New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-19

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fgH1d rsspegs and regard.
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bSye the honor 10 address sou ss lie GeIsfrafs-
! missioner of the Convention 9T tEla Ne0psH 1a
1oais,ans aeere w pour hls beSy
With t5F5 communication, by the fAg0g nS YEH8
presidRG 9iiseer WIZ Me- laid hefgre g0ft 5ssy
dentias, the ordinance in aeGsssfen s Yeas sf8H
in regard 2 the Mssisspg and she
/" TO provide for the 0z gs s.
Convention I'd form q Southern n @
These ordinances and lie zgsofutieIS
at their respective dates by ne
III Conyentioa assembled agEeT scFiesss A8
calm delibefation.
Being desfross Of ofsaiaing fila csslf
the people of Teas, ID " nat sge saa4 'l0F
! iane invites yoEtto candid cSnsf f7llse lez
acts in resarnine she powers kE tA
1 trnment Of the Ia6e United afafes aFa
/ ing for the forTaation of GonfedefaeE g N tsSss
\ States that have seeded and Faa se eaes q
/ archives of the Federal Government bAAr
testimony TO the loyalty of Eonsiaia FL tlis
ican Union Her cpasesEati has bssI pEossF-
bial in political cireses TAe character aad
suits 81 the people, her immense iealtnta al
wealth, her large basking capital her
Of the great eornnef ciai oiia 0f tla
Il whose varied trade almost rivals 0s The
OF ten thousand masts v present facts sgiiriehS
to make st assurance aoubty sure she rfH
take these grave steps for & light Or tgaalsieHG
i causes' She was iEnpaIIed 10 this acsi3H 10 ~
EserFe her honor, her rsafsty, her
i free institutions sacrsd to her peaple ahe ke
lieved the Federal agent had betrayesi her
had become the facIle instrataeat of x
j YIe, and was usurpiDg fespatis po aGsl
sidered that the present v2ciIlating ExeeatEge
i the fourth of March next, ~ouad he asppaRssd 1N
aistalw waIt fanatic 81 tlle North lose efsss
4 getic will, backed BY the frenzied bigosf pr
4 patriotic nlassess waud cause him
military despotisnt alrsady inaag Eafesf
The people OF Louisiana Wexe niisv nag tq ssE
danger their liberties and property by
4 to the despotism of sing ar tie
tyranny of pharsaieal flajcfities fnsnSed by Esst
denial of ber Goastitntio ona ean hE the IossT
slnyeholding States, outraged hE tislf
Gus rejection Of prsGargd cuEapf UIrisGs, aud
4 vincad that she Was illustrating La capa esg dl iak
a people for self fgoyernaen hy
81 Union. that hal failed. without fault ef W
Il accomplish its purposes, she eclared heraes fss
a and independent State on tile 2RtI wa lass4
History affords no esarrple Of peppias sVsse
changed their GoveEnnlsn fpr more yAss "a $50
Il IouisaEia looks to tic I'LL riatioa cf Y sonsiss
Confederaey, to preserve the Blessings cf gFisaa
IL slavery and at the free issttat0na uf 6nn{fSSH
&c the Federal Union bednsathsd their
As her neighhor, and sister State she deSisea sao
hearty cooperation Of Texas in
!. Of Southern Confeaeracy. She SorgfHtu HtulasHM
herself on the recent disposition eyincea by ynsf
honorable body to meet this wish. BY tie III
/ of delegates to the Montgomery CuHTe lti1sS.
y Louisiana and Texas have the aaae Iangus
laws and institutions. They grow the Hskse great
staples, sugar and cotton BetWRe the 0&
" each exists the most cordial, social ana
e cial intercourse. The Red RIVER ana slle Satine
! form common highways for tile tFalisp0fta HE
their produce to the markets oE tie world IsxNg
9 afords to the commerce. Of Louisiana iar poEs
tion Of her products and id exchange tAe hanks 0f
Y New Orleans furnish Texas with her only papeF
}. circulating medium. Louisiana sapplies To Tsxns
o market for her surplus wheat grasn ana stGeks
t Both States have large areas Of
!; land peculiarly adapted TO slave labor and GAe
are both 30 deeply interested ia frcafa "a
that It may be said to he absolutely necessnt
their existence, and is the Reyatone tc sils ar0hef
tended gulf coast, ana must look with eqHaI s8ticf.
tude to its protection now, aud the Acquisition at
. tie entire control of the Gulf of MeS5s1 ia ggse
- time. KAY
No two States Of this confederacy ara a idsHfis
fed in interest," and two Whosa dastlAiea ara sn
Z closely interwoye with each other Fy slF
u patby and unity of interest make them oIls
Recognizing these facts bnt sti In le9
1, own powers to maintain d separate essS sSsfsHiGWs
"a Louisiana regards with great concern ths yots q
the people Of Texas on the Fatlleatian ef he sTfA
= nance Of secession adopted by y0uE he1l0Ta hlS
- body on the first of the present lnpnsh. she IS
n ~ confident a people who 80 noaay ana calamity
" achieved their liberties, under sach
~ difficulties will not falter in maintai
W W The Mexican yoke could NOT have been gall
T. T. ing to the army Of heroes ef isB naE te Fagh
~ Republican rule wnuld be TO the senl
. Of that army Mt the present day.
~ ~ The people of Louisiana would GaTssa Azn5
~ ~ fatal blow to African slavery il ~ xas ei tils
II II not secede, or having seeeded nlli el
na deatinies TO theirs y y Southern
hg she remains in the linton, the Abaitti0Aists aIs
- continue their work Of ncendIaf and tnnFaer
y y Emigrant Aid Societies would aFIll Wi
S rifles predatory bands to infest her heFA epF
"A ders.
III The Federal Government would nlnek at lig3
a. calamity in accepting tie recant biIhaa II ri
Army bill and Pacific I'd hisl an ssA a6ntl
,r- zion traachefy would leaXe eg sEgn
he tier to The murderous inf Of hcske sayages
M Experience iastifes these expeefas si9las A pro
,e. fessedy friendly Federal asnnis tasAtlpn gSSs
Vi Texas substantial prctac ftlissl
or A Abolitionists and what must she npz fQY ffOp
,rs an administration aEpHediy inileat agl pHTEas
M by no vote within her bn..dsfa. REafases y q
from the tinia and faithless are paor Aostasaa ~
on good faith, An d separate GIsfEna Sa
10 members tao well the Whispefings Ut ssnraais@i
ed diplomacy for the abolition Of tlan tnls
Of annexation. not TO be appre eheHsiFa 0f halsls
m demonstrations from tie sarue quarters aii "
m North in this century, The peoplg Of the slave
nj holding States are bound t0sather hg Mid sam
id necessity and determination III prssefT afFiea
slavery The Isolation of any oHe of thein frOH
The others, would make her the theater foE #ho
tion emmissares from the North and from lshEdI1e
Her existence would be one OF constant peril I
herself and of inlmnen to othef neigiIns1
ex; ing slayeheding communities. decent EesEisr
S for the opinions and aterests of the Galf atste
ss seems to Indicate that Texas shsnd Ris
nd them. Y
j i am authorized to say TO yanr hon0FahIe bad.
N that Louisiana does not expect any henedelal IA
in, suit from the Peace Convention ntgst assenible
on, Washington She isunwlling that hef ton shout
D depend on the border States Her inta ssts aF
ht identical with Texas and the secedfng SEAtes
sy, With them she will at present e6es3 Arata inpIp
leo and believing, in his own good tlne God
en- the people Of the border States tlse vastly
asking for, or depending upon ef y
lie, promises wrung from neepla llnse cpnssezlcs
@ are too snblinated to be hoGna hT epm
an pact-the Constitution of the late Uated tates
2 That Constitution the Southern States hava neye
rk; violated sand taking it as the basis o
W eminent, we hope to form slaVehalling Genies
ss; eracy that will secure to and our e
ss; terity the great blessings its anthpfs
W the Federal Union. With the social bal lance Y hs
ax; of slavery to regulate its nery, we may fond
La; indulge the hopei that our Southera sosegslaei
z will be perpetual.
la. Commissioner Of The Stke ~ Losds.anas
i", Cry or AUSTIN, Feb. II, 1851 "a
w AvsTtSs FehrIlats lib, is5i-
/: j Gll Geo. Williamson, Commits ianeIs ete "a
r Dett. Sri have received ypHr epF nlunieatl
as Commissioner from the State of 1isuiSiana, II
Il will submit it, together with the 9fdnances 81
- other documents accompang ing " 40 the t1angs