New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-19
Talking Out.

Our contemporary of the Bulletin ventures
yesterday upon the following. 1t is loud talk
ing. We are astonished at our neighbor. We
hope our democratic friends will not regard the
instructions in the premises, and our whig
friends ought certainly to pledge themselves te
democratic candidates, CO right Off" This plain
talking is not g the thing y and our prudent
contemporaries should have some respect for oul
independent nerves We are opposed to all the
views. We want g fun = and if this matter O
party nominations is not given up, nobody viii
get cheated, and we shall have nothing but dry
common places to note. But, hear our neighbor
of the Bulletin:
Few PLAIN WoRps TO THE WHIes.-Ve have been
informed that several clever and excellent democratic
gentlemengood fellows in every individual and social
point yewwho expect to be nominated by their party
candidates for high offices under the new city charter
have been actively soliciting pledges ofsupport
wings during the last few days We do not know
whether any pledges have been made: but from our
Knowledge OF the rlperabundant sypates and careless
generosity Of many wings should not be surprised
were such the case, in more instances than one.
Under such circumstances, We warn the wings to be
their guardto make to stand by then
party. We have no doubt that nominations will be
made by both parties for the offices of Mayor aud Re-
corders not for all other elective officers Past expe
rence has proven that the democrats will sustain then
nominees to We wish we could say the same for
many whigs-good. easy fellows who often sacrifice prn
cipes party and all because pressed to do in tones
which incline the heart to sympathy There would be nc
particular harm in this democratic friends
guilty of such amabe weakness. But they never are
They march up in solid phaanx to the support Of their
ticket and hence often triumph when the odds are de-
cidedly against them.
The result of the election the fourth Monday Of
March for city officers will have highly important bear
ing not only upon the best interests Of the consolidated
city but upon the coming Presidential election We beg
whg friends to keep this constantly in view If they
are prepared to sacrifice their principles SO far as the
city is Immediately concerned it is than probable
than such unaecountabe conduct will give the State
the democrats next November.
Speaking of wings pledgng themselves to the support
of democrats reminds of anecdote which is literally
true An election campaign in progress in neigh
boring State years ago and the excitement very
high. Parties, in important county so evenly
divided. that it difficult predict the result The
wings however supposed to have small advantage
At this uneure good democrat proposed to whig that
if he would vote for friend Of his whom he would
he the democrat) would vote for any the whg might
designate. This appeared to be perfectly airn
swap-and consented to- But mark the result After
the election out that this identical democrat had
made similar arrangements with thirty five other wings
and his vote counted in effect just much the votes
of the thirty-six
We do not propose to draw moral from the above Incl
dent We merely give it illustrating Sam Patch's
maxim that some things can be done well others