New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-16
Elections under the New Charter.

The elections shortly to be held under the
new Charter given to the Consolidated city, are
very important in every point of view. Now
that the Charter has been passed and is a law,
and when opposition to it seems idle, it is to be
hoped that, surrendering all bitter feelings and
sectional jealousies, all good and true citizens
will turn their attention to the approaching
elections and to the selection of capable and en-
ergetic candidates.
We are now one city, having a Common for
tune, be it good or evil, and We trust we shall
hear no more of ssup-towa. or down town y
influences or prejudises, nor see men regulating
their opinions AID acts on public matters by the
imaginary divisions of streets. From the ex-
IRENE 81 Lafayette to the extreme of the Third
Municipality we are one city, and the prosperity
of part is the prosperity Of the whole. Let
us, in friendly good will, set about the work
which is before US.
We presume, from what we can gather, that
both parties will make nominations for the
principal city officers We think this course a
wise one, for several reasons
The chief is, that, if the candidates run as
independents" demagogues will be sure t,
make sectional appeals to urge that this or that
man should be voted for, because he comes from
The First, or The Second, or The Third, or from
Lafayette, and thus the spirit of Consolidation
will be violated at the first moment of its tri-
umph. If parties nominate, the candidates and
their friends would as soon handle live Goals as
make sectional appeals. We have no fear that
parties will fail to nominate their best men /; to
fail to do SO, would be to court certain defeat
But we have serious apprehensions that without
nominations by parties there will be 'sscrub
race five or six candidates running for the
same office; and that, in the scattering of the
vote upon three or four, or five men, the least
capable, efficient or deserving might run in
This is too serious a result to trust to chance
If the new Charter should have to depend on
such man to put any portion of it in opera
ton, it were better that it had never been
passed for, the future Of New Orleans will be
seriously endangered. ......
Another consideration with us is parties will
feel compelled to divide their nominations
through the different portions of the city; but
if candidates should run as sc independents, it
might happen that the successful ones would
come chiefly from one Of the present divisions OF
the city, and then sectional feelings would break
out bitterly and fercely.
We know enough Of parties and politics to
know that wing and democratic nominations
will be made. As goes NewOrleans SO roes
Louisiana; and neither party, viewing the i'm.
mense patronage in the han.Ls Of the Mayor. will
trust to chance the fate and bearing of that
patronage
Gentlemen. Of both parties should expect this
and, in all cases, refuse promise of support
unless they are determined to throw their party
overheard in the matter
Already we see that the names of several
gentlemen have heen suggested for some of the
prominent offices, Mr.. L. j. Sigur and Gen.
John L. Lewis have been formally announced
by their friends as candidates for Mayor, and
the name of Mr. Denis Prieur has frequently
been mentioned in connection with this office
The respective friends of these gentlemen ascribe
to them all the requisites to make a useful and
eiiicient Mayor 1t is not our intention, a.
present, to inter into discussion of the fitness
ol either OF these gentlemen for this office.
when the nominations shall be properly before
the public, we shall speak of them as we believe
the interests of the city shall dictate Many
other names are mentioned in connection with
lhls ofhce-none of them that seems to claim
more Of public favor than our present popular
mayor His courteous manners and strict at
tention to the duties of his office, seem to have
given him strong hold on public confidence.
AS other prominent candidates are brought to
our notice, we shall duly note their candidacy.
We have only mentioned those thought to be
willing to run.