True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-04-26
TIE TRUE AMERICAN.
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FAITHFUL AND BOLD,
u h w OR LEANS:
FRIDAY APRIL 26. 1899.

FRIDAY APRIL &c, 1889,
NEW YORK ELEcTIoNs-CAUsEs OF DErEAT.-in
preference to any specuatiohs Of our own we transfer
to our columns the following article from the Courier
and Enqu rer, which affords succnct and complete
explanation Of the causes that led the defeat Of the
Wing Ma, or, Mr.. Clark. The Locofoco on need no,
crow over their victory, although they achieved one
Their triumph apprehend, will be of br,efduraton.
The Wings will be onsed, and when the great fight
comes on will arm themselves in all their panoply, and
will do battle with stout hearts und the energy Of men
who Know they performing their duty:
The Recent Deteat-Ns causes and cou,coueue,x.-
We announced yesterday the defeat Of the hgs and
the triumph OF The Loco FOcos ii, this CITY; and il now
becomes our duty however unpleasant may be- brief
~ to point the of our defeat and the t,;c, i,
IS 10 nave upon tue future efforts of party i'll thus
State.
Those who miliar with the course of this M p.r
need not he told til, the habit al speaking uur
sentiments frankly and honestly offend whom we NAV
cid that We are ready to denoun:e wing who viii
not act up to the principles Of party, Loco Foco
Who has principles, bnt whose only ubrct IL uow
and the spo,ls office" We accordingly proclaimed
10 the Wings Of Newly urk, as it as our duty to do
that 'fhey minated AARON CLARK We should inevi.
tanl. lose the Common Council. Dav after day, and
week alter week, VIC reiterated these declarations. and
endeavoure to convince Wing friends III Il The OBJ
Ject they had III ev-he ehoi,lna,ion ,f Mr. CLARK
would prove destructive to the lest hopes of the Ing
purity.
,vow.d hi. dsa,"';u' 'u u. a''; Mr: LARK openly
1xe use lis NV ~',r',', "o y" VI a'' on me SHE'LL
the stump against The pur'v a ~, nj 10 ane
were at hand and ready be submitted to tho \, bs
s,ead "t so,m" "'oI ~. muJor'y OF mat BODY IN
cause tor reJec"n resolved place him in nomination
ut any and every hazad. In short the hjg par,y were
md ,ot viii oi :. M 'ney ma" out To- WILL
meu forgot be means h :" '''t ''aahess OF Tue mo
r, -. -. ~ "'ne" 'h'; ota'hed' AMI int
, ae,ece 10 pfnrlpeS through VIII cll alone they
knew ,hn, !, A. "'..ueet th'y were tod and they
wmr army nua;ns, Inn WAS ieea III no''a!"i ne
sa"a E; "s 1 'h' party no less tt"n jour thou.
fn ,l,e, D. ~ INV Would otne Use he cast III Its
n,, s's wei a""'s maj 'le feelings OF the com
fur m, n1;rs ~, N =" i"'ns any man th'ftl time
was universal teeI'p u", .es hnew 100 !h'. mere
.var ond . ii;.."s Wsa"ilg al' ciasses, mat how
h.sn r. I'd .e mug 's'!a'e MI Clark might have
nn - ." uIIs u.n "meh WINS calculated to bring
mer,al emnor,m If H., ~ U.e' ''as'stfa'e OF lie com
All ,besa E,c,. ,, y. i o"'o'. ,
porIed. and Al, CI N.o" III o,' 'ey were all dlsre'
The advice Of rho ha, ~ "U''na''oh against
noin,ed ~ b;s .nuH ol tne wing party VINO
tha war,, s'''all 'o'e IN 1901 and 80, and
i; ,t e., ,! which, "heh concentrated, would,
h W. n'1 pae1 lsi'e opposition, where otherwise
sure defeat Va Ind M u. 'ot ana secondly! IN
We knew NJ M o; uu ~" pei S"nal Feelings I" gra''iy-
tv h. cnrsr"sd ~, "hch csuld ny posslol-
Wy ClarlW,r ~ H., sduse o personal oaence agan>t
ul-but copscnns au s osen Always kid ana sIect
dmct IN ,h a W u.s. We "1,e, OF MS un)ust'hable con-
~, h ,as .asI I y, .'e Two rrenchncn kidnapped from
felt rds h; u .s nIorai ana universal hostility
in conseonenca Of H.; W" ''sn anu herman fopulaton'
con, ;,,i;, No eo"auct 10 t'e deceived but lnno-
de.mad !, en- ,I, wy ai'Neu hefe last summer, we
preyeni If noss;hi. HI; $50 ;y Msa"s u, ou' power 10
our parry which wmlJ anu ,ne defeat OF
a d i, , "ouiu inevitably follow But We argued
i -, IT, u, su'l, au "heii rchomlnated we came at
bis eectnn or , on al our exerl"ns 10 secure
supnurt If The ,IL9 ,. .t w wa" eh',eu 10 th*
reseutatiye of their ,1u nS Selected rep
personal oun6ca ,;n "ltnout reference to ms
non viii, NO., @ VI 's so uepateaole acts. In com
VIII gr;avaI @ ~; aH loooo OF our iello" citizens
unpopular indiyi,unl We sed svsr os W" ~" J'
every cxertiur " h,ch " NV" elott ".o n1an1
his success but at tho n. s ';, ~ u'ame 10 secure
tia, we wers lnhn,;ns I eI "''al l''' eoh''c''on
Well the elec,joH ;s nve, ~ ." ",s',h
polled n-ov.d lo, to;,Lci NC h"hue' OF FoteS
mons Of nn;rI h' , Wy ahu hsanst tlef convlc-
did purtv exer !, slfn,,a s Pdlv ia"our1o never
putrloc no,iyes but human Ut from more
Those who irIt Thar MS n,;n,, al way VI. ea t
had bee nar.ecm,sj h n'.o' anu as FeoPIo they
cause for iii. fepl,ny ~ nj, e u,eie was or was h9t
not and wouII mn 6a nersna, sop W commissioning
nv his means ~ Lass, g.. i u '"e orr llsketi ana
which with any oIher rnnj;d,. Xxx I te 'o'es,
for The Wings and hen ns,a T". NV uoI" Gus.
hav. been we should hav carr;.I ,a as we
than six thousand majority V wy " NV "ee
TO our friends nj n I;s,Hn.e ,,,,
why we have been dele,,eI in ms ;, s 10 h'""
a right to anticlpate signal ,,;umn, =; ,h ',uu
facts are OF the Utmost inpnr,nnce ~ "s Guy, mese
pleasure in giving them wiki, w onJ i ~
silently with our dntv mos r I We Ioa
Wings Of our civ viii h,ar roe S,auy suppress theh.
what We have said. md no,v IL, \, III, $500, W ~ "
il ,i,s ,.:' n'" no" mat the cause OF our defeat
the consequence If mr. oSsr,,sn e"'a' are 10 o'
The response IN ,bs o,.s,;nu " r 49,, u,-.
friends would be any thing hnt nromn, ~ ,unn ws
We. however have no hss,a,; ~ :" uN":"'v us
know that already in evarv Wal '",ras ~ ~. we
proclaimed, thar alhuuy tIev y,,ad ra i, @ ~ M
election they viii be onnd acvs anI "s a. e
our cause in the sumn md a ,' a 1.anus N
friends in Albany are ,ru" 70 eu' ss uat
party and orr tr;snd a Ill., .'e 10 ,snse es ond the
iht""ppoSlIon we will in the fall contest retrieve our