New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-30

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MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST 80, 1859
P.4nIIS-a.N .dBUSE.
kkys heretofore noticed briefly the custo-
nssy abase Of the partisan press.
on m decided political predictions are not
known. We are not like one Of our nominally
Z & Independent but really & Democratic con
dnporaries, prone tosee g lie ors Islander in
political opponent, and ready to read solemn
~ digni6ed lecture on the same, and quietly
\ prepared to pass over q similar course in q con-
temporary with whose political sympathies We
+ have = parallel line Of correspondence.
l wv do not viii ID attack Gen, Pierce for
every anti stholic principle Or every fainting
4 AL which nv III charged against him. But we
are nots " the 4 Peter sly order, the apostles
xilll MAJ nimously rebuke attacks
their own candidate, and very obviously,
y ma ~ y wy to create suspicion and raise oppo-
Il don, pretend to repel attacks upon his
opponents In political matters we cannot ut
4 tempt 70 wear nasq uerade; We can only ask to
4 be taken for better or worse. Wecouldn not daily
Y permit the bitterest attacks to pass without our
public 81 private notice, upon the character of
4 Gen. Scott, then assume the tone Of dignifed
\ moral lecturer (snch a. one Of our conteinpora-
and sensitiveiy and bitterly rebnke any one
Who dared reply ia d similar style in behalf Of
II Gsn Scott. We could not face ourself in a
4 looking glnss, see our face and remember that
songht 70 present to the public an e indie
\ pendent face and to the democratic party
81 Pierce face We could not be able to find
matter for the rebuke Of o half column in the
first issne Of the Z True Issue Il and little or
othing in q tempest of six months denuncia-
\ ticn from, the Courier We might Of 50 re-
\ mar ably & dependent y find time to rcbuke
the Courier for charging Scott with native
Anericanism, or to deny that Pierce was all
\ powerful in New Hampshire Gas a reason for the
failure Of tie question Of Catholic emancipation
before attaching the True Issue because it
II charged that the natiye Americans supported
Pierce, and asserted the existence of religious
ss1or afian udices, upon tile mag mary
ground of SCOTS supposed profession of Roman
gath olicisn. Z would not g take tree 8 behind
Nominal 4 Independent !, to shoot iii whiggery
& er democracy,
~ would not, in the course ef remarks,
tnominally upon the dignity Of the press take
4 occasicn ambiguously to cast slur upon
!; chargts, which, time and again, ne had been
called upon 70 deny under penalty Of the fullest
proc: That proof is forthcoming upon the
slightest defiance If opposition. We have always
prcfered proof. and can and will give it where
ever NE have insinnated any thing against a
contemporary In the only case in which we
have insinuated 81 black mail i, we have repeat
edly las NJ DO again) challenge aninyitation to
masks the proof. We ask the party concerned
to place chargeof turpitude'' or treachery''
I IA opposition to this invitation; no one knows
better what We have to state. or how forbearing
NJ have been in reserying the publication Of |
facts, than the party seeking SO obscurely to
same time send the sting home.
Let this pass. Let us look at the common
sense Of the matter
n Is Scott nominated as a military chieftain 4
Let IT be SO. On the borders Of Canada, in
Mexico, and during the difficulties antecedent
to the Compromised at Washington, he has
shown himself conservative, clear headed
civilian.
rs Pierce nominated as q military chieftain? |
Would he ever have been nominated had he not |
been Polk General, a carpet knight, in the |
~
answer this!
What did he do in the Mexican war In
what battle was he in which he did not faint or
lay sick in bed I Why make charge of
scorardice for this He certainly committed no
overt act Of icowardice but as certainly he
never achieved any gallant or brilliant move
Sment Sick sat some battles fainting at one
FILLING from his horse Mt another-he has no per-
sonal glory, and csn only claim, that, without
Pierce. Pierceis brigade acted CALAMITY. What
had Pierce to do with the gallant conduct of
his command, if he was absent, SICK or in
fainting III But what right have persons or
political demagogues to charge cowardice upon
him il the premises and what right have the
wings to question the courage Of d gentleman,
who, il he went to the wars, was sick at the
only battles Of his time in Mexico, resigned and
came home, yet gave no sign Of the oward9
Thisis bad enough but some hasty partisans
must allege thar Scott the man who stood the
hurricane Of FIRE Of Lundy' q Lane-is coward,
because he did not fight unnecessary duels.
They go farther. They charge him with aboli-
tionism, breach Of trust, etc Southern born,
Southern in education, national in service, ma
tional in his speech at Castle Garden, and in his
acceptance Of the whig nomination for the Pre-
lAidencys he stamps the whole charge with rid-
dule.
IN reference to Cen Pierce, we must say that
{ we look upon the charges of Foss as the great
humbugs Of the day !; and the notice taken of
4 them the most egrsgious of political blunders
The political editor who hastily took them up
was an unreliable Hotspur, and the political
editor who maintains them now is regular
Dick Tnrpin upon the political highway No
I falsehood even stoutly sworn to, ever assisted
the party betrayed BY the constituencies and
inconsdcrate course Of its professed friends
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