New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-03-27

From the Richmond ExRmneFJ
There are two fsatares q tne nmes "b nna aae
the rand and enthusiastic volunteering that is
gnnr II, in every part of the South and the other,
he Intensified fidelity of the people IN those Gus
riots oyerrun by the enemy. Nashville and VIM
chester are striking instances of this loyalty in mis-
fnrtnne The spirit of volunteering has been SO
active for several weeks that the militia regiments
called into the field are invariably found to have
been reduced 10 mere skeletons; scarcely more
than company Of two being left out Of q thousand
men. &s5
These rapid enlistments cannot fail to place an
immense Southern force in the field; AND, with 9
large army in front of the invader shd ioya'
people in his rear, ruin will be found every mo-
ment logging his steps. We see IN these Iavs.a s
Bile signs sure presage Of success; they prove W
that our people are capable 81 rising snPeiio. ~
by the enemy for crushisg the spirit Of the South
is the one which is most eiiectual 10 ROUSE anu '
flame il.
The fact, that yherever the enemy has gone; ne
has conyertedI iukewarm Southern districts into
thorouphgoisg secession strongholds Is unexpected
81 Ii il Trseffyine The city Of Alexandra, under
the yery shadow of the Federal capital, which
voted Overwhelmingly for tue Union IN me prehm'
probably, as thoroughly Southern as any town IN
the Confederacy, is striking example of this ten
dency Of the popular feeling.
Not only does the character of theenemy disgust
those with whom he comes in contact, but the peo-
pie overrun enabled to realize the unspeakable
degradation which the South would have to suffer,
if she failed to make good her resistance The un-
rejecting classes of the community are not able to
realize the Notifications and injuries which con-
quests bring upon the conquered, until they are
actually conquered; and the revolution of feeling
in Alexandra, and other districts that were luke
warm in this sectional quarrel, until they fell under
the power of the Yankees, should be o lesson to
our population throughout the Confeaeracy. The
thought OF submission should not be tolerated for
moment. tame surrender to the invader may
seem to secure many advantages, and to De a
policy as judicious as necessary. But the man who
adopts it, and remains at home on the approach OF
the invaders will have reason to curse his folly Tor
the residue Of his life. Whatever leniency or
courtesy he may receive for time, will soon give
way to the arrogance natural to the conqueror and
to the insoience and impertinence belonging inhe-
rently to the Yankee race. Life will soon become
intolerahle to every honorable and manly charac.
ter placed in such a contact and under such dom
nation; and he will soon be willing to sacrifice any
amount of property to be again free citizen of an
Independent State.
The instincts Of yirtuous people are always
proper. It Is under natural instinct that our
people are now volunteering with so much alacrity
in the armies of Independence, and that public
sentiment abhors the invader wherever he goes,
and reproaches as infamous the thought of submis-
Of the South is already fixed on this subject, and
Y the man who submits under any temporary press
ure makes himself an object of scorn for all the
future. The final expulsion of the enemy is an
event as certain as mathematical result and the
submissonists would then have to remove to the
North to escape the silent odium which would rest
upon them at home. Even if the South should fall
the adverse termination Of the struggle could not
relieve them from the popular Judgment which
even such result would be powerless to reverse.
The people see and feel all this; and the convic-
ton very powerfully contributes to swell the lists
Of volunteers, and to hold fast and strengthen in
their loyalty the population which the invader has
overrun. Five hundred thousand men have come
in to subdue seven millions Of people. Toeescape
subjugation, we have but to destroy the invading
force; and the spirit which our people are every
where manifesting shows this result to be certain