New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-06-11
raan. sfaSslBLE AND nan ABSURD.


EaE sENsisLh AND THE ABSURD.
any one proposition could be clearer than an
other, it Is that common sense, not to speak of
NoFthern ionrnaldora, and that absurdtes insen-
common decsney, has nearly fed the realms of |
tiles and reckless manifestations are now all the
vogue throughout that region Of country with here
and there asensibte exception to prove the general
rule good,
The New York Albion il a very able paper, |
edited Nv an English resident, and-representing |
the Engishinen now in the United States--is terri |
blv severe upon those Northern journals which |
haye.denounced the Queens Proclamation in un-
measured terms, because it taeity recognized the
existence Of the Confederate States Referring to
the New York press, it pointedly says:
These New York gentlemen take offence where
none is meant. They deny to a British Queen, |
Government, Parliament, People and Press, the
right to act up to an injunction applied to them
men namely, to know no North no South, no
editors expect that all our Parliamentary small
talk is TO chime inprecsely with their views they
will probably be disappointed.
Upon the foregoing prominent Western Lincoln
organ observes q AS Just now there is a strong
disposition to watch John Bull narrowly, at home
sion much remark. . Well, watch him as closely
as you please Who cares? We don't; and we do
not believe John Bull does either for he is too SEN
sbe not to know that the butter for his bread must
come exclusiye rely from the South. He, as well as
| Johnny Crapeau, can give the North the go.by
without mach inconvenience, but it is utterly i'm
possible for either to get along without the South
This is fact the Northern people would do well to
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bring upon themselves ten-foid worse evils than the
/ Southern people intend to inict upon their section
of country. We shall have them by the throat be-
fore naaay days; and then we intend to deal with
| them more mercifully than they deserves but
whether Bull Or Crapeau, whom they are wantonly
| insulting and threatening will do the same good
turn, when they get them under their heels, is
matter about which We are not prepared to write
| down an opinion.
| On The 18th ult.. the Earl of Derby, the chief
leader Of the conservative party in the British Par
| lament, in an elaborate speech, among other
things. Significantly said:
| j apprehend that if there is one thing clearer
than smother, it is that. by the law Of nations pri
watering is not piracy that no enactment on the
| part of any one nation can make that piracy
CARDS the subject Of another country which is not
piracy by the law of nations or by the law of that
be Gkolced to entertain that opinion.
Certainly. The proposition is as clear as sun
beam. Why2 Because when France and England
desired to make privateering piracy, by the gen
eral consent of Christendom; the Government of
the United States peremptorily refused One of
| the ablest State papers that ever emanated from
the pen of Secretary Marcy was upon this topic;
and his unansWerable exposition gave universal
| satisfaction North and South.
Regarding this speech Of the Earl of Derby,
many Of the leading Abolition papers of the North
have gone into spasms of rage, fury and denuncia-
| ton and even the comparatively moderate Gin
cinnati Enquirer speaks of the above extract in
this language !" Did anybody ever hear of greater
and more offensive arrogance than is contained
ii those lines which we have placed in italics?r
Now really, we do not think the above extract
as offensive as several portions of the same
speech. In another place, speaking Of the block
ade, Lord Derby said: g We know perfectly well
that it is not IN The potoei Of the Northern States,
if their navy were three times as powerful as 1t is,
effectualIy TO blockade all these ports'' Here is
an intimation, almost positive in its language and
absolute in its meaning, that England is not going
to recognize Lincon's paper blockade, to The aeri
ment of her own interests. Further along Lord
Southern States are entitled TO the rights of BEL
igerents, y and then he continues: The Northern
States, on the one hand, cannot be entitled to
claim the rights of belligerents for themselves and
on the other, to treat the Southern ststes not as
belligerents, but rebels and that first we can
not recognize any except really effective block
ade, (Which the noble Lord had previously said
was impossible) such as the United States may be
able to enforce; and, secondly, that we cannot
recognize the doctrine that by any proclamation,
or any enactment, the Northern States have power
as against the Southern Confederation, to treat
priyateering as piracy and to visit it with DEATH.
The general tenor of the debate in Parliament, |
on American affairs, was to this purport, and the
indications were unmistakable that the recognition
of the Confederate States was only question of
time, and very brief space of time at that. As |
we have said on numerous occasions, we shall be |
formally and officially recognized, and warmly |
welcomed into the family of nations by France and
England in due season-say, somewhere within
sixty days. That will answer both our pride and
purposes. In the justice of our cause, and the
nobility of our natures, we afford to wait. We
will be properly appreciated by-and-bye.
Meanwhile, the Lncolnites are threatening Eng
land, France and other European powers with
direful vengeance, If they presume to receive our
Commissioners and recognize our independence
The Northern Abolitonists swear most ferociously
that Europe shall be :. wiped out" in aggregate
and detail, if the Governments thereof dare to
acknowledge a patent faet--the existence of the
Confederate State of America!
We hope Europe will have good time Indeed,
we think Europe has no reason to be frightened
out Of its proprety, for Of the South intend to
obliterate Lncolnsm ourselves in a very short
time, on land and sea, and have not asked any
help from any quarter to aid us in SO doing.
TALK ON CHANGE.
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