New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-04

Letter from New York.
snecial to the New Orleans Crescent.l
NEW York, April %, Is


New York, April %, 1861.
M. Fdko,'--We are reminded by the Republican
orators and presses, that the first blood shed has
flowed on the anniversary of the battle of Licking
ton; but they fail to remind the people that this
as we'll as that was the blood OF invaders-of those
who were attempting the subjugation of men
melting an aggressive and insolent soldery. Nor
have thew dared to carry forward the parallel to
The close of that ruitless and disastrous struggle,
when victory declared itself for the oppressed and
maligned The same issue awaits these fanatics
and fratrcides and the infamous attempt to con-
summate their felonious purposes in regard to the
institutions of the South, will surely fail, and entail
upon them the same ignomnlous consequences.
Ii is but the browning outrage to long series of
wrongs-of vtuperation and abuse, of sly incen-
diarisms of smo6fh-faced decets, of invasions and
raids of bad faith and disregard of legal and
sttutional obligations-all begun and continued in
the abused names of liberty and humanity.
And nothing more Conspicuously shows the utter
heartlessness of these fanatics than the mad evity
they display so mourntul and disastrous an oc-
casfon as the commencement of civil wharf.-the end
of which no man can see, and the consequences of
which must bring grief and desoaton to thousands
of households and ruin to almost every department
of industry. The facility with which they ignore
the courtesies and friendships of the past and rush
with insane. merriment to the conflict, is most
melancholy evidence of their inhumanty and entire
restitution of genuine feeling. Even their preach
ers. on that sacred day dedicated to calm reflection
upon our frailty, and dependence upon the favor
| Of a merciful God, in temples consecrated to the
service of the Prince of Peace-even these disgrace
the pulpit and their calling by misrepresentation,
| vile SANDER, inyective, and efforts to rouse the
| brutal passions of their auditors.
The mobs that fill the streets of the city, inamed
/ and exasperated to pitch of frenzy by the intern
perate appeals and studied falsehoods of the press
| have broughtupon US a complete reign of terror"
That portion of the public press which heretofore
tad nf thDT hoy
| arisen between the North and the South and by
| fair statement and just argument showed on which
| side the wrong inclined, recalling TO mind the many
| provocations, and the imminent danger to life and
| property, which Abolition declamations, secret
emssares, organized associations for running off
slaves, and determined and open hostility to every
| thing Southern, produced among you-these
presses have been compelled, by threats Of vio-
lence to disguise their true thoughts and feelings,
and minister as best they may to the popular fury.
For who candidly and fairly looks upon this
foolish and wicked war-as all sane men should
look upon ito express his opinions in any public
place would be to risk the loss of his fe People,
whatever may be their honest sentiments, are com
PEELED to speak to please the multitude. Silence is
| construed treason. Every public house or store
must hang out the American flag, as if they could
be forced into agreement in this way with the des-
pots of the hour. To speak OF lbery-of the free
dom of speech-is to expose yourself to the suspi-
cion Of these jealous demagogues. They who so
| lately cried out at the surveillance of the South,
where every word of the Abelitionist and Republi-
| can fell like fire brand, and invoked instruction
| and murder, because they would protect them
selves against such dangerous missiles, can now,
| without any excuse except their own intolerance,
| set themselves up for censors and avengers
And all this goes to show that it is not a love of
the Union, or devotion to the Government that in
fuences them, but that intensely bitter party
spirit that has ali along distinguished the Repubi-
can faction. They care nothing for the Union; for
they know that their violence and injustice have
destroyed it. They care nothing for the Govern
ment. They are mad because their power and
emoluments are in danger and they experience
that burning resentment against the South which
the iniurer always feels toward the person he has
injured. Besides, they know-and this exasperates
| them still more-that the Southerners have dis
played great political wisdom in their amendments
to the old Constitution and thatwere Jefferson Da-
Wis at the head Of the Government, and admins
terng it under this revised aud improved iRstru-
ment, the country would derive therefrOm most in
estimable benefit. Their great fear is, that people
| will come to understand this; and then the bubble
will burst and they will lose,their mischieVous as
cendanCy.
But that which especially surprises me is, to
witness the facility with which our leading politi-
clans, heretofore earnest and staunch Democrats,
turn about. 1t is not that they are silent, main
tain their opinions with modest qualifications in
their expression but they aspire to out Herod the
Republicans themselves, and appear upon the
platform, boiling over with angry eloquence
against the South. Have they ever had, ask my
self, any opinions, except, perhaps, the opinion
that it is safest to be on the popular side? What
depths of pusillanimity does such conduct reveal
Oh, the shallow hypocrisy of our public men
| Perhaps, for it is not unlikely, we shall yet find
them foremost in the ranks of your defamers and
| the prosecutors of those who differ from them.
| This is precisely what we must expect from their
| pliancY and faseness.
| Our pet regiment, the 7th, left here on Friday
evening, amid the plaudits of the crowd, the tears
of the women, and the regrets of taors and per-
| tuners. How the pretty fellows will conduct
| themselves, when they come to lie upon the hard
hnr
aromatic night lamp burning in their decorated
chambers, no servant to bring them their coffee
and news in the morning before the curtains are
parted-isa matter for conjecture. That they can
endure to be introduced to the Southern public be-
fore their toilet is made, would be to imply that
they had forgotten that they were gentlemen
The ladies here demand that you shall not fire at
them or firing, direct your shot in some other di-
recton. If in the rude scufle with those unman-
nerly dogs at the South, one of them should tum-
BILE into the dust, a truce is to be instantly pro.
claimed until he is again set upon his legs his linen
changed, his coat brushed, his hair combed, and
his white cambria handkerchief sprinkled with CO..
logne. Remember, the ladies expect this of you,
and you must obey them. If one of those exquis-
lite creatures should, in any way, be hurt, have his
clothes torn, or otherwise be treated with dsre-
speet, you may expect the wrath of the whole of
Fifth Avenue to be exploded in your terrified ears.
But to end this letter seriously, let me tell you,
there is no longer any Southern party, any Demo
cratic party, any party of just men, at the North
The whole population, burning with resentment
that you should dare to stand up for your rights
| is resolved upon your humiliation, if not your ex.
termination. So, stand to your guns; for this is tc
be no child's play. Nh