New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-22
The Northern Rshs,lla

| Inc IolloWlng article from the I,ouisvilIa -,
is evidently from the pen Of Mr. Preuties hina
self-a man whose loyalty, !" in the No..ia-
sense of the term, is unquestionsble:
In the course of an interview which We had 7z;.t,
Sen. DtVls "a IN January 1855 the subject of tie
| us what was the chief objection Of Tie Nnrtb -
| the recognition of Southern independence W. ~
answered that the North knew perfectly IraU ~
ddnquesaonaoiy d,l sue ne dld, that, if she should Law
| Gown ner arms and consent to division of The
Union INTO two Confederaeies, she beraeIf 1,oni5
| very soon be dissolved-that State aftar Sto+n
states sngly and States ccmbinedly, would seeede'
o NIfta III pe split up into petty powers
OF ho-poWers, all OF them c0nfemDtihIe in fhs
eyes OF mankind and not one of them wiling ns
anIe to contribute to the payment of the rai6raI al
dept. Mr.. Davis replied, with his characterstic
calmness that this was certainly trna 49, .l
the same thing would happen and nrahabi,, ba taas
pen all the sooner, if the North should eonnne r.
prosecute the war. ooA''Hoe Y"
We thought at the time that Mr.. Davis vog
greatly mistaken, and told him Il Va tiI1
9trust that were correct in onr estiro.+ - siIL ~
character OF MS opinion. but Just now ne csT
indulge no over-confdence that we wars M
North continued to prosecute the war, and fhe
2ousn a,ter the braFest and most desperate re-
ISSUANCE known IN wars annals, was conenered
But now come the North's trials Now We are
to see the test of our internal strength. IF ont
OF the dreadful war between the North and tbe
South Northern civil war arises ii Nnrtta
armies march against each other venqaa1
fore them and blood and death and desert habind
many Northern States will yery soon weary arg
slcken OF the horrid work, and will prokahIU
adopt secession as the surest and nninEast .a,,,y
fully relying upon the mighty troubies ana nar;5,
OF the federal. government as a perfect sadnrftr,
against coercion. Most likely the nortbyrestary
states VIII go of first repudiatng Of course their
proportion of the public debt and tSns YiIit
higher the monstrous financial burden MAJ tbs
shoulders of the remaining States. These will
have Gneither the will nor the ability to hesr mn
under the crushing weight, and so others Win se.
cede and then others, till the whole Nortbt tabaiI
be divided up into such poor little noT.5eht nav
ing, feeble mock nauonalites as a citizen Of one
of the Mexican States, or Of one Of the sontb
american republics, or of one of the petty miser-
able German principalities might lo5k nnoT WITH
contempt and scorn. JEFF. Dayisis declara4ion IN Il
Us as to the consequences of the war to the,Eortb
IL prosecuted, will be amply yindicated aud what
eyer resentments il any, he cherishes against the
North will be abundantly satisfied
We tell then orthern fanatios-as aInvera of our
whole country, we solemnly tell them-that uu-
less madness has seized upon their hearts and
GralhS tney Will not insist pushing the dissen-
slons between the President and CONGRESS- II the
lighting point. They may rest assuredI that IF tho
nght comes, 1t will be to them such ore Al thew
nave no account of in either history on tradition
iney VIII ma u an infinitely different thing from
the war OF the rebellion dreadful 8s t6at wac
throughout all its annals. They will ffnd them
selves q divided people--divided almost equally.
divided and mutually hostile-whilst the whole
ponH'utioh VI tle SOuth VIII be unit able to-
strike Tor their friends to stand afar from the
ihash, the crack and tho roar of war as may seem
pest 70 them. The thick cloud now envelopinr.
tne south may be partially lifted but night and
STORM @ suEeharged g with bloody rain, viii close
We say to the people of the North that yery
large proportion OF them have acted and are act
ing most unwisely, most madly. Theirs is sGthe
very error of the moon.n They seem incanabIe .
OF proht1ng either by the Southfs experiences M ]
their own. They initiate and follow the South. in
some OF the most unhappy acts she ever commit
ted The South, in 1861, undertook to break nm
and destroy the federal Constitution She reIIalle
againstlt. She set at naught its provisions, and
attempted TO- maintain her altitude of hostility
towards it by force of arms. She failed. m graL
eeiionsly as sac could she recognized the resnlt.
She bowed to the arbitrament Of war and bas beers
using Whatever power andiinfluenee she possesses
IN support OF the Constitution she stroye
ana desperately to suhvert and annihilete. Rnf.
10 the radical party of the North claiming to he.
an overwhelming majority of that great se cfion
are now violating and defying the Const itufa1F,
even as the South violated and deiied IT, NO saon-
er does the South give up, rebellion than the
NoftheFn fanatics inaugurate it. 1t is IT. NJ, that
there lsa Northern rebellion now as tlat there
was a Southern rebellion five years age Rebel.
ilon SIMPLY has changed its sloeality. Hat inst az
u Ialied IN one seeton it will inevitably ai in the
otheE' 1t can have no other future than q fntnre
IKE lts pasta future of blood, and hum jliation
and misery! For years we invoked all this natri
ots, O the Wholecountry to put down. rebe lon in
the South-we now invoke, them to epeIi T eheIIinn
in tffe North.