The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-03
LOUISIANA.

. OUR NEW ORLEANS CORRESPONDENTS.
q NEW ORLEANS, jan 16, 1851.
Prcttical Coercion and Crt cr-A Clear Vp cf QHes-
hon-Treca, Condition Of the southern Sta,es-A Warn
ing 10 the No,h-Erenson of he Cori,n for a Southeyn
tonfeerc1--E Of Southern IsIep~rdence-
Toinicn Of the North and S,th-GeneraI Convention 70
Be Held at Montgom1y-7h Provisional Government
Commissioner b. Sentto Europe % Procure Re ognia,w
ofGs Independence and Ndlioaaity-The Union hreuoca-
Uy Dissolced-P Peacea5te Soiuon Of the Q4eon-Braish
and American Fessels-Great Ffestet IN Mississppi-
Railrecd Washed A,cay--Scenes in the Cars, dc.
These day s are dangerous.
Virtue IL chok'l with foul ambition,
And charity cLas d hence by rancour's hand,
Foul Eubornation Is Predominant
And equity exld your hlghnees land.
so replied Chester to Henry vi. when accused Of high
treason, and the words not nappcablc TO own
toublcus times Of revolution when the States have be-
come discordant and discovered, when land s
"fraugLt with fratcrnal feuds, and it may bo
"elused By fraerna blood" The theory Of coercion
earnestly recommended at the North by the Of
rernsylvania New York Massachusetts,, and such vete
ran warriors Generals Wool and Scott practically put
into effect by the federal government alone produca
this latter calamity Of atrocity and injustice.
Ior, II once commenced, u would but lead To
Of those wreehed revolving which attend
between states when wedgei upon fanatca questions OF
either religious political faith And under whatsoever
pea coercion ma! DC attempted Wnctner under tho guss
or enforcing the collecting the revenue when tho
act o coercion shah be manested by the employmen OF
military power, from that moment the country will be
oyaanchcd into a bloody strife and ceaseess carnage,
which must finally end according TO sewards irrepres
sble conflict either in the subjugaon Of the North or
the South.
II IA all important, then, at this moment that your
leading OF all parties North should take this question
into serious consideration and deep contemplation and
propose, in this connection 10 gyc you very concise
and reliable OF the present condition Of tho southern
states so that your readers may become fully awakened
TO the position AMI determination now occupied by the
South
a majority of the southern states have already
thrown On their allegiance TO the federal govern
mont, either by direct declaration Of their
sovereign independence on the part Of the people,
through the ballot box by overt act of withdrawal
from the confcdracy by tho seizure Of the federal fort
Hcaors within their territories, which only await tho
legal forms Of ratification. Thus Florida Texas, Louis
ana, Missssipp Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and
South Carolina have already Withdrawn from the Union,
and take rank as discovered separate sovereign States
Mkarsss, Tennessee aud the tobacco states are quiey
preparing 70 follow. s best that the people Q, tne
North should be prepared 10 realize the truth or now
ever benehted or increduloas they may continue DC,
the fact must burst upon hem that tne SouteIu
States have thrown around thcmseivesa cofuou WHICH
Sn Sen, g "a 6tracy. S,1u ''' i. ,.o.,,.,,,
This fsirg for a separate republic has wonderfully
GAINED strength All through the South within the last ten
e .,d th urominent men, both n and out OF con-
vetne who were the strongest ana most aavo
Gates for the maintenance ot inc non, men,
& ~ ~ s,o,ons f,r separate confcdcracy. The more
ser nnr so5th IN statesmen have studied and nvest
yacd the possibility Of compromise wi'h th1 North,
fcoNUINJED ON EaHIA PAGsi