New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-03
Political Humbug.

Political aumbug.
We see that some of the sol distant independent,
but really Democratic Journals of this city, are
urging what they term g independent nomina-
lions for the Convention. The nominations
agreeable to them, would be as independent
| as themselves; that is to say, rather strongly
democratic 7@f
| This humbug is exposed by country demo-
cratic organ in the most convincing and positive
| manner, by the assertion thai the democrats
should nominate their own men, as the wings
whenever in the majority. will be sure to tax
the same course This is true. Parties are thu
same in all places and at all times. The ma
iority is not slow to call itself by its prope
| name; whilst the minority generally terms ii
self g Independent We want no better illus
gration of the fact that party nominations ara
necessary, than the following paragraph from e
| journal which urges the propriety of indepen
dent'' nominations. We quote from the Delta ::
ave are not the apoogts of the trainers of the present
Constitution, of the party which had nominal
iority in the Convention which framed it, but fe
compelled in vndication of the truth Of history to
that the democrats had not the unrestricted will to mou
shape the Constitution they desired There Was
powerful whg minority opposed to them in behalf Of an
in connection with whom. half dozen tishy democrat
invariby their votes when the question
extending the rights enlargng the franchises of tn
people-that is all such questions the votes of tho
shy democrats and their allies always given in tn
negative"
| Here is plain and bitter denunciation of our
present Constitution, and as plain and POSITIVE
an attempt to hold the wing party responsible
| tor our abortion of constitution This &c in
dependent journal goes so far as to say only
half dozen fshy democrats participated with
the wings in the crime of establishing our present
Constitution. Wemark specially, that this sin
dependent Journal apologies for thedemocratic
party by ternning those democrats who voted
The adoption of the Constitution g fshy." This
is plain attempt to throw the responsibility OF
| the adoption of the present Constitution upon
the wing party. 1t is a plain censure, and
ought to be signal warning to the wings and
| to the democrats that, in the formation Of new
constitution, parties will be held, as such, to a
certain accountability. Every degree of odium
is given to the present Constitution, and then,
with &C anathema maranatha" heaped upon it.
che wing party is burthened with the oppro
brious load. If it is to bear the responsibility
of censure, it is fairly entitled, it is justified,
it is necessitated, to take such steps as will Sc
cure the redemption of eulogy, the vindication
of wise and intelligent course.
1t is all nonsense to talk about selecting ss the
best men," Such men will not come out with
out some strong show Of support. A loose,
vague, unauthorized declaration that the people
will support &c the best men, will not bring
them forward Who are the best mem Wha,
are to be their credentials who are to be re-
sponsible for their capacity and qualifications
| who are their endorsers' On the independent
platform On the wing, or democratic
platform, the great mass of citizens who range
themselves as wings or democrats. We hav,
had enough of this g independent" humbug
ii is merely deceitfnl game on the part o
those who have sinister and selfish objects-tht
elevation of favorites or the advancement of pa
irons, If man have real merit, be he wing OIL
/ democrat. he can 60 before the people with thi'
, assurance-regularly nominated, he has pow
erful organization to support him; possessing
) solid claims to popular favor, he may command
sutfrages beyond the limits of his party elm
/, dependent nominations are s'sclub" races, il
, which the most inferior political animals may
: owe success to the multiplicity anil confusion o
, opponents. Twenty men runnin@ for one office
is, in our opinion, when party nominations ar
, dropped, equivalent to the election of some vul
gar demagogue. ...
/ We want good men in our State Convention
we claim that they shall have responsible en-
lorsers, and we find that the two great par
, ties, wing and democratic, can alone be re
terred to as such The party which proclaim
good principles, is entitled to put hem in opera
| ton and so called independents almost nj
| Ways the bitterest partisans at h.art-are an
claim to be independently responsible to then,
selves, alone; take a pride in showing that the
contemn popular opinion, and virtually. so ia
MS their influence goes, establish IN autoerac
lesssufferable because irregular an lillegitimatt
1 tlan the despotism of the Car OF Russia In
ependent nominees are political lastards.
Planters CoSyrNrtoN--A convention of cotton plan
| ers is about to assemble at Montgomery Alabama. III
oect of this convention will be genera comparison
and opinions among those who bSt represent IL
l cotton interest
Il rttE RAvnLs-Maerc PuLs,The Raw Is tonight brir
ont their famous piece of Magic Pills Nothing MOI
i nged be said
1 EnE PANORAMA TrxAs.-To-night i, the last of I'll
otautful panorama Of Texas at the 4 nphitheatre.
vas visited last night by large numb of citizen
l w'o We're highly delighted with it,
We are indebted to the officers Of the eny Burke M,
h l A. i. Scott, for late river fayors
GRACE GREEswooprfe New York II raid has the 70
ing notice of the lady hose name We ave mentioned
trace Greenwood" one of the editor If the aboo
. tionn Era, at Washington, is dowuou ice Carey-wh