New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-12
SCENARIOS DUPLICTF,y

The Washington correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer telegraphs to that paper as follows
Mr.: Seward is preparing his instructions to the
| new Foreign Ministers who are to replace rep
resentatlves at the Courts of Europe. learn they
are OF the most anti slavery kind, dsparaging the
southern Republic, misrepresenting its institutions
| and ridiculing the idea OF its being able to main
| tain itself.
| The correspondent of the Enquirer is usually so
accurate in his statements, and wel-informed of
what is taking place at Washington, that we are
disposed to credit his representations as made in
the above paragraph. If true, Mr.. Seward stands
forth as man guilty of unparalleled deception and
duplicity.
| For four weeks he detained orr Southern Com
missioners in Washington, deceivipg them with
| promises of peace and honed words of concilia-
ton. 1t was given ont that Fort Sumter was to be
evacuated, that Fort Pickens would not be rein
forced, that no attack and no hostile demonstra-
ton would be made upon the Confederate States
and that the policy of the Northern Administra-
ton was emphatically policy of peace. Deluded
by these assurances, and trusting too implicitly in
the honor of the Black Republican chief our Com
missioners tarried in Washington until all at once
it was discovered that active preparations
making for attack upon the Southern forts, and
in addition to this it now leaks out that every
effort is about to be made to prevent recogni-
ton by foreign Governments. In all the annals
of diplomacy there is no parallel to this, in respect
of deliberate deception and falsehood.
1t is not difficult to see through the conduct of
the Northern Administration, viewed in the light of
recent political events. At first deceived by false
representations from the South they concluded
that the Southern movement was but temporary
affair." the act of mere politicians who were riding
rough-shod the Southern people. They be-
lfeVed that the Storm" they called it, would
soon blow over, and the people return to their
allegiance" They were led into this error from
want OF knowledge of Southern character as we'll
as by the deceptive declarations of few disloyal
Southerners. So believing, they were willing to
wait, and to promise peace. 1t was only when
they discovered that they had made mistake with
regard to the temper of the Southern people, that
they had been deceived by Southern submission
lists, that the Southern Confederacy was perma-
nent thing which Strengthening and c0nsoli- |
dating its power every day that they changed their
course. Theyprobably never had any intention to |
recognize the Southern Confederacy, and arrange
with it by peaceable negotiation. As long as they
believed that the South would go back into the
Union of her own accord-which they did believe |
until short time ago-they proclaimed themselves
forpeace When it was ascertained that thew were |
in error and that the Southern States under no cir
cu1nstances, would "return to their allegiance |
the policy of !" mastery inactivyn was Abandoned |
and the policy of active aggression determined
upon.
Having taken this position it became of the ut
most Importance that every impeachment should be
placed in the way of foreign recognition 1t is
not, therefore, any of astonishment that the
fresh batch of diplomats about to be sent abroad
should be instructed to arrest by every possible
diplomatic dodge, the recognition of our nationality.
When, therefore, we are told that Seward, in his
Instructions to his foreign Minister'S has Gisparared
he Southern Republic, misrepresented Southern
and ridicued the idea of the Southern
}onfederacy being able to maintain ITSELF it is only
n keeping with the policy of the Administration in |
ther respects, at the time that it is another
lusration of the willy cunning and duplicity of the
ian. The Southern Commissioners have been de- +
eived and "sold" by this astute politician. If {
yer again the South is deceived by tile pacifca- /
Dry pledges of Black Republcanism, ourselves
NV will be to blame