New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-22
Fort sumter admitted to have been overtaken, with

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ceeds to declare that bis conduct for the future
the performance Of this duty-so free from the
power Of ingenious sophistry as that the world
should not he able to misunderstood.
And III the defiance Of lis own statement that he
gave notice OF the approach Of hostile fleet, he
charges these States with being the assalants OF
the United states, without gun in sight or expect
ancv to return their fire. save few in the fort.
lie is, indeed fully justified in saying that the
cause is so free from the powers Of Ingenious
s0phistrY that the world will not be able to misun-
derstaud it under cover Of this unf0unded pretence
| that the C0ntc3erates are the assailants.
Ihat lHgh iuncdonaTy, after expressing his CON
| concern that some Of the foreign nations had 50
shaped their actions, as if they supposed the early
| destruction Of oar National Union probable, aban
Goncd all farther Disguise and proposes to make
! the contest short aud decisive one by placing at
| the control Of tie Government for the work at
| least G00,0Ut men and St0J.r0D 900. The Con-
gregs concurring in the dOEb, thus jntilated as to
the sui1 cheney Of the force demanded has Increased
it to hall a million men. The enormous prepara-
tions in men and gney for the conduct Of the var
| on scale hloF5 'S2n!lc Than a0y E0Ich the New
| Wn'4H has ever Witnessed, is district aTowGl in
the eyes Of CIVILIZED man that the UnCd States are
| engaged in conflict with great and powerful
| naLlOn They are atldst compelled to ab9ud6n the
pretencc of being engaged in di=posiug OF rioters
and supprcssng insur ectio9s, and are driven to
I the acknowledgment that the present Union has
| been dissolved.
TheJ recognize the separate existence of the
| Confederate States by interdctien, embargo and
blockade on all commerce between them and the
United atatess not only b. sea but BY land, not
only in ships hut in cars. not oniv with those who
bear arms bat with the entire population Of the
Confederate States. Finally, they have repUdIated
their foolish consent that tie Inhabitants Of this
CofedeTaQy are still citizens OF the United States,
| Tor they are HaCing an ind:sCIinirate war upon
item all, with savage ferocity unknown to Modern
civilization. In this War rapne is the rule. Pfiyate
I Residences. in rural retreats. are tOnbavded and
| burnt. Grain crops in tie field are consumed by
the torch. and when tie torch is not convenient,
| careful labor is bestowed TO render complete the
| destruction Of every article Of use or ornament
remaining nrriyata dwellings after the inhabit-
soldtery.
| Ii Isl. Great Britain, vixen ding her revolt
cd colonies took possession o every district il. the
country. Fortress Monroe, now occupied by the
troops Of the t. niteG States and tic houses, then
inhabited by the people after bein: respected and
protected by aVoWed invaders. arc now ptllaged
and destroyed BY men who pretend that their vic
tims are their tellowctiF ems.
Mankind viii shudder to lea. the tales Of out
RACES committed en- defencetss females by the
Soldtery OF the United States, row invading our
homes. Yet, these onTages are prompted BY the
lntamed passions aud madness OF int0NCation.
| But who shall depict the horror with which they
regard the cool: deliberate !nalignity with which,
under the rreteXt Of suppreasing an insurIection,
| said by themselves to be upheld By minority only
| Of our people, makes special on the sick, in
cludng women and children, by carefully devised
measures to prevent. their Obtaining the medicines
necessary for their cure. Sacred claims to Au-
|
battle, by & careful deviation Of an attack upon
the hospitals containing wounded enemies, are
: outraged in cold blood by Government and people
that pretend to desire continuance of tTaternal
connections. All these outrages must remain un-
avenged, save by the universal reprOhati0n CT
5 manEind In all casea where the actual perpe.
traitors Of wrongs escape capture, they admit OF
no retaliation.
The humanity Of our people would shrink in
stinctT ely from the bare idea Of Warng like wal
upon the sick, the women and the children Of the
enemy.
But there are other savage practices which have
been Tes0rteG to by the Government of the United
States. which do admit of repression by retaliation
l have been driven TO necessarily enforcing this
- |. renrREssQl.
5 The prisoners of war telen BY the enemy OIL
beard the armed schooner SayGrnel-, sailing under
our commission, ere. as wGs craLitabIv advised
treated lie common feons 1T in irons, coniuet
in all usually appropriated to criminals of th(
t worst dye. and threatened win punishment a
a such J had made application for the exchange 0
the prisoners to the command ng officer OF TIT
enclnys squadron. o. Charleston, BIT that Officer
| haQ eiICady sent tie prisoners to New York, wher
the apT Iicat:On was made. , therefore, deemed i
| my iuty to renew the proposal for the exchange
to TIE co4stitutionol Comm4nder-ln- Gmet OF tht tht
Army ana Navy of the United states, the only ciIi
Ger having control Of the prisoners To this end.
\ dispatched an officer to him under flag of truce
and N making tie proposal informed PreSden
| Lincoln Of rly rGsClule purpose to heck all bar
barities On prisoners o. war b. sucT severity re
| taliGteG on prisoners held Ky the Confederate
. | States. as s!.oUG secure the atanjolment Of the
| practice I o tits communication reply would b
returned by President Lincoln as soon rs pos
:. sbe. | earnestly nope this promised reply
which has not been received, will convey the as
surauce that the prisoners OF war Will be treatet
in this unhappy contest with that regard to hu
mainly which has made such conspicuous progres
= | in the conduct Of modern warfare. Ct the mea
sures Of precaution, however. and until the
Q promised reply is received shall retain in cqs
custody some OF the captgreG from the enemy
It whom it had Ieen my pleasure previously to en-
b large on parole and whose fate must necessar,
Depend on tlat Of the prisoners held by the enemy
@ | I append e cory OF nv communication to IN
Il President and Commander-in Ci.ief of the Arm.
t. AID Navy Of tie niteG States and OF the repor
of the officers charged to deliver it, harke
:. | Doc. A.
;. There are some other passage in the remarkabl
d paper to which | have directed your attention
e having reference to the peculiar RELATIONS whic
II exist between this Government end the State
J., usually termed Border slave States, which Cal
V not properly bo withheld from notice. The heart
o Of our people are animated by sentiments toward
V the Inhabitants Of those States, which has toun
y expression in your enactment, refusing to conslue
c them enemies authorize hosttes against then
$ That & very large portion Of the people of thos
ID States regard as brethrenthat if unrestraine
te by the actual presence of large armes the subye
N sion Of civil authority and the declaration Of ma
It tial law, some Of them at least would oyfuly uni
with Us. That they are with an almost en
Of uuaniluity opposed to the prosecution of the WI
ir waged against us-our faith of which daily recu
I'd ring events fully warrant the assertion.
Tie President of the United States refuses
s. recognize in those of sister States the right
It. reraning from attack on US, and justfes II
es refusal by the assertion that the States have
to other power than that reserved to them in IL
Mt Onion by the constitution, no of them hayit
o. ever been State out Of the Union. This view
N constitutional relations between the States and IL
General Government is a fitting Introduction
w another assertion Of the message that the Pres
i'd dent exclusively possesses the power OF habe
n corpus, and of delegatug that power to the mi
d. tary commanders at his discretion, and both the
d, propositions claim respect equal to that Whit
of is felt for the additional statement of opinion of Il
n same paper, that it is proper, in order to eXecu
ar the laws, that the single law is made in SUI
ar extreme tenderness of citizens liberty that praC
IT, cally it relieves more of the guilty than the inn
ed cent should to very limited extent be violated.
M We may well rejoice that we have forever seva
ed our connection with government that tn
of tramples on all principles of constitutional libert
ch and with people in whose presence such aVowa
ri could be hazarded.
ca The operations on the field will be greatly e
sse tended by the reason OF policy which, ieretofo
he secretly entertained, is now aVoWed and act
ed upon by the United States.
to The forces hitherto raised proved ample for t
as defense Of the seven States which originally orga
M lied the Confederaay is evident by the TACT I'll
his with the exception OF three fortified Islands, who
se defense is sufficiently aided by q preponderati
al anfth he q