New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-08
FoRmrpaBLE REauEsTs.

Lincoln, in his late message to the Congress OF
the United States, made three requests-tw two OF
which, to say the least, are formidable, If not I'M
possible Of accomplishment. The trstrequest may
be complied with, as he on2g asks his Congress to
release him from the consequences OF the perjures
he has committed, and to give legislative sanction
to his many acts of usurpation mbecllity and des-
potism. He cares nothing about the feelings which
animate honorable men, so far as conscience, or
conscientious scruples are concerned His heart
ana brain are unscquanted with such sentiments.
All he desires, in the first instance is an endorse.
ment of his conduct by the Washington Congress,
and that he will get.
But the other requirements cannot be so easily
filled. The Lincoln Congress will swallow perjury,
robbery, murder, wanton destruction of property,
suspension of the writ of habeas corpus inprson
ment of innocent individuals, rape, violations of
the post and telegraph offices, and innumerable
other illegal and despotc acts, but they cannot fill
this BILL to quote from the language of the mes
sage: 1t is recommended that you place at the
disposal of the Government at least four hundred
thousand men and four hundred millions of dollars
The unmitigated absurdity of the above PROPOSE
TONS combined with the fact that the Lincoln Con
gress is about to give them formal sanction, fully
demonstrates that the Northern people, if they
correctly represented are incapable Of selfgovern
lnent. The empire of France contains forty mil
lions Of people. The Northern States do not con-
tain twenty millions of people. The French are
essentially warlike people. They have peculiar
genius that way; and they have Government
which, above all others, could do more, if so dis
posed, in the military line, than any other Govern
nent ON earth. The Northern people are not a
mill in hot
direction for they are trading people to all in
tents and purposes; and they have Government
which, while attempting TO wage an unrighteous
war upon the South is wholly destitute of military
capacity-saying and excepting Gen. Scott-an
old decrepid man. who has forfeited all the glores
of lifetime in his last effort to strike his mother
State to the earth. Yet, this bastard Northern
Government, with this unmlitary people, With not
one,half the population of France, and not one
tenth of its actual wealth, proposes to do what
France could not do in twelve months, if her Gov
eminent, sustained by the unanimous voice of the
people, should make the effort!
-Four hundred thousand men cannot be mustered
equipped and armed, in one year by any one ma
ton on earth. Louis Napoleon with all his advan-
tages, would dismiss his Secretary of War if he
should suggest the absurd idea OF adding four hun
dred thousand men to the regular army of France
in any given twelve months because the thing
would be absolutely impossible.
The South can afford to laugh at Lincoln's four
hundred thousand men in buckram. The South
does laugh at the spectacle, But, the smile grows
deeper, and the laugh heartier, over the PROPOSE
ton of Lincoln to raise four hundred millions of
dollars to sustain the war upon the South, when
the bonds and stocks of Lincoln's Government
meet with dull sale in New York at from II to q
per cent. discount We haoa0 that the first INSTALL
ment of his four hundred millions will not com
lnand fifty cents on the dollar. Hence our jubila-
ton. We don't care red cent for Lincons four
hundred thousand men but if he should do what
we consider an impossible thng-raise four hun
dred millions of dollars at par-we shall feel de-
cidedly uncomfortable.