New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-02
NUMBER 81.

omtae aded that cadets be appointed and attsehed
TO companies Rntfl they shall have attained the age
and shaH have acquired the knowledge to fit them
zor the daties Of lieutenants,
also csH your attention to an omission in tie
l$W organizing the army, in relation to rniffarF
al ans, dreconmend thas provisions be made
beee gessffS1s 1son, congratulate you On the fact
common os aHsF portion Of our country there has
freely tendefa@adffeea n fe most patriotic devotion to onr
and aE2plies ts;a companies have
eraeg aas iree,agrs in eo = 't00ps
Of Contamination itqsTs eeasFaase e the cenfed
to greet ~ t sisters , aeg aoe
tof0re demanded for raatfN ny u = \ asshls
Of troops and munitions, bee Pab e. Orleans
fered to receive their sonpey.t tsa,ss
duced rates in the bonds. Of thaa ctffa RBoROUe
the purpose of leaving alb the reta,s4SyS S'lGsoa
Government at its own disposal .sal 80
defence. Ifst
Reausitiona for troops hsve been met wftEssEe1a
alacrfy that the numbers rendering their services
have in every instance greatly exceeded the de-
mand. Men Of the highest Official and social posi-
ton are serving as volunteers ia the ranks .he
gravity of age, the zeal Of youth, rival each other
in the desire be foremost in the public defence,
and though at other point than the one hareto-
fore noticed have they been stimulated by the eZ~
element incident to actual engagement and the
hope of distinction for individual department. they
have borne what for new troops is the most severe
ordeal, patient toll constant vigil and all the ex-
posure and discomfort Of active service with re-
solution and fOrtitGQe such as 10 command the Gp-
probation and justify the highest expectation of
their conduct when active valor shall be required
in place of steady endurance.
| 4 people thus united and resolute cannot SHRINK
from any sacrifice which they may be called on to
make, can there be reasonable doubt OF their
final success, however long and severe may be the
test of their determination to maintain their birth.
right Of freedom and equality, as trust which it
is their first duty to transmit unbeRished to their
| posterity.
| bounteous Providence cheers us with the prom
/ ise of abundant crops.
The fields of grain which will, within few
weeks, be ready for the sickle, give assurance Of
| the amplest supply of food, whilst the corn, cot
ton and other staple productions of soil afford
abundant proof that up to this period the season
has been propitous We feelthat our cause is just
| and holy.
We protest soIemnly, in the face Of mankind,
that desire peace at any sacrifice, save that Of
honor.
i In independence We seek no conquest, no ag-
grandizement, no concession of any kind from the
States with which we have lately eonederated.
All we ask is to be let alone-that those who never
held power over us shall not now attempt our sub
jugation by arms. This we will, we must resist,
to the direst extremity.
The moment that this pretension is abandoned.
the sword will drop from our grasp, and we shall
be ready to enter into treaties Of amty and COM
merce that cannot but be mutually beneficial.
So long as this pretenson is maintained, with a
firm reliance on that Divine Power which covers
with its protection the Just cause we will continue
to struggle for our inherent right to freedom in.
J I JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Montgomery, April 20, 1861.