New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-03-19
10 the Mechanics Of NeAGflh$AAsx

A very worthy, industrious and Intelligent
mechanic is the author Of the following
Mr. Editor-Tt is but seldom engage in the strife OF
party and nothing but of duty to my country
would induce me to mngle in its clashng elements.
Like many others in my vocation and sphere of fe
neither have want office, nor am a partisan yet
have political principles and in the support OF those pr
cples must support that party which VIII most hNeiy
carry out my principles
Tis nonsense to talk of the practicabty of party
or independent party if there be ISSUE there must
be at least two parties.
In few days the voters OF Neworeans Will be called
in their respective capacity to decide of the
most important issues that has before them
viz that of selecting through the ballot box the
sary agents to carry out the important trusts involved IN
our new city charter.
Very many respectable gentlemen assert, that it mat
tiers little whether wings democrats elected so that
| they are good men,
That is all very pretty on paper. and sounds well from
the stump particularly to those who dstrust their
popularity. Such talk would do very well for little
village. where squire. constable of the
poor and ranger constitute the entire corps of officials
but in city of 5000 inhabitants who heard of
party, independent party? From the very nature
of institutions party organizations must always be
kept in large communities cities indeed must
be model cy-a paragon of political moderation-
put lions lambs dogs and cats big hunkers and little
independents all in pew without scratch grow
bite.
Then sir what is to be done? Shall the wings admin
lister the city charter shall it be the democrats
For this the question and admits of lodging The
cry of independent is all but a-baby' to get the
wing babies asleep. Did any body hear of lead
ing democrats getting up independent party where
their party undoubtedly in the ascendancy will
work in the hot all the dogdays of next for
any one, for nothing and find myself il they will truly
tell me when where such state of things existed
Then say to the wings. to the whigs-who me-
chanics to the lborng whigso you who, like myself
earn your living by the sweat your brow; you who
above all others have right good government, and
should most firmly cherish it. You who stand upon the
glorious platform of political aith-the palladium
: berty-the hope of prosperity-that platform
which is old as the Consttutonas sacred as the me-
mory of our Fathers who framed ittha platform upon
L. which American industry is proeced-upon which the
splendid eice of public education is rased-upon which
the enlightened and wise policy of internal improvement
by State and national aid has ourished and upon which
uniform circulating medium of safe and cheap exchange
is advocated you say go to the polls like who
love your principles and vote the wing ticket outand
out Don't be deceived by the cry of independent y
party has nothing to do with local elections, ETC. etc
You may depend that local elections have much witt
" party-aye, and the great wing party
the democrats carry the city they will carry tn
November. o
the city officers combined and with bare majority now
| what can you hope for then!
W And are not the whg nominees good and true men
Are they not good the opposition Will you lie
your Indifference personal prejudice barter away tn
success of wing princpesthe triumph of those grea
~ measures which ipyoye the best interests of Lousan
i and the Union-merely because the viii
m ticket does not suit you personally?
We want an administration of our city affairs that wi
insure the steady improvement Of best resourcesth
extnguishmen of debt and the establishment of
20 credit
N, We of the trowel the japk-pane and the shoYelw
that by the forge the masts aye and by the mule
through heat and cold through mud and water
he flow and epidemic. While rich go-away clubs
the golden harvest of labor we, say must stand
the internal improvement partyhe public school part
ia the sound currency pary-the home industry party
the party which advocates public improvement by publ
nj aidthe great conservative wing party If do ne
ii, by them shall emerge frem this swamp
ID mud but will remain here torpid turtles in mid wnte