New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-11

o NEETSI1Y, s3 PER- 4 TIA
N q M BIER IS9.
tan, and others who have so,ight by their side
\ know aso, they can be cool and steady as vcf
Grams, when the occasion tlsrands. Ae6astofnea
from childhood ts the hand Eing be arfas and praeS
rfsed then akiIifif uses III the rllAse
i quetly involves dangerous encoilEtteEs ith for
midabie wild BEASTS they cgliFs all the ines
4 Of attack and defence which marks The veteran ia
war, and fal more activity than he possesses. Ix
II MOTTO beshenied TINT the same qualities Of solS
diership distinguish the troops of tiie NorttIern
States, where they hare be een II
schools OF hardy discipline HIT this I'D f1isaion
anggests frst and foremost the thought, by no
means a pleasing one to minds wiIiah are sal on
X peace, that an enccnntsF hetNaeas stlcsl trNcpss
ultst be prppar ttonately naoFe ,sat8
be thar as it may, the Goodness and iezbsg&tions
4 with which oHr people are prepaF for the com
ilsct, may well surprise any aad knowing their
Temperament, ns dol 1sIay atle sisaT cai1lneas
high hopes as to the final result " dis nsEtunata
difference. disastrous as the realiza s0A Of those
hopes must be TO any Who, with hostile nd ven.
! tare To violate the sanetty Of our soil.
But suppose the contest eyeftnate otherwise
4 let it be supposed that Thu assaais picture Kit
/ threatened devastation ana min m filed ot In the
form Of q living reality Young men afa
slain in battie that 0ng old men children
/ take refuge IN fiie caves under the rocks 1f the
mountains that our servans Het free to roam
I iawless through she Land, harin NJ
REiing and destro with the feEosity of nm
chained tigers that the volume Of desoiati0n has
| rolled like d wave Of fire over the whole South.
and the wall of agony and cry Of despair assembled
/ to heaven from every habItation md What then2
~ this q coitsunsrnatlon WhIch n hristian stasss.
4 man and patriot can behold, with no emotion of
serrow and regret, for the share he has had in its
EaceompIishment? Is this the way by which you
will bring back the love and respect of the sout2
i is this the method of procedure, by which our
Heavenly Father wins back Liz erfing and 'strayfag
chiidren and restores them to the obedience Of
love and to his favor Have you subdued the Heo-
pie with whom you are contending ~ tins terrible
infiictons BY this awful before which the
Edesolations OF the CaHlatic and the atf0c cities ef
i Wyoming dWindle into nsinla atiirea and pale in
their enacted horrors you from these ruins
Ereconstruct the Union I'll the children Of the
South who have escaped bntchery, grow up under
any tuition you may institte, dutifnl aud GbedieH
subjects Of q Cover nlnent whose foundations have
beenlain In the blood Of their slang parentss
VIII you be pleased to#lay your finger upon the
Il page of history which records any such Instance
in the annals of the world viii you, after your
ii work Of subiugation and Of vengeance is accom-
millions ii Gfsica's children,S whose ancestors
i your forefatlers brought over the sea, and when
their labor on Northern soil proved Hnproti table,
they sold them to the planters Of the South, and
T for title gave special Narrantee Of slavery that
ii looked to no. Year Of Jubilee for RELEASED Vill
You plit them to woyk the cotton fields and sugar
plantations which your armies devastated and laid
waste? VIII you occupy TIE rnarsl1ns Of the
owners, with your pious soldiers, who have been
excited to murder, plnnder and pillage, BY such
4 promises of reward as Ne read of III the days of
II Barak and Deborah In Israel. s. To every man q
dansel or two, and then compel them in return
Il to send yon the products of that same soil and
lab0ra and on which your country has SO prospered,
and so Increased ii wealth and power during the
last forty years2 Is this 70 be the destiny of the
slaves your armies have freed from bondage to he
fplaced under the apprenticeship of Northern AbD-
litionists is TO be hoped that you will at least
Il allow them as freenen, to vote in choosing the
4 man under whom they N III prefer to serve, as we
Il, sometimes permit them as slaves 10 select their
n own mas ter.
i Sir, permit me TO say here that have some few,
very few of these people, made as far as can M
I'll terpret the will OF divine dependent
on me for the care of iieir bodies anu souls and
n hope you will not think feel ain unreasonable arA
iety, growing ont Of the patTiarchal character o
this institution as it exists among here, to know
what disposition is to be made of them, when you
shall have put end to my stewaraslie, in regard
+ TO them. present. they kneel wit wife
and child at the same altar, morning ana evening
Our meal comes out Of lie same barrel, our oil on
FL of the same cruise, our meat is boiled at the saIat
time and in the same pot, and our bread is bahet
in the same oven. The same roof shelters us, anf
the same blessed Lord dawn brings to as alikt
n a release from orlr worldly oechp atlons. llver5
4 fehild born in my house, whether white or black
Y has been dedicated to God's service in holy bap
! tism by the same forms, and when death hal
u
committed TO the grave With the ANNE solemn ser
4, vice which the Church preserhes alike for th.
0 master and the slave, the nigh and the low, tn
rich and the poor. Sucii offer as 9 sample OF tht
j. practice, which so far5as know, prevails gener
e ally through this country, in families where God
+ name and word are henored. N III the q overi
n ment you propose to esta blsh here DO better fol
them VIII your subj ton Of the South enlarge
f the measure Of their happiness, increase the
{ number of their rational enjoyments and privi
lcges ask you, sr,to cast your eyes over tfaess
y spring, waving With ripenn grain and smiling Will
i the promise of the coming harvest, aud then con
s template their changed app %, as your ewi
i vivid imag aginaton can depict them after they hay
E Ibeen trampled and trodden down BY bettali0ns o
t- contending armies and sauadrons Of cayalr,
: crushing to the battle.n Methinks can nov se,
@ you standing like the Trojan hero, as he gaze
y upon the pictures Of his country's overthrow, e
d they hung upon the newly raised walls Of juno
o temple in Carthage, NJ Constta et 2dcf.fnatIaas
Qais siafa locus (i,lqitt Aolate teYis
e aost,i non plena labof.is a When your heart wa
e young, doubtless ii leaned with emotion when 20
read these touching lines, and possibly their reps
tition here may by carrying you back to the day
n Of your hoyhOod, touch a cord that Will respon
Il to the cry of human suffering, and waken all th
,r better feelings of your nature, and prompt yon
u make3one more effort to stay the ruthless hand 3
i war against q people that never injured you,
g When your armies shall have sacked our eitie
d, and pillaged our homes (f such be the decree
ls heayen) and the wretphad inhabitants Hesing ~
d, sfore your mercenary hirelings shall leave all
te the havoc Of war, when there renains no leuge
ID fortress to assault battery to- storm, or an arI
IF to lift up tile standard of rebellion against yon
d authority, yon will then naiurally ask the question
id what's to be dome with this country Who is$t
" possess and snbdue it, and make u tributary y
q the benevolent purposes for which God intende
it it? eslayes are left-they incapable Of sell
" governments Shall we leave il to the unm,itigate
q evils Of misrue, aDarehy and nnbridlea pessious
's shall We sweep II withthe besoni of destruetio
i and abandenit to the dominion, once more of th
e wild beast, and to the recuperatiYe energies 0
= natureto luxurate in q priiueyal wilderness, an
y renew a virgin soil for some future race I
4, might be well to ask and answer these question
now before the fearful work Of destruction e he
. gun. The America eople thou npuisye, ar
i also refectng race. For such q work as thi
they will surely call their rulers to account. The
III will surely ask. what have we gained and lik
!. ancient Israel, under the remorse Of punislneI
d inflicted Id the utmost and WI Eisdctive vel
$ geance upon an offending brother, they win as
il like them with tears Is there to-day on
y tribe lacking in Israel p, The world will hold til
|authors Of this unnatural war spoaseie, ana POI
ferity win the measure Of ia condemnation rer
Idera due reward to tho workers. ef iniquity VIII
o have not set God before their eyes nor egarde