New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-19
Metp 0tLeans 4ailg Crestent,
A SOUTHERN TRAITOR.
MORNING, MARCH 10, 1861.

The name of Andrew johnson, Of Tennessee, Is
synonymous with everything thRt is politically In
famous. Driven to desperation by repeated per-
sona insults which he had not the manllness 10
resent and by the unmxed contempt oil every
Southern gentleman, he loses no opportunity no"
to belitte his own section, to fasify and msfePre'
sent the sentiment of the South and to play VIII
ngly into the hands of Northern Abolitlonlsts'
Not content with venting bis spleen against 'he
South on the floor of the Senate, he improves every
other occasion that is offered him to make his mia
rnv stll more conspicuous. The other day he ad-
dreassd mass meeting in Washington, and thus
he is reported:
Mr. Jobnson EXPRESSED his gratitude for such a
rnanifestaon of their appreciation of his efforts to
save the Union. He did not believe that thefe was
the least shadow of reason lnstilyinS secession;
The South had maj jority IN Congress and co 10
withhold money and cripple the Administration, If
they had been SO disposed. But they had gone
out of the Union simply because they thought
they had the right without either consulting thelr
own or the nations interest. they mad gained
nothing and lost all. The people had been hur
ried and dragged into secession by disappointed
politicians who were aspiring after once ana the
emolunents of place, and when these men louhu
that they must go down they made ths qesptiats
struggle to elevate themselves at home. lie pltled
the people who had to submit to such rulers. ne
had met with them daily for many months IL na
had known them intimately !or years Hnu ma., "n'
perfectly acquainted with their ideas OF Govern
ment and for himself he would rather be SUBJECT
to the autocrat of Russia than cit2eh OF .he
Southern Confedcrncy. He felt conhdeht tnat
Tennessee would remain hrm ana ue M aut ~ 'no nu
Union She had fought the battles OF the South on
many a field and she felt that she had been
wronged by them. He believed that the South
could get more in the Union than they Woula ever
obtain out of it, and he was willing to remain ana
battle with fanatics for the Union. He was conn,
dent that Tennessee could get all her rights secured
to her by the North, and she would not YET sacri,
fee herself for mere abstraction. II she couig
not get her lust dues from the North, she "oaid
never ioin q Southern anarchy, but would unte
with the other Border States and set up Govern
Elent of their own.
The people, gays johnson, have been hurried
into secession by disappointed politicians who
wanted ofhce-nen who found they " must go
down unless they made some desperate struggle.
How ridiculousy false this is, everybody knows
The President, Col. Davis, had any Office that Mis-
sssippi could give him at his command for the re-
iuautier of his natural life. The Nice-PreSident
voluntarily resigned Office when he was besou8ht
Ttby his people to continue. Benjamin, M@!ioFy'
Toonbs all resigned seats in the United States
Senate to enter into the Southern cause no"
this man. Johnson can have the hardlhood 10 get
up before intelligent people and say that the oouth-
ern movement is managed by otice-scekers VINO
would otherwise " 20 down., safpasseS out 1'ih
prehension. Evidently the poor selfish creature
thinks that office" is the chief object of desire,
and, judging others by himself, cannot understand
how any one can be prompted by any higher mo-
tive.
Mr. Johnson also expresses his preference Tor
being " subect to the autocrat of Russia rather
than citizen of the Southern Confederacy.' Very
well. The repugnance, we take pleasure in saying
is mutual. We have heard intelligent gentlemen,
not in passion but in cool earnestness declare that
they hoped Tennessee would stay out of the South
ern Confederacy as long as Andrew johnson was
citizen of that State. Tennessee without John
son they would wclcome-with him, the infction
would be too grievous to be borne.
So, also, he is pleased to proclaim that an
archy'' exists at the South-that the South has
gained nothing and lost all" If she has gained
nothing else but the enmity of Andrew johnson,
that at least is no inconslderable advantage. But
we need not pursue the subject further. We will
do the people Of Tennessee the justice to say that
with rare unanimty they repudiate and denounce
their recreant representative and that no plummet
will ever reach the depth to which he will sink in
that State as soon the popular voice can reach
him.