New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-24

Making the above amount of net proceeds col 10
There remain claims against this fund yet unsat-
isfied to the amount of 1888 n, which will be paid
by the Treasurer SO soon as the claimants demand
the same, The vouchers, explaining in detail my
discharge of the foregoing trust, are on file in my
office, and Irequest the Legislature to appoint a
committee to examine and report on the same.
In concluding this summary review of the do
mestie affairs Of the State, permit to congratu
late you upon the proofs which surround u.s. that,
amidst the troubles Of the times, her immense re-
sources have been yet untouched, and that she has
the capacity to meet with energy, as she has the
spirit to meet with tirnness and determination, the
high duties to which she is called in this crisis Of
her political existence.
by opinions on the momentous questions which
have cOnVulsed and are DESTROYING the Federal
Union were fully expressed in my message at the
recent extra session of the Legislature. Your
prompt action showed how deeply youWere moved
by the pnrtents OF the tmes--the threatened de-
sffuction of and most vital interests
Of the slaveholdng States under the forms of a
perverted constituton-and by the absolute duty
ofseeking atonce for the means Of selfproection.
The vote of the people has since confirmed the
faith of their representatives, in Legislative and
executive station, that the undivided sentiment Of
the State is for immediate and effective resistance,
and that there is not found within her limits any
difference of sentiment, exceptas to minor points
OF e&pedieney Ia regard to the manner and time OF
making such resistance, SO as to give it the most
imposing form for dignity and success. Orr enc
mics, who have driven on their conflict with the
slaYehoding States TO this extremity, will have
found that throughout the borders of Louisiana
mind--Who will NOT be cajoled into an abandon
ment Of theirrights, and who cannot be subdued.
Whatever lingering hopes might have been felt
by conffding men OF the South that these dssen-
sions would be healed By the voluntary act Of the
people of the North, within the Union, have disap-
peared under the accommodating proofs that the
Northern majority is impaeable. No proter OF
peace on any terms has enanated from them, The
flFDT " e.
minded and Union.loYing statesmen OF the South
| not as expressing the whole measure of rights to
which the Southern people are entitled but as a
project for cancellation to which they might be
hrongtt to consent for The old love of union which
was the passion Of Southern hearts-haye been
contumeliously rejected.
The common cry throughout the North is for
coercion into submission by force of arms if need
be, Of every State, and Of all the States in the
South, which claim the right OF separation, for
! cause, from Government which they deem fatal
| to their safety There can no longer be doubt of
| the wisdom OF that policy which demands that the
| conflict shall come, and shall be settled, now
The sovereign people Of this State have so de.
creed: and within a few hours their delegates will
meet "a convention, to put this Judgment into q
positions within the State, to appeal Being egecu-
| ted By an.unanimops and willing people, it will be
entitled to the respect Of the world and the acqui.
essence of all powers and authorities whatsoever.
1 BUTT has been made apparent by the course Of
events elsewhere, by the Intentions Of those having
authority in the Federal Government, asdeveloped
/ iii their treatment of other States which occupy
the same relation towards these questions as L0nis
ana that this right of independent action will be
pbst-ncted ny force. The hostile occupation Of
/ Fort Sumter in the harhor of Charleston, for the
purpose OF overawing the State OF South Carolina
snbdung her 10 the viii Of the Federal authorities
and collecting taxes from her people by force, is
one glaring example Of the modes BY which q
Southern State may be subjected to duress. The
baiIled attempts to reinforce that fortress are Of