New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-03-17
The Meeting Of Last Night

The 6 independent reform" gentlemen Gas
they are pleased to call themselyesl met last
night, as by announcement, at the American
Theatre. The attendance was greatly less than
expected, and the performances passed off with
q reasonable medium of quiet. The President
and officers emerged from the side scenes-the
stage manager mounted upon the platform and
read out nominations: Mr.. Geo. I. Bright
an immemorial candidate-for Treasurer; Mr.
John Calhoun--a wing deserter and democratic
nominee-for Comptroller; and sundry gentle
men as Aldermen from the First, Second, Third
and Fourth Wards. .
No body was nominated for Surveyor OF Com
missioner of Streets; probably because these
officers can not interfere with Mr.. Robb, or with
the bond -holding interests, for which we can
prove he acts. Of the intimate association OF
Mr. Calhoun and Mr.. Robb we have already
spoken, and the public shall see Mr. Robb's
movements to secure his bonds, held for self and
others, by securing, in the election of himself
the Treasurer and Comptroller, a majority OF
the Board of Commissioners Of the consolidated
debt.
We proceed to the demonstration and We
shall thoroughly expose the sophistry and de-
ceptive position of Mr. Robb, the motive power
of this &c independent, reform meeting:
LIST Mr.. Robb complained that he had beer
DETAINED and abused. Whatever has been sale
of him, has been said to the public Of .Ne,s
Orleans, and on the authority of Mr.. Robb
himself, and Of the records. MI. Robb has
DETAINED and abused in another style, (or he il
much belied by his, own instruments.) He ha
bitterly, causelessly, unscrupulously, malici
ously, slandered high toned, kind and open
hearted gentleman DETAINED and abused so a
to avoid or dodge esponsibility-without eve
daring to make one specific charge That gen
tleman is the wing candidate for Treasurer, witt
is not pliable enough to answer as an instrumen
in the hands of Mr.. Robb and the bond holders
The malice of Mr. Robb in this matter surpasse
anything we have ever heard or conceived O
in politics Whatever we have said of Mr. Robl
we can and will prove.
Cd Mr.. Robb positively and repeatedly said
last night, that neither he nor his house ownel
more than $40, 900 of bonds--that those were oil
the Second Municipality that not one dol
lar of the principal or interest had been paid.
Now, for the facts.
Mr. Robb's bonds are not yet due Why die
he not state this fact' Why did he compaii
they had not been paid
Again: The interest on these bonds has bee5
paid, and only ten days since he received III
that had accrued How came he to mis-statt
this fact
Mr.. Robb has from the Second Municipality
Che said nothing of the Third or of his agents
buying up) forty bonds of 81 900 each, at th,
fair interest OF per cent, which bonds are 'lu,
at the future day of February eth, 1858. W,
have the facts from the records
Sd. Mr. Robb stated what he sso,raede' and
sought to impress upon the audience that III,
charge against him was, that he owned $1,000
900 of bonds. The charge is quite dill.
ferent matter, and he carefully avoided wha
he knew to be the real point at issue TIN
charge is--will Mr., Robb deny iti--tha
he owns and controls Gas agenD one-sixtl
Of the entire debt of the city, and that he seek
position as Alderman to settle up this deht
He does not act as agent of so large an amour
of bonds for nothing; and, therefore it is nc
proper that he, an interested party, Eve under
stand to the extent of 20 per cent? should b
allowed to settle between the city and his ELI
ployers--in whose favor, in his Consolidate
project, he sought to make the payments at IN
fair and ruinously short time and excessive in
terest As for the debts being justly due
that is true; but Mr.. Robb uses or abuses til
truth in most ridiculous style. Weare unds
no obligations to ruin every interest of Me-
Orleans to profit Mr.. Robb and bond -holdin
employers, who must and shall be paid
proper time That Mr.. Robb owns and con
trolls ne-sixth of the entire debt of the city,