New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-09
LiNcOLN,s rIEssAars.


Tie first months Of his Administration, when he
was ia the habit of interiarding with Jokes and
anecdotes his conversations upon the gFayest sub
jects, has yielded TO grave and subdued de-
meanor; and the message so far we have seen it,
contains rot one single flash of Gorilla humor, or
any exhibition Of the confident and hnoyant spirit
with which that iustEious parsonage entered upon
the discharge of the duties of an office of which
he is literally an Incumbent. ss
He begins by saying that the relations of his
Governme with foreign powers are not altogether
as they should bea declaration which gives us
great encouragement, and makes us feel better.
We were not aware that there was any trouble Of
the sort and are sincerely glad to hear that there
is. We rather suspect, however, that the Gorilla
seeks By this to prepare the minds of the people
for future difficulties which he sees in the distance,
and that there is nothing OF any serious moment
at present. Even as the sguilty fee when no
man pursueth,' SO abraham thinks he is IN not
water with other potenfates, simply because ne
knows he. ought to be, and will ne very soon.
The conscious, stricken Macbeth thought he saw
dagger in the air, and the Gorilla, equally con-
science-stricken, thinks he sees several foreign
daggers upifted over his head It is sort Of pro-
phetic vision, and he is only anticipating events
which will we trust, occur in a brief period OF
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The difficulty, whether serious or not, appears to
| be about cotten-for 4 he hopes to convince the
foreign nations, SO the report of the message
reads, e that the best means for the reestablish-
ment OF commerce, through which they may get
supplies of cotton, is through restoration OF the
Union. We Incline to the opinion that this will
be rather unsatisfactory to the foreign nations
aforesaid seeing that they know, and have so con-
fessel that the restoration of the Union is amin
possible thing and that if they have nothing but
restoration Of the Union to rely for the procure
mant Of cotton their future stock of that article
bids fair to be rather infntesmal. Foreign nations
will be more apt to cake common practical
view Of the question, and to reach the conclusion
that cotton may be had by a much simpler mode,
and that's BIZ withdraw Of the kading ships,
and permitting the royal staple to go forward in
| sfhe old way. We have the cotton and would like
TO sell IT, and they want the cotton and would like
| to buy it. The Federal Government is alone re-
sponsibfe for the difficulty and is the only party
| that prevents US and Europe from trading For.
eign nations understand this very we'll and will de-.
| mand something more than promised restoration
| Of the Union for solution Of the difficulty. Their
chance Of getting cotton, that condition, is about
az slim as depended on the Goriilas tunneling
the Rocky Mountains with tooth pick, y s. n i
| He next recommends that a railroad be built
through the l.sloyap' portions Of Kentucky, East
I Tennessee and North Carolina. We hope this will
| be DONE We want a railroad through that region,
and would be glad 70 have the expense Of building
Iit5taken off our hands. 435 }fss " 7ass4s
tsHe reit crates the charge Of piracy against pri
yatsers lit Is any eonsola alton to the Gorilla to-
reiterate that charge we shall not begrudge it him.
We hope he feels better fors,it, but we think we
see him hanging our men as pirates. That is the
fate OF pirates everywhere, but he will not dare to
do it. There would be q good many dislocated
| necks i'd the South In a week afterwards. MI
1 When we said that there was no Joke in the mes
Usage, we ought to have made one reservation
That is where he says he has refrained from estab
fishing courts Of law III the reyolted States { for
fear of assuming arbitrary power I This iaone of
/ Old Abe's best. The sly llufnor of the thing is
irr esistihle. 1t will hereafter be regarded as the
,reat and distinguished jest Of the nineteenth cen
tnry shat Mfr. Abraham Lincoln avowed himself to
Ebe 'tafraidof assuming arbitrary power y Ri NJ
1 The deficit in the Post.office Department for the
year, says, is over five millions of dollars. This
isian answer, complete and perfect, to the sland-
erous charge so often made by the North, when
4 the old Union existed, that it was the South that
4 made the Post-offiee Department SO expensive. &
Touching the rebellion, n the telegraphic report
Of the message is very brief Nothing seems to be
4 ;said about any Union sentiment except id the
States Of the border. He does not wish the con
test to g degenerate into a violent and remorse-
LESS revolutionary struggle. If he really desires
\ this. we have only to advise him that if he will
4 take his troops away from our soil, the struggle
will not be violent and remorseless, There will be-
in fact, no struggle. at all. The remedy, too, has
the great merit 81 being simple and easily under.
stood. sas III sts ssa 5i3 y 5 All s8est
The ether, Recommendation are that the Govern
sment make an effort to get back that portion Of
! the old District Of Columbia which was ceded to
Virginia, and which includes the city Of Asexan
A dria- that the navy be reorganized and made more
/ elective that the pension system be largely in
creased and extended in consequence of the numer
Gus applications made on account Of casualties ii
il the present ar-rthat force be sent to the In
dian country to keep the redskins from helpin,
the rebels that q statistical and agricultural hu
4 reau be organized that something be done t.
4 keep down the # treason that has been croppin,
out in the Territories Of Colorado, Dacotah am
Nevada that aid be afforded the District Of Coum
bia, which has suffered Heavily in consequence Q
negroes be eoonized somewhere Gin climat
y congeaial to them.', He concludes by Boosting .
the superiority Of the North over the South in re
Hspeet Of labor and capital. - ES5&
ii On the whole, Abraham, Is Messing indicates YER
CLEARLY that he expects trouble. He says nothing
u that we see, about the time when he proposes It
II wind up the rebellion. We think we detect laten
evidences that the Gorilla begins to despair of til
Republic or, atall events that he does not see hi
way very clearly. II, in addition to his domesti
annoyances, England and France and, Spain shout
Il pounce down onshim, the cup of his misery woul
be full The Presidency is not a bed Of roses, eve
4 in times of peace4-still less when the incumben
u like Mrs. Gummidge is y aipoor, 1orn creetue, an
Il everttink goes eontrairy with him.'' 2l p.
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Gen. Sterling Prlce. 4 *
/, I RI sTSGHAsIsRs HoTEn December g. 1851
81 I'D, iCfesoent-I see that some of the papers 81
! Gen. Price down az graduate sof West Poin
his brilliant campaign in Missouri, for the las
a eight months, would certainly reflect credit upo
III West Pointer; but, sir Gen.Price owes his sue
81 cess4to practical good sense and hard fighting
n He never attended military school in his life
81 Ndttudt soldier, possessing the unbounded conf
: dence of every Mssourian. AZ the breaking ou
/. of the Mexican war, Gen. Price raised a regimen
I'll OF Misaourians and for gallant cenduct in Sewers