New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-15
0EItaIls Duly CJrfstsnt.
raE s6tTH ARp THE sECEssIoN TROUBLES,
aafEsnRn j Mt Rf ass 40 Fl
or rRrsIDIsNr BUCHANAN TO CONGRESS

solstsRsss CALLED oE FOR BELIEF.
aas following message was transmitted 70 Con
Nressl tila President Of the Eited States On the
Ssh iEslss
A. aAs sssasse and Iseage Of Bsffgyepatig
AFfha aDeniug CT your present session j called
Your attention It'd the which threatened the
exsslanoe on tisa Onion. Spressed my opinion
freey concerning the original causes OF these dan
4 syegs, nnd Recommended such measures as A be-
lSegs1 would have the effect of tranquihzlng the
country and saving IL from the peril ~ which II
had been neediessly and most unfortunately m
velvet Those opinions and recomme ndatons 1
Nd not new propose to repeat. Ny own scenYics
tho whole subject remain unchanged
THE fact that d great calamity was Impending over
The Giou was even al fhe5 tllsle y
self IeS throughout the length and breaath Q, the
Hand. The necessary consequences q the alafin
thus produced were most enora be-imports fell
of With rapidly never kno Wn before, except ~
al war iii The history of our foreign COM
Tfefee tie treasury une xpectedly left without
yaess,s which it had reasonably counted upon to
Fets she punIi trade was para yzed
were stopped the best public secu
xfsaes suddenly snnk in the market; every species
of pfopcfty deprecated more or less, and thou
aalsE II poor men, who depended upon their daily
labor For their daily bread were turned out Of en-
pI0YIneut. 88$s l.S5s ,.ss
s + Seslsg fegret that am not able to give you
information upon the state OF the Union which
ii fuurc satisfactory than what was then obliged
20 eop nanleat On the contrary, matters are
still verse af present than they then were When
Congress met, strong hopes peryaded the whole
liinale mind tifas ole adustfaene 81 the
auf3iaot would speedily be made bg the representa-
tsFes AZ tie States and of the people which might
rsslxsfa renee between conflicting sections of the
COUNTRY That hope has been diminished by every
II haAror deiay. as the prospect Of 2 bloodless
settlement fades away, public distress becomes
more Hsih more aggravated.
Az evidence Of this, it Us only necessary to say
tlas tlse treasury nGIsB authorized by the act of
6sse III of Deeember last were advertised accord
Hid to and tliat no responsible bidder offered
b8 fai5e any considerable sum at par at . lower
h Fate es interest than IL per cent. From these
i facts fe appears that in government organized
lfks ntfTs 8nestie strife or even well grounded
tgaf oE civil i5stties is more destructive to cur
sutlic and private Interests than most formidable
foreign war.
til hi annual message expressed The eonvic-
4 fs0a which have long deliberately held, and
Hgiael rseNa6 reflection has only tended to deepen
rlsl confirm, that no State has right By its own
Get to.secede from the Union or to throw off its.
Eedaraf obligations at pleasure also declared
say opinion 10 he that even If that right existed,
and aitould be- exercised BY any State Of the CON
fe.fefasy HE Executive Department Of this Gov
aTnnent had no authority under the Constitution to
recognize lib validity, BY aeknowled ging tine indie
uendenct OF such q State.
Tlsis ttk Tte nd other alternative, az chief execu
Give 0sfecY under the Constitution, but to collect
she re venues and to protect the public property,
SO faFsRs this might he practicable under existing
laws. Ils n still nv purpose. Ny province is to
execute ana not to make Laws. II belongs to Com
gEess exclusively to repeal, to modify or to enlarge
6seis pHuvai0ns to meet exigeneies as they may oc-
euEs possess 10 dispensing power. certainly
Iaasl ~ " make aggressive war upon any
State aEd Iain perfectly satisfied the Constitution
has WsHff Wild held that pDWeregen from Congress
III But tho right ana duty To use military force
dcseTsiyelY agailst those who resist the Federal
ofieefs til the execution of their legal functions,
and against those who assail the property OF the
Eedefn soyernlleat is clear and nndeniable. But
dangerous and hostile attitude Of States towards
s&ee other has alread transcribed and cast in
&aie sfssie Extraordinary executive duties already
5fasiagd fal by law, anti has assumed such vast
szd AIsrfling proportions as to place the subject
entirely snpTe and beyond executive control
Misfapt cannot beEdisguised that3we are ia the |
midst af Ia great revolution in all its various bear
III eBs TIieSefore commend the question 10 Con
only hufnan tribunal under Providence,
possessing puNer to meet The existing emergency.
40 asiveiy belongs the power to declare
sWaf 81 To aatfOrize tile employment of military
Force I'D I'LL cases contemplated by the EonstitR-
Siegi isHa thay alune possess power to relieve
sgFuR Bieh might iaad to war, and to secure
g1eaSe and union to this distracted country. On
chem lid them alone. rests the responsibility.
The Union IL asacred trust leftus by our regolu- 1
ailfy fathers i0 Their desee ndants. and never did
any other people inherit 50 richa Legacy. It has
Us urosperDtis III peace and triumphant
ns fsnaf fIae Ills floafed in giorY over
sevefy sesl. 1lder its shadow American citizens
haze fonnd protection and respect in all lands I
Beneath Tie sun. II 1se descend to- considerations
Ut purely flaferial interest," Whan the history of
all Il confe deracy been bound together
asy srpfg tics of mutual interest? Each por-
sziog 81 Il i epanae Ill on alt ana all upon each
soFtsens 8eT Frosp md ido Inestie security.
81 MgNe trade throughout the whole supplies tile /
Egttni9 BIZ ono portion from the productions Of an
0ffteF AID scatters wealth every Hhere. The great
planting ana farming States require the aid.of The
fEia and gazing States, to send their
zsFadnssaiona flo and foreign markets, and
E9 furnish nasal p0Ter to FENDER their transporta.
4iosi seenre against I'LL hostile attacks. Should the
gnion perish in the midst of the present excite
slts haze already had sad foretaste Of the
sstliT efaai suffering which Wead result from its
destruction. nc calamity would be severe in
every FoEtionof the Unfen, and would be guile as
syyeats 10 the least, ia THE Southern as in the
Northern STATES.
Tha greafest gragation of the EVIL, and that |
sNseh sepald place us IN d most unfavorable light
both before the World and posterity, is, as / am
diraIg that the secession movement has
been Chiefly based inDn d misrepresentation Of the
E0usai 81 hesentfmens Of file majority in several
sAf RIG lialIl States. Let The question be /
political assemblies to the ballot
s1oS. people ives would speedily re-
saEeB5 il seFi1ns grievances which the South have
suffered. Bat ia Heaven name ettrial be made
before sEe plRnge isltD armed conflict upon mere
ion that there il no other alternative.
Time q Y great consary alive power.
the D e0pie, both North and South an opportunity
fsF reflection Would that South Carolina had
hsen WINGED of this truth before her precpitate
acIlnl. hegefora, appeal; through you to the
Re0ple of the cduntFy:8to declare in their might
fhaf THE UAion must and shall be preserved by all
GsnsttsntionaI means. most earnestly recon-
zcnd shat 0ndegote yourselves exclusively TO the
how tlIis can be accomplished in peace.
All other questions, hen compared to this sink
into gniiicance Tie present is no time for pal
EiafioHs ction, prompt action. is required. A|
delay in Congress to prescribe or TO recommend |
and raetical propositions for cancellation
as 10 point from which 1t viii be almost
impossible 10 reeede.
taoniInon ground, IN which cancellation and har-
Ni9sg ean he produced, il surely not anattainable.
PROPOSE saeus To compromise by letting the North
haYe Che clusiqe control of territory above GER
saiR and tp give Southern institutions protec-
huu below fat liae5 ought to receive universal ap-
pr0bNtiof ITSELF indeed IT may not be entirely
aaass but when the alternative is between
reasonable concession on both sides and the de-
F1letipR Of the hion, is an itapntation upon the
patriotism of Congress I'd assert that members win
hesitate fcr9aEfn0lnent
taVen gov danger Ia upon US. In several Of the
Stakes which ia2e not seeded forts, arsenals and
s1aa asines af Tho United States have been seized.
lH ~ by far the most serious step which has been
y SxEeH since the commencement of the troubles.
Eiis5 public property has long been left without
gasfisons and troops for its protection, because no
person Doubted its security under the flag Of the
EsoNnfry Id any State of the Union; besides our
small AMY has scarcely been sufficient to guard