New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-10
RonERr .y.svALKER,

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J Mr.. Robert J..Walker has 9 turned up again.
II fact heis always turning up, though no one can
foreten atwhat particular point or in what par
ticular role, The last appearance that he made
on the stage of public life was in the character of
Governor Of Kansas, in which, Fly common con-
ssnt, he made great failnre and was Kissed off
the stage. But, as il determined that the world
shall not become ohliyious Of him, he reappears
periodically with letter on some subject, which
finds its way into the newspapers, and is thereafter
Immediately forgotten by the public,at large. The
interval between his late letter and the next pre-.
eedinE one which was terrible onslaught on the
Old Pablo Fgctionary, on account Of his trickery
in the Kansas, imbroglio- has been much, longer
than ever before, since he first commenced that
career which he has ondustriously fol-
lowed up He might be properly called the great
American 4etter-writer." IN
This tine he writes a. letter for g the Unionn--
NOS thss fragment of the old Union which lies
above Mason and Dixon's line, but g the whole
Union.sf And by this Mr.. Walker means the States
Of Southern Confederacy as well as the North
He is gnwilling tobe divorced from the partner
ship. BE objects to the separation Of the South
on grounds which, certainly show his sense for
he declares that in the restoration of the Union
onlyean the prosperity Of New York city be raes-
tabliRhed. ..5}, Ts.3S s5s5sg ,Isf
l Aaa therein Mr.. Walker is about right. Nothing
is pseiner, as every commercial man at the North,
and every Northern statesman knows-if, indeed,
there is such thing as craftsmanship to be found
thers-than that the loss of the South, its trade,
| its productions, and its market will be heavy
1bioW to New York and the North. Mr.. Walker
may have other reasons for wishing the cid Union
restored, but he does not mention any other. The
prosperity Of New York City, and the North gen
iefally, the continued living upon the labor of the
South, the imposition Of burdens upon US, and the
extraction Of our wealth by means OF Federal Ie
gisiation these are the things that Walker wishes
to see restored and brought back, Just as they
were before the Union was dissolved. gsa *
Perhaps, also, some interest of personal nature
may be at the bottom of this love for the Union.
Mr. Walkers magnificent scheme of Pacific Rail
road may miscaEry unless the Union can be
patched up. It will be recollected that he sub
seribed ten millions of dollars to the stock of that
great enterprise; and though this may have been
like Mr.. Richard Swiveller's games Of picquet with
an imaginary antagonist, wherein that gentleman
without shilling in his pocket, was accustomed
TO bet ten, twenty, and sometimes as high as fifty
thousand pounds on the result, yet, there is no
doubt it would have. been a neat operation for him
if he .coGld have gotten through Congress an ap.
preparation for the great road. --.
Mr.. Walker also ventures the opinion that the
North "ean suppress the rebellion within the next
few months" He must have laughed in his sleeve
while penning that declaration. Mr.. Walker has
lived in the South and knows the spirit of the peo
pie. He was in Folks Cabinet at the time of the
Mexican war, and knows that all the great victo-t
ries in thatwar were won mainly, if not entirely,
by Southern troops But then he also knew how
grateful to the Northern heart would be the expires
sion OF theiopinion that the South would be soon
put down, and lit was doubtless from motives Of
kindness to the Northern people and not atall for
the purpose Of putting spoke in his own wheel,
that he indulged in this faneiful and extraYagant
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The South has made Robt. J. Walker everything
that he is, but like Scott and Holt and others of
lesser note, he nov turns and rends his benefact-
ress. We cannot believe that success will crown
that they can escape, either in this
world or thenext, the punishment due to such per-
fdy and ingrattude. @ af /