New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-07
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER Z, 1865.
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rpty,Av MoRNING, SEPTEMBER Z, 1865.
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g4gAvga FELLOWSHIP. There is a remark
aY,Ia instance en- record in the Fourth Dis
VAN fyouEe ot this city, of the strange muta-
ions slai Fieigsitudes in the opinions and
slEsiss III men which time and circumstances
nav produce On the 18th of February, 1853,
ssit ySas nled in the Fourth District Court
IN Ihsnlas j. Durant, attorney and counselor
aS saH, entitled Jeff Davis versus Thomas f.
walker, syrdio, etc. and praying for an in
Junction on the syndic restraining him from
proceeding with the sale Of the property and
cfsets 81 certain insolyents. Before process
Issued, bond wss required of the plaintiff,
Jefferson Davis, in the sum Of five hundred
dollars Z lawful money of the, United States,
81 America which bond was duly executed
hi Thomas J. Durant, in his own handwrit-
ing, and b. him signed, not only in the name
nf his client, Jefferson Davis, but in his own.
individual name as surety.
since that time Jefferson Davis has been at
The head Of q mighty revolution, which,
slough unsuccessful, shook the foundation Of
the United States government and after de-
claling tie currency Of the United States, Z
backs. unlawful within his jurisdiction,
isgued an independent currency to the extent
of hundreds Of millions.
On the other hand, Thomas j. Durant be-
came one of the leaders of sect Of fanatics.
whose devotion to the old flag had in it
something Of the mad enthusiasm of the fol-
lowers Of Peter the hermit for the relics of
saints and the Holy SepuIchre, whilst their
love and consideration for the ser1ile popula-
tion in the revolutionary States were as ludi-
ezolls as they were visionary and insincere
The client fingers Id bleak and solitary I'M
prIaornent, heroic accomplishing marty i
70 The cause he had 70 fervidly espoused and
go faithfully and ably advocated, but in vain.
whilst tie attorney is base enough to declare
that fear alone drove him from the chosen
home of lis early manhood, To seek safety.
sympathy and adnlation among the remote
oppressors that wish to control and even eradi-
cate tho instructive and inmest impulses of
Southern hearts. When the passions and pre-
JUDGES Of this generation shall have aisap-
peaged. Durant's name, if it lives SO LONG.
Will he coupled with Butler aud Titus Oates:
but Me- Davis VII be mentioned in heroic
4 AtQ4g along Win ny ashlngt0n and Hampden.
Nhilst on this subject it will not be impro-
per to state for the edifcation Of the Unio i
sasiekers North and South, that Mr.. Thomas
as Parson Brownlow delights to call
hiln, Judge Durant, was appointed district
attorney Of the United States for the district
Of Louisiana under Mr.. Folks atininistra-
zion, chiefly Through the direct ana earnest
personal influence Of Jefferson Davis, then a.
member Of Congress from Mississippi. Atl
that time, afterwards up to the Presiaen-
hal campaign d 1860, NTr Dtlrant was the
warm friend and devoted partfzan Of Mn. T
Davis Besides as nulIfier and IRE eater.
no znaI ia the South vas more vehement an
blatant Tor notification ana State rights. He
nlouthed the speechea Of Mr., Calhoun on
all occasions and IN every company. He q
7gsote esEeEful ARTICLES for Mr.. Durant Isl all
man Of ability for the New Orleans Journals,
aud his ureonap promising advocacy of tie
right Of secession embittered many Of his
clients and proved q detriment.to his profits
at the bar