The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-04-10
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New Orleans, March 25.
Our revolutions,s Cannot be charged with any
lack Of frankness. Nov and then they ieeb y
deny their utter contempt ;or the popular will
which they have eridde,i; but in the main
they not only admit it, but tefesd and glory in
It. Thus, The Delta, lamen,ing that the present
Virginia Convention will not take that State out
OF the Union, predicts, approvingly, that " some
Cromweilisn influence" will yet disperse the
Convention, aud place the Old Dominion in the
secession ranks And DE Bore RerieS, which
makes high pretensiOns TO philosophy aud politi
Cal economy, in its issue for the current month
INDUCES in the following glittering g-neralites
"AH government begins BY asm,pation and
elements upp.r,nost, and the masses below aud
subject to those elements. Less than this is not
a government. The right TO govern resides with
y very small minority; and the du'y to Ub-y is
inherent in the great mass Uf mankind"
The italics are not mine, but those of the Re
rie,c. The extract reveals the aiinius of the rev
elutiOnary leaders-nOt merely limited at in tn. il
secret cOnclaves, but openly avOwed to the world
as their theory OF government. 1t illustrates
the intense hostility which hear frequently ex
pressed by them in private conversation TO the
demOcr attic principle-the right Of the majority
TO rule. The idea that a lsboring man, with
rough hands, greasy mechanic, as Cleopatra
hath II, who does not own a single "nigger,
should WELD as much power at the ballot box as
a "high toned" gentleman in broadcloth, who
was born to govern, is utterly repugnant to their
sense Of the fitness OF things. 1t would be a
pity to have these philosophers dis urbed in their
interesting governmental experiment by any out.
side influence. Every day strengthens ny con
victOn that their own people will take Ol
them some fine election morning
Here is another of their journalistic suggestions
which is decidedly funny. The C1ese"t-whict
is little more insane than the rest, but still, ore
of their accredited organs DISCUSSES to-day the
propr:ety Of admitting the Free States into the
Southern COrfederacy, "when they find out, a:
they soon will, that they cannot get along by
tnemse.ves.'' Ihe Crescent is confident that they
will be begging tor admission ere long but
though il pities t.,em deeply, they cannot b,
permitted to enter the Southern Republic On
that point il is memorable, and will let no com
punctious visitings Of nature shake its fell pur
pose! know all this sounds vastly like joke
but The Crescent is perfectly $. rious about it.
And here is mind ana humane suggestion
from one OF our sister States:
"The Oxf:rd Miss Lnteil;seneer protest:
against Tennessee entering the Southern COnfed
eracy unless she will produce the scd'ps of Sen
ator Johnson and Rep, ,esentatire Etheridge as al
evidence of her sincerity"
That will do to close the Illustrations of the
spirit of the revolutionary organs in the South
West, for to-day.
Your suggestion that the Confederates are
cherishing dreams Of territorial expansion is true
frequently hear projects alluded to for the ab
sorption Of Central America and Mexico. Il
their relations with the United States we're peace
fully settled to-day, there would be fiibusterins
parties on the Isthmus and in Mexico within
three months. But here is fatal objection to the
extension Of Slavery in thar direction which they
quite overlook. African Slavery cannot -four
ish or eren erist permanently near -Nericar
population. The Mexicans will associate freel,
with the negroes, intermarry with them, ant
shield and aid them in running away. WesterI
Texas affords a coed example OF this. Tn,
whole Bio Grande valley, Oh the Texan side, l.
settled by Me1icans, and Slavery does not exis
there a. an institution. A friend who has spen
three years in New Mexico assures me hat tn,
same rule holds good there, and that that is tn,
main reason why Slavery has obtained no genera
foothold in that territory, after stringent lega
protection for fourteen years. Slavery canno
be permanently established in any Mexican coun
try without first extermiDating or completely sub
jugating the natives.
Tne impetus which the political excitement
have given to military movements of all kind
still continues to be apparent here. Our volun
teer companies are usually active. Daily, Mel
and boys in uniform may be seen on all the thor
oughfares; and every night, to a late hour. Ou
ears are saluted BY spirit-stirring drum and th,
ear piercing fife, the iron tramp OF borses, tn,
march of footmen, and the commands of AT
tention!" and Front face! !" as the companie
are drilling on the principal streets. I notice,
one OF the sons of Mars last night, with his trap
pings sadly soiled, lying upon door step nea
the corner of ST. Charles and Poy ydras streets, il
q state of most serene and unconscious intUxica
ton. Tlere is quite a crowd every mOrhin,
around the Canal street entrance to the CustoH
House. where volunteers for the Confederate arm
are being enrolled. Those who enlist are main
Irish. Pat is, of course, on hand at tie leas
prospect Of shindy.
The telegraph advises US o. a SLOW storm a
Buffalo, sufficient to Obstruct the railway tracks
We, in the mean time, are luxurating on gree
peas, early plums. and straw wberfies, aud the al
is fragrant with daffodils, violets, and roses, tn
buds of the sweet olive, and the blossoms Of tn
orange. have just returned from a ride in tn
swamp back of town-the great cess pool OF .hi
metropolis, which generates With the recurrenc
of Summer, the pes,ence that walketh i
darkness" just now L presents a strange ap
pearance. The straukest pools Of back Ill.
green water are in harmony With the tall, ghss
ly dead trees, whose brsnch,s are hung with Ion
pendent feeces of gray moss, giving them some
what the effect Of Gothic architecture. Thi
moss is Al article Of utility in the manufactur