New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-28
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Under the ahovecaption the Charleston Mercury
has the following, which we give a place IN our
columns, as the language is just as applicable to
Louisiana as it possibly can be to South Carolina:
South Carolina has had sufficient warning. She
has been given to understand that she Is regarded
as the head and front Of the offending all her
citizens are TO be treated as rebels and all her
privateers as pirates. IT, after this, she is caught
mapping, the fault is solely her own. Now, let Us
prepare, shecomingiy, for the contest which is be-
fore us. Ii our forts are we'll located, well built,
well manned. with the proper complement in
let us be sure Of this. Let us be strong at those
points by which the enemy might gain access to
the main.
The planters will do well to make provision
themselves Tor the sudden removal, III season, Of
their hands, stock and furniture to the main. II
necessary, we should burn the whole coast, rather
than suffer the enemy to geta foothoid on il, or
carry from it a sack of rice or cotton.
The fate of South Carolina will be the fate OF
the South should the :. Gorillas" accomplish an
impossbiity by snbjugating an unconquerable
people. All the States have had ample warning
and if any of them are ':caught mapping" griev.
Gus faults, net to employ a harsher term as well
as terrible responsibilities, viii be attributable to
those in authority For them there will be neither
| excuse, nor justification, nor hiding place. With
them the sin OF omission viii be as great crime
| as would be that of commission.
However, we do not think the coasts OF South
Carolina in any great danger from Abolition incur
| sions. They are we'll and vigilantly protected,
and no matter how bitter the spite OF the enemy,
the great prize they seek to capture lies near the
| Gulf OF Mexico and not upon the Atlantic ocean.
.The fleets, which the Lincoinites have been pre-
i pairing for many months, wthoutregard to labor
4 or expense, may make demonstrative feints, in
order to deceive, if possible, along the coasts Of
North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama and Texas but they will be merely feints to
cover their grand effort against New Orleans Lou
| isiana, and fhe Lower Mississippi valley. They
| may. possibly, take and temporarily occupy few
unimportant and exposed points along our extended
seaboard but this will not cause the main object to
be varied from The capture Of Brunswick, Georgia.
about which so much has been said, would not Be Of
any vital moment to them. They now have better
anchorage than the harbor Of Brunswick affords in
the waters of the Mississippi Sound the control of
which has enabled them to cut of marine naYiga
ton between the two most important cities of the
Southwest In those waters great naFies can ride
securely, and upon them we shortly expect to
hear that the fleets of the Lincoln despotism, des
tined for Southern operations, are floating; and
there, quite probably, the chiefs of the common
foe will proceed to perfect their final plans of pro
cedare.
4 1t is quite likely this metropolis will be simalta-
neously attacked on two or three sides. One
squadron may make Berwieks Bay the line Of in
yasion another the Lake approaches; aud a third
may seek to force its way up the river. The pre-
parations Of the enemy are understood to be ona
scale of magnitude to enable them to attempt all
these things; and if SO, the greater the glory in
overthroEng them.
"A rapid and victorious :" ON to Washington
movement, and the expulsion of Lincoln and his
myrmidons from the places they pollute, which
would amount to the disenthrament of Maryland,
might discomfort this long resolved upon pro-
gramme, and keep these boosted expeditions at
home to protect Northern coasts, which may not be
quite as invulnerable as the Abolitionists imagine
But, if something of this kind is not done, we may
look for trouble, if not serious annoyance, in our
own waters before the month of November ex-
pires. Lincoln must have possession Of a " cotton
port" before many weeks, aad it is quite clear to
our mind that this port is the one he is after par
tieularly. Well, he will have "a good old time "
getting it, and when he does get it we trust he will
be obliging enough to let us know. 1t would NOR
tfy our people amazingly if such an important
event should happen, and they be kept in ignor-
ance of it! N -7