New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-22

their plans against the Federal Government, we
warned Mr.Buehauan Of the danger, and called on
we're Of his own househoid--thas leading members
Of the Democratic party medisated the destruction
Of the Government Our admonitiens we're nm
Eeeded, and the consequence is a bloody civil war.
W., now warn sfr Lincoln that there il aisasc.ss
ton 10 his Government In his own party at the
North that II is every day gaining strength and
that unless he speedily crushss it, it s very likely
Union into tse hands Of its Southern foes This s
now the real danger of The country, and il should
be promptly met by the powerful arm Of the Gov.
eminent before y consolidates its strength and ma
tures its plans. 's".z sE s|5F7l3
If the policy of shs red Revolutionary Republi-
cans prevailed, and she Government were weak
enough TO succumb 70 it and endorse snch pro-
same effect, the North would become divided IN
stead of united people and the Seath would be-
come so thoroughly united that woald be as easy
to find whs e sr9M as sa9a man ssyeaa ths
no sane, weilfaforfned man hoped for the success
of oar arms, unsess upon the basis Of Union ele-
ment In the Southern States, which would become
developed as our armies advanced. The mahgnity
of Aboiiaoniam seeks to destroy that element and
convert it into cDs of hostility, and it is only
successful, the men Of the present generation will
not live 70 see me END Of The war and from its
thirds of the soil of the United tates il will seon
exhaust sna ruin the eeuntry. .sssz s.5.gs -
I Mready great evit has been done BY the procla,
testimony sf Rev. Mr. OfsIstead pastor Of the Bap-
tst church al Bonneville in letter to- Chicago
Republican journal, that trFtfse whole country in
Northwestera Missouri is up and hoeking BY hun
ireds to Prices camp, their arms being Of every
description that the whole force of the rebels
| marching from various poiaas against the Union
army will amsaat to froul1 90 8ee to- 900 men =;
and his opinion is that the only hope s 70 tall
concentrate, entsench and act on the defensive.
uch the rat fruits in Mfssorrf OF the false step
| Of Fremont towards making the var one Of efrian-
cipat0n instead oa war to restore the status quo
ante bszuas- sszne condition as existed before
hostilities broke ons. The Abelti8nisss and radi
Lcal Republicans do not want the Bnion restored
unless negro slavery Y out of ]. BY the sword they
prineiples of the Constitution are aboNshea-prin-
| ciples without which the Union never could have
| been formed. UnieI without the Constitution ia
4 a new question, which neither the President nor
Congress nor Generals have any right to solve.
That remains for the decision Of the peeple In Com
ventior5 assembled, and any attempt to decide in
any other way would be an act of usurpasion and
rebellion equaling in crininalitg the course Of the
The President has Been denounced BY the radical
organs because he did not override the act Oft Com
gress relating 10 the confiScation OF slaves and
other property. These reckless reyoutionists thus
/ call on the President to psrjnre himself. He is
i sworn to maintain the Constitution and execute
the laws. It was upon this ground that the Herald
Fand the conservative press of the country called
ton President Buchanan. and after him on President
4 Lincoln, to put down the rebellion, tn conformity
with the oath Of Office Unlike the monarchies Of
I Earope in our Government il fs not the Chic
Magistrate, bns the National Eegislature, that ia
the war.making power, and therefore controls and
q defines the objects Of war. When the present wal
broke out, and before Congress had assembled,
the President had discretion, subject to the re.
vision Of Congress but as soon as that body met
and passed an act limiting the discretion OF the
Z President on the very point .raised by Ere
mont's proclamation, the President. who is sworr
to carry out the laws Of Congress, was bound te
b conform 40 that policy himself, and 20 cause all
in authority under him to do likewise and the fac
of the Abolition journals expecting him TO Dc Z
t the contrary is admission Of their Infamous de
d signs-that when they voted for him az Presiden
!? they expected him to use his power as Presden
to abolish slavery and when they supported # tn
i war in the commencement they also hoped tina
J. such was its object; and now, whsa they dseove
the contrary and that he is not willing to play tn
part of nsurper, they are filed with all the rage Q
$ disappointment. ,- ,..-,sse sgg-.:
The patriotism of the President has 80 far battle
e their schemes, and he ought to be warmly support
ed by the whole country, without regard to part
e3 politics.. But, meantime Sit viii be only an act
s prudent precautien on the, part of Mf. Lincoln
1t Government to arrest the leaders of a. eonspirae
" equaling in atrocity that Of Cataline and his col
st feaerates in ancient Rome.