New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-24
the United States, on April s, 1SG1 NJ o15p N

AUST j. 7. PICKETT
THE c,Nu1Ssro>p,, sec eefelaty TO The Commissioners.
ACCUSING THE G0VERNMtNT' q Or VIZ H. SE E;W,
AND ACCEPTING 4 sOltTON By Fin Swi;p
WAsuIyGr,x Amt, a ,ss,
'loN' " ~ NJ a. aii HEw VA p.
Tho :. ,,n,,o.n,, ,"' ','eu States Washington
Statn y,7onn;antt M uateu Department Of
ndo 5f - too, Mrch 10, 1851, with postscript
thrnnrh ~ Ui S'l lnSt"4t mas been received
n thiS co,nr,i'oin, , - l. ickett, Secretary
nndars%nn4 oIidi e. F mG Wy tne instructions of the
ntS tl0u' o''ieo LUZ II OIL yesterday at the De-
~ ,'n th - ,
r,,ri,,+ rs ti you correctly state the
hn pn5 VI tno olt,,'i Iote addressed to you by
.lv NY '!S.eu vi tue lZlh ulllmo. Without
lGpv"Ll''5 tnc coHletS OF tnNt note in full it is
~ say iie!t IhIG ttS ooJtct was to invite the
t,tH1 VI Inc UnIteo states to friendly
St9tna ond tIa so~Cn S,t ptt"ecn the United
| Trnio,, h,,t ,,., 1'"tGS Aaicly OF the Federal
Iii uut ~" from II by the sovereign
"'t' VI LUX Pe"p!t' growing out OF the pregnant
th ] 't 49, VIZ thoSe people haYer"iecte
| az ~ 'Sy ~ t,to ''teu states ana established
| to be frnn6Iv or hostiro I, luose relations had
ana ~ r ", me people OF the old
tari %1 tl oCG"Pyilg contiguous terri
good nemhhors parh eoaIi III lie relation OF
Soou ttou SeeN'iig thelr happiness and
ntts; ''It IcstlhleS IN their own way,
h I @ ] WI! tne other or they had to
Tho Cnf %tia u" me government Of
ny; :nr "'e 9tItes ma no hesitation i'll elect
| lug Us utulee III thlS ALTERNATIVE Frankly and
had ntya SefNnS lie good OF the people who
hi Ust e Cieill Mn power IN the spirit of
| and OF that Amercanism which renards tho trnn'
| welfare and happiness of the people the Cavern
ment of the Confederate States among its first acts
| commissioned the undersigned to approach the
| Government of the United States with the olive
branch of peace, and to offer to adjust rho Great
| questions pending between them in the onIv W.
to be Justified by the consciences and cnmmonn
OF the people of the two cnnlndnr,ni t "eIi'te
Your Government has not chosen to meet tha
unue[slShcd IN the cOnclatory and peaceful sDrIt
III which they are commissioned Pcrsi.tnnil,,
welded to those fatal theories of constrnrtin1 Of
Inc / gdefal Constitution always rejected bv the
statesmen OF the South and adhered to by those Of
the Administration school, until they have produced
lheF natural ana often predicted result Of the de-
nartn,,'a - ~ t Hn"1' "hiGh We might have
co4tnued TO i've happily and gluriouslv together
hau me spirit OF the ancestry who framed the com
mon Constitution animated the hearts Of all their
SolIS' you ROW, win a persistence untaUrht and |
uhcureu ny the rum which has beel wrought re-.
llse 10 recognize the great fact presented to Won
OF completed and successful revolution: Won close
your eyes TO the existence of the Government
onhded upon 1t, ana ignore the high durie, Of mod
erahon aud humanity which attach to YOU in deal.
lhg win ms great Tact. had you met these issues
WIN tne iranAness and manliness with which the
Undersigned were instructed to present them to
you ana tfCat them, the undersigned had not now
Tue melancholy duty to return home and tell their
government and Their countrymen that their earn
t EST ana ceaseess efforts i'll behalf of peace had
zen Iut'Ie ana tlat Inc government of the United