New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-11
THURSDAY MORNING. JULY IA, 1861.
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! sfExFssis, TEss., sisy 10. 1881. !
4 To HIM n. secretafs sgaie
! pEAE SIN: 4 know not that 4 voice from oae
holding az buaibIe positi6nss myself claiming
| only to be q minister Of the gospel efpeace, z
can reach you aud obtaiI calm and dispassonate
hearing sileta aeges d1lssa is q maxim
4 that not anfre4uentiy furnishes to-
i those who slight fenonstranee, ana with whom
passion rather than reason prevails in the pr0secu
ton and attainment Of their objects. There are
Crises in the affairs or nations which sometimes
eoGstrain men to overlook the ditarenaesin N lr
relative positions and ventsre beyond The limits
4 which a becoming lnudegtY prescftbes, ID order to
attempt yainabIe ends. Tine threatening aspect Of
the times portending disaster ana run equal ly to
the assailed and assaiiifg prompt uFgentiy
to make this communication. If it fails Of any
saufar influence, the satlpr of i will at ieast be
I conscious Of purity Of intention, and of having
done what he could, accDrdiHg to Ills profession
to promote peace and good sziIl among men,,
Il The blood OF my ancestors was e poured out
i like Water on the battle fields Of the revolution, i,
X aud 4 was born almost within hearing Of the
shoats of the final victory achieved on my natal
4 soil, that closed the conflict and proclaimed the in
\ dependence Of America. I'll the reeolfeefons Of
i chilahood, and all tae glowing antieipations of
4 youth and 1latnEer years are assocated iii my
mind with the glowing events Of that petioa and
the stirring times of that love of eoun
try grew with my growth and strengthened with
/ my strength, nail II rpened into a devotion ap
4 preaching to id9latfy NO one can be surprised,
then, that have bee ID among the last to despair
I Of faae repnbcs and to give mp the hope of pre-
serving the union of these States. For forty years
past have never lost sight of this object and for
the last year have exerted all ihe influence pos
4 sessed and employed all the means in my power to
II eaectit Now, in the antHfan Of life, after having
A devoted nearly half century to the intellectual
I, and religious improvement OF my Tel ow-1hen, with
A my children all grown, with what spectacle am
4 presented in the actual and prospective condition
q Of our unhappy and distracted country 2 Twenty
II millions Of people in the Norta wrought MP TO the
Y highest pitch of e1asper arning 10 snbjegate
or sxterminate eight millions of their brethren,
who have sworn by their altaTs and their firesides
that they will die to the last man and mngi 10 their
blood with that of their wives, children and depen-
4 dents before they will submit or yield up the
sacred trust Of sell eyernment Committed to them
4 by tfiefr fathers.
Such is the picture which the people of these
States now present to the contemplation of the
| friends and TO the enemies of free government
throughout the world, I'd tile professed followers
Of the " Prince Of Peace among the nations d
& / the earth.
For Obvious reasons, IenteF into no discussion
of the causes which have brutg l5 about this state
Of national affairs It is not in the line Of my
!, calling, even if was capable Of conducting il
: wisely and creditabiy with q statesman whose
talents and experience have placed him in 9
station Of prdeinnent power and influence.
Il have been inthe habit of reading your speeches
for many years, and there are few Senators in
3 whose wisdom, prudence and patriotism Ireposed
SO much confidence for the settlement OF those
: grave questions, which haye disturbed, agitated
4 and. finally conyulsed this great nation from
for consideration, which presses upon the mind
"a and heart Of every man like upon the ruler and
y the snbject-the statesnan and the constituent
. the clergyman and the layfnan--is how are we ia
I reach the solution Of difficulty which meets MS
every Hhere, enYeioping in its tolls and eomphca
: tons all the public and private relations of life.
s The proclamation Of the President, nauguratine
war, has already accomplished, OF will il, d feN
days consnrnmate the work of secession, as far as
g it will probably go, and as far, perhaps, as its
, authors ever expected or desired il to go. i
j, seems to be overlooked that this proceeding il
! characterized only in some few o its features bJ
\ those marks which distinguish ordinary insurrec
tions against established governments.
. The vast body of the people now concerned ii
Lit, recognizing the principle distinctly set forti
in onr Declaration of independence, that it is thu
right and duty Of "a people 70 alter and abolisi
r their forms Of government when these become
al destructive OF the ends Of their creation, hayt
: acted in this case, by their independent Stat
sovereignties, separately or i'll combination. Tbe
action il invested with Az the sanctity and obga
ton of law. gI4
;, 1t is the aEowed determination Of the Unite,
Il States Government to arrest this movement b.
force. In this purpose it is said to be sustained
a and encouraged by the unanimous sentiment ant
action of all the Northern States. The publ,
Journals private letters, and the reports Of visitors
y all concur in the information which they bring +
It ns-they al speak the some language--that it |
IS the fixed and unalterable resolve of the North
E By the employment of every dspesable fore
!, which money, Influence, power, alarement, q
appeals TO the lowest and worst passions ot huma
nature can command, to crush eHeetualy aud for
e ever what il Is pleased to denominats the spritjo
. rebellion in the South, and to stop at no poin
? short of the entire sllbjugation or uter e1termna
g tionof its whole white population. The charaete
of the war to be waged against us, If we ma.
credit your own presses, is to be diYested o
all those attributes in its prosecution which civil
!, ized nations recognize as binding upon the mora
q sense of all people and governmen ents, to nitigat
its evils and alleviate its miseres The brutal pas
. sons OF men, whose trade it Is to prey npon til
!, property of their neghbors, and escape tn
clutches of the police Of your cities tle feroet
i, of wretohes whose consciences have been scare,
n by familiarity with crime, and whose hands liav
been stained with tile blood Of murder and man
f slaughter, are to be invoked to- execute th
/. {behests of q Government which prueains to til
world that its object is to secure peace and eS
: tablish order, tranquility and the reign of law
g After making every allowance for eXaggeratio
i. and the intemperanee of language spoken orsgri
ten in The heat Of passion or in the zeal of real
affected patriotism, the statement, when viewed b
all necessary abatements and divested of all art
feial coloTing, presents to the imagination spe
Il tacle Of horrors, to which fancy cannot add
color to fendsh mali gnity, its atrocio,
cruelty. No wonder that men Of the u Old Work
rs though accustomed to tie exhibition If despera
e vlainy and enormous crime, in people instigste
d to their commission by the accursed stimnants I
o bastial Indulgence and unchecked inpiety, stan
s agssastat the very thought of this unpEecedente
y turpitnde, and in the name Of outraged humanit
protest against its perpetration Nevertheless, al
2 palng as this representation is, and revolving as
Is 70 every selltiIeIlt OF plel eb US coIiSuef no
"a it ID met by those whom this picture was intende
s. I'd intimidate and whom its realized truthfulnes
n ought perhaps to alarm. Sir, believe me, when
g say that from the Chesapeake to the banks of th
Y lilo Grande is heard the martial note of prepare
ton Tle laborer is quitting his fields the profes
sional man his office, the merchant his counting
room, and thepioneer Of the wilderness ID droppin
his AK and snatching up his deadly rifle, all /
=, array themselves in the ranks Of war. Our mouI
h tain-tops and valleys pouring forth their hard
r sons while our plains are alive with armed mer
eager for the strife of battle Even the freenegre
a the unconscious representative of q class who's
i. alleged degradation and nncomplaining wrong
!, have reused into frenzy all the fierce passions q
y twenty millions Of men in the North comes foi
4 ward, voluntarily, and begs the favor of bein
! allowed to fight for the land where he tolls for iii
N daily bread
!. Our women tIle daughters of mothers VIII
y moulded bullets aud carried them hotSsin thei
Y aprons to their husbands as they stood benin
their stockades and repealed the assaults Of th
Y merciless savage are practising themselves in tn
+ use OF firearms; and forming voluntary associa
y tions to prepare lint and bandages for the wounded
4 condiments medicines, and other comforts for til
Y y sick and toil-Wnrn soldieri !
y. y Sit, have been in this State forty years. III
Y Indian boundary line, when came to Tentiesset
= = was two hundred miles east of this place. Itt
4 now twice that distance west-it is now kne1
" NOT where. / have tTayelad oftener than ca