New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-07
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" PATRIOTS

IDENTITY Some Of Yon have been induced TO believe
That yoy yvii do 20 in supporting those opposed TO
xeeegsion- sometimes calling themselves anti-se'
eesslnniats ,atother times compromises, az Others
csauerafionists, a a yet Others aatieoefciontsts
wIiila they ara believed to be BIZ the majority Of
us--of the people, that is--nothing but sURNIs-
sroSis1s.
81 true patriots mind, not the sabnlissionistS
pfo are teiuding yon- would assurediy DO pleased
g Id have tile erroneeusness Of the views you have
adopted made clear totyou. Unfortunately in tins
case, as ia all others where truth is in question,
there Is no ROYAL road to It, 10 inEesgate II thor
oughly Is 4 work OF time; patience and experience.
SIN q little may be done toward the desired end.
just consider the following points:
We who advocate immediate secession do so
principally on tile ground that unless secession be
resolved on as speedily as possible we shall have
naillfoufola more diffionltes to contend with In
HI out. lii six Of seven weeks from this date,
than W. now can possibly have. We shall have
Y she whale power and malignance Of Lincoln and
his odiotls Abolition Cabinet at Washington, Of his
oisicers appointed throughout the North the East,
the West, and even the South here, even, in New
Orleans 10 contend with. They will be in posses
sion III Tie forts, the arms, the public offices, the
putiie money Of the whole country, and what shall
We have 10 oppose them with Less than we now
have, certainly how much less you may judge for
yourselves. That It must be less, who can pretend
e show YOU Challenge them to do so, and you
viii fiaa they cannot even pretend TO do il.
y. wa, setsssienists declare to you that there
arc Ione who can compromise with rs, and that
8egen those who might pretend to do 50, have
uttsrly repndiated The slightest approach TO any
desire Is DO H. They have insoiently rejected Mr.
Criitendenss, ana all ether proposals having that
end i'll VIEW; ana Tie Northcrn Abolitionists are as
bitter Row Ill The determination to harrass insult,
crush af,il ruin us, AZ when they sent their murder
inr hordes into Kansas, to Harpers Ferry, and to
evarF point in which they could find stakeholder
even travelling through Or sojourning in their
states. ASH the compromisers % tell you who can
lcompre.nssa with Us, and then WHO have given
proofs ef their desire to dc SO andif you--tfue
patriots, mind-are satisfied, why commit to them
the cafa Of yenr wives, gour daughters, your
mothers, your family, Eonr interests, and God be
with ven Your error brings its consequences on
yeur own heads as well as On ours.
" We, secessionists hare no idea whatever Of
taking final action without Cooperation as the self,
styled c66perationisss would cheat you into be-
sisping. When all of US have agreed as to how We
are 10 cooperate, cooperate We will, il We nave
cur desires ia 4 way which will leave no room for
enemies TO modest US, and which must make us
stronger eyen iii odr action with our friends and
hose with whom our interests are indiasolnbly
bound np, than WI have ever yet been. Coope-
ratet Flow, FREUD true patriots. utind-how can
we cooperate till we have determined in what
sense Ne are to cooperate Howe you and We
say ma VIII enter into even paltry partnership to
get Up subseTiption-ball, OF a horse-race, or
tleatfical building or 4 mercantile house, until
each Ut us Nave signiiied NOS merely our willing
ness. huf onr positiesFesolva TO do SO. Can You
goaiid have tile arrangements legally made with
out sss3 Can We without yon? Can Louisiana say
20 South Caroline you shall make terms to suit rs
whether Fon viii It Of nos? OF can South Carolina
say what IIississippi shalido2 Or can each or any
INV III Tile others, We Will have It SO, and therefore
ven must so have it2 Or must not each say + SO
NE MIL have il, and t1en. after aseeFtaning who
agrea With thern make arrangements for c6pperat
ing with then7 Ask the self-atyled cooperation
istsS "a Il plain any other practicable mode Of co,
opefa lion ana il fEey really aan do il, why they
Wilde what they have not yet attempted, and may
perhaPs satisfy you.
4 Bat beware of being blinded BY any talk about
the southern States being required tosend dele-
gates TO d Southern Convention to cooperate. Re-
neIshpr thai there il No such thing % section Of
Southern ates, that ii il impossible to say what
states would Join 70 form it until they each
solensaIy DECLARE Themselves ready To dos Who
knows what entnehy, Oh Missouri, or Maryland, on
on Delaware, or Virginia, OF Rhode
IsIaad az pegnsy Igania or ArKansas, or New Jer-
seg of any ottef state VIII d. until they have, BY
lhe voice I'll shsir Peep dselare5 their determina
.iea ioy eqslld an definitely called convention
il the s5utlefn States secure ItseIf FROM the in.
rtsieIl II car bitteEest enemies in il from any
state achusetts, Connecticut, New Hamp-
hire, Or feffuons, or any other-H they pledged
hut tte5 Were4of md with tic Southern States,
y they ass durable Of doing, with the lie npon
heir ifps And On the other hand, Why$ Should We
efirsc To admit as orle friends from anySt8ta that
aght srnthfnllgt tllfough the sol enln voice Of her
seople, declare Herself ready to act with rs IN /
shata Har courge We mag deem necessary 70 secure
hose sights wIiich The Consultation guarantees us,
out which fanaticis and tErannieal fnsoIenceh have
leiiisd usg How distinguish between them? And !
agaips on whom weuld the decision of saah a |
South8rn Convention be binding It would not /
aaye The force &c 4 Of the finger on any IN
disfdqais mach less on any State. Away, then,
with ne paltry deception about the cooperation 81
NE treaeheFous gascaliea edperationists.
There has been some effort made by the oppo-
nents Dc secession I'd induce the belief that5we~--
the seeessienists have attempted or sought to
eiaFce others to think and act with us; but that
was So terribly tfansparenttha ithas scarcely been
glanced ati "a this cty, even by the most vena and
base of our opponents It has been 50 manifest
that II Is they themselves who have no other
reliance than brute force Of word and deed in this
question, that they have not dared to keep atten-
tion directed 10 tAe point. il they who abuse
South gaToliaa-rsome Of them her own regular
sens. Ion for not oheying their audacous submis.
sionist hehesfs It il they who viIIity all Who do
not choose u WaIlow iii the kennel with them;
they who arrogantly dictate in billingsgate din,
tribes aud factions harangues, what every State
and every authority in the country mnst do.=-io
please them. Therefore, but little have they said
on Tie allegation 81 coercion against US. Their
GINNING has Kept them, Id great measure, out Of
TINT. Examine for yourselves, iellow-pairiots,
whether this is 80 or not whether or not, that is
it % the subnlissionists who seek to eoeTee all
others 70 think and act with them while we desire
tho people to speak everywhere and freely for
themselves. we have no fear Of pour Judgment ii
you viii but exercise IL; and TO do that iii the
narae Of our country, Of right, Of truth, and Of
Justice We eonjnre you
g Ard lastly, remember that eyenifinits inception