The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-09
Surrender of New Orleans.


From the New Orleans Crescent. OF the 18th
ult., we copy the following:
TIE eITUArIoa-oVR DUTY.
The circumstances surrounding us, their
nature nd extent, must be patent to All, and
needs NO rei:erstiob at this time. With large
and powerful Federal 0eet bsfO,e our city 4,
demanding Its surrender, the reply OF our city
Authorities, d,enidsdly and de termined!y re.
fuelng 20 accede 10 the dem and--these and al
other things connected With our unpleasant
aad humiIiAups condition, arc familiar 10
our readers, ani prudence :, QaiTes that little
be said thereon IL, these columns. But, little
Us vc shall! say, We VIA utter In calm, deter
mined sober end unInistaaab!e language.
While we counsel order and discretion with
our citiz ;ns-that 70 act be com mitted tend.
in6 10 II suit or 20 exaspefats the enemy in
our front-yet our people shouit quietly
await, with ueflinch:ng spirits, the time when
The free, unfe:tered soul, may send forth Its
natural AMI pa:rio .ic impulses. Let that
day near or f;.r { Il. 1t IS NOT Of our know.
Iscge q. this tine 10 say; but the hcpa and
belief Is stTcns within us that .heir trump
yei iacom ple.e, viii ps CT short duration, and
this city soon again brea.he the pare air OF
the free. :.
1t is with feelings OF Llie deepest prida that
we point the Federal officers the tact that
Lo Union sentiment exists In our midst-that
with alInost Ole veice aud Gne tongue, this
con mUntty entirely repudiatss ell Allegiance
TO the old Government, aud warmly aud de
votedIy adhsi "a t. the new. And we respect
u,
this feeling, is 80 firmly implanted In the
breasts of eur people, that no time, no cir
cumstance, no Change can serve 10 eradicate
it or sul their fee souls In the struggle for
tn iii ints psndence. They have suffered, they
may suffered unspoakably in the future, but
we hazard nothing In saying that no sacri.
fee, even to the las. Lie, wall be toe much to
accom- plsh the one sroses kn5Slsy and glorious
while we do not utter our convictions in a
vain glorious spirit, We will not shrink from
their free an d independent expression.
The action OF our CITY authorities the
Mayor and Common Couucil-has been such
as to I'LL every patriotic breast with honest
pride. The answer Of tina Mayor to the de-
mand of the Federal commander, Is ut once
able, courteous and dignined, aud will reflect
irnperlsheois honor In tho annals OF historic
time. The CouECil has fully Justified the ex-
psctations OF the people and for veal or # r
BE- upheld and maintained by every being
who can assert the soul OF man. We may be
Conquered, not subdued We may bs de-
feL~eless, tut the craven hear. must not be
found rinongs. VINO would IngIoriously
yield obedience 10 an uD 1ast demand Oar pow
er;ut enemy may 'cry navoc, and lei slip the
dogs OF war;" and generous, brave, devoted
psopie suffer tie horrors thereof, and the in
nocent vel ter in their gore. God forbid! We
dc not believe it. The weird would stand
sghast. All Christendom would wake a.
from O horrtd dream. and faEributlon, dire
and tel ripIe, be visited upon the perpetrators
of the dastariiy outrage. No We will do
our enemy the justice to believe them iLcspa-
BILE Of such Gu h,rocisy They are men-muss
have the souls Of msn-and however much
their devotion 10 their cause aud flag, they
Ia ust remember and gran. US the same rec't-
tuta Of purpose and still more, the God given
right to Protect our homes.
OPINIONS O. TaR ABOLITION PRRss.
The New York Times. OF Nay 81, hiss a bonn
bastic editorial, 8 portion Of which we copy
FARRiao TO PAkkAGUr.
The ficiai ep;s.ls Of AayJr Monroe, Of
New Orleans, in reply TO Commodore Farra.
quits demand for surrender Of the city, has
Lo coubs Get the whole country Ia broud
grin and II rebellion has nos dried up all
the Springs of.nirth IN the Southern nature,
the rehe,s tEemseiveS must pe moved 70 s0t-
urnine laughssr by is fArrago OF bombast.
i'm potenCe and cOneeit. ltlnust have oeen Il
nne study OF Il facial effec. u sec the iiai
practical-mindea sailor Earragut, peruslag,
on DO Ard has z ship on the iev.e. the q ueer
riSln ,rele hs :eeeiyei In reply to his pom ted
demand for the surrender OF the city; aud n
he waits till he unravsls this metaphysical
puzzle before taking possession, the acc umu.
lations Of Mississippi mud will have carried
the delta ten miles farther iD 70 the Cult.
After a good deal more Of the &C me sort, the
article concludes:
But there Is sting in the tall of his letter
that m axes one doubt whether he il Ii OF quite
a. much of IL Enave us fool. Swelling with
imrotent rdga, he bsxs Commander FarraSut
W uAooIst'nu tna1 tneg WI uos arrow
themselves to be tnsulted by tbs Interference
OF sucu as have rendered tue masl seS OGtOas
and contemptible by their dastardly dvser
ton Of our cause In the mighty struggle"
etc, etc. Now, II this means anything, It
means the procass Of sheouns down all such
MS show their love for the - old nag" will
con tiUue, az we'll all the Othsr atr ocities of
robt ltIOn which the noble nature" OF Me-.
Mayor and his mates may dicsatet Let Ms
hops that ere this tiMe pf0toet iOn has been
brought " The Udi"n mes OF New Orleans,
ana that they are NO longer exposed 10 the
tender merciss OF th0ss Sensitive ard sus-
oeptiDie monsters