The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-12-06

Candidates VIGOROUSLY undertake a very uupro.
itabe business, when they commence letter.
writing. Henry Clay would have long since been
President could he have abstaned from speaking
right out, putting in black and white, and publish.
ing what he thought. Cass wrote letter about
!" circumstances to the Chicago Convention,
which did him some damage. Scott wrote " con-
sidsring letter which has virtually e1tingushed
his prospects for the Presidency Marcy wrote
General Taylor very smart letter, and was re-
warded by present of Esop's Fables and the
public merriment. B. F. Butler, Martin and John
Van Buren,, Jesse Hoyt and some others wrote let
| tsn, which came out in the Mckenzie publication,
and henceforth forever will bear witness against
them. ,..
These are general examples. They show that
politicians who aspire to any candidacy, who ap-
preciate nice fees and well cushioned chairs, who
fully realize the otism dgnitate of ofce.hold.
Ing, should especially eschew " ink and paper"
Old documents are awkward things and the ar,
preservatve of all arts has queer way Of putting
politicisn's folly or indiscretion in durable FORM
OF these facts we will probably have very
shortly, at the meeting of the next Legislature Of
Louisiana, local Tor rather State) illustration
General Horatio Davis ldemocratj is a candidate
for the Secretaryship of the Senate, and General
Horatio Davis is a very nice gentleman. He wears,
very gracefully, the SHOWS of some winters, and
calculates with . most amable and Innocent con.
fidence that he can obtain wing votes sufficient te
secure his election (the election of DEMOCRACY in
a Senate in which the wings have only majority
oftwo. Plauche (dem.) is the gentleman who is to
make the matter certain, by casting vote.
This is all easy enough. The wings are an
accommodating set Of folks. With clear ma
jori,y they elected Mr.. Soule U. s. Senator
With wing U. s. Collector of the port of New
Orleans, they retain Gf we are not misinformed)
eleven democratic to eight wing deputies, and the
democratic deputies hold the most profitable offices
Something of the liberality exists in the con
Germs of the Second Municipality. A Mayor o
the entire city, reported wing, and Sheriff
elected as wing, though nominally "indepen
dent" show u rather extravagant independence
out of which our whig friends Go not Certainly
make "brsad and butter" Gen. Horatio Davi.
starts well with these facts.
But then, our contemporary, the Delta, jump.
In to help him. That is another chance. The
Delta is VIGOROUSLY friendly to the wings, SC
disnterested in its advice, so useful to the whie
cause, so unbiased in its recommendations O
candidates. OF course, there are no good whig.
competent to the office willing to assume it,
duties, and pocket its fees. Good night to tn.
wings who are candidates. They Every goot
looking, but they canno, come in They are MOI
smart enough to hold office. Gen. Horatio Davi,
has distanced all Of them out of sight. That j,
the state of the case pde representation. and III.
Delta, to say nothing OF the proverbial berality o
wings. If Gen, Hsratio Davis was a whIg, the
democrats would elect him again, of course
(" That venerable and admirable officer, Genera
Horatio Davis, who has been Secretary of the
Senate far back as the memory of man run
neth--so long, indeed that he has become one o
the fixtures of that body" would not be "pro
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