New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-26

,ition to the nefarious acts which give rise to
the charge. With this we have nothing to do
But when the Courier presumes to charge us
with casting aspersions on the morality of indi-
viauals naturalized, it asserts what has no foun-
dation in fact. If the individuals naturalized
permitted themselves knowingly to be made
tools of by the scape- graces of party, and know
ingly received certificates to which they were
not entitled, then would the charges made by
us be an dispersion" on their individual moral
ity but if they were ignorant persons, deluded
by interested miscreants, and consequently OBJ
tanned their certificates unfairly, then were our
charges not an aspersion on their characters,
and the statement of the Courier is unfounded,
To quote the words of the Courier in this con-
nection, general assertion is not the clean
thing in a case of this kind and the Courier
would do we'll not to indulge so freely in that
kind Of warfare which it so strongly reprehends
in others. So far from having cast aspersions
upon the character of individuals naturalized,
we happen to know that many who had been
applicants for certificates, refused to receive
them when appraised of the base preliminaries
they were obliged to submit to.
The Courier in its characteristic way Of mr.
guing, says that our naturalized citizens have
refused to recognize the kindness of the wings
towards them. This is of piece with its ordi-
nary strain, being but fat assertion unsup-
ported by fact The Courier well knows that
many of our most intelligent naturalized citi
zens belong to the whig party.
The Courier infers that we and the whig press
generally have waged warfare against natur-
allied citizens The editor of the Courier knows
that we have done no such thing. We have
only made war upon the graceless party trick
sters who have made adopted citizens the I'M
conscious instruments of their unrighteous tri-
fling with the naturalization laws We have
charged corruption upon the leaders Of a party,
but not upon the victims. Of this also was the
Courier aware, howbeit il has chosen to msrep-
resent us in the premises.
| The cratic writer of the Courier charges,
too that we have attempted g to hinder foreign
ers from being placed legitimately in a position
where they can exercise the right Of voting. -
This is still another SANDER and another fiat
misstatement. Let the Courier point cut line
in all that we have written that has had the
most remote tendency to bring about what he
has charged us with attempting, and we will
not hesitate to acknowledge it. We challenge
the Courier to the proof.
So far has the policy of the wing party failed
to infringe upon the privileges of adopted citi-
gems, that its measures have uniformly tended
to extend them. Who was it but the wings who
abolished the odious restriction of compelling
foreigners to reside seven years in the State be-
fore acquiring the right to vote 1t was whig
Convention that did this. as the editor of the
Courier well knows.
AS to the charge of the Courier duplicating
the wings in all the insane acts of the Native
American party against naturalized citizens, it
is all CANNON. 1t is well known fact that
many who are now among the prominent members
of the democratic party here, were the most ac-
tive during the Native American excitement in
their opposition to foreigners. Some of them there
are, now in high judicial stations, who were
foremost in that short-ived crusade, and before
The blaze of whose talents even the bold lead
srs Of the present controlling clique of the dem
'cratic party covered with craven fear in late
election contest The editor of the Courier will
Vt once comprehend to whom we refer
Let the Courier not misrepresent us, and we
will meet it on equally fair grounds