The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-07-25

INV Delta Newspaper.
The gentle adm0nition which we bestowed upon
the Delta. on Monday morning, has had whole
sons effect. third chapter on the Canal Bank
made iis appearance yesterday, so subdued in tone
and devoid Of offensive personalities, as 70 be com
paratively decent Il has thus shown that il can be
made sensible, in degree, to good advice; for
which it has not the grace to be thankful, In
separate article it treats the Crescent with barbar-
Gus ingratiude. Il almost Temps Us TO regert our
disinterested e1ertions for its improvement This
paper is described as q sickly sheet, which it
would be absurd to elevate to the dignity Of
rival!R The professional spite which dictated the
paragraph is the open expression Of a paltTy ma
levolence, which could only do michief when con-
fined to underhand tricks and misrepresentation.
Unmasked, nobody cares for it. The healthiulness
Of the constitution Of the Crescent will be tested
by time. We will Be satisfied to measure its pros
poets Of vigorous longevity with those Of the Delta;
and it will doubtless be taken by the public, as
good sign Of our satisfaction, that do not run to
and fro, peerng into private affairs, and hunting up
scandaous stories, inventing gossip aud putting
ourselves daily for the purpose Of infusng an arti-
fetal stimulus into a failing system,
As to the dignity . Of rivalahip with the Delta,
men will have different opinions Notorietys often
mistaken for reputation To be talked about is the
sole aim Of ambition with some, without care
whether it be for good or for evil, with respect or
contempt The fippant recklessness Of the Delta,
its violations Of good taste and good manners the
shallowness Of its wit and the greater shallowness
Of its knowledge, all its feeble failures in apng the
spicy Bennett, its humbuggngs, its boastin gs
and its impernence, are traits in which it is secure
in its prominence. ANY rivalry to which we pro-
pose to elevate ourselves, must be of q different
character and therefore out of the line Of compe-
tifion with the Delta.
The insinuations Of which we have thus far
taken notice are mere personal matters, which
might have been passed by without notice. But
the Delta goes farther, and practices upon the
public patience, when it represents us as " mob
ocrats," who have counselled public violence
against that paper; and it becomes forthwith as
heroic as Roman Trumvir in announcing a stout
defence against the imaginary invasion. The
Crescent, TOO, is " emissary" of the banks
working for wages, and depending for existence
on the favor to be purchased from the enemies o.
the Delta, This is Imaginable sffeotation, and
comes with an awkward air from parties who
may, not unreasonably, be suspected Of a willing
ness to suppress their grand revelations for con
sideration. The long preliminary hourishes, witt
the late and lingering performances, after the per
sons implicated had disappointed al hopes By gut
ting the Gig, has Uery questionable lock-
The Crescent has nointerest to be served and hai
no business connections Of any kind with the par
ties for whom it said word in check of the Deltat
indscriminating assault. As to the affected alarm
about violence, il is Little piece Of dramatic clap
trap, for the benefit Of the edition Of the morning
i is plain that the patience which we spoke Of as
likely to be exhausted is that of individuals per-
sonally outraged by insulting interference with their
private and domestic affairs, for the sordd purpose
Of catering to gross appetite for scandal When
patience is tried beyond endurance, it is neither
disorderly nor moboeratic to suggest, by way Of
warning, that men may look Out for means Of pro
tectng or avengiug themselves and in doing either,
as tie Delta well knows, he cros0d might haze
nothing to do 5at look on and laugh. AS to actual
interference with the persons or property of the
concern on Poydras street, nobody thinks of it, or
thoughrof it-not even they who pretend to fancy
it threatened They have no idea of such a thing
unless it crosses their minds in vision Of the adj
vent Of Sheriff Lewis, the official representative of
the people Of New Orleans.
But we are making too much Of the i'll temper of
the Delta, especially as our admonitions have had
so good effect in mending little its habits Of
composition.