New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-23
Tlae cr,als.

From TIE New York Herald Of the 18th we ex-
tractthe following:
Governor Chase, Of Ohio, has had an interview
with I'll o. President elect, and In this conference it
was igrnef To rSe npnn the legislative bodies of
L1hiu. inaiana. illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and
Iowa to take common ground, in the shape of
strong and explicit Union resolutions, and, should
4 the course of events in the South require it, pre-
pare for the necessity OF maintaining the Republic
casi Administration and the Federal laws nj ct di'
qftfs3bE getting their militia system into working
order. IL further appears, that 10 this conference
FL perfect coincidence Of opinion was arrived
al; that IF compromise propositions were looked
inOn Hnfa Forably, not from any feelings of hostility
towards the South, but from the conviction that
the cotton States are determined to go out of the
Union, no matter what peace offerings In the form
4 oil Northern concessions may be made to them.n
must confess that the indications of a com
proiis In this intelligence are not very
ilattariag. What then, are Ne e expects #
FIRST I'd do nothing for the Union in the interval
20 the 9Th OF March. Secondly, to prepare for the
occupation Of the Federal Government by force OF
arms necessary Thirdly, to enforce the fe 1eral
laws In the seeedng States; and lastly TO ecerce
Or sfarve Them into submission. Our Springfield
correspondent also assures US that the President
elect does not approve ths project Ct admitting
code uainpaired, and that he remains as firm as
ever id favor Of the absolute exclusion of slavery
from tile Territories.
III Assuming all this to be authentic news, as we
& ii manifest that Mr. Lincoln III the quiet Sc
Guided inland Illinois village of Springfield not
seeing thel does not believe in the snrging waves
of revolution which are carrying everything before
sieff til the Southern Staten He Wantslight, and,
hy those representatives Of his party at Washing
ton who know, he should at once be informed Of
The al1gers oil the crisis; and of the immediate ne
a oessities FAR q compromise. MI. Seward has tho
oqr f TIE Senate first Id order OH the Presidents
message. In behalf OF the Union, the incoming
administration and The peace Of the country, let
him saize tie occasion To present5a acceptable
ss TIE Albany journal frankly and truly declares
lin to hes for the present evolutionary condition
of onr PUBLIC affairs, let him come forward to the
full measure Of his responsibilities, his promises
and the public expectations and Mi. lincoln will
hear and believe.
The work Of revolution moves on apaee in the
Soush-a state of actual war IL at length hurrying
1T along Ta reclaim the seeded States, to appease
tic states contemplating secession mastery mac
ityfor the present. aud coercion when they get
the power, will not avail the Republican party.
Immediate peace offerings are demanded from the
party nes less for its sake than for the Union
Let bIr. Seward then come forward braFey to his
duty or s faith in the tenacity of the States to the
Union will be speedily destroyed. Withthe estab-
iisbyasnt Of Southern Ccnfederacy, we may as
talk Of the reunion of the italian States under
the Government of Austria, as of the restoration of
our Southern States to a union with the North.
Mastery inacti ity, when great empire is begin
ming 10 fall to pieces, will not do; nor will empty
Qualifications sayethe lettering fabric from desruc
tinn
IN another article in the same paper we find the
following
ii, The midst Of all this exciting intelligence dis
patehes were received from New Orleans last night,
to the effect that all the militia were ordered out
bv Governor Moore: that all the United States
forts anS aEsenaas had been taken possession of
amidst the enthusiastic plaudits Of the people, and
at assurances lad been received there that Texas
sifad florida would Immediately follow the ex-
amDIe; and there Is very little doubt that the Gov
rfIrse nt forts and ngsenals now in the hands
the authorities OF those States, that when the
traons On board the Joseph Whitney arrive they
will Ind ao forts iii Florida to garrison. Another
i signitiaans PIECE of news which reached us was
that the steamship Marion, of the Charleston line,
had been seized by the State OF South Carolina for
4 It's d wn service
And all this budget OF news eening with dam
ger and alarm, pregnant with the foreshadowings
of war and bloodshed--tells of events which have
franspire within tie brief space of four andtwenty
hours Iet; while the Southern States are thus
acting and going one by one cut OF the Union,
there lie n1ang people ia the North who do not yet
q believe that the South is in earnest; who think
that the trouble is coming to an end, and who re-
fused te recognize tile possibility OF the Sonth
garonians obstrncting the star q the West IN her
ftetnpt 10 land government troops at Fort Sumter
while tie defaa gognes Of The Republican party,
EeIr aarfleeed this fearful calamity, fearing to meet
shelr c1stitne1fs viii this weight OF spensbiiity
tlleir heads s bold out that il all amounts
IS nothing 10 the face Of circumstance which too
ttIainly indicate thgt the conntryis rapidly drifting
into civil war.
The pressure of this terrible crisis now rests upon
Congress, and upon the Incoming administrator
ana h Is to be hoped that the events Of tAe las