New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-20
Po1itioal Apestaoy-FIying the Traols.

! tue SOurlef, NlF. GAfnuet Vi. holu,~ DIS las
abandoned the faith taught him By his fathers
and gone worsAipping false gods in the ranksof
the enemy! With this correspondent we have
Railways cndeayored to cultivate the kndliest
feelings, and in speaking of bis Abandonment Of
those with whom he has heretofore fought, shoul-
der tosshouider, We will make it a point to
handle him as tenderly as the nature of the
l subject admits. IF, in the wordy wrestle in
1 which We propose TO engage with him, he should
meet With i fall ,ier any soreness of his moral
anatomy 1--WE hope he will regard it as but n
natural consequence Of the rough tournament
Ewhioh lie hps himself challenged !.
The pronunciamento of NEr.7Reid is preiaced
WITT furnishing editorial, IN which this cratic
young political warrior is held up as another
Omnibus, armed cap-a- pie, and ready to pounce
upon and utterly ,demolish the citadel Of whig-
gerry.
That the onslaught will be as bloody as the
pronnnciamente promises, or that one stone in
our political edifce win be thereby displaced,
we will not alarm ourselves for amoment by be-
liexing. The history tl1unders in the index,
but the bolt has not yet fallen.
/: The heading Of the pronunciamento is omi-
nous Of sweeping effects; for ii is addressed
g To THE VNfoN Wines OF THE SOUTH AND
NORTH, !" thereby cpmprehending the entire
[party from the ST.. Lawrence to the Gulf Of Mex
Eico. The idea that.an, the wings g South and
North "a will read it, We presume never entered
into the hopeful head even OF its aspiring author
and that 60 many should be called on to nibb1e
.st SO small q crust--badly seasoned withnlEwe
think shows a parsimony in the bestowl of arr
guments little creditable to the liberality Of the
gentleman who puts them forth. ~.
This correspondent, from the wording Of his
address, sets out with the idea that the eyes Of
the nation are upon Him, for he says Sc In
addressing you on the all-engrossng sub
ject of our countryss welfare, ON the eveof enter
ing into the Presidential campaign before us, I
wish to be distinctly understood at the COM
mencement, that address you not as a parti-
zan, and not as o politicion, nor as q dema-
gogue." Thereby signifsing to the wings, and
as good, as to say, g Gentlemen I'm coming down
on you, 50 stand from annder!"
A little further along he says, 81 feel it q
duty which my conscience religiously imposes
on me-whichis imposed on every Southerner,
every Northerner, and true patriot, at this juno
.tureAto throw aside all party feelings and pre-
judices, and at all hazards to aid and support
that platform Of principles which is the. broad
est and most unMstakable, with regard to the
rights Of the South, the inIolate sanctity of the
Compromise and the Fugitive Slave law, and the
Inaintainance of the laws and the Constitution.
Brave words, Hal. brave words And the
latter part of the sentence as pregnant witt,
truisms as n nelonsis with meat. But when q
young man like this. who has never worked In
political harness, who has no sears to show, and
who is not known Eve speak of it without dis
paragement) beyond the limits of his own city
and here not as a political oracle-yentures thus
to dictate to the widespread Union, we must
confess our inclination to stare bit.
He g feels it o. duty which his conscience reli-
giously imposes on him. Whew! The country
is in danger, the wise men slumber; the brave
repose, 60 with their martial cloaks around
tlierh,'' and why should not young Hampden
step forward to save the nation' There is a
hazard, to be sure, in the cast of the die, but
what will not the brave dare in the cause of the
Union and the Constitution; He raises his
head, this amphibious partisan, above the scum
of the political pond, and straightway a storm
of wordy missiles issleveled at his head; and he
will not duck under though the sport should be
death to him. = The whole wing party threatens
him with their wrath--rasing u tempest to
drown fly -
4 Pitching along, like tub in gale of wind
Mr.. Reid proceeds to give a history of the Com
promise Resolutions, the Fugitive Slave Law,
OH foYn al
words, to'no purpose but7a great waste of ink.
He denounces the eighth article of the wing
platform as ambiguous, and as creating doubt
in the mind of the reader as to It's true meaning
and intent. Hethinks the platform not broad
enough. and that g it is little too shaly' for
him! No wonder, then, that he should have
jumped from it. Tho true cause, we opine, lies
in the weakness Of his political limbs, and our
apostate partizah should have care that he re-
oeived no bruises in making the leap.
The democratic platform, he charaetarises as
g o bold, broad declaration Of national princi-
pies" 1t is>the ark of safety before which he
will bow down and worship-the litany which
he will chaunt to the clarifying of Franklin
Pierce forever and ever
In conclusion, he glorfes General Scott
(though repudiating him politically Gas mil
itary ohicftain, as one who has fought the bat
Ties Of his country and wreathed his brow with
laurels Of victorys And is ii come to this, that
the glories 4ofs"ola Chippewa must DO sound
ed in p@ans blown through q penny whistles
The democratic candidate comes in for his
share of laudation-the looofoco platform is the
true diyinity--there is no god but democracy,
and General Pierce is its prophet. We are al
ways rejoiced when an unworthy member falls
off from the party. They are but fostering sores
that contaminate the pure blood that animates
us--deeayed branches thatrot and fail off only
to be supplied by,a richer aud more healthful
foliage. tHt
Wehadintendea to give this political escapade
OF our apostaliaing friend an extended notice !;
butperhaps we have said too much already. lit
ia a slim text for o long discourse, and We will
leaseit to the fate il must inevitably meet with
every true-hearted whig--with every admirer
Of the conquerer Of Chepult.pec and Mexico.
Yet we can not forbear quoting the last para
graph OF this unique communication, that sounds
Ike q toesn Of wrath to the nations. This it is
4 And nov fellow, ci;izens whether triumph or fall
4haii have Tue sraicatnn VI having fulfilled duty to
you and my country bs the FREQ eSNrssio of those pi
Hons 10 enjoy which my came his country
oyer D years ago, Aud given
ioneasss conceived And honestly tesssas
He snld,l asdaty Is ths soap ! ALAS Mass