New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-13
OFFICIAL JOURNAL,
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 1s, 1852
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We understand that certain game is a foot
that in opposition to the wing candidates, w
ay6 to have only 6 independent nominees. So
be il, and let the public calculate the conse-
quences.
It is well remembered, or it ought to be, what
bitterness, what interruptions SANDERS, what
bitter denunciation, the independents intro
duced into the last canvass. The sanctity Of
private character was totally disregarded by
them. A war Of insinua tions-a cloud of arrows
from behind wall-signalized their campaign
They originated rumors which foated in and
through the community as thick as NOTES in
the light Of the sun. With all our experience
in politics, here and elsewhere, we have never
known the same political bitterness which they
exhibited, or the same political evaporation
which they provoked. Libels foated above and
around us as thick as theleaves in Valambrosa
The men who uttered these libels were remarka-
bly, open to attack. There was scarcely one of
them who had not behind him life suggestive
Of doubt, suspicion, and question. We noticed,
and under circumstances Of great moderation,
only the rngleader Of these political seditioners
We understand that in the approaching cleo
ton for delegates to the Convention, they will
again enter the political arena. We under
stand that the democratic managers of New
Orleans will endeavor to secure contest which
shall lie between the independents !" and the
regular wing nominees. We really cannot APP
preciate the motives Of such a course. Why is
party organization to be thus surrendered up!
Why is it to be surrendered up in behalf of men
Of unknown principles, pledged only to them
selves An independent is political n.y.
brid, political unit, political nothing. He
is himself alone. He necessarily sets his own
opinions above and beyond the reach Of public
sentiment. He practically denounces as foolish
and unreasonable, the convictions of millions
who form the two great parties Of the Union.
He positively pronounces his own intelligence
superior to that Of the thousands upon thou
sands who rank themselves in the two great par
ties Of the country. In general terms, the g in.
dependent is self sufficient egotist; in special
and local terms, he is speculator in city bonds
and warrants. His auxiiaries may be honest,
and may be deceived by the glitter of words
deceived as o man may be deceived, imagining
the shadow made by the sun, to be the sub
stance, the actual thing itself. Sc Independ-
ents might be well enough, if the very word
itself did not suggest the large probability OF
one " independent differing from another, and
the consequent non conformation Of results.
In local politics, 6 independents are selfish
and bitter They have no harmony amongst
themselves; that is to say, unless, as in the
CITY Of New Orleans, they are mere moneyed
clique. We do not say that the mass of them are
cognizant Of certain facts, but we do say that |
some Of the leaders have been guilty of bribery
ana corruption. Of the subornation of presses
OF attempting to depreciate the city credit, of
decryng the city credit, of selshly attempting To
realize their own predictions of the ruin of New
orieans We intimated as much in our LEADING
editorial OF yesterday. We meant to saw. and
we say now, that they have attempted to nro- |
duce the impression that our city rulers WHOM,
they sought to defeat, are entirely unsc,nnu
lous and unworthy of credit. The citizanf -
New Orleans, by the majority under a repub,-
can rule, elected these rulers. Did thew elect
dishonest or dishonorable mens The mb,c
can best answer the question; but we full we'll
know that these same sef-styed g independents,
are bitterly and maliciously at work to iniure
ene credit Of the city, in order that their own
VAIN predictions may be realized We do not
speak idly, but we speak from facts which have
come to our knowledge, showing that indus |
srious efforts have been made by the leaders in
the independent" organization in the recent
municipal elections, to discredit our bonds
abroad. They are playing out their game at A
most ruinous cost to the city of New Orleans
The bonds they attempt to discredit are posi-
tive mortgage upon millions upon millions of
They must be paid promptly. Hi
not paid, the property of every tax payer is
and unavoidably responsible.
sneers, insnuations, charges, against the Com
nissioners of the Consolidated debt, are mere
'etty ebullitions Of mortified vanity, issuing
rom gentlemen who thought they were large
'nough to carry the city of New Orleans in
heir private pockets, who proclaimed them
elves the only honest folks, and yet went into