New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-18
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! e Ous PoIIcr AND DuTv We saw Il anDonness
hi 0Shsf dsY that one zen had lost BY the III
6Vfsinn of the Yankees into the South ~ O0 tlU
xarth 81 tobacco But this was mt all they tout
III tobaceo wtthoat price, and bad the owlier ar
5prodliSi tiles and synlpa HES
NJ Nav Mad his mind been fully made mp to yield
sshedience 10 the law, and his tobacco been dsyo.
hs might have been spared r.
sof seeing Tia fall into Yankee hands ana
that; too, without the renaotest prospect pf remn
snerattbns sssss4 ssslsssa ~ ~.
hen The Fedetais took possession q New M
i that vicinity there was 81 eon.
sideYable capaoIty ID
HE Anrr our troops t t lss @
the torch To the !. rs n
ana itWas left, ia running e ne US ano
nett Vi Yankee Eng taey were nos
oiSt idle iii LneM s..
eRpSr sher ss Forces
rsas III TheV arrested the brother Of the
51t aft4 Wafds released him, and compelled
IN VI the running of The saWsmill for
rs men "a deaf and blind to
" snd tha expsfienee others. that they de-
III Gnea fhA law requiring the destruc tion Of eoi.
QbAcc0 and sugar, to prevent " iran talllnp
snt the hsnas q ths they Halter iasm
:the3r wiveH and child for whom they wisfiilt
preserved. They express their Willingness TO-
serve their country to some sfig ut IN the
dsld hut insist their GOTTEN and sugar spscus
there Ia nothing else left them TO support thei,I
wives and They little reek the frail de.
pendsnee upon which they lean. When was the
Yankee known to pay for any thing that he could
Ssn thog5b ndes L e b
found ii his vocal on enters into his theory
h Trus, Hi may dicker along, and promise fairly,
While making the bargain, but let him obtain
sTivstings chains upon Tia South, ana he Wilsnap
biz fingers in the face Of hopeful expectations,
and ID ~ their impud ence. Isl
s These staple articles are declared contrabands
and are 10 be seized for the use of the: Govern
Fment wherev found: II viii he conside Tered that
the Federal Government has already paid for
them in men and money, and no aiyidual right
Will heAre80gnizeds and no claim on payment for
the benefit 81 wife and be recognized
Iha sdeIusiye and sophistic rgument IS some
times used NV men who desire to convince them
solver that they are right, and are unwilling to be
fSnnyi I'd that are wrong hat III selling 90
ort otten 10 y KEGS We are not strengthening
them !; maj, that we are diminishing their strength,
WhanWaa furnish tlis means of giving employment
Their labor, while we are obtaining their gold
WAich III procure arms auamn1tfo and the
neeassaries VI life. The deilsio under whtchshey
Malld the time of ctien until their wrists
ara manaciads and their limbs fettered. Then, TOO
late, they would perceive their mistake; and I'M
eas they me secretly no ming thai the enemy may
succeed, and that the = rsanion will be consum.
mated. an mpossiblity IN any event they viii
NV ~ %, what fools why have M done this 7?
Ills well that they are not To be; sufferers from
their OWN madness and folly. The law will be ex
sentsd and the gar and to- acco will be
destroyed by those appointed rather than it should
become the prey of the enemy. 3ss
hat wonld be thorg ht of The patriot isn Of the
planter, Who vii al The lights before; him, who
would proceed now to put down his whole planta,
ton i'm cotton WouId not the opinion prevail
that be had lost his Wits or was not loyal to his
Government And II is just 40 with those who
would resist or evade the law, and set up his OBJ
Sstinate viii Of ideas Of pedieney against the
counsels of Congress, the Recommendations of the
Executive and the sound, sober common sense Of
the nation. 5ssss sS e
d The true policy is obed ience to the law. 1T may
be annoying I'd see the product III d year of toll,
on which was founded hopes Of q year Of indie
pendenea and comfort an destroyed q at one fell
sw9op but, Ill, 1t ID small sacrihce, com.
pared TO the Wanton destruction Of human life
wrought sby those who by their hesitatiDg are
regarde ia Hith hope the event oil their succesa.
We are aware we encounter the opposing views
Eof tofs 81 the alanehe, hut NE ask to be
heard by9 our readers. CATO. s85