New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-27
Jsb Orleans DpiIp Gresteut.
THEY ARE FIGHTING. Eoxe
MONDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1861.

great truth Is about to be told to the world.
a new light is about dawning upon Europe.
meh'y lact In clear and unmistakable proportions,
VIII soon compel its pathway throughout Christen.
dom; and then the statesmen, students. political
economists, merchants manufacturers and hank
ers Will hit up their hands and wonder why it was
they never perceived it before
IL Is difficult to make the world reverse long
settled opinion. In fact, it cannot be done by ordi.
nary means. But in this instance, the charm 1anco
OF revolution will accomplish the object. For
long time the belief has been prevalent amone
!; many OF our own people that the North was the
rlch secnon OF the country and the South the noor
sectioh OF the country-so poor, indeed. that she
could not get along without the patronage of the
Nofth. We have controverted this false imnres
sion Tor years-produced facts and figures showing
the exact condition of thngs-and have on moro
IMAM one occasion, been told that we were radi.
caly wrong by intelligent citizens of our own
state Across the water-in England, especiallv-
the belief we have alluded TO il 40 yvide.anread
that 1t may be termed universal. All this the
oouthern secession is about to set right. and the
New as well as the Old World will soon bepn to
see through the spectaces of truth
IL the oouth was the poor country she has been
represented to be, the rich North would not now
ne Wagng war upon her. She would be told to 90
al peace, and take care Of herself hereafter. The
contrary pelng the case, however-the North only
oelhs fich ana prosperous on account of the pa
trona8e OF the South, the withdrawal OF which
iii eatehs her with ruln-a war of subiugation s
SET on ioot to carry out which successfully scores
OF thousands of lives and hundreds OF millions of
money are to be sacrificed! We're ever such sac
rlhces before made by (so-caed) rich country
10 compel the trade of poor country? History
furnishes no parallel.
lhat the North will be comparatively ruined by
the southern movement is amply demonstrated by
letter from the New York correspondent Of the
cincinnati Enquirer, writing under date of Goth
lhst. Alter referring to the spirit which seemed
10 prevail, the correspondent asked ga leading
citlzen what was the cause of New York having on
ner such an extra military fever?" That leading
citizen replied in this WISE
Her bread and butter is in imminent danger now
and hereafter. Successful secession of the South
ern states would ruin her. She would not be one
half what she is now with the Union divided We
all know that-all feel it-all see it, That ia what
makes our moneyed men " shell out " so freely If
rebellion is put down, New York is made forever
We could soon stop the war ; but to stop it, and
Accession successful, would be our DEATH
all fVi Iiut' 4ftW OTh pFpau ana Dutter IS
in imminent danger" and so is the bread and
butter OF the entire North, as far as it depends
upon Southern trade. The withdrawal Of the
trade, use of the products, patronage and money
events now as positively certain as anything can
be with which the future has anything to do-of
the South, will show them up the worst poverty
stricken people on the surface of the globe while
1t will demonstrate the unequaled riches and
boundless resources of the Confederate States
Hereafter, New York must import in proportion
to the exports of her own proper section, and
New England must manufacture without regard to
the Southern market, provided she can get the
cotton.
What are they fighting for'n Why, the use Of
cotton, the manufacture of cotton, and the Southern
market! or these they will be deprived in future,
and if they lose their bread and butter" thereby,
the fault will not be ours.