New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-05
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sgiie ss5atliefn secession DID velnent deeTens and
stfsnR lbnns. The practical action o. South Caro-
5saa fBs awakeiie1 Size iieehest feelings Of 81 m
pashy iii other States, and at many Important
Sesssher centeis the beginning Of the revolution,
which sl,e south seiieve h 20 end n Southern
atoms ss onlv Eollow Tie isaugrratien of great
puistigai and ta0fa achieeenle MS. Il OF only in
egkgesssa Southern States is the Independence OF
South Carolina openly recognized andapplauded,
sssft fiji t huFslsf States DC Delaware and Virginia
the nc sFs oi the first step IN secession is received
iIh joy, end N eicomsd BY the explosion Of gun
NusxeeT aud TIE planaits of the ladies'.
The South are terribly in earnest in this secession
movement 1T Ii no fancifal freak of hair Drained
fanatics triying til realize some abstract theory
of ii9nrals social perfectio or elitical economy,
but tlle result Of long series of aggressions upon
tIae properly, Tie rights and the liberties Of the
South iii a Dc teal party in The North, which has
now obtained the power to alake coed IT'S ts'-e1ts
against slae and either oDes,anaet7 stla az ram
S nsnle SeGlb Submissive subjects OF sectional
zaltsssl1Ue TO submit 70 one or the
other alternative would show our Southern breth-
eras TO NE either uneorthg vel the blessings Of civil
izassan OF weak towards, unable to appreciate
their position to Save themselves from Enc 1atal
grasp of their enc mics.
Nearly AL classes Of people 10 the North are
naturally inclined to regard the action OF South
Carolina as anad ysedly cipitate. II may be So
4
Thcfc are losbtfess, not few individuals in South
Syareaina who might have desired to pause and
refiaGt before seVerng the relations existing be-
= sEeeA that State and the other members OF the
q Confeaaracy. No great popular movement ever
received The stamp Of entire unanimty 0nr Revo.
tuition ef Independence, which the world has
admitted 80 he as just ia cause as ever q people
in, IL higia that no cause can be
SO sacred as To exempt it from foes. The Boss
tonans who consigned the British taxed tea to the
n waves were disguised as Indians and there we're
those who did not hesitate publicly TO denounce
this estraction of property y required the
elodiahnt tongue of Patrick Henry to convince inc
= trembling doubters Of his day that q war had
actually commenced, from which there was no
escane hut degrading andcoWaEdlg submission.
South Carolina inay5 be liable to the charge Of
Il undue haste In declaring her Independence. But
Fl who III I'd bio The judge tof her movements I With
remarkable unannlisy, she has thrown herself into
tile breach, declaring that she will no lopger5
renafu III thin ii u MON Nv here she cannot have her
rights and he recognized as an equal. She has
Declared Her Independence resumed her soVer-
and with her rests The responsibility We.
Aylae recognize the principle Of State rights, and
slsslib iIiat Tie wrongs of which the South COM
plains are neither chimeriGai or frifng, cannot
surely Join our egeerations with those of the
Tribune and the Mercury, against the action of
8 ash Carolina If that State has erred, ace must
gard IN as aneFror at Judgment Or policy, but BY
ID means as an act Of treason to the Constitution,
Che Northern violation Of the provisions of which
had alfeady pra eticaIy dissolved tho Union.
ether Southern States will not be fouSd tagging
behind South Carolina in giving practical effect to
I the prevailing ideas of Southern rights ard South
ern Independence There will be occasion shortly
for those Whose vocabulary is stored with epithes
gor the Palmetto State, to enlarge their treasury Of
expietiVes III order to include seven or eight addi-
Goi,aE rebeliious soYereignties. II Abe Lincoln,
taewousd5be President Of the United States, is in
ciiEed til eoeTce these seven or eight States into
tic attitude Of sabjsetsto his Abolition dynasty,
he viii find the fifteen Southern States acting as
untfna common defence Of their homes ara fire.
sides, 20 Say nothing Of the Northern difficulties IN
thas May Gt slicll a pro Tainme.
M thing short Of u PRACTICAL assertionof South
erna dependence can now save this distracted
county, It may be called secession revolution,
9eas9iss lease bat let those who chafae-
terize Tic position Of South Carolina as reheious
xataehtbe u thai the tories Of the Revolution were
not rebels, Int AFFECT submssionists; and that the
country was rescued from Great Bfitainin spite of
these friends 0E#eoeTcIeD.
We SEE nov thai the Black Republican abolition
fabric 81 fostering and reeling like drunken man,
in spite efforts 81 its fanatica leaders to stay
the ti9nary tide and to keep their columns in
close order until they can real the fruits OF their
ilgpttsn and sectional pietefy, BY, the employment
s0f force gainst the Southern rebels. Daily the
rank and he If their army are leaving them, dis
gustea witt and foreseeug noth
ingbat rtiia md misery in the future. The defae-
lions from aholitienisia have already been SO ey
teAaye that the panic in the Black Republican
parry il assuming fearful proportions Whatever
ID 10 happels To HE country. tie sectional party
which eiegted Mr. Lincoln il in the last tfroes OF
dissolution, and can BIZ no possibility ever again
become d controlling power the land.
u thing hut ahe iiFHIand determined stand taken
tby hhes South ia salfsdefense could have brought
abent Iris speedy ana gratifying result For this
work. e III tla North who havesever boldly sup
ported Southern brethren against Abolition
isn't. 81 mn cosiI9zf hank ite Soittll, whose
ptonipl and ina apendent action has averted q
Woese than dsunion, Al, abol
no tears 10 shed because the South
10 safe from disgrace
end DIS Cor aee haze hated and lodfied
SEle db1Sitas rho name tastilte8 South
ara RafgSiiin eitlt mental
0sbSljY d3a So zoe sy1llpCatltlze
mos let tie 1adre spirits of Tie South,
rho Ut oBle of leis. otD't liberties srR
iE tie 8fiss Tie tfe friends of the Union
ifs ate Nost. pl oagn md bury u
50 dee il.df 0oyastt may 716pes agaj1 be
to;aest men. mote it be,
SVfsITls GsUfsPop Ilsfs -A letter from London
hnse heard tbeSaity Of Y curious inyens
Sti0n hieIl eanesInD alike spnEtsmen ri1emen, and
Tile scientific. ~ fhe manufacture ST g white v
gu1poYFaer. Il made no rlystery of, being com
posed5oE yellags Idtassa, chloride Of potassium,
loci aag eryst zed su gar. and birthstone. ItI
posseases suparicr qualities over the black powder
being and mere Werinl in its action, and
not fauiIng THU gan4 6r the delicate in the elfae
cory NERVES lS may be added that IL Isl without
SnnpleasAn smell Il las t5been patented a
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HFfE NkY NoiszIsfa G;oN1ta ACTORS sUprI.Y FnE
SepTa T14n " IIarper's Ferry and Spring
1fela s. rt1oFiss, say q writer in the Charles-
ton Mercury portion Of an arm is made by
ditEere artisan All each portion is finished il is
Eaid aside mill great number Of pieces are
made. They Ill then inspected and tested BY the
rdira ~ officers and master armorer, and the de-
feesiYe pieces arc marked AZ condemned, and sold
z,y Weight on Government account. The con-
tractors attend these sales. buy the separate
pieoea, PM them together and then have, at q
very lon price, arms apparently very efficient.
hut actually con deiuned guns and weapons. Tsese
fasis were made known 10 me by gentlemen in
Virginia who were appointed by this State to pur-
clgase arms and came very near being taken in by
these par ties. The master armorer now engaged
NY the State Vt Virginia. accidentally examined
sonae into Virginia by these contractors
ass aan pies Of the arms they were ready 70 fun
4 nish. and discovered Tie mark Of condemnation
placed upon them ~ as orders. II any arm com.
R ttie South desire toverify these facts,
Shall be harry w place them in communication