New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-11

laboring classes become more enlightened, more
sensible to the hurthens thatrest upon them, more
indootrinated with ideas Of liberty equality, fra.
ternity,n they will become, in like degree, more
tumultuous, more free in their demands, and then,
if they have to the ballot box there will be
such radical changes as no man now dreams of;
or, and this is tan improbable alternative, they
will be put down by the bayonet. Certain 1t is,
that universal suffrage and m0narchial represent
alive government cannot thrive together in per-
feet harmony.
In regard to the supply of cotton, public opinion
seems to have settled down upon this conclusion
that if they can get it through Northern ports, it
will satisfy them just as well as if they sent their
ships to the Gulf ports. | doubt that the South
will look upon the project, with the same favor,
for it must necessarily in the event of o blockade
of those ports, ruin their commerce. apprehend
this subject will require very adroit, delicate and
yet prompt handling. To be sure, cannot speak
in reference to the degree of unanimity that may
exist among your people on the subject of seces-
sion, for your papers give forth very uncertain
sounds. Every thing will depend upon that. hope
nevertheless, that you will act In entire harmony,
and thus yndicate your character and your cause.
The commercial and monetary relations of Eng
land with America are very Intimate and very ex-
tensive; and l feel disposed to hazard the con-
lecture that they will compel the interference of
that country in your favor should these-as 1t
seems to me they must-derange those relations.
However much the newspapers may protest that
the English nation can never enter into friendly
treaties with slave power, you must rest assured
that trade and manufactures Will disregard any
such silly sentimentasm. The talk about looking
elsewhere for cotton is not SO animated as it was
The project is not nor will it be, abandoned, but
the Manchester men will turn much of the labor
AMI expense over to the old women of Exeter
Hall.
Much to the disgust of these pious people, that
old friend and ally of her most gracious Majesty,
the sable monarch of Dahomey, is as Jealous as
ever in buying and selling "niggers." Seven
thousand is the number he is said to have slaugh-
tered recently as a sacrifice to the names of his
ather 1t is to the neghborhood of this delightful
specimen of royalty the Commissioners propose
to send the present black population Of Canada.
Certainly there will be an increased production of
wool in this case, whatever may become of the
cotton.
The news from the Continent is more pacific.
Prince Napoleon has spoken openly in the Senate
in favor of Italian unity and adversely as to the
temporal claims of the Pope. Much Importance,
however, need not attach to this, for the Prince,
though man of ability, is very mpulsive and
sometimes imprudent But if it be true that the
author of the brochure known as the Congress
and the Pope is about to put forth another under
the head Of " Napoleon III and the Pope" then
we may have some safe ground Of speculation re-
specting Italian affairs, for it is admitted that NJ.
Laguerroniere has at least semioffical tone, and
will foreshadow the Imperial policy. A. +. K.