New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-11
4 -.RLARsrRp RRIrLgRER9 AeAIN


An Englishnlan, who has chosen the aonln'e De
pl,ta1s of "BlaTsted Britisber,n took exception
to an article which appearedin the CRESCENT some
days ago, commencing MI. Stephens as patriot,
and approving his cause. A "Blarsted Britisler'
again appears in our columns to-day, N reply 70
structures upon his communication.
His attitude is very different from that IN Whlcn
he frstpresented himself Hisadyeut was sighall2ea
by a yirulent defamation Of Mr. Stephens VINO, 10
believe him, was an imposter,' a " sWiadler
and sponge" He is now engaged in the de
Tense of English magnates and English crimes and
the explanation Of English failures
In his new roie--he must pardon our candor-he
il as unsuccessful as in his debut. The feebleness
Of his defense is as marked as the weakness of his
assault.
To lombard city without declaration of war,
and to slaughter thousands of unoffending people
is ustisble for such reasons as the most depraved
Of mankind may give-that the crime was COM
mitted in the interest of the criminal To burn
Joan of Arc was excusable, because English Off
GERS tried her as WITCH her witchcraft consisting
in whipping English armies invading her country
The massacre of Glencoe, the most atrocious
butehery in modern history, is not SO bad, Tor the
reason that there was a Huguenot massacre IN
France! The barbarous execution Of Sepoys be-
comes meritorious andis business like, for ritied
and not smooth-bore cannon, blew them to pieces
These are the ethics of Blarsted Britsher, and,
of course, of the government he defends. Passing
| from somewhat distant past to near present,
when he sneered at Smith 0'Briens failure in AS,
he was reminded that there were some events in
the military history of England subsequent to AS
that were not remarkably glorious, and he main
tains his right to sneer at o'Brien, because Ma:
piers cutlasses were wrapped in red tape, and
there is certificate from Todteben extant that
it was dangerous to attack the Redan.
From these "reminiscences 'Blarsted Britisher'
may learn much. He may learn that when he puts
himself forward as the champion of the English
government, and ransaeks history for infamous
comparatives for MIR, Stephens he could have
gone into Westminster Abbey and found many
there who have s'storied urns'' and monumental
marbles, z exemplars of wiekedness aud baseness
that he could have gone to the ancient Crimea OIL
the upstart Cronstadt and received lesson ad
monishing him to moderate criticism of military
failures.
Many more boulders than those we have pointed
at might be Wrenched from the aggregation 0
/ crimes lying at the door Of England, but cyclic
pean war is not necessary to maintain the position
of the CRESCENT. A Blarsted Britishern has bee
| given mount as he asked. We cannot say tina
we admire his equestrian feats. He needs in
struction in the manage! He may have been in
review or handled the ammunition for magazine
but he is notyet qualified for the strife Tn
CRESCENT isa charger, not a genet; and he ma
be as thankful as John Gipin was to return to hi
shop with whole bones. His adventure phiosc
phically viewed is not without advantage. H
i has learned that the world knows his yard stick
not honest, and that some of his most shining
Il wares are spitalfelds