New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-13
s1(en OrIeaus 9aitg Gresrent,
SATURDAY MORNENG, APRIL 10, 1861.
CHANGE or WRON 4.

ii may be a very natural inquiry, at the present
moment why the Lincoln Administration at WASH
inqton should lust now begin to assume an ag
prcssiyc attitude towards the South after having
kent uuiet for the FIVE weeks which have inter
vcrcd since its accession to power. The States OF
tha Southern ConfcderaCy had seeded when LIN
coin went into Office and all the forts and arscnas,
with few exceptions, were in our possession
then lust as they are now. No new feature VI
Southern secession has developed itscli ana there
Las precisely AS much cause for hostilltes against
s the ith of March as there is to-day, the l5th Oh
Anril Why is it. then that the delay mas occur
rcd1 WHY did not Mr.. Lincoln, if he contemplated
the snhiugation of the South, proceed to make the
ATTEMPT at the moment of his installation IN OliGc,
instead Of waiting and delaying to the present
time?
One of the reasons which we have already
oiycn and which we think correct one, was the
dclnsvc expectation, created by Southern sublnis-
fionjstq that the revotcd y States would return
to their allegiance" This expectation has now
been disappointed, and the North begins to see
that no reconstruction Of the Union " is at all
probable. The disc0yery Of this fact created the
necessity of an immediate change Of policy. And
the '' outside pressure Of the North which has
been brought to bear SO heavily upon the Admin
istratou has made it impossible for pacific pol
icy to be pursued any longer, except at the cX
pcusc of the Black Republican organization, the
destruction Of which the leaders Of that party
never will consent to.
As soon as the most important Offices Of the
Government were disposed Of, it was curious to
note the Influences for war brought to bear upon
the Washington Administration. Petitions ard let
ters we learn, were poured in upon the President
from every quarter of the North, and particularly
from the North west, urging him to show no mercy
to the ''rebol3" These were backed up by lead
ing Northern politicians culolly Jealous in their
protests against peace and their demands for war
Then, the press, by simultaneous movement,
raised the chorus, and proclaimed open hostility
40 tinst the Administration unless some decisive
sion were taken The nr,s.pra c3ulJ not In I..
sisted moi nicyithst9nAinr the certain l9,s ia tba
Union or fine nori7cr Slave tatps tha n7omo, +ho
first onn was frod Tho President wa. n,c1ro1 bv
,is irong,ral IN rnto1,n tho cou.bcrn fart. ana
that nc1ro vyos con-tqrt,v hold j., i,,,,o,,o, o,o
him i,y thr members oC his own nqrtv. Thus If
,ag:Iot .ho Administration v,as i,rorh+ 70 tol,o
its Crescent tfrca,oniac at,ftn5o ami fins was !,
forro,1 into nosi,ion ;hib NAV rc.n,t in rn,iri
+otiro ttn ,yhnIo corrtrv North gonfr, Fact o1,1
" ,''' ''''' ~,,' -, I ''''' "'0''9 a.
meantime, lho5e VIII" nave brought about this
state Of things, instead Of accepting the personal
co94coucnccs, do not pronosc to do INV If the
frl,,i,,., ,horgo,,cs Not ,t al TLor wi, ,,,,, nn
"5'""3 'T7 'o' a. "''' my VIII 'HS On
oher5 10 tAo Datc nut take care TO preserve Their
own bodies out Of the reach Of danger They will
,o1, NJ, tho st,r,,i,,, ,-,cobora, who f.,o,, +t
a,,,n,, a,I ac .;'I
oii'D' Anu "gJ u '' ''el c't'e7, "tGu VINO win
DO to " ill a ditch, and send them down here to be
stut to pieces by the impetuous sons of the South
hrt tIov will keen ont nf born.a yvov tIon,go1,,o
Is ,s O1s - vi g.
IL 1t S"'u'o 50 h'Pp"n Una. lhe 9o"thcfh army
marches upon Washington City, they will cut and
run like thieves at Diglt faster than Lincoln did
whom hn rofso,ossIu stola ir,o v-,yhinrtnr NJ H.
;,.;.,, , SUI" 90 '"'
hhl@Hl houT' disguised Nea inSltlTe from justice,
ana q"lN''8 win mortal lear OF ASSASSINATION.