New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-22
INCONSISTENCY.

When Missouri applied for admission into the
Union there was strong opposition to it from the
Northern representatives in Congress, and the /
secret of that opposition was the fact that African
slavery was one of the institutions Of the State
So also in the State Of Arkansas Her admission
into the Union was opposed for the same reason--
because she was slave State So also It'll Texas,
In all these instances opposition was made to the
act of admission the ground of t. e existence of
slavery. Some Northern represe natives boldly
avowed it, while others trumped other objections
as mere blind, hostility to slay cry being really at
the bottom Of it all.
Now, then, If there were my such thing as logic
or consistency in Black rtepubhcansm, it would
follow of course that having been reluctant to
admit these States into the Union they would be
glad to see them so cut The reluctance arose
from the delicate ensbiites Of the party on the
subject of slavery. Now, when these States pro-
pose to go back there the Black Republicans we're
so anxious for then, to be, out of the Union, and
carry their slaves with them, these consistent
gentry are 1isgused and indignant at the proposal
| They did lot want Texas to come into the Union,
and yet, strange to say they do not want her to
cut, although she is precisely the same Texas, with
the sa me institutions that she was when she united
with them.
Talk with Black Republican about slavery, and
he will ssy that his soul is shocked at the idea of
living under Government which recognizes human
bondage. Yet if all the slave States propose to
withdraw from that Government--propos to re-
lieve those sensitive humanitariau5 even of their
indirect and shadowy responsibility for the nstitu-
tion-they raise their hands in horror, and de-
nounce the proposition as most monstrous. If
they are so anxious to be relieved of all connection
with slavery, why do they not show willingness
to let us go? One would naturally suppose they
would be anxious to get rid Of US.
The opposition to the admission Of Slave States
was caused by two circumstances. One was, that
feeling natural to every Puritanical Yankee which
consists of about an equal admiXture of hatred
and fear for people who ere their superiOrs-an
the other an apprehension that the Slave
States would have permanent control of the Legis
ative and Executive Departments of the country.
This latter objection having disappeared-the
ascendancy of the Free States being secured for
| all time to come, in all the departments of the
Goyernment-they wish the Slave States to remain
| in the Union now, precisely for the reason that
they may, through the forms of legislation crafty
the long grudge that they have had against u.s.
! Through many weary years they have toled and
1 HaiteA IUl TIC pPpO4 tuily. NOW, Wueu they
thought the chance had come at last, ana they
had the poor South lying PROSTATE and helpless
at their feet, the reflection that their prey escapes
| them maddens them beyond control, and throws
| them into fury of rage and desperation.
/ This is the secret Of their indignation at the
/ withdrawal of the Southern States. Thank God,
| there are seven of them which have had the man
| hood to escape the venom of the Abolition rep
| tile, and put themselves beyond the reach of its
deadly fangs. On the remaining Southern States,
| which have chosen to remain in the Union, they
| will wreak the vengeance which they designed
for the whole fifteen. The share to each will only
| be the greater The foretaste of it will soon be
had when the new tariff of the North more plum
dering and oppressive than any ever before made,
| goes into operation. With full swing in both
| Houses of Congress- in the Executive Department,
| and soon in the Judiciary, nothing will oppose
| their disposition to make the Southern States in
the Union football, to be kicked about when
ever and wherever it. may suit their pleasure
For, Abotonism is essentially aggressive If it
| recede, or even stand STILL it dies The ms snct
of selfpreservation will urge it on to such recs
less aggression that the Southern States in the
Union will be compelled at last to do what we
think it would be wisdom t0'do at once-re.
pudate all political alliance with those who have
but one idea of the use of power and that is to
crush and destroy.