES ON TAN sEcRs-
SION or THE SOUTHERN STATES.

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We publish elsewhere, in 10. days paper, a most
significant and suggestive artislefrom the London
Times, on the subject of the secession of the South
ern states and the formation OF a Southern Con.
federacy The Times, as is well known, is the
| leading organ Of public opinion in Great Britain
Devoted to the suppoet of no particular party, but
independent its political relations and discussing
every question, it arises on its abstract merits
and general principles, it has acquired influence
and circulation, together, unsurpassed by that of
any other journal that has ever existed.
When such paper takes the positions that the
Times does in the article that we publish, we NAV
be wei assured that it gives expression to the pre-
| dominant sentiment of the British public-not of
the masses only, but of the statesmen the aristoc-
racy. and the leading citizens of the Empire. 1t
SHOWS, what We have always asserted in these col
umns, That the sympathies of Great Britain are
VITA us IN TINS movement, though policy may re-
qHlre an abstinence from an open and bold avowal
of those sympathes to the other nations and DOW.
ers of the world.
Inc declarations contained in this article were
considered OF so much importance that, as our
readers may recollect, ats substance was promptly
telegraPhed to the South upon the arrival of the
steamer which brought the paper. The article
itself more than answers to the expectations ere.
ated by the Geographic announcement, as close
and attentive perusal of it will sufficiently demon
strate.
In the first place, it will be observed, the Times
predicts that the secession of the States which
nave already renowned the old Federal Union.
viii necessitate the secession of all the other States
OF the South, which will be drawn Shy natural
afhninlty into the Southern Federation. And that
these States would be g the real United States J,
the North being only the trump" of the late
Union. Next, that /" every natural advantage
would be on The side Of the slave States. the in.
ference from which is that all the political. COM
mercial and social advantages will be on our side
also. Thenit is predicted that the Western Free
States will soon dissolve their connection with New
Eng land, heir interests being dIssimar and that
N the mean time A Gh the riches Of The Ne,o Hor7d
tco'tld 6e IN TIE grasp Of The !so,tt5er7ae9.sn
# When we, Of the South, have made the same
declarations, as We have repeatedly done, it has
been set down BY the North to the account of sec
tional pride and empty vsporing. But here is
dsinterested spectator OF the scene who. looking
calmly at It, sustains every assertion that the
southern people have made. It.comes too. from |
me leading journal Of people educated in d
spirit Of hostility 10 African slavery, as it exists in
the States of the South.
lhus, while the people and the statesmen of
treat Britain fully appreciate the present posi- |
tlon and the future prospects of the Southern Fed
grafton, let Us not ourselves, be lacking in our
oWn appreciation Of them. We have country /
Dressed, IN many respects, beyond any that the
SIM shines upon, and containing the elements of
ttle richest the most prosperous, and the happest
and the freest community on the surface of the
giobe In every respect of climate and of soil, in
mineral wealth, IN natural and artificial channels
n commerce, ard N the energy, enterprise and
lhtelngence OF the people, we possess advantages
vonchsafed BY The author of all good to no other
NATION OF the earth and we should not permit our
selves 70 appreciate them less fully than is done by
'ther and distant people. Add to this the great
conservative and humane system of domestic
anor, beneficial alike to both races which exists
q our midst, and monopoly of the leading article
y foreign traffic. and one can fail to see that
he path which the South will pursue in the future
$ one which leads to the enjoyment of unprece t
Tented prosperity and power. c
Inc South fiourished and strengthened even in
ne Old Union, where she had to bear nearly all !
ne burdens Of a prodigal Government, and was
in hundreds Of ways, TO the North. Re-
easeo rom this Vassalage, political and com
nerclal; retaining in our midst the great wealth
Fhch IS annually poured into the Federal Golfers
md the lap of the North; unmoiested by attacks
lpon our rights and robberes of our property;
nd with advantageous commercial relations with
ne other nations Of the earth there is nothing left
Or the people of the South but to accept the bril-.
ant future which awaits them, and to be thankful
hat they had the spirit and the manlness to bsing
about by severance of the unnatural alliance
'hich 50 long made them tributary to a people
hose only return for it was insult and oppression.