New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-19


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"a sAzVRDAY MORNING. oCToBER ls, 1851.
ss.s NINETEENTH or OCTOBER
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& Eighty years, this day. have passed with
tide of time, since the Surrender of the British
Z forces under Lord CornRallis occnrred At YORK
/ t6#a; d result which rirtuslly accomplished the
elnse of the revolutionary war Of lsss, aad the
successful maintenance Of our declaration Of iude.
pszdente Since that period, the slight inter
Tnption produced BY the var of lsi2 nothing
r,rior It's the present tiae has disturbed the quiet
81 ths peninsula Hasersd by the streams Of the
Jarnss and York. The peaceful pursuits Of the
agrscnIfnrist had eHaced every Eestige Of the in
yasson lsy the British in ISL and rendered it diff
emit gwen for The antquary to discover the slightest
rernsns OF the Notifications which they had erect
Ell for their protection, whilst the gray haired
skies Who were familiar with the eventful scenes
of that period had sunk into the quiet rest oe the
\ grave, leaving In onr memories traditional Incl.
Gess of the deeds of the invading foe and CRATE
nd recognition Of the psrils and sacrifices sustained
our furefathers Id their successful effort to at
for themselves and their pesterity a separate
4 and national Independence Of the mother country.
To-day however, the scene which is presented al
TprktoWn, and throughout its peninsula, is one
which almost causes us to forget that the reyons
ton of III isended. THE same stir and hustle Of
armed snen, the marching and eountermarching of
rocps, the entenched camps and the bristHng Of
artillery throughout this classic region render it q
fiSult matterfo believe that we are net living in
Y shs same period, and waging ID the present, the
same war over again. II would be an alienation
of liz horrors. indeed, If it could be SO, as with
every Iun ii the progress of the present stre. our
souls must and do sickeR over the thought of a
4 struggle in which father i arrayed against son,
brother against brDther and the long friendship Of
yeass severed BIZ the appeal to arms. One holy
solaee, however, belongs to the people Of the
/ South, and ii b one which which win cheer ana
comfort each actor in; the struggle. The war IS
not ane of our making, and High Heaven knows
that NE have sought il every honorable way to-
avoid ii No hostile foot Of the South as yet rests
upsn the soi Of the North, and onr request to be
allowed peaceabiy TO separate, and to manage our
peculiar affairs in our own way, has been answered
by tho Invasion Of our territory, and the murder
sand captivity of our citizens. The consequences
of the present contest, resulting. as 1t inevitably
will, In the entire alienation OF the people Of the
South, az well in feeling as interest, from their
I late brethren Of the North, win be placed by i'm
partial history ut the door Of the latter whilst the
wall Of the widowed and childless, by reason Of
the present heartless war, will sink deep III the
memories Of the South !; and from sire to son. and
mother to daughter, will be Transmitted, for ages
TO come, the Bitter feelings of the period and the
mournfuf associations which surround itS 4