New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-29
THE AnH1rRs mnNr OF THE SWORD.

THE ARBIrRs MENT OF THE SWORD.
Iii fortunate for the South that the contest so
long pending with the North has at length culm'
mated in an appeal to the sword. Inc experience
of half century has at length forced upon us the
conviction that any further union with people
whose tastes habits and institutions are so dlier7
emit, and whose interests are so opposed 10
those of the South, is almost an impossibisity'
The history of the world may be searched i'll vain
for a parallel to the sacrifices on the part OF the
South for the preservation of harmony ana good
feeling with their brethren of the North, and per-
petuation of the Union with them. To the North,
in the very commencement of the Government,
and as means of cementing the Union, the South
Welded the vast domain beyond the Ohio, from
which have sprung the populous States of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. In
1920, to soothe the fell spirit of Aboitionsm, she
submitted to the Missouri Compromise, and thus
opened door from which nothing but evil has
issued Still farther, in 1882, she submitted the
Tariff question for the sake of harmony. Again,
in 1850, she yielded to. "a compromise with her
principles in connection with the admission OF
California; and, in 1850, to preserve that Union
for which their fathers had fought, and for which
some feelings of generation yet remained, there
ing to submit to another compromise, on the basis
of the Crittenden resolutions. Fortunately, how.
ever, for US, the North was memorable, and not
content with all that they had wrested from rs, in
addition to the monopoles which they enjoyed at
the expense of the South, in connection with their
fishing, shipping and manufacturing interests, they
showed clearly and unsquivocally, by their AFRO
giant refusal to hearken to any proposition OF COM
| bryp FNpth no rn.
tanned in the Union as their vassa and as minister
to their pomp aud pride. Most fortunate is 1t, we
say, that the sword is about to cut the knot, and
| thus loosen the South from the chains and tram
mels which have hitherto weakened her strength
| and depressed her energies.
| In no way can we hope to cope with our enemies,
and at their hands obtain just rights than by
| foreible separation from them. By any other
course, which had for its accompaniment peace
able recognition of our sovereignty, would have
been still left subject to their duplicity aud cum
ming, in which we are no match with them, and
would again at an early day find ourselves victim
lied, under renewed associations and connections,
by their trade Of miscellaneous wares and merchan
die, while few years only would elapse before
Yankees, male and female, would again be found
broadcast. in the land, poisoning the heathful
rebellion and rapine amongst our slaves.
Under the influence of the feelings certain to fol-
low the attainment of our independence, through
means of the sword, we shall, to great extent,
close the door to their admission within the portals
Of the South and our frontiers bristIng with bayo-
nets would not more effecualiy bar their entrance
upon the soil of the South than will the bitter feel
ings and prejudices now being engendered against
them by Of the ruthless invasion of our ter
ritory. As is familiar to all, but few years have
witnessed the decline Of the prejudice and even
hatred of our people against those Of Great Britain
for the part acted by the latter in the Of 1872.
What ground, therefore, there be for the slight
est expectation that we can ever forget and forgive
the influences which have heralded the present in
famous crusade on the part of the North against
the South, and the many acts. Of barbarity which
have thus far marked its progress the soil which
We hold so sacred? Let the war end when it may,
the people of the South will never cease to remem-
Der, with the bitterest feelings, those who discard
ing the familiar associations of century, and
oblivous of the claim in many cases, Of kindred
blood could so far be blinded by the fell spirit of
fanaticism as to seek the attainment Of their ends
in the ruin and destruction of millions of their
countrymen and that, too, at cost of accumulated
debt on themselves which will make slaves of a
large portion of their brethren for many succeed
ing years. The wonder of the future historian of
the present evenful period will be not more elici-
ted by our own truthful predictions of the great
and glorious results to US which will spring from
our independence, than by the blindness, bigotry
and infatuation of the North in seeking to lift an
artificial and imaginary burthen from the shoulders
of the Southern slave, at the expense of their
treasure, and, above ALL their liberties.